The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-05-28
BUNGALOWS and Summer Furnishings.
Easy and Delightful Housekeeping. vari-
GUS Devices that Tempt People to Enter
tain Outdoors veranda Fittings.

Easy and Delightful Housekeeping. Vari-
GUS Devices that Tempt People to Enter-
tain Out Doors. veranda Fittings.
ICorrespondence of The Journal
NEW YORK, May 16. Now that bun
galows are fashionable, it is quite posi-
BILE to be at once comfortable, aesthetic
and smart in ones way of living at a
very moderate expenditure, since the
new type of cottage costs less to build
and furnish than anything known here
tofore, excepting perhaps the ugly camp
meeting type that was formerly almost
the only solution for inexpensive sum-
mer quarters, and these did not belong
in the same class in any particular.
| The simple lines of the bungalow
blend with the natural surroundings,
whether of shore, wooded background
or grassy downs, in a manner that is a
delight to the eye, while roomy in
terror is possible in even a small house,
since provision is made for very few
rooms, which not only cuts down ex-
pense but adds materially to the COM
ort and ease of living. A surprising
number of cottages of this sort, de-
signed originally only for summer &C.
cupancy, have been converted into
homes for all-the-year round by few
| additions in cellar rooms and heating
contrivances.
TOWN AND COUNTRY DRAWING
TOGETHER.
The rapid improvement in transpor-
| tation facilities here in New York, and
the development of the motor car has
| opened up the possibilities of Long
Island, New Jersey and Westchester
county to say nothing of the less &C
cessible boroughs as home sites, in a
way that is meeting with evident ap-
probation by great numbers of people
who have hitherto found themselves
confined to city apartments.
There is great activity in building and
loan and other associations, and almost
any young couple, if they will, can Sc
cure modest home, paying for it very
little more, or in some cases less, than
they would spend for the rent of city
apartment.
FITTINGS AND FURNISHINGS.
All the shops are slowing a most en-
ticing array of furnishings for bunga-
lows, verandas and lawns, and here
there is chance for economy without
loss of Smartness, for charming fittings
come at very moderate prices for subur-
ban homes. Fittings that are neither
cheap in appearance nor t1imsy in con-
struction, but rather built to answer
the requirements of substantial coun-
try living, where the boys come in from
golf or more practical digging and throw
themselves into an easy chair with small
thought or care for floor coverings or
chair cushions.
WASHABLE COVERINGS.
Most of the coverings for upholstery
or lounging purposes are made of wash
able fabrics, and to meet the demand
manufacturers have made quantities of
very substantial cotton materials that
are exactly suited for couch covers and
chair cushions. Denham is one of the
cheapest and best of these and admits
of very effective decorations in stem
cilled patterns and simple outline en-
broideries and appliques. a material
known as "arras' makes excellent COW
ers and comes in number of desirable
standings in soft blue, green's and browns.
FLOOR COVERINGS.
Where thoroughly dependable floor
covering is desired that will stand wear
aud even wetting, without injury, moth
ing is better than the ''Crex" carpetings
and rugs, which are made from the wire
grass of our Western prairies. and are
used by the best decorators for halls,
verandas and living rooms generally.
LAWN PARTIES.
Nothing makes more impression upon
the American who is in England in the
summer than the great number of lawn
parties that are given. In small cathe-
dral towns, or in busy London, wherever
the householder possesses bit of green
lawn, in what in New York would be
designated as black yard" people en-
terrain their friends after fashion at
once simple and charmingly informal
with the same spirit shown even in the
| most pretentious affairs graced by sprigs
of royalty. ELEANOR FRANCIS.
HE OPERATED IN MAINE