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House & Garden 
THE CASUAL ARTISTRY OF THE PAST 
Just as it takes all kinds oj people to make a world so 
does it take all kinds oj material to make an archi¬ 
tectural achievement oj an English type oj house. Its 
success or failure depends upon the discrimination and 
restraint with which each element is used. In this view 
of Mr. B. F. Hermann’s home at Tarrytown, N. Y., it is 
easy enough to note the stucco with stone cropping out 
here and there, the crudeness oj the hand-adzed beams, 
the regidar and irregular windows. These are only a 
jew oj the elements. The chimney, too, is a little off 
center. The roof lines break in unexpectedly. It is this 
casual artistry of the past reproduced with restraint and 
discrimination that gives this facade its unusual interest 
and distinction. Eugene J. Lang was the architect 
