American homes and gardens . uld be given to its art side. The waters of a townbelong to the whole people. Every one can not make use olthem in a commercial way, but at least every one can enjoyseeing them, enjoy the beauty with which they may be sur-rounded, enjoy the pleasure they must give to every right-minded soul. More and more American communities are awakening tothe value of this public enjoyment, this public appreciationof parts that belong to the common whole. The civic awak-ening of which we hear so much to-day is due to exactly thisfact. We are beginning to realize, as we never hav
American homes and gardens . uld be given to its art side. The waters of a townbelong to the whole people. Every one can not make use olthem in a commercial way, but at least every one can enjoyseeing them, enjoy the beauty with which they may be sur-rounded, enjoy the pleasure they must give to every right-minded soul. More and more American communities are awakening tothe value of this public enjoyment, this public appreciationof parts that belong to the common whole. The civic awak-ening of which we hear so much to-day is due to exactly thisfact. We are beginning to realize, as we never have realized,that there is a real value in beauty. Hence our parks andpublic places; hence the agitation for a more ornamental pub-lic life. Not all of the results of this agitation have beenadmirable, but the spirit behind them is worthy of the warm-est praise. The problems of ornamental water are not easyof solution in commercial localities. 224 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS October, 1906 A Home in a Nutshell By Janet Macdonald. IBSORBED in reflections anent the simplelife, enjoyed by the birds of the air, and thebeasts of the field, as well as being adoptedby modern faddists, I found myself trans-ported to a pretentious edifice, appointedwith all the modern conveniences to be foundin a first-class hotel, office-building or apartment-house, withthe additions and exceptions hereinafter related. The hall-ways were broad, well lighted, handsomely carpeted, and ap-propriately furnished, the walls being decorated with finepictures, and occasional jardinieres of growing plants emitteda delightful fragrance. The light, also, was well regulated;not garish, but altogether suggestive of the light in happyhomes of culture and refinement. A door was opened for me by a man, exceedingly polite,who at once introduced me to the interior of a diminutive,but perfectly arranged flat, and I was informed that this wasbut one of many similar ones under the same roof, the cen-tralization of labor and ca
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