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House & Garden 
Iiuekly 
THE MEANING of the DOORYARD 
What the dooryard means to you depends on when you come to it. In winter you hasten through it, anxious to 
gain the entrance and the cheer of the open fire behind that door. In summer you come to it as a place to rest in 
—drag back from the hot city and up the path. There, in the shadow of the hospitable door, a comfortable 
chair awaits. Surely the dooryard is a necessary part of summer living. This view is from the residence of Sidney 
Waldo, Esq., at Chestnut Hill, Mass., of which Little Hr Russell were the architects 
