Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-20

manner, and the gardens are main
tained in a state of perfection which Is
the final charm of all good gardens.
The house is built upon hillside,
and the ground is therefore laid out
in terraces connected by quaint little
stairways lined with old tiles. 1t is
perhaps the best-known garden at
Mustapha, for 1t is upon larger scale
than most of the others. The order in
which it has been kept and the careful
attention it has received for many
years render it most attractive.
From the house we pass beneath the
guardroom and find ourselves in the
fountain court paved with tiles, and
cloistered on all sides with delicate
spiral shafts Of exquisite molding,
which support light arcade of point
ed arches. The walls are richly en-
crusted with Tunisian tiles of very fine
design representing an arcade support
ed on columns with conventional vases
and flowers, and panels of the same
material serve as an effective contrast
to the whitened walls.
The fountain court is extended
short distance to form a terrace over
| looking the Orangery and the azure.
| sea beyond. A square pool slightly
raised above the pavement contains
massive circular fountain with it's ever
refreshing murmur of falling water.
Ell Bardo Is Well Restored.
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well-restored Moorish house. It is ap-
preached from the carriage drive by
a broad flight Of black marble steps
with ''risers" in blue and green tiles.
Entering through an archway be-
meath a whitewashed mirador we find
ourselves in an irregularly shaped
court surrounded by oblong reception
rooms, each provided with an open ar
cade with horseshoe arches and slen-
der columns, single and in groups of
two and three. In Arab houses such
rooms are known as the Max ad.
They are usually placed on the south
side of the court so as to face the
north, and were possibly originally de-
rived from the arcades surrounding
the courts of the mosque. They are
frequently to be met with in Cairo,
where they are often placed on the
first floor in imitation of the belve-
deres or open galleries over the Sc
| beels or public fountains.
At Ell Bardo the largest Of the three
apartments overlooking the court is a
sort of summer salon with a central
marble fountain; cushioned seats on
three sides form a divan. Other ex-
amples we have seen have little open
channels of running water freely cir
culating through the apartment, as at
the Alhambra and the Alcazar at Sc
!. vile. Purple bougainvillea is trained
over the lattice covering the windows
, and the sun, shining through the
!, masses Of flowers, sheds a soothing
, light into the apartment. at the back
of the reception halls is delicious lit
, tie Koubah, divaned on all sides and
with a mysterious pierced metal lamp
hanging from the ceiling.
The raised flower beds are borderet
, by low walls of gaily colored tiling
and the whole court is paved in blacl
y and white marble squares. The quain
old coffee kitchen is arranged in a cor
ner of the courtyard. 1t has been con
! scientiously restored, and it's rows o
shining pots are arranged on a kim
> Of sideboard with tiled sides. Her
are the pestle and mortar for pulver
= izing the berries, and quaint Mussul
man charms rudely painted on tn
wall.
At one end Of the loggia is the dc
lightful little sitting room LIE Salo
u de la favorite, with woodwork delicate
{ ly treated in pale green, blue and re
brown. -Four windows overlook tn
garden at the east end of the cour
l. and above the arched entrance gat
L is the room where the guard wa
= placed to watch the ladies of tn
e harem.
e Any absence Of color in the plar
y life is more than compensated for b
E the richly tiled wall surfaces. A Gel
trail fountain in an octagonal pool r,
fleets the blue sky, and large waite
u tank beyond forms an ideal home fc
'. the graceful feathery papyrus. Hig
rs white walls are clothed with variet
10 Of bougainvillea, plumbago and clustt
lie roses, and the tall, battered lookin
s. bananas, the latania, phoenix and otht
lg palms preserve all the truly easter
81 features of a garden of the Arabia
~ Nights.