. Houses for town or country. verse. But in the case of residences, all thatthe architect can do is to supply a well-formed andfitting frame and scheme to a picture which must befinished by the people who live in the house. Nomatter how intelligently the designer may adapt adwelling to its inhabitants manner of living it willnot aesthetically belong to them until they have addedto its efifect the imprint of the kind of life they leadand the sort of domestic appurtenances they is not so much the case in a country the finestdwellings of which belong to an aristocratic classwith certa
. Houses for town or country. verse. But in the case of residences, all thatthe architect can do is to supply a well-formed andfitting frame and scheme to a picture which must befinished by the people who live in the house. Nomatter how intelligently the designer may adapt adwelling to its inhabitants manner of living it willnot aesthetically belong to them until they have addedto its efifect the imprint of the kind of life they leadand the sort of domestic appurtenances they is not so much the case in a country the finestdwellings of which belong to an aristocratic classwith certain common traditions, as to the mannerand symbols of their domestic life. In such cases thehouse will require only an impressive impersonalityof efTect, which is attainable by an architect. ButAmericans are individuals before they are membersof any class or social group, and the individual noteis necessary to any American dwelling that is all anAmerican dwelling should be. The difficulty with many interesting residences is 82. HOUSE AND TERRACE, FAULKNER FARM HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY that a good architect has either had too much or toolittle to do with them. In the former case the effect,however beautiful, is necessarily impersonal andperhaps a little frigid,—as if the fire had gone outon the aesthetic hearth, or the family were afraid towarm their hands at the blaze. A man should notbe afraid of his house any more than he should beafraid of his butler. A house with which its ownerdares not be familiar may be good-looking but canhardly be gracious and charming. On the otherhand there are many houses the owners of whichhave insisted upon planning and decorating the inte-rior and laying out the grounds with only clericalassistance from an architect; and it cannot be tooemphatically asserted that this is not the proper wayto secure an excellent, much less a consummate re-sult. Remember that I am confining this part of mydiscourse to interesting residences. Houses whichexpress
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