Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01

not impossible to have a bungalow COM
bining the openness of the ideal country
place with the luxury of Newport
villa. In other words, there are bunga-
In India they have high arched roofs
of thatch or tile. The original had a
matched roof. A great hall divided It,
Rooms with glass doors. ranged on either
side. When the windows were all open
the building fesembled shell with far
reaching quadrangular roof. This roof
extended over a wide veranda.
In tropical countries this Is still the
typical bungalow. In the Spanish-Ameri-
can countries the bungalow is the sub
rockers of the same. almost f1il the hails.
There the occupants in the cool OF the
evening sit side by side. rocking furious
ly to aid the circulation.
Robert Louis Stevenson had a bunga-
low in Samoa. Hawaii is full of them.
Now they have come here. and here they
are going to stay for period that realty
men, who ought to know, predict will
prove longer than the reign of the Queen
Anne cottage.
As Costly as Wanted.
Along the southern Long Island coast
many are building. They cost all the
way from 81, 500 to $4,000. The moderate
cost is most in demand Many will be
reserved for renting. The plans will be
faithful limitations of the original Indian
article They will face the sea. and a
view. of those already up shows pic
turesQue effect that the Old-style cottage
sadly lacked
The bungalow has a restful look. 1t
seems to have alighted from somewhere
for the purpose of staying. 1t looks
solid There Is nothing fimsy about IT,.
To be sure, some of the cheaper have
rather light timber. but even so, they
Ill
The roof of the moderate cost bunga-
low Is of shingles. The more they cost
the heavier the roof. until tile rules. Ana
there are stone and brick bungalows.
The original housing place In India was
built of unbaked bricks.
In fact. bungalow is an elastic term
for a house of comforts. 1t is intended
to be a place Of residence. where con-
venience shall rule, where GOODNESS snail
be unbounded. where comforts OF all
kinds shall be without end. and where
architectural beauty may not be lacking.
Along the north shore in Massachu-
sets there are beautiful villas that are
not villas, but bungalows. On the New
Jersey and Long Island coasts there are
dwellings that are beautiful in outside
decorative effect. There are but four
walls, but there is the encircling veranda,
the beauty of rare carvings of pillars,
window frames, doors, approaches, Win
the acme of taste In landscape garoen-
x, AiSSsA
have only one story. They build them
here often with two.
But the same lines of comfort are ad-
hered to. Sometimes the roof hangs SO
far over the second story that 1t protects
the veranda This gives GOODNESS to the
first and second stories. The erect with
the wide veranda, terrace-like in appear
ance overshadOwed by the far extending
roof, the latter 'curving upward In orien-
tai insolence, gives an exotic effect pleas
ing to the senses.
Arrangements Spell Comfort.
So long as the peaked roof and the en-
circling veranda are adhered to tine
bungalow effect remains, no matter what
the interior arrangements may be. The
hall need not strike the rear wall. 1t
need not go through. The interior ar
rangements may be much like those of
the modern cottage without the place los
ing the Indian appellatfon. The wide nall
should remain. But bedrooms need not
abut on the first floor hall. In the costly
bungalows ampleness Is the rule. Airi-
ness is the mode. Everything spells COM
fort. That Is why this type of dwelling
appealed to the British in India.
When they undertook to govern the
great Asiatic peninsula they made some
effort to make themselves at home. The
bungalow became the official dwelling. 1t
became the quarters. on large scale, for
soldiers in contonments Bungalows were
used for government offices and official
residences. and on the great public roads
the government built them about fifteen
miles apart to serve as hotels for travel
ers and they were run under government
auspices. Officials near the first rank
lived in palatial bungalows and the mer-
chant princes of Calcutta and Bombay
had habitations that rivaled those of the
princely houses of India. And these town
houses were just bungalows.