House and Garden 
EXTERIOR OF MR. PARKER’S BUNGALOW 
polished and partly covered by a large rug, 
on which stands the table piled with books 
and magazines. Comfortable chairs and 
couches, with an open fireplace, complete 
a very attractive interior. Shelves fitted 
between the timbers of the framing make 
handy places for books and odds and ends, 
while over the doors and window frames are 
choice pieces of china. A bowl of bright 
nasturtiums, on a canton wicker seat near 
the window, adds a finishing touch to a cosy 
home-like interior. Opening off the main 
room at the rear is a small but complete 
kitchen, where the culinary part of the house¬ 
hold is attended to, while between this and 
the living-room on the northeast side is a bath. 
Another success¬ 
ful bungalow is that 
of Mr. H. P. Ben¬ 
son at Danvers, 
Mass. It is from 
a design by John 
P. Benson, of New 
York, and is in the 
Dutch style of wood 
and plaster, with 
red shingled roof, 
and is rather effec¬ 
tive with a back¬ 
ground of savin-covered hillside. It stands 
somewhat back from the country road on the 
western slope of the hill, where it receives the 
full benefit of the prevailing southwest summer 
winds, which sweep over a wide valley and are 
freshened from the brook that winds below. 
There is a covered veranda at the front of the 
house and an open one with awnings at the side. 
During the summer these are fitted up as 
an out-door living-room and are gay with 
boxes of bright colored flowers. At the right, 
and reached by a rustic bridge over a slight 
depression, is the automobile garage. The 
central room, into which the entrance gives, is 
about twenty feet square, finished in cypress 
and showing to the roof. Casement windows 
in groups on three 
sides of the room 
give abundant light 
and circulation of 
air, while a substan¬ 
tial fireplace of red 
brick, set in white 
mortar, supplies 
the needful warmth 
and cheer, for the 
evening r or the 
stormy day. On 
each side of the fire- 
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