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[Illustration: In Kitchen and Bathroom
Old Dutch makes linoleum; tile; tubs and utensils bright like new. For
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[Illustration: FRUIT SUPREME]
=Fruit Supreme=
Select choice, fresh fruit of all varieties obtainable. Slice, using
care to remove all skins, stones, seeds, membranes, etc.; for example,
each section of orange must be freed from the thin membranous skin in
which it grows. Chill the prepared fruit, arrange in fruit cocktail
glasses with maraschino syrup. A maraschino cherry is placed on the very
top of each service.
[Illustration: WOODEN SHUTTERS, ORNAMENTED, ARE SUITABLE FOR REMODELLED
HOUSES]
American Cookery
VOL. XXVI NOVEMBER NO. 4
Windows and Their Fitments
By Mary Ann Wheelwright
Through the glamour of the Colonial we are forced to acknowledge the
classic charm shown in late seventeenth and early eighteenth century
window designs. Developed, as they were, by American carpenters who were
stimulated by remembrance of their early impressions of English
architecture received in the mother land, there is no precise or
spiritless copy of English details; rather there is expressed a vitality
that has been brought out by earnest effort to reproduce the spirit
desired. Undoubtedly the lasting success of early American craftsmanship
has been due to the perfect treatment of proportions, as related one to
the other. That these are not imitations is proved by an occasional
clumsiness which would be impossible, if they were exact copies of their
more highly refined English prototypes.
The grasp of the builder's mind is vividly revealed in the construction
of these windows, for while blunders are often made, yet successes are
much more frequent. They are evolved from remembered motives that have
been unified and balanced, that they might accord with the exterior and
be knitted successfully into the interior trim. Some of these windows
still grace seventeenth century houses, and are found not only on old
southern plantations, but all through New England, more especially along
the sea coast. True products are they of Colonial craftsmanship, brought
into existence by skilled artisans, who have performed their work so
perfectly that today they are found unimpaired, striking a dominant note
in accord with the architectural feeling of the period.
There is no question but that windows such as these lend character to
any house, provided, of course, that they coincide with the period.
Doubtless the designing of modified Colonial houses is responsible, in
part, for the present-day revival of interest, not solely in windows of
the Colonial period, but also in that which immediately preceded and
followed it.
[Illustration: GROUP WINDOWS ON STAIRWAY]
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