House and Garden 
A PATIO IN GUADALAJARA 
IN THE ITURBIDE HOTEL, MEXICO CITY 
the foot of the passerby may not trespass, 
plenty of them, but there are few homes in 
the cities of the United States that possess 
so much as a nook of outdoors that is not 
open to the public gaze. The holdings of 
great landed proprietors are not taken into 
account in considering the homes of the mul¬ 
titude, they concern 
so small a number oi 
the people. It is the 
house of the work¬ 
ingman, the business 
man, the profession¬ 
al man, that marks 
the status of a peo¬ 
ple. It was a gener¬ 
ous impulse on the 
part of the Amer¬ 
icans that resulted 
in the throwing to¬ 
gether of yards and 
grounds and parks. 
It was the general ef¬ 
fect that was sought, 
and the giving of opportunity to those 
less favored to at least look upon the well 
kept lawns of the rich. It was indeed a 
generous impulse, even where it was mixed 
with pride, but I shall perhaps never find a 
better opportunity in which to enter my 
protest against the destruction of the old 
fashioned garden, and 
the yard that is one’s 
very own. There are 
yet children in the 
world, even in the 
city, thank heaven, 
and outdoors is as 
essential to-day as it 
was in the beginning. 
Nothing assures 
good neighbors, when 
there are children, 
so surely as a good 
tight fence. But it is 
not for the children’s 
sake alone that I 
would preserve the 
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