Show 0 41 i T IS a curious brict that eliat america should liae produced no better belter or ar 4 14 for domestic buildings than aero ere gorgo and ghomas jefferson such as ere simuel of balem charles null Bul lrich firich of boston and mccomb of neil ie lorli lork aarel inie hae then been equaled T the man ra ii es ao e visit alch the r lias has idealized far to ond iid ani anchini an f tie e ind in re realla allt ti mount vernon in birginia designed b bi IN ashington asli ington for his its home ou id transcend angones anones t tons none one of the illustrations ot of it begins to cap t lure are it its chirm charm hilo much of the horld is blink la laife in fit the drcar days daia of 0 oe oi ember niber you ou will find mount bernon ernon oen cien in that inauspicious time of 0 year ear to be abroad till still resplendent in the hie reflection of brili fint autumn foliage and of gorgeous sunsets oer oi er the potomac rier although Althou Altho uell eh monticello tho the celebrated celebrate homo home or of thomas kjelleron Jel leron lerRon and designed 1 himself is 13 not quite so 13 the home of 11 ton ft 1 li 19 still bettor thin mot of 0 ill houses of 0 our ON jovn n time and vh by I 1 it iq 19 because the hie modern architect of america Is I 1 pursued by b tho the reler relentless itle ss hall cicini tion lion that lie Is obliged to indent in american sti ahle Is as s if mount venon veno no n ind the delightful old farmhouse it at ridgefield conn inere not t pic all american enough to satisfy ani am ones one a fondest drcar our historians do not til P 1 tn e r 14 i y ni rt yi 1 s T v F t wf 4 w s fe ft 1 lc hi exl s il 11 W 0 n 4 40 n wap 4 1 0 l t I 1 I 1 L 1 rl ig h J ctr As 4 ei I 1 ari E I 1 t S I 1 4 a e 5 L 1 I 1 1 t I 1 41 m S ZU I 1 Z W f ii J I 1 s M 5 1 y i t ka t i 6 1 N f I 1 1 I J 14 14 1 fi 1 y 1 1 1 r fe IN Z 7 0 a r vy a ar 4 W iv se IT I 1 f wr is ri L t N efi littfin Z I 1 lITt oiN j it 1 M aixa VI zera iw 4 Xa ty s 7 A y V 4 It toy 11 4 L s 2 s corage corm GE ie C 4 4 4 try tr to Ameil can hestor hl hi stor and that Is is hat architecture real Is 18 hestor expressed in build I 1 in our authors do not try tr to hinnent 1 I 1 nex nei eng 11 ich h grammar in order to express the dramatic n note ote in american literature an and tint that again Is what architecture meins means the dramatic note ex e pressed by b building nor or do our artists try tr to find next new and artificial colors in nature then chy hy should the american architect tr try to make ills his art unduly artificial 7 so he does nei ne erthel erth eless esq and hence the old lold i en countered in fit much of our modern architecture Ameil can illustrators of books who ilio understand their architectural details perfectly perfect li IN neier miss it tho 10 karamatic ara ora matic note because it la Is the sine qua non ot of the illustrators illustrator s nork then the knon better thin than th in to try tri to compose in nen ne art or modern an bention ien antion tion nut but people man ma yet set lle lie in houses indich little of the lie histon of 0 civilization and suffer no li inconvenience except perhaps to their finer in tel needs chided from eer cier gentl mental claim claims of those N lie ho loi love e and ghosn mho iho hate alike there Is a brilliant coterie of nr ar of great inen tai live e ind and constructive construct lve a genius genaue in america americ a tho rho e en prefer to tile the anglo saxon sense of home the nei isei art ind and the roman homan bathhouse sorts of dwelling the latter affet tile the manner of alma alicata ta demas paintings of our architects ho 1101 eer alm aim at the NI 1 r 0 in s r ai 3 4 in k Z le ra 7 ir 1 B it f s s tt w C rj H ii ii 11 p jre jR 7 A 1 r 1111 w Is X A r r K va i 0 I 1 characteristic charm inherent in mount vernon the old farmhouse at ridgefield and the colonial exemplars generall geneall genen genei all ll freed from the attempt 0 to o indent an american style desbie credit in that the con a 6 so near to their goil goal considering also alo the commercial distractions and blandish ments which interfere in america it seem tint that the architect of the modern farmhouse illustrated had not taken time enough to ork nork out his adaptation of the mount vernon mottle motile the attenuated posts haie hae nothing noth liis to support the portico Is carelessly care lessl attached atti ched arid and the aindow 3 vere nere inserted a necessity necess iti for one seemed to elst it anav be a that the inspire tion for this farmhouse was not derided front mour mor t vernon at all but from some ruedi mediocre ocre farm house ho iao of that decadent period tit in Anic america rica riled iad r irth alth president lackson jackson in it 1829 the inora ork of jacks of ill all trades aich Is in no sense a prototype po of american renai renaissance ance and ought not to be per the colonial c penter rho often without a mastai spirit coq a fier knowledge of the orders Ili ouli thomas jefferson jefferon said raid there hero a aas as none who could drin dri N them acau bately architect affect one another interchange of aws alexs males mal es for foi i consensus