House and Garden 
THE MUSIC-ROOM WITH PAINTEO WALLS 
Re-entering tlie living-room and turning to the 
left, one passes through a wide doorway and enters 
the dining-room, a rich and impressive room, fur¬ 
nished in heautiful old mahogany. This wood is 
also employed in the construction of the heavy beams 
which cross the ceiling, and in the high wainscot 
which runs around the room. A narrow frieze of 
conventional design in fresco is carried around the 
wall under the beam work. In this room is dis- 
jdayed Mr. Lee’s wonderful collection of old pewter, 
said to be the finest in the country, many of the 
uni(|ue old pieces being impossible to duplicate in any 
part of the world to-day. It is displayed on the long 
narrow shelves of three buffets, which have been built 
m th e walls, and it is most artistically arranged. 
Among the pieces having interesting histories, is a 
set of plates, on the hack of each one of which is 
written various seat numbers, as “Seat One,” “Seat 
I'wo,” and so on, through the set. They were 
obtained from an ancient monastery, and the num¬ 
bers indicate that each monk had his own particular 
seat at the table of the refectory. Pewter to-day 
repefesents a lost art, and rare indeed are genuine 
old-time specimens. It fell into disuse through the 
cessation of demand for it and merchants grew to 
consider it unworthy of even storage room. Conse- 
(|uently, some years ago, tons upon tons of it were 
melted down and sold to the junkmen as old scrap. 
I'his destroyed the hulk of the best productions of 
the old masters, and specimens of the real article 
to-day are sold for fabulous sums. In view of the 
scarcity of this old-time alloy, Mr. Lee’s collection is 
truly remarkable, hut it must be remembered that it 
took years of patient research before the collection 
was obtained. 
A feature of the dining-room is the broad fireplace 
of brick and granite, which combination is most 
artistic. A narrow mantel shelf, also of granite, 
extends above it. Two large lamps with Colonial 
shades are placed at either side of one of the large 
buffets, and are most attractive adjuncts to a charm¬ 
ing whole. 
Reluctantly leaving the charming interior of this 
picturesque home, one opens the large French win¬ 
dows in the living-room, and steps onto the broad ver¬ 
anda, decorated with bay trees in quaint tubs. From 
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