The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-10

warehouse. public building or residence
in the clearest and best manner possible
'tETee-A building must look well. If IL
acts well and speaks well IL will look well
and may in addition receive intelligent or
Eamentation.
il residence to act well II Honolulu, In
la. Italy or China must first of all pro-
vide shelter from rain, heat and insects.
low best 1t may do this the man who
huilds here the colonial house of the At
lantic Coast differs evidently from the
nan who builds a French chateau of cut
stone or wood and stone We have all the
beautiful architecture of the South, from
Granada TO India, not forgetting the beau
tiful Italian villa, nor that very good rep
.resentative of tropical architecture. the
ITglishman's bungalow, for inspiration.
Says writer in a current American pc
riodical, IAN interest in verandas, loggias.
terraces-the breathing-spaces or open-air
iving-rooms OF our new civilization as IL
wCre-has gone on increasing so rapidly
within the past few years that successful
decorators and architects are now called
upon TO consider them with almost as
much care as that expended upon any 9TH
er part of the house. This is seen partic-
ularly In the superb terraces which are
being built in the newest and costIiest
country places, and in the care expended
upon the porches and verandas Of smaller
| houses. The awnings on verandas must
be- considered. for instance, in relation to
the rest of the house, to it's color and its
period; the flowers and vines chosen with
great care so as never to suggest a false
note; and the hangings made to harmo-
nize with the whole The loggia and the
terrace are nothing new These have al.
ways formed a charming feature of e
Italian villa. But Americans are becom.
Ing, through their travel, citizens of the
world They are quick to observe and ap
propriate. Therefore an intelligent inter
est i'm distinctly good architecture is il
American on the increase When the with
Iering suggestion is ventured that any at
tempt to improve the architecture of Ho
nolulu must inevitably result in the New
England farm house, with its contracted
out-of-date ''stoop," it is well to recollec
that such houses were never good archi
lecture In any zone, and only existed a
a scrt OF compromise, which is the ex
cuse, of course for much of the shifty
evanescent building in Honolulu 1t
time to denominate bad building in Homo
lulu, not as California, New England O
! Nebraska vagaries, but simply as unntel
, iEsent. There is such a thing as beautifr
and noble Southern architecture. Greco
and Rome. the birthplace of noble arch
, lecture, were in the South. The Farther
: on stood in a climate which permitte
that beautiful conception OF pillars to b
substituted for the outside walls Yet
, was so far from being fiimsy that Dol
items of it still stand. The transition;
stage Is one through which every gres
, city has passed. Because Honolulu fine
. herself I'm the throes of her transition;
stage, she should not lose heart and ca.
= a backward glance, but forward TO II
. day when with an increased Anglo-Saxo
: population she has assimilated the I'VE
. low scourge," conquered ell attendal
: and present difficulties. and emerged
clean, sound. beautiful city
: ANNA ALWARD EAMES.
4 Wahiawa, Oahu. II. T.