Sunset . aintedwalls and bright hangings; and hereMrs. ^IcXarys skill as an interior deco-rator has found a delightful and bathrooms flank the hv-ing room on either side; and in therear are the modern and commodiousservice quarters. The house is fullyelectrified, as indeed the entire ranch is— even the lawns and gardens arewatered by electricity; and heating,cooking, and lighting are all done bythe same up-to-date method. But attractive as the ranch house isitself, its setting is even more remark-able. In the distance the Cascade Moun-tains rise en one side and the CoastRange o
Sunset . aintedwalls and bright hangings; and hereMrs. ^IcXarys skill as an interior deco-rator has found a delightful and bathrooms flank the hv-ing room on either side; and in therear are the modern and commodiousservice quarters. The house is fullyelectrified, as indeed the entire ranch is— even the lawns and gardens arewatered by electricity; and heating,cooking, and lighting are all done bythe same up-to-date method. But attractive as the ranch house isitself, its setting is even more remark-able. In the distance the Cascade Moun-tains rise en one side and the CoastRange on the other. The view of themis superb. And the immediate fore-ground is charming. The main door ofthe hving room opens out into a patiowhere wisterias, honeysuckles, and hy-drangeas bloom freely. Further on is alarge flower garden where, beyond awide border of roses, cosmos, delphin-iums, roses, dahlias, and many otherflowers bloom profusely, stretching outin a bright expanse towards a hedge of * * * *. gigantic sweet peas, which, like theroses, are a specialty of the of the grounds have ever beenlandscaped, and in the natural unre-straint with which these merge into thesurrounding landscape, lies a large partof their special charm. Nowhere onthis ranch is there a sense of artifi-ciahty or confinement. Instead, there isan aJl-persading impression of free-dom and spaciousness. A 50-acre park,bounded by two creeks—Claggett andLa Biche—extends beyond the flowerand vegetable gardens, the well-stockedfishpond, the tennis court and the golfcourse, and the little knoll which thepleasant, peaceful house park is dominated by magnificentDouglas firs which grow in great luxu-riant groves, and which in some in- In addition to being acharming wife and host-ess, Mrs. KHcNary has anenthusiastic interest in so-cial welfare work and nr^anyworthwhile organizations stances attain a height of 250 feet. ButSenator McNarj, whose deep, abidinglove of trees began when,
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