New-York tribune., 1913-06-22
By Maria Gore.

By maria core
No the lucky ones Of US who spend
whole summers in the country always
realize the possibilities about us for hVins
healthful out-of-door eXistences? DO We
sleep out Of doors and eat out OF doors
and practically do our housework out IN
the open? II is possible
There is a world Of difference between
the ''veranda living room Of the twen-
tieth century and the nineteenth century
porch. The latter was, indeed, true 10 It's
nare-to the literal meaning Of the word
porch covered approach 10 a door
way.
some householders still keep the old
fashioned porch as an attractive entrance
to the front door but they now usually
have al the side OF their houses its more
roomy cousin, the veIanda, which, be-
cause OF its greater privacy, they turn
into an outdoor living room.
Other houses are built 70 combine the
front porch Tith the veranda, but TINS Is
considered By many authorities 70 be
mistake in more ways than one FROM
the purely social point Of view Visitors
and callers. unless intimate friends, pre-
fer 10 enter through a small porcnTay and
be escorted into the reception hall or par
or by the maid rather than plunge into
the heart OF the family circle, members
Of which they may not even know by
sight
The porch entrance does not necessarily
have to be small II is well TO have II
arge enough 10 admit OF entertaining an
acquaintance there in hot weather when
the plrlo- atmosphere is close.
DELIGHTS OF A "LoGGlA."
The best OF all living room verandas is
The logyia, sometimes called the upstairs
veranda." Here the family can have all
the privacy they want and all the ham
nocks. lounges and easy chairs that make
Aziness IN summer so inviting.
BALCONY HUsT NOT BE FORGOT
While the locgia with all its possoil-
ties, Is becoming every year more popu-
ar either as sleeping porch or out
toor sitting -oom." the charms OF the oal-
cony are likely % he overlooked. Because
balconies are uncovered they can offer
;reer circulation of ain. but unfortunately
IN exclange for this one must part with
ones privacy and perhaps that is why
balconies have been forgotten. When one
has been working hard in a stuhy office
a.. day there is world OF refreshment IN
half aa hours rest in an armchair upon
hat balcony which is built high enough
Up (even near the roof il necessary 20
catch every breeze that blows. Even in
sahing hot weather there is nearly al
ways breeze or two up there, and the
osrsht which every breeze brings at such
time is worth garnering.
AN IDEAL SUMNER HOME.
a well.to-do physician has built what
ne calls an ideal summer home II con-
Ass mainly OF veranda space and an
enormous and II xuriant garden.
The house itself" he says, lis mainly
place TO stop in during rainy spells.
NE pazas ara our real home"
and these piazzas are OF all kinds
"ssias for sleeping rooms, or as they
are famillarly called, sleeping porches'
~ outdoor dining room, a piazza ktchen'
.lVlosed IN lattice work; roomy gSouno
n0oF veranda, which he calls the out
u0or parlor." and last, but not least,
'oof sitting room.
Aost Of the furnishings OF the house
are OF the rustic variety or OF such ma
NfisIs as Will endure all kinds OF wealth
:" valuable mahogany and other eN-
y'lsNe belongings that require care are
s1t behind IN the winter home
Ny country home" the coed doctor
.Apains' is intended 10 offer complete
"eeaom from care 10 US all. mother and
s'usewite included"
A ROOF SITTING ROOM.
ms particular roof sitting room is in
'esiity sort OF enlarged balcony II is
waited on the roof OF broad loggia, and
Vualnt little stairway leads up TO II.
lew plants that love sunshine, a
~oie and two or three rustic chairs are
~'"'hg the furnishings. There is also
soH'ortable hammock couch. so that IL
' desires one may sleep beneath the
eis On clear nights. This roof sitting
I'm Is not often used during Me day
us' being too sunny but there are
s'eny times during the course Of a sum-
when It Is welcome, especially on