South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-15
In the Picturesque Hills Of Maine

to do next; we are pretty well salts
fed with Hillside studio just at pres
emit"
1t is no wonder that the people
who live ali summer at FORK Har-
Dor call this the "cutest house in
town" one OF its particular charms
is the fact that no two rooms. with
the exception Of the studio and the
gallery are on the same level. il is
a step up and a step down every
where. The rooms are not plaster
ed. but the rough boards are stain
cd and treated 10 give an atmos-
pheric effect which is most attrac-
tive. The many mall-paned win
dows slide back and forth. showing
their boxes Of gay geraniums just
outside. and the broad window seat
i'm the studio figures i'm many Of the
ARTISTS pictures. Outside is "a high
hedge of willows which forms a
beautiful background.
This little house is built on a
ledge Of rock, explained Miss Knox,
"and when 7 set out that willow
hedge everybody who passed-that
is. all the ownsfolk-stopped and
told me earnestly that I was vast
ing my time. that willows would
never grow on ledge But YOU
can see how well they have done;
they reach up TO the ridge-pole al
ready and / would not care 10 have
them any higher What / really
wanted them for was to screen me
from passers-by on the lane, when
I paint outdoors, as j love 10 do. AS
for that. just look at this beautiful
elder-blow bush which grew up be-
side the back steps, outside the
studio door. That was not on the
place when We built the house. but
came up OF its own accord as though
10 give me another lovely back
ground L use il often i'm painting
portraits of children
The interior of the little house
that the artist built is quite as at
traCtive as the outside. for il is fur
nished simply with old mahogany
furniture family heirlooms, with
splint bottomed chairs, also some of
Windsor and Chippendale styles. an
old fashioned secretary, spindle
legged tables. a grandfather's clock.
and i'm one Of the hreplaces, which
are brick. is a crane and also a pair
of ancient andirons.
I'VE tried using candles only for
lights" the artist laughed; they
were artistic. certainly. but my
mother decided that electric lights
would he much more practical and
so. finally we put them in. This
summer studio is JOY 10 me and
has shaped my career, more or less,
I do so much of my work in it,
painting portraits of the people who
come to York Harbor. particularly
the children, and I also get the lit
tie children of the natives to act as
models for other pictures. II is big
enough for me 20 teach classes in
when I want 10. and / have num-
Der mp here, but most of all it ~
helping me to do the sort OF work ]
have always wanted TO do ever since
I can remember
The visitor thought as she went
down the zigzag walk with its
! groups of steps here and there, lead
ing from the front door 10 the
street below. following the lettering
path the children had made long
ago when the little red schOolhouse
stood where the uncovered studio
now stands. that surely here was an
| excellent example Of what one could
do i'm the way Of building an at
| tractive little place for the summer.
starting out with foundation of
two rooms and a porch. with a bal
cony above and a porch outside.