The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-03
TEMPTING PIAZZAS.
MOST ATTRACTIVE FEATURES
OF MANY COTTAGES.
Details of the Porch actions of
Mansions in Newport and other SINH
lar Resorts-The Rich People of the
East Bask in Luxury. q

A summer cottage without q piazza
IS unusual. 1t may almost be said that
The piazza is the chief thing and that
the cottage proper is a necessary ap-
pendage, a place of refuge when night
comes on or when the weather is bad.
For the palaces of the wealthy at New
port and similar resorts great care is
devoted to the matter of piazzas, and
the results, while not always pleasing,
are invariably elaborate. The proper
design and arrangement of a summer
cottage piazza mean comfort and good
taste. The piazza should, of course,
add to the general architectural beauty
of the building, but must be so con-
structed as to admit sufficient light
and air to the lower floor OF the build
ing.
One of the most tasteful villas at
Newport was owned formerly by Rob-
ert Goelet. 1t is built on the cliffs,
overlooking the bay, and is generous
~ provided with piazzas of three diff
ferent kinds. One of these is formed
by a shed supported by pillars, the
whole covered with vines. Another is
the ordinary open piazza, shaded by
awnings, and the third is inclosed like
a conservatory.
The veranda of Mrs. w. Storrs
Wells Newport villa is during the
summer shaded artificially by a gor-
geous awning with fringe trimming,
and naturally by tall palms and ma
~jolicas. An Indian rug covers the
floor. Scattered about are cushions
and low chairs, a table to hold tea
things when 5 o'clock comes around,
books, bonbons and fancy work. The
most elaborate piece of work of its
kind at Newport, Or probably in the
East, is the Satyr porch of the Coun-
try Club, overlooking the golf links.
The piazza of Rosecliff, the Newport
home of Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, is al
most as large as the house to which it
is attached. 1t is one of the most at
tractive in Newport, and it was here
that Willie Vanderbilt wooed and won
Miss Fair, chaperoned by Polly, the
Oelrichs' parrot. Like all Newport
piazzas, this one has its share of cost
~ rugs and easy chairs, cushioned
with pillows, and more than toe usual
number of small tables, bearing vases
filled with flowers. During the eason
tea is served every afternoon on this
piazza.
Mrs. Elisha Dyer's piazza is known
by its oval opening, a latticed win
dow, like the frame of a picture, N
closing a pretty landscape. A ham
mock is swung across one end and Ia
bles, chairs and plants abound. Rough
Point, Mrs. F. ". Vanderbilt's New
port residence, has a spacious balcony,
furnished extensively with rugs, cush-
ions and willowware, relieved by
palms, Towering plants, and shaded by
a fine awning.
One of the quaintest and most inter-
esting, if not the most lavish, sum-
mer homes at Newport is Boothden, so
named from its former owner, Edwin
Booth. 1t has an uncovered piazza on
the right of the entrance. On the left
there is a little nook at the side door
is arranged today just as it was dur
ing his life.
/ Narragansett Pier boasts of many
magnificent cottages, most of which oc-
cupy commanding positions upon the
top of the bluff. The absence of trees
and foliage gives them an air of Sc
verify and GOODNESS not to be found at
Newport, which abounds in verdure.
One of these mansions, owned by
Francis w. Kinney, is of a square,
massive type, and has a sunken piazza,
or veranda, surrounding the first floor.