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but because of its unstable quality 1t
was easily washed out by the rain. so
the early builders introduced the wide
caves to overhang the walls to protect
Il from the elements. Since the ends of
the walls were less easily protected the
gables were either shingled or covered
with clapboards, and thus II was that
such a variety of materials were used
in the old Dutch houses with which we
are so familiar in this part OF the coun-
try.
whatever the cause, the angles and
planes of the Dutch gambrel roof are
very beautiful, harmonizing with the
slope of the ground and the background
of rolling country with which II Is asso-
ciated. WhAn more room was needed,
then the owners built on to the cottage
a wing. similar in type but smaller in
proportion. As the family grew an
other wing was added, SO that as in the
Wyeth house there Is symmetrical
house plan with the complete unit in the
centre and the wings thanking the ends.
II was not at the start the original con-
ception of the Dutch Colonial house as a
type but a matter Of growth, OF meeting
domestic conditions as the necessity
arose.
The wyeth- house utilities stone. brick
and wood, the trinity of materials that
went into the original Dutch house. A sub
on the place is laid up with white cement
mortar joints about two inches wide. The
stone wall itself is eighteen inches
thick. The roof, covered with hand hewn
cypress shingles closely resembling those
on pre- Revolutionary houses. has an
overhang Of four feet six inches. AS
in all the Dutch houses the front en-
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palm leaf and the other a torch, both
in bronze. Upon the solid stonework
joining the columns Is a bronze shield
bearing the names OF the various battles
in which Chelsea men fought.
The members of the committee to date
are william II. Archibald. Albert Bard,
j. ]. Cavanagh, Stewart Chaplin. Oscar
Cooper, Clarkson Cowl. Miss Josephine
Curry. James S. Cushman. Mrs. ]. Henry
Dick. Capt. p. NJ. DuBoise. Knowlton
Durham. Oscar Ehrhorn. DR.. ]. ]. Ell
lott, DR.. J. S, Ferguson. Leo Frank.
Louis Frank. Mrs. J. J. Goodman. Ben
jamln Greenberg. John II. Grotecloss,
V. f. Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Frederick S.
Lamb. n. II. Lamprecht Miss l.. r,
Lodge, Miss Helen McCauley, the Hon.
J. F. McCourt. the Hon. p, p. McEl-
ligott. John Mulligan, Miss Alice V.
Parle. the Rev. T. +. Savage. Mrs. Har-
riette Schmidt. Capt W. II. Scoble,
James Sculllon, the Rev. Thomas A.
Thornton, Miss Aida s. Williams and
Me- Iahr Zimmerman
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growth with a plentiful sprinkling Of
dogwood, which at this season of the
year makes the region indescribably
lovely.
The natural topography of the land
which constitutes a succession of hills
and dales between Van Cortlandt Park
and the Hudson. has been left ungraded
to any appreciable extent. SO that each
resident enjoys a distinctive site to suit
which his house has been especially de-
signed. AS result this combination Of
art and nature serves to make Fields
ton one OF the most delightful OF re-
stricted residential developments any
where in this region.
The strong domestic appeal which Mr.
Baums houses extends to home lovers
Is expressed very charmingly in the DR..
George a. Wyeth house on Goodrich
avenue. Situated on slight eminence,
back from the street. the house enjoys
all the features for which this type is
famous. The sympathetic harmony be-
tween the house and the site is strongly
marked. The field stone first story has
the deep overhanging roof and quaint
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Some Excellent Examples of Modified Colonial Arch
lecture Are to Be Found at Feldston on the Hudson
Where Dwight James Baum Has Designed
Homes Which Harmonic With
Tnoir
Their Surroundings

New York. One thrills with sense
of deep satisfaction that our American
ideals have BEEN so Complementary
translated into wood and brick and
stone. for this architect has put that
understandable something into his houses
such as the early Puritans wrought into
our American architecture-the vital
principle which makes 1t so genuinely
attractive and acceptable to-day.
An Estate on the Hudson.
There is perhaps n more notable COL
lection of Mr.. Baum's houses to be seen
at Fieldston-the 200 acre Delaield es-
tate along the Hudson. where the archi-
tect has established his home and his
office-than elsewhere, although mis- eff
forts are by no means confined to this
section. The houses OF his designing.
added to the astonishlngly fine natural
settings, go to make this one of the
most picturesque of the numerous resi-
DENTAL developments in the vicinity of
New York. The property not only
boasts Of ancient elms. naples, chest
nut and oak, but It has a rich second
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WILL DISPOSE OF
HUYLER HOLDINGS
Heirs to Sell Valuable City and
Suburban Properties
Through Brokers'.

