The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23

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 | A. new home sin. an interesting setting is theFresidence of MT. and Mrs. Stephen Smith, who are pioneering at Edge wood. They have just taken possession of the Thouse and after two weeks of their occupancy it has the most livable and lovable aspect. Hundreds of peo- pie have passed it either riding. or driv- Ing. or on, the new car line which curves around just below it and which takes many sight seeing folk out, especially on Sundays. MT. Smith smotors and as the roads ares excellent. he finds his new home ostsaccessiblei to town. The drive Is familiarsto everyone. Passing through Rosedale with its little houses and it's busy stores, thes road turns to the right and, kfrom saistretch ofsprettyf country, and streets which kwere cut recently and are an example of enterprise bespeaking lthe tendency ] to spread the fbounds of Birmingham and{transform tSinto a big ger city whether or no, one finds the streetS onkwhich,M MT. Smiths house stands 1t rwas asclever thought which prompted the ichoice4 of the four acres. on which it f~A the ,ibg Atree tin front are all perfect. In lthe ecentersoff its fours acres it stands on h ssoftIy* rising kRollf which was graded islghtly, and with fine effect, for, seen from theistreet and from the car, every ,angles ofA the splace is excellent. Later kwhensa greenbturf has replaced the pres lent barren surface, the beauty of the house will Tbey decidedly emphasized. At the gmomenttthe. greatest asset which the place has in sthe way of surroundings is Ethe grand oldstree which towers above fthe roof at the side. Its shapely tbranches, ,tcovereds with gren foliage, stand tout with especial freshness against the trlch browns and gray of the house. whose foundation, ilowersrooms and big chimneys Eare built of rough field stones with fbrown-stainedsb boards above, to complete the charming rough effect. A splendid Ebreadth is obtained in the architects arrangement of the rooms-two big apart Iments with a broad hall between-hint- hing at the colonial plan, yet retaining the cosiness of modern low-hanging ceil- dpgs-.|
 The porch is joy, for it is both broad and long. One enters it from a low flight of stone steps, and the floor itself is of gray cement. In front of the pretty entrance door it is covered and remark ably wide narrowing at either side where 1t is left uncovered. On the left of the Ehouse, approached from two doors in the living room this gracious veranda con- ftinues and like the expanse in front, has an inviting array of fibre rush furniture whose bright green, like the big tree, is harmonious with the brown and gray tone of the house.
 In the interior of their home, however, MT. and dfNfrs. Smith have most cleverly expressed9their individuality giving even so soon after sesta blishing themselves, in hndescribabe touch winch one might call
 
 lends itself to this characteristic. One of those charming colonial stairways, ma hogany with just touch of white enamel. lcurvess its graceful length down the cen ter of the room, opposite the door, The walls are the tint of old leather and a frieze of conventional motif here anc Iin the room at either side blend per lfectly, making it difficult to divine that lone apartment shows brown and the other blue tint Soft rugs and beau- tifully polished floors are a delight but not more so than the inviting hearth in both living room and dining room-the first a smooth marble and mahogany of formal design, the other of unmatched stones and cozier and more suggestive of just the nook for jolly good book for winter dreams over bright red coals This is in the dining room, where the furniture is mahogany. The dvans and big, downy chairs of the living room are green velvet and mahogany.
 Four apartments and sleeping porch on the second floor and a billiard room lin the attic complete this attractive place. MT. and Mrs. Smith went pioneer- ing or at least established their lares and penates in thinly populated com munity, undaunted by fact that water connections are at the moment impossi- ble, and they have modernized their home with the aid of an electric pump, whereby they send water from quaint little stone and brown board well house near the porch, to both kitchen and lavatories.
 But the best of this charming house is that it is the kind which appears to veri- y have it's roots in the soil. It promises to grow into the landscape if it had always been there, for it is so complete ly suited to the nature of the country about and the people who live in it.
 Sitting on the veranda of this delight ful place and looking in one direction to see, far as the eye can reach, slightly ly undulating hills topped, some with pines and others with oaks and elm and