. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . pportunity. Careful preliminarysketches and photographs are made toguide the subsequent work on the a plaster model of the site ismade, on which the miniature house iserected in wax, so that the roof lines canbe studied before the final drawings aremade. But all this would not suffice,were it not that a natural gift for the pic-turesque aids the pencil. The cleverfancy of one man is an inspiration to hisneighbor. Therefore it follows that wehave a band of men capable
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . pportunity. Careful preliminarysketches and photographs are made toguide the subsequent work on the a plaster model of the site ismade, on which the miniature house iserected in wax, so that the roof lines canbe studied before the final drawings aremade. But all this would not suffice,were it not that a natural gift for the pic-turesque aids the pencil. The cleverfancy of one man is an inspiration to hisneighbor. Therefore it follows that wehave a band of men capable of turningout good country houses. Very few ofthese men, of course, confine themselvesto this as a specialty. .\ comparison of plans is at first sightbewildering. The freedom with whichrooms are added without respect for es-tablished rules, the frequency with which,one part of the building slides away fromthat all-important axis on which thefiner feeling of the true architect de-pends, is somewhat startling. But gen-erally there is some method in thescheme. The well-studied plan of a man THE SUBURBANITE 11. One of CranfordsComfortable Homes of ability shows a balance of llu- (lifferuntparts, a careful adjustment of windows,a placing of doors where they are mostneeded, that is better than absolute sym-metry. Some plans are bent like the let-ter S, some content themselves withturning like a crescent. This last is mostsuccessful when one desires to locate allthe best rooms on one side, taking ad-vantage of a view or of a southern ex-posure. Convenience is the first considerationin our .\merican homes. Therefore it isnecessary that the plan be well studied,to afford economy of service and com-fort. The laundry work must be taken intoconsideration and jjrovided for. Theremust be a hot drying-room for clothesand a cold-storage place for perishablefood, an amiilc wine-cellar, a storeroomfor canned and boxed supplies, a lamp-room, a linen-room; and even a flower-room must not be forgo
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