House and Garden 
the surrounding streets, as is customary. 
From almost every window in the building 
the advantages of this choice are visible. 
The exterior of the house is distinguished 
by breadth, simplicity and unity of design. 
Certain details—such as the richly carved 
columns and the wrought-iron balconies 
accenting the windows—are rather elaborate; 
but they are always rightly placed in relation 
to the whole scheme and not unduly prom¬ 
inent. The walls of coarse brick covered 
with rough stucco plaster (composed of plain 
lime and cement mortar tinged with golden 
ochre and a little Venetian red) are a mellow 
fawn color, which will only improve with time 
and is in pleasing contrast with the rich red 
of the roof and with the surrounding verdure. 
The roof, covered with heavy, durable tiles, 
is improved in appearance by handsome 
chimneys, characteristically Spanish in design, 
and by dormer windows, kept so low as to 
obviate the suggestion of a third storey. The 
eaves, with a projection of four feet beyond 
the walls, upheld by rafters four by eight 
inches thick and fourteen inches apart, are 
noticeably on a broader angle than that of 
the mam body of the roof. This deflection 
is one of the features which tend to make 
the general effect unusual and full of charm. 
The grouping of the windows adds to the 
beauty of the facade. As a rule their tops 
are arched, and on the lower storey they are 
also chiefly contained in arched recesses. 
The treatment of the second storey is similar 
but not identical. Everywhere the relation 
has been carefully studied between the wall 
spaces and the windows and, while the latter 
are sufficiently numerous to admit plenty 
of light into the building, they do not detract 
from solidity in its construction. 
THE DRAWING-ROOM 