The various real estate holdings o.
the late John s. Huyler are to be SOD
by the Cross and Brown Co. which
has been appointed the sole agent bf
the estate. Tho Huyler properties will
not be sold at auction. hut by private
treaty at prices far below the valuts
placed thereon by their late owner 4
Mr.. Huyler, during his lifetime. Wa
never known as on active purchaser of
real estate. and the lengthy list OF his
holdings is, therefore. something of
surprise. This Is accounted for, hoH-
ever, by the fact that many OF his prob
critics are located in the suburbs whdre
he had several large estates. sevetRl
dwellings and number of building sittis
The estates most important holding
in Manhattan Is one that long has bebr
regarded as ono OF the finest apar.T.cS
building sites In West End avenue. This
is the plot, S0.sxl15 feet. at the north
west corner OF Seventy-second street
and West End avenue, at present ibt-
proved with four four story graystonc
dwellings, all of which were made coli
Meeting and used by the late Mr. Huylhr
and his family as their city residCncAk
These houses are now occupied by Ire
Clark School for Concentration. III
Another Seventy-second street prob
erty is tho old Huyler residence atIk
West Seveiysecond street. near Cln-
trail Park West. This is n house. III
100, now under lease. An interestt5E
parcel Is the garage, 25xl0O5. at i1t
West Sixty seventh street. which Is
surrounded by valuable studio buildints
Also in Manhattan is the three stoit
dwelling al $50 West 143d street Rndlh
l76 foot plot on 2ltta street. in fNb
DyckTan section. lit
or the several suburban and countvi
estates owned by Mr.. Huyler, the mon
important of those now offered for saik.
is tho $50 acre reservation located ~
Hyde Park, y. y. on the cast Laiik
OF the Hudson River. on which it's late
owner expended largo fortune.
This estate adjoins that OF Frederick
Vanderbilt and is In the Immediate
vicinity of the Aston. Huntington and
Payne reservations. 1t has about n half
mile OF frontage on the Hudson River,
between Poughkeepsie and RhinebecK
and extends inland. among the hills, n
distance of about three miles. It n
fully equipped and contains numerous
farm buildings. &c. n
The principal westchester county
property is an estate OF twelve acres
avenue and Manursing Wav. overlook-
ing Long Island Sound. The property
Is beautifully laid oS, In lawns and
gardens, tennis courts, &c, and with
/. Its distinctive residence and outbuIlt-
ings is one of the show placeA OF Rye.
Other Westchester parcelsN include
houses at Mount Vernon and New Ro.
cher~ III
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shaped hinges hold fast, knockers and
foot scrapers are all pure examples of
Colonial fittings. The lighting fixtures
also are copies of old time styles and
in some cases he has painted his rooms
in colors after those in Salem, Mass.
An adaptation of the Dutch Colonial
idea Is to be seen in the Albert Schwab
house in Fieldston which Mr.. Baum
originally built for himself In the first
story he introduced tapestry brick with
charming effect. With the upper story
of concrete and the moss green shingled
roof the house with the dappled sun
shine falling through the trees is in
dcscribably beautiful. A hooded front
entrance has pilasters on either side,
forming a particularly interesting treat
ment. combining as 1t does the restraint
of the Greek order and the domestic
tradition of the later Georgian.
In the Hamilton house Mr.. Baum
gives another admirable Illustration of
the Colonial spirit translated into modern
needs. Like the Wyeth house, II Is es-
sentially livable. 1t Is just the sort of
house that nine-tenths OF the people are
looking for. simple. attractive and
homelike. with all the little etceteras OF
planting that go so far to At the house
to its environment. While Colonial
stucco 1t does not detract from the arch.
itectural value,
The Main Entrance on Centre.
While the main entrance is off centre
It has not disturbed the symmetrical
appearance OF the house. To the right
of the hooded doorway, where trellises
take the place of posts. are two windows
and French doors opening onto a small
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TO SELL GERBER PROPERTIES.
Kennedy to auction Dwellings,
Lots and Apartments,

Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and
Westminster apartments, dwellings and
building lots, are 10 be sold at auction
by Byran l.. Kennedy in the Real Estate
Exchange sales room this coming We'd
nesday for the estate of Moritz Gerber.
Mr.. Kennedy will offer 205 East 112th
street. near Third avenue, a three story
brick dwelling; 557-559 Brook avenue.
near Westminster avenue. Bronx, two
four story brick dohble tenements, and
on the same day sixteen Bronx building
lots on Appleton avenue, Ponton avenue,
Milford avenue and Morris Park
avenue. These lots are to be sold in
separate parcels.
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flowers, and the box trees and rhodo-
dendrons on the property are said to be
unsurpassed The main gardens of the
estate are laid out in series OF terraces
which extend south from the house for
more than half mile.
The house itself is an impressive
structure OF the Elizabethan type OF
architecture andl stands on the highest
portion of the estate. 500 feet above sea
level. 1t commands a view of both Long
Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean
Brown & Lord were the architects.
The new owner OF the Mortimer estate
while a comparatively young man, has
had an interesting legal career Born
In East Hartford, Conn, he came to
New York about nineteen years ago
after graduating from Yale University.
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her vicinity she is required to make her
own window pictures and she can do this
by a judicious selection of opaque stuffs
that are not SO opaque but they admit a
softened light, At the sides of the win
dows she will hang heavy figured silk
that when drawn makes in color and
design a picture effect II her room is
dark and gorgeous she can make no bet
ter use of old tapestry than TO hang II
by rings on a pole and at night draw 1t
fiatIy over. In few OF our modern
houses tapestry FITS In. Even in the
stately sort II Is rarely in character be-
cause It's first use. to keep out draughts,
Is unnecessary. Used as window pic
lures tapestry no longer expresses
desuetude.
To take the time TO think, TO study
different effects. to choose and discard
with careful taste, these things promise
something like perfection In the making
OF a home. They can be applied no.
where so layishiy as In the dressing Of
.srfDd0WH
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CHELSEA VILLAGE TO
HAVE WAR MEMORIAL
Committee of Residents Plans
Campaign to Raise Funds.

chelsea's residents, business and pro-
fessional men have unanimously decided
that they will cap their loyal support
to the Government by erecting "a me-
mortal to the boys OF the district who
took up arms In the defence OF their
country. Borough President Frank l..
Bowling, a resident of the district. is
the honorary chairman of the committee
appointed to raise funds for the erection
OF the monument.
|. Charles r. Lamb, also a resident OF
the neighborhooa and well known in the
artist circles ofsthe city. has submitted
plans for a stone seat with columns at
eithcr ord unon one NJ which is =
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He was appointed deputy assistant dis
trict attorney in 1901 and later pre-
noted by William Travers Jerome to an
assistant district attorneySip,
While serving as an assistant to Mr.,
Jerome, Mr.. Caravan took prominent
part In the trials of Nan Patterson, Al
bert T. Patrick. Harry X. Thaw, the
second trial OF Roland B. Molineux and
other sensational criminal cases.
After leaving the district attorneys Of
fee he became members OF the law firm
OF Osborne. Lamb and Garvan. In 1910
he married Miss Mabel Brady OF AL
bany, daughter of the late Anthony n.
Brady. He was appointed Allen Prop
erty Custodian by President Wilson
early in 1913 to succeed A. Mitchell
Palmer, Up to that time he had been
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director of the Bureau of Investigation
under Mr.. Palmer's jurisdiction.
Previous to his purchase of the Nor
timer estate Mr.. Caravans most notable
purchase OF New York property was the
acquisition of the former residence of
the late Nathalie T.. Baylies. at the
north corner OF Fifth avenue and Seven
ty-firSt street, which he bought in 1911.
The brokers in the Wheatly Hin trans
action were Harry 4. Rogers. who rep
resented Mr.. Garvan. and Worthington
WhItehouse Inc, who represented the
seller. Since the deal was closed Mr..
Rogers has resigned his position as vice
president OF the Arm OF Worthington
Whitehouse Inc, and is now vice-presi-
den. and general manager of the Wheat
ly Hills Real Estate Corporation.
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TO AUCTION FINCK ESTATE.
J. r. Day VIII Oner Brewers
Home at Rhinebeck.

