House £s? Garden 
A CHARACTERISTIC STREET LAMP A COTTAGE ENTRANCE 
prompted a householder at Sanzeno to mount 
a ladder and hack in his plaster with a hatchet 
the trefoils over the windows and the arches of 
his loggia. Less simple than the geometrical 
ornaments are those in which are woven mot¬ 
toes of such religious or philosophic nature as 
these : I live, but for how long ? I die, and 
know not where or how ; I go I kno w not whith¬ 
er ; and yet am I so gay ! and elsewhere such 
simple invocations for the peace of the domes¬ 
tic abode as, “ Lord Jesus protect my house." 
The windows along the 
principal street of Sterzing 
fairly represent the custom of 
plastering in smooth bands 
upon rough pebble-dashing. 
The plaster may be colored or 
not. Such a method of giving 
a subdued design to walls is 
scarcely known in America, 
though it is practised to a large 
extent throughout Europe. 
One cannot but remark the 
suggestion it offers for im¬ 
proving the dull exteriors of 
many of our old houses. 
Another detail of Tyrol¬ 
ese construction which might 
well be applied to our own 
dwellings is the outside 
blinds. These above the first 
floor have their panels filled 
with slats, but the lower panel is made to open 
from its shutter separately by being hinged 
at the top. Thus the hot sun can always be 
excluded from the rooms, and yet light and 
air admitted and a view upon the street 
obtained. The grills, which are so often a 
part of the town facades and which are ap¬ 
plied as much to satisfy the pride of the 
owner as to afford protection, have to be 
curved outward to accommodate the open¬ 
ings of these panels or wickets in the blinds. 
NEAR BRUNECK 
A COTTAGE DOOR AT GAIS 
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