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HO USE & GARDEN 
Based upon a simplicity of 
detail involving the complete 
absence of decoration, the 
Doric Order has virile beauty 
The sturdy type of Doric column. 
While the column itself reveals an ad¬ 
herence to precedent, the frieze which 
it supports is an adaptation, reflecting 
the present day tendency to simplicity 
The Roman Doric column has been 
used here. Its characteristic is its pro¬ 
portion—the height being eight times 
the diameter, thus assuring, under 
usual conditions, a graceful appearance 
To be successful, the semi-circular 
porch must have a wide approach on 
either side. Here it is used with a Penn¬ 
sylvania type of Colonial architecture 
The other photographs on this page are 
of Pennsylvania porches; this from 
Maine shows an agreeable handling of 
the Composite Order in modern work 
The “Germantown hood” is an out- 
growth of the pent roof, originally at¬ 
tached to Colonial houses. The benches 
shoivn are also a modern elaboration 
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