Evening star., 1893-09-09

tinted cartridge, which is not expensive If
ordered direct from the factory and a good
5ourneyman employed at days wages to
put 1t on.
Point in Regard to Taxes.
Another plea for the severe style Of the
front elevation is that the tax assessor
never crosses the threshold Of your house
when he comes to appraise for the tax col
lector. Your interior may be done In fresco
and carved mahogany Of whitewash and
pine wood, yet it is all the same in the tax
Dill. Appearances are against you with the
tax man. He will punish you for adorning
the street with your money, but you can
Indulge in the purely selfish enjoyment of
an expensive interior without any addition
al tax.
In relation to building a country house it
VIII always be more difficult to guide the
slender purse because ten to one the owner
VIII demand one OF those atrocious clap
boarded horrors that meet us on every road
way with its wooden "cut work." it's penny
brackets and those atrocious excrescences
broken out like vile eruption on the face
OF the building. But happily the eruption
becomes a veritable Vesuvius when a fire
starts the fimsy ptle.a then one may read
over the country house of which nothing
Is left but the foundation to mark the site
ana a small Insurance to add to the owners
poignant grief. The fact is that insurance
nual outlay for paint are serious items.
Then comes the suburban house afflicted
with the shingles. stained to various tints,
looking dry and hot under our torrid sun.
Stone Cottages of England.
In strong contrast to these dwellings are
the stone cottages of the humblest laborer
Of the British Isles. with their thatched
roofs and roses climbing to the very CHM
ney tops. 1t is to be hoped that the DAY
han
be created from the abundant stone that
may be had for the carriage in many ad-
1acent localities. This native stone when
put up by a rural stone mason by the perch
Is very cheap structure. 1t is moreover
picturesque when green vines tone down
Its rugged harmony, and especially il the
architect shows any taste in its treatment.
A hne specimen Of broken Eshler'' in the
crude stone may be seen in the gateway
Of the Davidson place on the Rockville
pike. 1t Is Of cream color quartz stone,
which abounds in the Bethesda district.
Another specimen of rugged stone work
tury and Is still young In its old age is
the Nourse homestead and the Presidents
country house adjacent on the same road
No paint pots needed for their unfading
colors nor harrassing fear of the fire fiend
BY purring out the interior OF stone
house for the plasterer one obtains a COOL
dry house for summer and a warm, close
shelter In winter. 1 have found the best
near Philadelphia, where they are low and
broad, Of one or two stories with an attic
Insist on broad freplaces in the country,
where one may have the real luxury of a
log fire. 1t might be superfiuous to suggest
that one avoids the dust of the highways
and obtains better effects by building well
back from the road. and, of course. upon
an elevation. either natural or artificial
Unless you have plenty of money do not
spend 1t on elaborate mantels. Five or ten
dollars will buy them in pine unpainted
In good shapes with mastic holdings that
can be painted to match the woodwork
and wall paper Over the log fireplace 1t
Is desirable to have high shelf on the
chimney breast. Indian red cement makes
cheaper hearths than tiles, which ought to
be used in the bath room and about sinks
There should be long French windows upon
a broad piazza at the sides, where the pur-
pie clematis will grow and hammocks NAV
swing at ease, cushions and rockers abound
that one may lounge in neglige sheltered
from the gaze of the highwaymen If one
lives all the year around In the country
double sashes and weather strips will prove
an economy Of fuel and added comfort.
Ensconced In a home like this, where the
landlord never calls, where the butcher is
a rare visitor, where ones sheltered hens
provide brotlers for the table. a Jersey COW
renders an equivalent return Of rich milk
FOR the white clover. where the orchard and
garden supply the table. fill the cellar and
the jam pots, one may defy panics and
cease to care very much whether or not the
silver bill is ever settled by Congress.
8. P. O.