The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-17
WHAT SOME CALL CAMPS
Quarters which Rich People Provide
for Themselves I'm AdirOndacks.


The summer homes that dot the shores OF
most of the 100 lakes that lie within the
shadow Of the Adirondack mountains be
long for the most part to people of wealth,
and this is especially true of the log cab
ins, which are much more expensive TO
build than any other house of equal size
in that region. Although elegant Swiss
chalets have appeared. the log cabin is the
most popular abode among fashionable peo-
pie, and its architecture and furnishing
provide entertainment keenly enjoyed by its
owners who are always on the lookout for
novel effects.
A prominent New York lawyer for ex-
ample. has recently built on Lake Placid a
lovely boathouse, formed of a group of
Philippine bolos. whose circular rooms and
cone-shaped roofs are built of straight
young spruce and fir trunks with the bark
on. At an adjoining camp the bathhouse
floor may be let down at will into seven
feet of water.
The treatment of the walls of these camps
offers much scope for the exercise of artis-
tic taste and ingenuity. One millionaire
has every alternate room in the main cabin
entirely open in the front on to piazza
that connects all portions of the irregularIy
built dwelling The chinks in the inner sur
race or the log walls are HlleQ III With ucli-
cate gray green lichens and MOSES or the
AdirOndacks, held in place with cement:
Navajo and IrOquOis Indian rugs and
blankets make floor and wall coverings, and
are thrown over divans comfortably piled
with pillows covered with Indian stufts OF
harmOnizing colors. Indian arms and orna-
ments are tackled upon the walls; rustic
furniture of weathered oak and hickory is
disposed about the rooms, with trophies or
the chase hung over "A corner mantel, built
OF stone, with a great cedar log for mantel
cEa Eric 1iorhf in II
lamps, and Indian baskets OF ADenakl
make form convenient receptacles for read
ing matter and odds and ends of various
sorts. Such furnishing gives the enect OF
rich simplicity and comfort, is entirely
harmonious with the warm brown of the
log walls the green ceiling of fragrant pine
bOughs (Which often canopy cabin living
room. and does not proclaim the costliness
OF the materials employed. Practically as
pleasing effect can be produced with
cheaper forms of hickory furniture, East
Indian cotton prints and blankets and
rustic ornaments, chosen with discrlmlna-
ton.
Cushions covered with cOlored plaid mat
ting are charming novelties for summer
homes, while pieces OF stamped or burnt
leather are fashionable as covers for chair
seats and cushions frequently being held in
place with a SurCingle.
A beautiful wall treatment in a log cabin
living room is a color scheme of dull green
and brown. The walls are covered with
extra heavy jute burlaps of a cool shade of
green. and this is paneled in squares by
means of crosswise strips of cedar bark
about three or more inches wide. A great
mOodji mat of East Indian grass in green
tones is spread upon the polished floor, and
the room is furnished with the beautiful
and somewhat costly grass furniture made
of American prairie grasses from the far
Northwest. The walls are decorated with
bright prints and photographs, which give
a touch of needed color to the forest-hued
room.
For cabin wall coverings the handsomest,
although not the most expensive, materials
are jute and ordinary burlaps, in plain
cOlOrs, of which almost every tone may be
obtained. The favorites natural hemp
and wood colOrs, greens and deep reds.
These cOlOrs are also TO be had in denim,
cotton rep, cotton and linen taffetas and
ucklnSS, either plain or inquired. Jute and
taffeta wall coverings also have self-toned
figures and stripes which are admirable for
lounge, swing or cushion covers A woman
in Lake Placid who did not care to use
| cloth upon her walls simply had light
| brown cartridge paper stretched over the
| logs that formed the inner walls of her
cabin, and paneled II with strips or silver
| birch. a big silver brentwood box stood
by an open fireplace. and bOughs and twigs
+ of the same shining wood formed the sides
| and balustrade of the stairway. Shelves,
| racks and stands for pOtted plants were all
| constructed of silver birch. and the effect
| of the whole was most charming.
For wall decorations of summer homes
| this season crown paper is now a fad On
| light ground of any desired tint long
vines and flower stems run upward, and are
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| ceiling with a border of large flowers
! These papers are matched in color and gen.
eral floral effect by the printed French and
| English cretonnes of which the large Eng
| lish patterns are most popular. These Gre
| tonnes are used for window, door and bed
/ hangings, cushion covers and various other
! purposes. and convert the appearance Of a
! room into that of a florists showcase. EN-
| plOyed with discrimination, charming effects
/ are produced; otherwise room takes on a
bizarre appearance, which is rasping to
| ones sense of harmony.
| a pretty window dTapery for green or a
| dull red room is a sort of open meshed
| Swiss of a blue green color. with hint of
! wood cOlOred bOwknOts sprinkled over it.
| Out of the cool, clOudlike effect of this
| drapery deep red roses seem 10 loom softly
| and lend touch of color to the whole
| Madras and silk stripes, India prints and
| India silk draperies are all being used in
| hOusefurnshings and the favOrite light
| cOlOrS are pink and blue. These are appro-
| pirate enough for the average country
/ home, but for effectiveness in an Adiron-
| dack cabin nothing can equal the Indian
| dhurTies and mOOdji mats for draperies and
| floor coverings.
y fad of the season is for heavy and pic
turesque weathered oak furniture. The
! house furnisher delights I'm chairs and set
| ties with oak or calfskin or rush seats,
| often with pieces of leather in tan or red
| bound TO seat or cushion with surcingle
| or leather straps. Many of these have
| burnt wood panels set high in the backs,
| always with red In the scheme OF decOra-
| ton. Leather straps, buckled lengthwise.
in chair and settle backs, are also stylish
| for rural homes, and not a few great oak
! settles depict gay coaching scenes on pan
| els set in their backs. Big weathered oak
| swings for piazza or lawn are popular
/ this year. These are covered with a bright
| throw" and piled with gay cOlored cush-
| ions.
Another convenient piece of furniture for
| the piazza is tea dtvan- The divan is of
| wicker, reed or wood and has a shelf for
| books or ornaments at each end and a
| table in the middle Four people can cozily
| lounge upon it and sip afternoon tea, write
or play games at the square center table.
a useful piece of summer furniture. seen
| in hickory, with rush back and bottom, is
| a combination rocking chair and cradle.
| A mother or nurse may rock in the chair
| while the baby sleeps in the cradle
/ n taking thing about the new armchairs
| for the country is the way in which basket
| pouches and stands strapped to the
! wide arms, all ready TO hold golf sticks,
| canes, umbrellas, papers, books fancy
| work.