8 : NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
roads, ways and retreats where they can “spoon” could 
not surpass. the Lynn Woods or Merrimac region if they 
hunted over all New England! 
Now that we have ‘“‘a good, broad highway leading 
down” from Beverly, Bostonward, the Boulevard that 
has been so recently completed, a Revere Beach expedi- 
tion should not be forgotten. An evening of the “one- 
percent” beer and seeing the hoi-polloi tango it at the 
Pit or Condit’s will prove a distinct variation from one of 
Percy MacKaye’s pageants or Stephen Townsend’s 
songs ! 
If the fashionable throng wishes to have a fairly 
howling time in thanking Fate it “don’t have to live that 
life!” let a run be made down through Concord and Lex- 
ington. There they are, white-painted, green-blinded 
farmhouse-cottage, one after the other and filled with 
persons who have or claim descent from the brave 
warriors of Revolutionary days; who drink their tea, per- 
iodically survey their precious stock of family daguerreo- 
types and don’t care a gosh-bing what the present world 
is up to! Alfred Henry Lewis went out to Concord and 
undertook, in his raucous way, to interview the sister of 
Emerson! Well, what the sister of Emerson did to Alfred 
Henry was good plenty. He went back to Boston so mad 
at his rebuff that he threatened to sometime descend up- 
on Concord and obliterate it with one of his diatribes. 
(To date, however, Concord is still sipping its tea, sir, 
and serving “pies ’n things” just as it has for three 
hundred years. ) 
Those who frequent the Magnolia and Manchester 
tea-rooms and antique shops can have a perfect picnic 
in scouting out the farmhouse and hidden-away antique 
hordes of the North Shore country. Notwithstanding 
all the “scouring” that the magazine-writers eternally 
allege has been done, the truth is that a generous pro- 
portion of it really took place in the minds of those be- 
fore-mentioned magazine-writers. Why, what you can 
dig up in old Newburyport and Haverhill is amazing! 
Lowboys, highboys, tallboys, and smallboys and many 
other kinds of boys (including carboys for the thirsty) 
can still be unearthed by the ingenious and persistent. 
And ‘don’t forget the ball-games of the New Eng- 
land League at any of the busy mill-towns,—Lowell, 
Lawrence, Lynn, etc.; nor a survey of how the mill-hand 
makes love at Canobie Lake or Whalom Park; Ames- 
bury’s carriage-industry fame; the Saugus region, where 
the first Iron Works in America was set up in 1660 
and something and where a group of villages are tucked 
away behind barriers of cliffs that make them apparently 
hundreds of miles in the wilderness instead of ten from 
Boston! : ; 
Try it, in a boresome hour, one of these queer jaunts! 
How to Furnish Our Garden 
By MARY HARROD NORTHEND 
EK Americans are an out-door people, becoming 
more and more confirmed to outdoor habits and 
love of the open. With it all we have begun to real- 
ize that it is possible to live more in our gardens and in 
its wake comes a need of garden furniture. Fortun- 
ately we have practically everything we wish at our 
call, ranging from simple settles or benches to the more 
elaborate furnishings necessary to a formal garden, the 
chief problem being to select suitably. 
There is a classic style drawn from ancient Greek 
and Roman models, varying and ornate styles of the 
Italian Renaissance. Certain types are peculiar to old 
English gardens, others deal with the Japanese gar- 
den where if the Oriental flavor is to be obtained there 
may be correct furnishing. 
The furniture is made ordinarily from stone or 
marble, terra cotta, concrete and wood. Stone and 
marble are expensive, but where there are ample funds 
for garden decorations they are most effective. The- 
coldness of these subjects necessitates the providing 
of eushions on which to sit, defying the effect of 
weather and susceptible to most artistic treatment. 
In our gardens of to-day, the classic and Italian 
Renaissance demand marble or stone. The gleaming 
white of the former against the deep background of 
green is always agreeable. Terra cotta of plastic 
character may be molded into any form desirable. Its 
warmth of color, buff or red makes it a desirable fea- 
ture. Concrete possesses endless possibilities. It is 
less expensive and its neutral gray harmonizes well 
with setting of shrubbery or flowers. 
Wocd includes all rustic and wicker pieces care- 
fully shaped and joined, the finished product of the 
earpenter’s pride. So much has been in its favor, that 
its defects have sunk into insignificance. Wood is the 
least expensive, for garden treatment affords the great- 
est variety of forms, is light and can be easily moved 
about. This makes it especially suitable for informal 
gardens. It is always comfortable to sit upon and the 
element of cold need not be guarded against. Teak- 
wood or timber taken from old dismantled ships is 
most durable. Pine is also used, but should be kept 
well painted, preferably in a gloss paint so. that it can 
be readily wiped clean before using. 
The principal articles of furniture for cottage 
equipment are seats of all kinds, settles, settees, stools 
and chairs, as well as tables. 
If one is going to have a Japanese garden it should 
have proper furniture such as replicas of old temple 
lanterns and incense burners beside all the little touches 
that a Japanese gardener loves to add. Outdoor con- 
ditions require a different furniture standard from in- 
door and all the things that play a part must be re- 
membered if we wish to have successful furniture in 
our gardens. 
For seats there is a classic stone or marble bed 
supported at each end by carved figures, not neces- 
sarily a comfortable seat; placed, however, at the head 
of a walk it is most inviting and useful. The place 
for such benches is in a garden of formal character. 
If made in marble the price depends upon the elabora- 
tion of the carvings. If made in concrete or terra cotta, 
benches are excellent, a little over four feet in length 
and costing forty dollars. The shape of these is often 
copied in wood, but must be of a plainer type. 
The design for these benches and settles depends 
upon the type of house whose garden is to be furnished. 
There are many designs that go well in almost any set- 
ting. The plainer the lines the better it is apt to be 
and the more comfortable for use. It must be remem- 
bered that the garden furniture is often placed where 
the ground is a trifle uneven so it must be heavier and 
firmer than places where weight gives it balance. 
Chairs follow the same line of settles and may often 
be placed to good advantage near the house door or 
against the house wall, more particularly where there 
