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when candles are making a soft glow, 
when corn bursts white from its kernels 
in the big popper, and apples lie roasting 
on the hob, you would realize the delight 
of life in our out-of-the-world Paradise. 
Around the high plate shelf that circles 
the living room of the Penguin we set our 
gods — pictures, bits of old pewter or 
crockery, and tall candlesticks of gleaming 
brass. You do not find among them any¬ 
thing vividly bright. A snatch of gor¬ 
geous color does not harmonize with lichen 
hues. Each side of the room is arched, 
not as a city architect tosses off a door¬ 
way, but with a beautiful overhead curve 
that again repeats cathedral lines. Rows 
of narrow shelves for books and maga¬ 
zines are set between the doorways. The 
arches are portiered by hangings of un- 
dved burlap on which the artist has sten¬ 
cilled royal penguins moving across the 
lower hem like a procession of grave and 
reverend seigneurs. Above hangs a life 
preserver from the staunch old Terra 
Nova, which years ago rescued a band of 
Arctic explorers who were left ship¬ 
wrecked and fast bound in the ice to face 
the terror of a darkening winter. 
The stately penguin reappears here and 
there about the living room, stencilled on 
burlaps, cushions, or silhouetted against 
yellow stripes on scrim window curtains. 
The silvery brown stain of outdoors reap¬ 
pears in furniture which is made on mis¬ 
sion lines. It is stalwartly built and com¬ 
fortable as it is sightly. 
At one side of the living room is a strip 
of a kitchen with a wood stove, which does 
its duty so nobly we never turn one regret¬ 
ful thought to an apartment gas stove. 
From its oven come dishes we dream of 
in a city, but seldom achieve; planks upon 
which rest crisped shad or mackerel 
straight from the ocean, pans of broiled 
live lobster and savory baked chicken. 
Our front yard is a clam bed, and steamed 
clams, fritters, clams fried or delicious 
chowders are everyday possibilities. Each 
high tide brings a swarm of soft shell crabs 
to the doorsteps, and we spear flounders 
which bring back memories of English 
fried sole. The berry pasture during July 
and August yields a crop big enough to 
feed hundreds, and we revel in such dain¬ 
ties as blueberry pie, blueberry cake and 
muffins, or—have you ever tasted blueber¬ 
ries with bread and milk? The farmhouse 
on the ridge supplies us with fresh vege¬ 
tables, plump chickens, new-laid eggs, 
home pickled ham or bacon, and the rich¬ 
est cream and milk. True, the butcher’s 
cart passes our door only once a week, but 
in the midst of seashore luxury we have 
ceased to deem meat a necessity. 
For years I had declared there was not 
a spot on the American coast where people 
who long for a simple, quiet, unfrilled holi¬ 
day, could live as they wish. To-day I 
take back such a calumny. Land’s End 
seems out of the world, although three 
steamers a day touch at its threshold and 
Uncle Sam sends us two mails in twenty- 
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