Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
Roof Garden q Feature.

Roof Garden a Feature.
It's walls are of Indiana limestone,
which is considered as enduring as
marble, but rather less expensive and
capable of more artistic treatment
architecturally. Counting the stories
from the street outside the careless
eye is likely to number but eight,
but the ninth is under the mansard-
like slope of the roof, which makes
what otherwise would be the attic the
ninth story. Here, at the top OF
the house, overlooking all the 9TH
er buildings in the neighborhood,
and secluded from the view of all
except those in distant skyscrapers,
is a sort of roof garden. In summer
it will be real sylvan retreat, far
above the noise Of the city. There will
be a big, vine-clad pergola, grass and
shrubs. In one corner will be sand
pile for tho children to play in. Open
ing off of this are several rooms that
can be used for open air sleeping
apartments in summer or winter. The
Rockefellers are great believers IN
fresh air and plenty of it, even in
their offices. There is plenty of room
to pitch tent or to make children's
playground down on the lawn, but
that would attract so much attention
that the Rockefeller yard then would
be one of the most photographed spots
in the United States and every sight
seeing bus would advertise it among
the attractions of the city. Away up
on the roof, however, there is nearly
the space of two city lots. There are
no shade trees-although no doubt
that could be arranged also, If de-
sired-but the roof as it is designed
gives absolute privacy, which is the
thing the very rich are willing to pay
the highest prices for.
Fine Squash Court Provided.
The ninth floor, large as it is. has no
room for tennis or other athletic ex-
ercises. but on the floor below there
is one of the finest squash courts in
America. For the benefit of those
persons who do not know what the
game of squash is, it may be explained
that it consists in standing some dis
lance from a wall and batting a ball
against it with racquet. When the
ball bounds back it is caught by the
other player of the two-handed game,
and is batted against the wall again.
1t is splendid exercise, and, as game,
simplicity itself. On the same floor
- :, Tango ovrauoc i,,r, A++od
with every apparatus for children, as
well as grown-ups. All through this
great house. 1t viii be noticed, the
dominant idea is for comfort and
healthy development of the children
OFF the gymnasium are several shower
baths. On the same floor is an in
Urinary suite, so that If any of the
children or any one else falls Ill they
can be isolated there if necessary. At
any rate, the infirmary suite is min
nature hospital of the most modern
sort. Every scientific device for clean
illness and comfort has been incorpor-
ated in it, Noise may be excluded,
land the air that enters will be fl
tered.
On the sixth and seventh floors are
the servants quarters. Generally, even
in rich mems houses, the servants
sleep up in the attic or down in the
basement in tiny, stuffy rooms. The
Rockefeller servants WIN be better
| lodged IN this new house than they
would be If they were guests at some
| fashionable hotel at $6 day. The
Rockefeller staff Of servants, In both
! houses, is the oldfashioned,. domestic
kind that keep their places year after