. American homes and gardens. es sheltersseveral tiny balconiesplaced upon differentlevels such as one ex-pects and generallyfinds upon real cha-lets. The Swiss arefamous wood carversand toymakers, andthe clever artisans ofthe tiny mountain re-public excel in all thearts of simulationand clever make-be-lieve. To make thecage resemble as closely as possiblea chalet such as may be found inany village in Switzerland, the out-side of the cage is decorated in redupon a background of a kind ofclay-white. From China and Japan,and from some of the islands ofthe Philippine group have comecages of bambo
. American homes and gardens. es sheltersseveral tiny balconiesplaced upon differentlevels such as one ex-pects and generallyfinds upon real cha-lets. The Swiss arefamous wood carversand toymakers, andthe clever artisans ofthe tiny mountain re-public excel in all thearts of simulationand clever make-be-lieve. To make thecage resemble as closely as possiblea chalet such as may be found inany village in Switzerland, the out-side of the cage is decorated in redupon a background of a kind ofclay-white. From China and Japan,and from some of the islands ofthe Philippine group have comecages of bamboo or reed which hasbeen reduced to a state of sufficientpliability and then woven into imita-tions of the airy and fantastic towersand pagodas with roofs piled oneabove another according to the cus-tom of the countries. Several ofthe Chinese cages are possessed offeet of teakwood carved in a patternwhich shows much openwork; thefeet are obviously decorative andare doubtless intended mainly asornaments to relieve the otherwise. where it figures alsoas a decorative ad-junct, but here in theform of doors andbalusters across thefacade and as tinybrackets or corbelsplaced in the anglesof openings. One ofthe chief charms ofprimitive Chinese orJapanese architecturelies in the rare tasteand discriminationwith which ornamentis used—they have awonderful knack ofusing only the merestsuggestion of adorn-ment and yet attainan effect of finish andsymmet r y — it isnever over-done. Upon page 292 isshown a little Eng-lish skylark cagewhich with its bow window sug-gests the house fronts of such quaintold cities as Chester or Bath. lathis instance the receptacles forfood are of glass and are not verydifferent from those used with cagesbeing made to-day. A Mexicancage of reed which is the work ofan old peasant man, suggests thebroad, horizontal lines of the Span-ish architecture which prevails inMexico. As compared with someof the cages in Mr. Drakes col-lection it is somewhat clumsy andcrude
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