The country estate of the late Aug
ust Finck. the brewer, at RhinebeclS,
Duchess County. New York, is to be
sold at auction by Joseph p Day at
noon Thursday, June 8. in the real
estate saiesroom, at IA Vesey street.
The sale is the result of partition ac-
ton brought about by Mr.. Flnck's heirs
The property comprises about thirty
fve acres with a splendid three story
brick residence containing twenty-five
rooms and all modern improvements. a
gardeners cottage. stable, garage and
barn. 1t is on the east bank of the
Hudson River, OF which II commands
akharming view, and Is in the midst OF
q exclusive colony OF estates. among
them those o. Vincent Astor. Tracy
Rows revi r Morton and others
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by HARRIET sIssoN GILLESPIE

Dy HARRIET sIssON GILLESPIE
4 wise woman know was wont to
say, mot every housekeeper is good
homemaker." and by the same token I
contend that. mot every house is a
home," even though am accused Of
heresy for my frankness. But IL the
person who starts out to hunt for home
is honest with himself he must acknowl-
edge that the proportion of houses pos
sessing the human appeal is absurdiy
small. There are shoals of dwellings
Of one sort or another. many of them
attractive to the eye. weather tight and
perfectly good port in a storm. but
so far as those that seem to yearn
for human occupancy is concerned they
are very few in number.
And because this Is SO, one quite nat
urally experiences q feeling of inward
rejoicing when one runs across such
truly livable houses as those designed
by Dwight James Baum in and about
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BROKERS ESTABLISH BRANCH.

Leitner. Brener & Starr, whose Of
fees are located at Prospect and West
chester avenues, The Bronx. and who
deal In all classes Of property. have
lately been devoting especial attention
TO, and displaying great activity in pro-
noting the sale OF business properties.
They are not combining their opera
lions to WestchesteS and The Bronx.
but have invaded the business sections
of Manhattan, principally in the Times
Square and Pennsylvania terminal sec
tions. For theAgreater convenience OF
their increasing clientele they have
opened a suite OF Offices at so East
Fnrtv-second street
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Francis p. Caravan, alien property
custodian, is the new owner of the beau
tiful Stanley Mortimer estate at Wheat
ley Hills, L. l.. consisting of over 100
acres and considered ono of the show
places OF the entire north shore. The
residence shown above. enjoys unusual
privacy as it Is set we'll back from the
main highway and is surrounded by the
handsome estates of Alfred l. du Pont.
Henry Carnegie Phpps, Harry Payne
Whitney, w. Goadby Loew and Thomas
Hastings.
Mr.. Mortimer began assembling the
estate in 1889 and spent many years in
bea utifying the gardens and lawns
which are among the most famous in
this section of the United States. The
gardens contain many rare and exquisite
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This in brief for the window as seen
from without. Inside the house 1t should
be a picture on the wall. delightful pic
ture II what il opens on be delightful I;
and il II isn't. then tho window, neces-
sary for air and light, must screen the
outlook.
How many people appre slate that with
a proper treatment of windows as pic
lures no room. however largo neo1 look
empty? Every housekeeper Is aware
that the greatest part Of her furnishing,
SO far as the removal OF feeling of
emptiness IL concerned. Is done when she
gets her curtains up" II she would go
a little further in the decorative scheme
this effect would be heightened. Sup
pose the windows of her living room look
out on pictures" under whatever light
they are seen-sunlight. moonlight or
even starlight.
Then surely her common sense will
tell her not to shroud them In heavy
draperies, but to keep her curtains as
diaphanous as possible and nearly al
ways to avoid drawing them. Nature then
win paint a constantly changing picture
behind each pane OF glass which will al
WAYS harmonic with whatever else she
has on her walls She will not "wry'
these pictures by looping her thin cur
tains back. for that gives the effect OF a
bird cage. And does she know that a
good quality OF cheesecloth will dye to
any shade as most ,cottons will not
IL she takes advantage OF this Interest,"
ing fact she may frame her outdoor pic
lures IN exactly the right tone and hang
a deeper shade OF the same In SILK or
damasl< in straight folds down the WIN
dow sides.
Rgf n nature rre not been kind +
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WINDOWS SHOULD
BEAUTIFY A HOUSE
When Artfully Designed They
VIII Lend Charm to Both
Exterior and Interior

