HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 
1914 
63 
is added. The color and fine aggregate shall be mixed 
together and then mixed dry by shoveling from one pile 
to another through a 54-inch mesh wire screen until the 
entire batch is of uniform color. Water shall then be 
added to bring the mortar to a proper plastering con¬ 
sistency. 
The Service of the Architect 
(Continued from page 19) 
most favorable situation, with full con¬ 
sideration of the natural grades, so 
that best landscape effect will be se¬ 
cured and the least possible amount 
of special grading will be necessary. In 
country and suburban residence work this 
is usually a problem of considerable im¬ 
portance and one in which the experience 
and technical knowledge of the architect 
should always be consulted. 
During the progress of construction 
the architect or his expert superintendent 
visits the job from time to time to see that 
all materials used are of the quality speci¬ 
fied and every part is properly con¬ 
structed. As the contract with the builder 
provides that no part of the work will be 
paid for until the architect has certified 
that it is O. K. it will be seen that the 
architect’s judgment is final and his au¬ 
thority absolute. Since his own reputa¬ 
tion as well as the interests of the client 
is at stake he will not hesitate to reject 
any work that is not fully up to standard. 
The advantage of this system for the 
protection of the client will be at once ap¬ 
parent. The builder must not only pro¬ 
duce work that will satisfy his own con¬ 
science but every part must be finished up 
to a standard that will be satisfactory to 
the architect, who has full technical 
knowledge as to what it should be and also 
a double incentive to reject it if it is in¬ 
ferior in any respect. 
To conclude, the following incident will 
afford a sidelight on the effect of experi¬ 
ence on a home-builder who was for¬ 
tunately able to test the truth of the 
bromidium “One must build a house or 
two before one knows just what one really 
wants.” 
This home-builder recently came to an 
architect and said, “I want you to build 
me a house. I like the lines of the one 
you built for Mr. Blank and he tells me 
that you know your business. Now I 
want you to know at the outset that I am 
going to be an ideal client. I built a house 
a few years ago and for me it was a 
very serious proposition. I lived very 
near the job and watched every nail and 
screw that were driven. I inspected every 
board that was used and saw to it that 
every stroke of work was properly done. 
To say that I was popular with the con¬ 
tractor and the workmen would hardly be 
stating the facts and I really do not know 
how I managed to remain friends with 
the architect. He did not consider that it 
was necessary for him to give the work 
his usual close supervision because I was 
‘on the job’ so much myself and the re¬ 
sults of his absence have been apparent 
many times since in important parts of 
the house that it proved I did not know 
about at all. 
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