New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
BY H. H. Hobart
ruytis Companies. INC.

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s.vAaos few builders of homes real
!. = lust what extent the windows of
sonse affect its appearances. This
s s. vsrv clearly brought out recently
: txo pictures-one Of a modern
q - 4 souare type. with huge plate
sssss ~ two-light windows throughout, s
ssss foundation, massive porch posts
n r,nderous dor1ners; the other of
ias .sss,e house remodeied, with small
ss 80 windows end French doors, a
Yss's y. s,,nndation, slender columns sup
ss,;.c an arched hood over the en-
- sasse. and small, well-proportioned
n.rsrs. The Improvement was moth
= short of miraculous.
ETrorn the earliest windows, which
-.rs lonr. narrow Sits through which
'sr~ws were directed toward advancing
80 windows have been utiiitarian in
.-rnfse. In those early days, when
,sattsrs stood in lieu of glass, win
AVS we're picturesque. Later. when
Lass was made, but in small sheets
I'd expensively, windows were a very
srosYtant addition to the design Of
Surches and homes Efficiency has
,one on. Glass is produced in larger
:sssts and inexpensiveiy. 1t has be-
ssr 'su,s practical to use large panes, and
= have done so, too often with un-
ANIMATE results. as far as the ap-
ae.ranee of our domestic architecture
sss concerned.
Small Windows More Attractive
Ruby Ross Goodnow, in "The Honest
- :
;tie, could conceive the possibility Of
soetie imagery lying in double hung
ash consisting of two huge sheets of
late giassl Architects should be also
ayg.sts, and artists have visions, II
ysur architect insists on huge sheets of
,Isss, instead of begging you to con-
adsr snail paEes, there is something
roag with him. know. For a shop
sindox the big pane Of glass has it's
Utility. It is 4 public window. It in
lies us TO examine it. We all look
nto It to see what is exposed. But is
ot this the very opposite OF what we
tould demand of the windows i'll our
samef" She goes on to say that the
rindow divided into small panes has
auch more decorative interest than
he single pane sash, which looks more
Ike great black holes or characterless
saop windows
The tive chief arguments usually au-
Sanced for the two-lieht window are
taat 1t is more easily cleaned, and that
he muntins between the small panes
sbstruct the view. Surely we would not
sbslish everything from our houses
mat is beautiful simply because it in
gelved little more labor TO keep it
eiean. Our homes would soon become
sbout as fomelike as an efficient bnsi-
Tess oficel Besides. the smaller panes
DO not shew the accumulationoftg CRIME
IS readily as do the large sheets Of
glass. And we should decide that the
nHntins give picturesque quality to
the view and throw checkered patches
4 sunlight on the hoor, and e1iminas se
he necessity for glass curtains, since
hey are Of themselves attractive.
As rule, the panes should be about
light by ten inches. A rectangular
psne is more attractive than a square
9ne, vertical rectangle better than a
aar;zontal one. These are much more
satisfactory than diamond shape. or any
antastic subdivisions, whether the
auntins are of wood or lead.
ordinarily either easements or
aouble-hung sash should be used
throughout the house, but, if the same
q general character, both may be used
IN the ssme house. Easements have
lad rather unsatisfactory record of
ack of weather~proofness in the past
aut Il is now we'll established that
nth the proper frames and the proper
aardware, easements are as weather
ssasting as any other form of opening
Something About Bay Windows
The bay window and the dormer
Ei'dow also merit special attention.
Both have many forms-and usually
ass forms, at that. There are a few
principles that may we'll be borne in
mind about them: Both bays and
darnders are usually too heavy looking.
4 bay window should always show q
Rppert beneath it. Unless. the wallis
m to the ground there should be
0'sekets. Dormers should be small
saa tae roof should not project far.
u Is also q good idea to have the side
7slls Of the dormer of the same ma
1ral as the roof, which makes them
sssn more q part OF 1t.
Especially in those houses which
lave solarium or q sleerang porch
: TIE question of windows one OF nc
tstle Importance. The selection of the
sart Of windows used may make the