Tyrolese Architecture 
COTTAGES AT WOLKENSTEIN 
section of the country. The balcony of the 
house at Laatsch is a good example, likewise 
the rich corner-bays and the highly ornamental 
window grills which appear on a great many 
houses against walls of perfect blankness. 
But the Tyroler has not been content to 
let the shell which protects him stand through 
the course of years without ornamenting or 
elaborating it. He is not so stoical at heart 
as his hunting deeds and songs would have 
us believe. A little heritage of artistic feel¬ 
ing is his; and in the endeavor to express it, 
he soon plies himself with brush and color 
about his humble abode. Wall surfaces — 
great sweeping areas of plaster rough or 
smooth—await him, and there he traces his 
family lineage, a Scriptural story or an event 
of local history. He delights in painting 
huge sun-dials on his walls; and the hours 
he lays off on fantastic banners, floating down 
half the height of a fa9ade with perhaps a 
few chubby Tyrolese cupids peering from the 
folds to watch the finger of the sun. 
A HOUSE AT WEISSENKl RCHF.N 
STEIERMARK 
