House & Garden 
CONDE NAST, Publisher 
RICHARDSON WRIGHT, Editor 
THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE NUMBER 
C HRISTMAS! What power there is in a 
mere word to send flying ail our accus¬ 
tomed calm and summon up an instant 
thrill. Memories come crowding. Pictures of 
dark pines against a moonlit whiteness, crack¬ 
ling snow and the silence broken by janglings 
of sweet bells. And at the end of the road the 
leaping flames of great logs, the joyous atmos¬ 
phere of a real home and the suppressed excite¬ 
ment of a time when all the world is young. 
Then is the home paramount and in order to 
make it a season of the greatest possible cheer, 
everyone welcomes help and suggestions that 
will lead to that end. As you know, there is 
one natural and logical source to turn to at 
this absorbing time— House & Garden. 
Have you ever seen a Mystery play? Did 
you know it was possible to stage one in your 
own home at Christmas time? It is not only 
possible, but Mr. Rose in his charming article 
on the Mystery Play tells how it can be done. 
And in order to have a perfect setting for all 
this, there is an article on Decorating the 
Christmas House which does not stop with the 
inside but considers the outside as well. 
There is no one in the world who does not 
give something at Christmas. Lucky is he who 
knows what he wants to give. But it is to the 
Contents for November, 1919. 
Cover Design by Harry Richardson 
The Casual Artistry of the Past. 18 
Eugene J. Lang, Architect 
Shall We Keep to the Colonial?. to 
Harold Donaldson Eberlein 
Chapel wood Manor, Sussex, England. 22 
A. N. Prentice, Architect 
Mainly About Building . 24 
The Night Cometh. 24 
Ailene Kilmer 
A Restored English Cottage. 25 
J. D. Clarke 
Kwa-Cho, the Flower and Bird Prints of Japan. 26 
Gardner Teall 
Miniature Shrubs for Indoor Bloom. 28 
Good Woodwork. 29 
French Wall Furniture of tile 18th Century. 30 
H. D. Eberlein and Abbot McClure 
The Residence of B. F. Hermann, Esq., Tarrytown, N. Y... 32 
Eugene J. Lang, Architect 
The Sofa as a Decorative Feature. 34 
Mary H. Northend 
Planning for Electrical Equipment. 35 
Grace T. Hadley 
A Home at Ardsley Park, N. Y. 36 
Frank J. Forster, Architect 
Venetian Blinds and Their Kin. 38 
Costen Fitz-Gibbon 
vast majority who dash out madly on Christ¬ 
mas Eve to do all their shopping, that House 
& Garden brings the greatest cheer. At least, 
if they have waited that long, they know what 
to give, for in this number are twelve illustrated 
pages of gifts ranging from kitchen articles to 
a fluffy Pomeranian puppy. 
But Christmas does not absorb all of this 
December issue. The business of building and 
homemaking must go on and House & Garden 
is glad of the opportunity of showing two 
houses, one of the English half-timber type and 
the other an English cottage that we know will 
win instant approval. And to go in these houses 
are such delightful things as French furniture, 
silver, and the lovely lustre-ware—all of which 
come in for their share of space on the Decem¬ 
ber pages. 
Even at Christmas the garden comes in for 
its full share of interest. There is information 
on the training of young trees, the Gardener’s 
Calendar, some English farms and two pages of 
pictures showing the delicate beauty of a gar¬ 
den in the far West. A pictorial feature of 
especial interest is the spread of indoor heather 
plants in full bloom. 
Such is the Christmas number of House & Gar¬ 
den, a number replete with the spirit of giving. 
Volume XXXVI, No. Five 
The Patio—An Architectural Heritage. 40 
Jesusa Aljau 
The Bonds and Decorations of Brick. 41 
Mattack Price 
You and Your Architect. 42 
The L ittle Lanes.■. 42 
Florence Bone 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 43 
Karl Freund, Decorator 
Furniture for a Bachelor’s Room. 46 
Ethel Davis Seal 
A Breakfast Room. 47 
Mrs. A. Van R. Barnewall, Decorator 
Kitchen Cosmetics. 48 
Ethel R. Peyser 
The Two Fox Terriers. 50 
Robert S. Lemmon 
The Home of F. M. Simpson, Little Falls, N. Y. 51 
Dwight James Baum, Architect 
A Variety of Mantel Decorations. 52 
Delano 13 Aldrich, Architects 
A Week-End Cottage in Oregon. 54 
Helen Eastham 
Old Flower Paintings in Decoration. 56 
Peyton Boswell 
California Bungalows. 58 
The Gardener’s Calendar. 60 
The November Vegetable Garden. 78 
This little breakfast room is among 
the houses in the December number 
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