The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-11

F. Towards Villa an
Artistic TreaSure-hOuSe

books, the texture of carpets that were
woven on ancient hand-looms hundreds
of years ago, the indeseribable wealth
of art that is displayed in every OBJ
iect, that make the villa what it is.
The View From the Lanai.
Before entering the house one stands
on the wide lanai to take in for a
few moments some of the beauties of
the view. To the left and southwark
there looms up the sphinx of Diamond
Head, bold and bare in the glare of
the sunlight, with the sparkling waters
of the Pacific beyond. Thence the
pure curve of the beach from Waikiki
to the harbor mouth, with solf slopes
of all shades of green, bending down
to the water that here is fecked with
the white lines of the breakers.
Directly below is the formal garden,
quiet, almost solemn in its old-world
neatness, but relieved by the agreeable
change of the lower garden, which,
dotted with cocoanut, and date palms,
mango, and ironwood trees, is confined
from the road by a high wall of liehen
rock, surmounted by hedge of alga-
roba and panax.
On the extreme right is the pergola,
with its covering of Powered creep
ers. worked out in color scheme that
starts with a brilliant yellow and di-
minishes through white and pink to
rich purple at the far end
The Swimming Pool.
One walks to the end of the lanai,
to get a better view of the pergola
and feel the relief of it's quiet shade,
and there suddenly feels as though the
garb Of modern civilization had given
place to the skirted toga of ancient
Rome, and that one is standing in the
garden Of some ancient patrician.
Parallel with the length of the per-
COLA is a strip of grass some thirty
feet wide. In the center of this strip
is a swimming pool lined with dark
green thing. At the far end is a
fountain presided over by two busts
mounted on high marble pedestals, one
at each corner of the pool Beyond,
where the level of the grass lawn meets
the steep slope of the HILL is an arched
trelliswork over which climb creepers
with the same glorious purple flower
that marks the end of the pergola.
At the nearer end of the pool steps
rise from the bottom of the bath, and
the entrance to- the. water is guarded
by two sphinxes, carved from solid
stone by an Italian sculptor years be-
fore Julius Caesar was heard of.
Above the swimming pool the land
! rises steeply to the hill garden which
has been laid out in walks and lawns
and planted with every kind of shrub
and tree that fourishes in this climate.
Dining-room and Main Hall.
Back along the lanai and into the
house by the main entrance This
leads into small reception hall I'M
divided from the dining room beyond.
The dining room is separated from the
main hall by an old brocaded silk cur
tain which, when drawn back, folds
into paneled pockets. The main hall
is reached by going down two steps
| and has a gallery over the far en-
trance leading out onto the swimming
pool lawn.
This gallery is landing in the stair,
case which is against the mauka side
of the hall and next to the breakfast
room which is separated from the main
hall by large paneled door.
The salon, finished in old ivory, runs
along the front of the house and looks