Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13
YOUR HOLIDAY HOME
Whether You Call It Bunga-
low or Cottage.
COMFORT AND UTILITY
CONE FIRST, BUT NEVER FORGET
THE PRETTY TOUCHES.
How to Treat Walls and Floors mex
pensively and With Best
Results.
COMFORT AND UTILITY
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The woman who demands that life at all
times shall run on oiled wheels. with never
jolt or a jar in it's mechanism, will take
| no interest in the building and furnishing
of the bungalow l have in mind. Life with
in it's comparatively rude walls involves Il
certain amount of roughing it in picnic
fashion to which my lady who finds her
pleasure in the conventions of life will not
take kindly To many others this very
| throwing off of conventionality is the bun
galows chief excuse for being and its
bright. particular charm.
The conditions of modern life have
| called into existence almost as a necessity
the modest almost a necessity the mod
est, inexpensive holiday cottage, be the
architecture modern or unrecognizable-a
cottage where one can be free for a time
from the pressure of town life and enjoy a
freedom never found in the summer hotel
or its wholly unattractive substitute the
boarding house, cheap or otherwise. Ones
own cottage or bungalow appeals especially
to the busy man or woman to whom 1t is
a rest in itself to know that there is some
where a quiet place with a home atmos-
phere where one may throw off the burden
| and heat of the day and snatch a couple
of weeks holiday at a moments notice,
where a home wardrobe will be sufficient
and the packing of grip all the prepara-
tons necessary and where, too, the depart
ure from it's restful shelter may be accom-
plished in the same easy fashion by simply
handing over the keys to a caretaker.
There are various ways of acquiring such
a cottage. One may build a log house af-
ter the Norwegian style or put up an mex
pensive little affair of wood with super
structure of shingles very comfortable ard
pretty Splendid results. however, have
been obtained by purchasing a disused
building that may be turned into a holiday
bungalow at comparatively small expense
Cheap Rents in India.
Better still would it be were it possible to
hire that abode by the day, as travellers do
in India for a rupee-or 40 cents of our
money. In that country bungalows are
built at the expense of the authorities and
are usually square, one-storied, matched
rooted affairs surrounded by verandas.
These bungalows are found at intervals of
twelve to fifteen miles on the highroads.
AS Uncle Sam is not so considerate of his
childrens comfort we are obliged to build
for Ourselves.
The particular bungalow l am going to
tell you about stands on the less frequent
ed shore of beautiful and historic Lake
George. Originally fisherman's hut low,
long and thoroughly unattra ctive it has
been transformed by the addition of few
rooms and matched roof into pretty
a little summer home as one could mag
inc.
The one long room which seemed to have
met all the anglers domestic requirements
was divided by the new tenant into a din
ing and sitting room. With the aid of slid
ing partitions these rooms can be made
quite separate or turned at will into one
imposing apartment. Out of the farther
end of the dining room was a hail. around
which were built three bedrooms, all small.
but sufficiently large for comfort. The
kitchen and pantry found themselves at the
back of the bungalow.
Pretty as Possible
The bungalow must not only be COM
Portable. but must be made as pretty as
possible-that is part of the holiday pleas
ure. Its charm is due to it's simplicity and
in furnishing one should bear in mind to
have nothing that cannot to great extent
take care of itself; no polished furniture or
dust-trap hangings that require careful
| looking after. The holiday ought to be a
real one, with none of the winter worries
to mar its perfect peace. and this cannot be
comprised if with dust and germs is
necessary.
The Lake George bungalow stands mon
| ument to all these virtues.
After the rooms and porches had been
added local workman was called in and
the important step of transforming the in
terror by tasteful decorations was begun
The walls were first attacked. Their trans
forma ton was effected by means of care
fully chosen plain colorcd wall paper which
made charmingy reStful background for
some good prints and photographs in oak
frames. An original wall decoration was
devised by the mistress of the bungalow
who is no mean artist. She arranged as ID
dado for the sitting room a series of wa
ter color studies of American wild birds
These were set in long narrow frames and
hung dado height entirely around the wall
The Wall Treatment.
There are many ways of treating the