The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

manner, and the gardens are main.
tanned in a state of perfection which Ia
the final charm of all good gardens.
The house Is built upon a 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 a larger scale
than most Of the others. The order In
which 1t has been kept and the careful
attention it has received for many
years render 1t most attractive.
From the house we pass beneath the
guardroom and find ourselves in the
fountain court paved with tiles, and
clustered on all sides with delicate
spiral shafts Of exquisite molding,
which support a light arcade of point
ed arches. The walls are richly en-
crusted with Tunislan tiles Of very fine
design representing an arcade support
ed on columns with conventional vases
and flowers, and panels of n same
material serve as an effective contrast
to the whitened walls.
The fountain court Is extended a
short distance to form a terrace over
looking the Orangery and the azure
sea beyond. A square pool slightly
raised above the pavement contains u
massive circular fountain with It's ever
refreshing murmur of falling water.
Fl eardo 10 Well Restored.
FL Bardo is another example of a
well-restored Moorish house. 1t Is ap-
preached from the carriage drive by
u broad flight of black marble steps
with "rlsers" in blue and green tiles.
Entering through an archway be-
meath a whltewashed mirador we find
ourselves in an i%rregularly 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 W the Sc
heels or public fountains.
At FL Bardo the largest of the three
apartments overlooking the court Is Il
sort Of summer salon with n central
marble fn,tntatp. nuphtnnnI vaatS an
three sides form a divan. Other ex-
amples we have e G have little open
channels Of running water freely cir
culating through the apartment, as ut
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 Il delicious lit
tie Koubah, dlvaned On all sides and
with n mysterious pierced metal lamp
hanging from the ceiling.
The raised flower beds are bordered
by low walls Of gaily colored thing,
and the whole court is paved In black
and white marble squares. The quaint
old coffee kitchen is arranged in a cor
ner of the courtyard. 1t has been con-
scientiously restored, and its rows of
shining pots are arranged on a kind
of sideboard with tiled sides. Here
are the pestle and mortar for pulver-
izing the berries, and quaint Mussul.
man charms rudely painted on the
wall.
At one end Of the loggia Is the de-
lightful little sitting room LIE Salon
de la favorite. with woodwork delicate
ly treated in pale green, blue and red
brown. Four windows overlook the
garden at the east end Of the court,
and above the arched entrance gate
Is the room where the guard was
placed to watch the ladies Of the
harem.
, Any absence of color In the plan,
life Is more than compensated for by
the richly tiled wall surfaces. A cen
trail fountain In an octagonal pool re
fleets the blue sky. and q large wateI
: tank beyond forms an ideal home fol
the graceful feathery papyrus. High
3 white walls are clothed with a variety
D of bougainvillea, plumbago and cluster
. roses, and the tall. battered looking
bananas, the lstania, phoenix and othel
: palms preserve all the truly eastern
, features Of a garden of the Arabian
Nights.