Health in home and town . to $15, us examine some of these houses. The Beautiful Residence. — Wealthy men have builtvery beautiful residences in America. In New York,Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Cleveland,and other large cities, their town houses are , nothing is too good for decorating and furnish-ing. Rooms are finished in marble and in mahogany,and the walls are hung with wonderful tapestries. Some-times, an entire room is finished in wood that oncedecorated a palace of the old country. Wonderful fire-places reach to the ceilings, and are copies of those i
Health in home and town . to $15, us examine some of these houses. The Beautiful Residence. — Wealthy men have builtvery beautiful residences in America. In New York,Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Cleveland,and other large cities, their town houses are , nothing is too good for decorating and furnish-ing. Rooms are finished in marble and in mahogany,and the walls are hung with wonderful tapestries. Some-times, an entire room is finished in wood that oncedecorated a palace of the old country. Wonderful fire-places reach to the ceilings, and are copies of those insome ancient palace of Europe. Furniture, draperies,and carpets are collected from the four quarters of theearth, and no expense is spared. THE DWELLING HOUSE ii A Country House. — Some of the fine estates thathave been created in this country are similar to theold English places that have descended for generationsfrom father to son. A large, rambling house is oftenset upon a commanding hill. From the wide verandas,. A Pleasant Cottage Home line views may be obtained of the rolling lawn, thestately trees, the beautiful garden, or the distant riveror hills. The Single House. — Perhaps the most comfortabledwelling for a family of moderate means is the singleone-family house. In the city, it may be one of a blockof houses; a little square in front and another at therear is the most that it can claim for a yard. In thesuburbs, the single houses are found on the pleasanteststreets, often shaded with trees. A good lawn in frontand possibly a little garden at the rear may add to the 12 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN attractiveness of the place. In towns and villages, mostof the houses are surrounded by a small piece of landdeveloped as a lawn, a flower, or a vegetable there is plenty of room for tennis, croquet, andother out-of-door games. Cottages. — The small single house is often called acottage. Some of them cost only a few hundred dollarsand are very simple. In the
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