House and Garden 
elsewhere, but it is the real home of a man and his 
wife who love the country and the freedom and 
naturalness of the life there, and who intend the 
place shall at least pay for its own keep. It is 
a farm of about sixty acres, fifteen of which are 
wooded. 
Of the remainder fully one-half is devoted to the 
raising of crops and the rest, outside of the immediate 
surroundings of the house, is composed of orchards 
and pasture lands. 
The farm supplies itself with everything (outside 
of coal) that is necessary to its maintenance. Suffi¬ 
cient hay is cut and grain raised each year for the 
needs of the live stock; the wooded sections furnish 
wood and logs for the open fireplaces; a large and 
continuously flowing spring, which is protected by a 
spring-house, supplies the purest and clearest water, 
the overflow from 
which feeds a pond 
where ice is cut in 
the winter. An 
ice-house, capable 
of holding thirty 
tons of ice, stands 
near the stables 
and enough ice is 
stored in this each 
winter for a 11 refrig¬ 
erating and cooling 
purposes during 
the summer. The 
barns, stables and 
carriage -houses 
are large and 
airy, with stabling 
room for ten horses 
and half a dozen 
cows. They are 
thoroughly up to 
date in all respects, insuring the greatest amount 
of comfort for the live stock under the care of an 
efficient man. 
Separated by a fence from the stables are the 
chicken yards and houses. These are commodious 
and comfortable and in them are only the best 
breeds of poultry. The lower parts of the houses 
are made of concrete, thus enabling them to be con¬ 
stantly and easily cleansed. 
A short distance from the chicken yards is the 
laundry, with ample facilities for both washing and 
drying clothes without leaving the building. 
But the crowning glory of the place is the dwelling 
house. It can hardly be called a typical farmhouse; 
it is too luxurious for that. Entirely simple, it is 
unpretentiously elegant with that elegance that is 
only found in homes of refinement and culture 
and which is conducive to the greatest amount of 
comfort. 
It is situated at the top of a slight rise some hun¬ 
dred yards from the main country road. Between 
it and the road is a sloping, well-kept lawn. On 
three sides of the house runs a broad veranda which 
is shaded from the sun’s rays at all times of the day 
by locust and cherry trees, making it a delightfully 
cool and airy place at any hour. 
The driveway leading from this road between stone 
gate-posts, passes to the north of the house and 
approaches it in the rear, passing under a porte- 
cochere. 
The hall runs directly through the center of 
the house, with large heavy doors at either end. 
It is about sixty feet long by forty wide and extends 
up to the third story, giving one the impression of 
extreme airiness, which is carried out by the white 
finish to the woodwork; and this impression is not 
misleading as every 
room in the house 
is large and well 
ventilated. The 
house was built, 
primarily, for com¬ 
fort, but beauty 
and artistic results 
were not lost sight 
of, as is evidenced 
on every side. 
On the south 
side of the hall is 
a large open fire¬ 
place with and¬ 
irons, crane and 
kettle; flanked on 
one side by an old- 
fashioned settle 
hinged to the wall. 
On the north side 
a wide stairway 
leads up to a gallery which extends entirely around 
the hall and from which the sleeping rooms open. 
These sleeping rooms are all large, the smallest being 
about twenty feet square, with immense windows 
reaching almost from the ceiling to the floor through 
which the sweet, health-giving country air can pour. 
There are three bath-rooms on this floor, all well 
appointed and finished in white tilings. I he third floor 
is occupied entirely by servants’ quarters and store 
rooms. 
A doorway from the entrance hall at the left of the 
fireplace leads directly into the dining-room, from 
which double French windows open on two sides on 
the porch and when they are ajar one can enjoy the 
pleasure of practically dining out-of-doors with none 
of its disadvantages. 
Directly across the hall is the library and music- 
room combined, a room twenty feet broad, which 
extends the whole depth of the house. 
THE FRONT PORCH 
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