As appendages to a house windows
heed no excuse, and when the architect
who specifies them or the owneE-who
pays for them gives a little attention to
making them good looking. II not strictly
beautiful, they require less. 1t is, when
ore comes to think OF the laws OF light,
quite as remarkable that one can see
through a pane of glass as II one could
sec through a wall of brick. Fortunately
for our little family affairs that we wish
TO keep to ourselves the mystery OF the
H-ray has not been applied to our
houses: II is permissible to look at your
own bones, but not at the bones OF your
house.
At the beginning of a tiny sermon on
windows 1t is necessary to say one thing
taat is not generally admitted: windows
nave two functions to perform about
house and they are to be viewed from
TWO sides. the inside and the outside.
They should beautify both. The owner
IS 10 blame when they are ugly, tiresome
adjuncts to an interior. howbeit useful
10 admit air and light the architect Is
10 blame II they are not correctly placed
era shaped 10 break up the monotony OF
wall and 10 give II character.
II is always a Joy to And something on
re architect, and here is the Achilles
t'don az the most of them. the win
COWS of the buildings they design. In
'lis country at least that tyrant usually
thinks his task done when he places q
certain number Of openings in certain
regular way. This rule works best In a
building intended for a factory. 1t has
oeen said before and with unpleasant
Irlth that tha factory rule Is too often
tpplied to residences in this country,
shers Wiraow is dixie the simple prim-
foseI widow and nothing more.
Happily for our exteriors the creed
OF England and OF France. which holds
to be something more. 10 gaining
ground people are beginning to learn
ny ocular demonstration that a very
pain wall may be made charming by
breaking 1t up with lovely window eyes
"regularly but artfuliy placed.
This creed 10 a new thing In Eng
and. at least It 10 not more than a
century old. From Tudor to Georgian
architecture windows were merely win
aows. In all new buildings and IN all
reservations OF buildings In the British
ses they are now q chief considera-
"'h OF the architect
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French windows . DeIight.

=, But in the Renaissance architecture Of
france the wide. fair windows open as
= they had expanded 10 let In that
,osy dawn. Charming are the windows
VI All the chateaux built for royalty or
hooility. with their squareDess corrected
The curve Of the r9Der corners.
W. 49,. tfA. 's-~ - NIX shH--f
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dormers. the many small paned win
culiar TO the houses built by the early
Dutch settlers In New York and New
Jersey.
1t has the peculiarly beautiful gam
brel roof so familiar m the ancient
relics still left standing in this part Of
the country. While in the early exam
pies of the Dutch Colonial type the top
slope of the roof was less than rs de-
grees and was. quite short and the
sleeper slope took an angle OF As de-
grees and was quite long. the architect
has in the Wyeth house taken n bit OF
license with his lines and angles in
order to allow more head room in the
upper story without, let 1t be said in
| passing. destroying the effect OF the
! planes or making less beautiful the
most attractive type OF roof archi-
lecture known.
A House With n Winning Aspect.
Every aspect Of the house is winning
and appeals strongly to the home in
stinct OF the prospective house buyer,
The first story walls have a thickness
! OF eighteen inches. such as was common
in the re-Revolutionary houses of this
| sort, only modern and more binding
cement takes the place of the common
clay from the fields OF New Jersey.
which, mixed with straw. held the
brownstone blocks in the earlier houses
in place.
Curiously enough in the use of this
primitive material lies the reason for the
long deep overhang of the roof common
to the Dutch Colonial architecture. and
the thing that makes It so picturesque,
| This clay mixture kept out the moisture
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the expressive aperture, OF a penciled
eyebrow.
And in modern French country houses
as great attention is paid to the WIN
dows as II they were to enshrine saints /;
IN fact, often the upper level windows
are so embroidered by sculpture. like
the elaboration OF a precious cabinet.
that they seem to be anything rather
than the details of a building exposed
to time and the weather.
In England a glare OF light is net
always to be commended or desired, ac-
quaintance with the antique. has de-
veloped in many persons an antipathy
TO 1t. Instead OF desiring to throw a
direct, merciless light on a dusky in
terror they dim II with thick loaded
glass, old bottle glass sometimes, in
order TO preserve the brownsh yellow
glow which to them spells home.
Much depends on personal taste, OF
course, but even in this country there
are many persons who feel that our uni
versal freshness. the glare OF unshaded
out OF doors penetrating everywhere, is
O false note or discord. 1t can be
avoided by the proper distribution OF
windows and the use of shaded glass.
AS we all know. this-is an age OF
prose. of machinery, OF wholesale pro-
duction, of coarse and hasty processes.
As we all know. too. windows OF every
size can be procured OF the factory. ready
to the last detail TO be set up anywhere.
But the house that procures its windows
thus ready made will never be a per.
feet home. however boldly they let in
the light and staDchly they keep out
the rain. No. the perfect house will
have windows designed for itself and
placed where an artists eye knows they
should go.