of opinion art and just at present there Is ficat tor for the ion on lox ion 1101 11 HUP tile HIP spanish roof and the ubiquitous pergola effect jundul loft vm alvi uon the flit alist floor and unduly short ones on the decono hut but in fit spite of theof chesi professional fetishes mr A anai lin lingurn LurN succeeds tit in prodoc ing LL a b dutiful il coni see river ele vailon of thi houe at hills nr c loik Arric rican architects archi lecta give aoi oi lie ho tier ier if ou it snug nug home title atmo as t ll 11 theotta the cottage geat at new nein lork ork desil designed ned by mr illein alllan il liin 1 bites so much enuch foi the architectural integument but nhen ihen it compa comes to the or of anneal alilin jil comfort oni fort the and li picnic the econome of blaco si aco and or of tinie time and the of labor in tin till lio ho indeed the ani Amii cail architect be becomes ornes an infallible Intal lible counsellor for tle tile homebuilder home builder no maric a ill cottage liou hornier eier humble Is considered consider cd quite i X hig lonic proposition tor for all the beir round occupancy without a good dry dr cell celair jr at least re beien en feet tit in tile the cec tr ir ind and N alth till a lath and plaster ceiling some product of tar la Is usually employed for coating the exterior of tile the annall a all beneath the ground an adequate un dor ground drain constructed cither of pipes or broken htone leading to some rome natural gatei course or loi ion land axa aw ai from the brilling bu bull illing ling Is ahans provided if it Is possible in the middle ol of the cellar Is placed the heating apparatus tor for warm aar adr lr hot water or the acrum fiutem from which the libit naturally natural rises to the rooms A cold store Is often partitioned ott off bi b a non con ducting axall in the cella while a smaller cold store for kitchen Is contrived con tried by bi antl lating a series of shehen sli eles in a with a coith ex exposure roure oft off the kitchen rahe coil coal bins bilis tre ire in iari abl located in the cellai into aich the coal lehigh anthracite is the beat ls is easil comes ed in portable chutes the coal mei mci chants carry caro on their deller deli erN magons it would bo be considered consid ercil an all extravagance to build leangos lean tos or outside build ings to the economic cottan cot taE hoN however Never picturesque they the can bo be mide made the laundis also Is placed in fit the cellar for economic reasons and Is lighted bi an area window there Is still much loom in an Ame american Amerl cin cellar the advantages adian adan offered more thin th in corn coin I 1 he i ne x p e n e cottage does doe s n not t c concern 0 n qc e r n seir much about bernan tenants I 1 s A century ico bon cone from great britain lisitin our first chief ju utice tice john marshall Mar shiU raid ld that lie he so eav no household ner N ants in that lint gentleman s home indich gnp ws indeed rire rare in colonial coloni il times and in a state elate like irginia dut but ser Nants 3 are almost a prohibitive prohibit ne laurn in the small american cottage of today competent loung omen nomen command tio 10 ter m month an english writer san sas s it might nith ra on be said F iid tit that it household sen aits nits are the line of OE demarcation between the rich arid and poor in kni merlea erica could the line be not more exactly exact drift n at such reasonable mental and physical plu sicil comforts in I 1 life fe as aa ire csan to health the kitchen therefore ills bas to bi be as few steps from the dining lonni or dining table as may ma be yet set so perfectly separated that hit smells or smoke from tile the cooling coniing cannot if 11 ade aade tile the lining pirt part of the cottage eiers amen can cottage has to be screened during tile the summer nith ath broncel ire screens to doors and indans the bronze bronz eNire mire nill ill not rut the mosquito has been target exterminated by b scientific measures for its destruction but flies ind and other insects abound alle achile the screens also arrest the entrance of cockroaches and mice and so enable emble the doors to remain open indefinitely A bathroom with 1 tile floor and punted painted walls nalls with nith rounded corners like tho thoe 0 of a hospital ward Is specified the attic or sible gable rooms ot of a small cot ti t iga st are not comfortable in summer is as a rule but b insulating the roofing with arlous non don conducting materials that are to be had they the aro are made much more useful than formerly for merli to the ad N mintage of the temperature in III the second sto stoby y rooms ralie ahe modern american cot cottage tao lacks chim neis chimneys not it all for use be cause the entire and cooking apparatus requires only two or three flues but solely for ap dearance pei pe rance arance the imperative fourth dimension people pretend to understand this mathematical curiosity which exists in ill theory onh while they the seem un ible able to appreciate the fourth dimension but first Irin principle cIple of successful architecture A inthout which we ne build the house in aln the dramatic note |