NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 9 
them a built-in window seat which is so arranged that 
it can open, making a box underneath where mnay wraps 
and pillows can be stored. 
While many have their rooms finished in natural 
wood or simply shellaced after sheathing, others prefer 
plaster which can be finished in one tone of kalsomine 
or prettily hung with textile or paper. 
The furniture should not be heavy, but light pieces, 
suitable for the summer months. Willow furniture and 
old hickory are appropriate for homes of this sort. 
Hardwood floors are a necessity for the bungalow 
and a large art square of wool and cotton weave is very 
suitable. ‘These art squares come in many shades, costing 
from $5 up, and lasting several seasons. There is a large 
brown rug which comes with a border of brown and yel- 
low that is admirably suited where mission types of fur- 
niture are used. 
Hangings are almost unlimited in their variety, rang- 
ing from muslin and scrim to linen taffeta and coarse 
meshed net in plain and fancy weaves, colored madras, 
and many other materials. 
Denim, canvas, and burlap, either in plain colors or 
printed in fancy designs, are appropriate for couch covers. 
There is a heavy canvas of mixed jute and linen weave 
that comes fifty inches wide in shades of brown, blue 
terra cotta and gray. This is good for not only couch 
covers, but for tables and bureau scarfs as well. 
A good practical bungalow can be comfortable and 
artistically fitted up for from $600 to $1000, One should 
remember that the summer home is the place in which 
to rest and that all heavy dull furnishings should be 
avoided. Aim at simplicity and make the bungalow cozy 
and homelike as it should be. 
A Fine Ocean Boulevard 
1 ha the year 1892 when the Massachusetts legislature 
appointed a committee to report on the needs of the 
Metropolitan district on the subject of parks and boule- 
vards only a person with an excellent imagination could 
have construed in his mind’s eye the extensive system of 
parks and fine roads which are found surrounding Boston 
and throughout the North Shore. 
These charming boulevards combine with the ocean 
and the wooded hills of the shore in making it one of 
the most pleasing summer rusticating places obtainable. 
Summer sojourns at any of the beaches along the shore 
offer delight to thousands of visitors to this section. 
When a permanent commission was appointed for 
the Metropolitan park district shortly after the action of 
the legislature its members went to work immediately 
and produced the Lynn Shore drive, one of the best ex- 
amples of road building to be found in the country. 
To those who motor to the North Shore from Boston 
-and suburbs the trip’ along the sea coast starting from 
Revere along the beach is a pleasing one—a trip; that 
will make one forget his business troubles back in the city. 
Either by day or night the view along this boulevard is 
delightful—it is chief among highways of Massachusetts. 
Sweeping views of the ocean will be obtained if one 
motors into Swampscott by that thoroughfare; to the 
right there are distant views of the two Nahants; on the 
tip-end of Nahant the roofs of Bass Point gleam from 
under the sun, and a view perhaps of the excursion steam- 
ers plying between the Point and Boston and Revere 
Beach. ‘These boats are usually filled with crowds of 
pleasure seekers bent on summer amusements such as the 
beach resorts supply. 
After rolling along the Lynn Shore drive and getting 
well into Swampscott the motorist can continue his trip 
to the other parts of the shore on the same fine road 
which reaches to East Gloucester on the tip-end of Cape 
Ann. 
