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Show A TYPICAL SOUTHERN hOUSE Either a Rambling Bungalow or Modern Mod-ern Frame Structure. Externally the typical southern house of the present Is cither n rambling ram-bling bungalow like Wltc'-wood one of the most nttrnctlvo plnccs near Ashovllle on Itallanesquo structure with whlto columns, a reproduction In part of some old antebellum mansions, man-sions, for the like of which the south was famous or a modern frame structure quite architectural nnd compact, com-pact, with leaded windows, half-timber borders, and an open terraco built upon a foundation of gray stone with coping of tho same, or modification of these three Ideas. In Us Intc-lor arrangement, says a writer In tho House Beautiful, tho southern residence has always been called upon to meet not only the demands de-mands of convenience and comfort, but also those of hospitality and entertainment en-tertainment as well, for tho southerner south-erner Is decidedly n social being, given to entertainment In nil Its forms. This characteristic was not only gratified, but actually fostered by the big rooms of tho white-columned houses of tho old south. Soon after, the war tho popularization populariza-tion of the sliding door made It possible., pos-sible., for small rooms to perform the functions of large ones on occasions, and for a whilo the southern builder cut his houso up after tho manner of bis northern brother, though not quite in the samo restricted proportions. propor-tions. That plmso may now be said to havo passed, and general tasto In the south Is once more in favor of spacious chambers. So genuine Is this preference, that even In small houses tho spaco usually divided between be-tween two rooms Is uow ;lvon to one. Usually tho room thus formed Is a long one, a sort of salon. |
