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The world is lately coming to appre- ciate the rare charm of the early archi- tecture of tidewater Virginia, of the coastal plains Georgia and of the black belt of Ala- bama and Mississippi, and wonders why we have lost that charm and find it so difficult to recapture. We are study- ing these old buildings in photographs, in measured drawings, in the original; we are returning to handmade brick, to hand-planed molding, to stucco, to hewn timber, but have not been able to build another Mount Vernon, a Bull- Pringle house, a St. Michael’s Church or an Athens, Ga. We theorize about landscape and atmosphere and style, but the distinctive character still eludes us. ‘The Southern architecture of the eighteenth and of the first half of the nineteenth century grew out of the lives of the people, and almost entirely without the aid of professional archi- tects. mostly at the hands of amateur proprietors, assisted by master builders and skilled mechanics, and often slave mechanics at that. The life of this whole region was organized on an aris- tocratic basis, with slavery—benevolent slavery, if you please—as its fundamen- tal - institution; and the architecture now so much admired was distinctly an aristocratic architecture. In that aristocratic society there was developed & culture, a refinement, a charm without parallel in America, and it expressed itself unmistakably in the arts—in literature, in oratory, in paint- ing. in gardening and, more than all, in architecture. tlements, in the difficulties of travel, in the absence of amusements, a lavish hospitality developed as one of the chief characteristics of the life of the times, for which provision was necessarily made in the homes, The baronial country estates were designed largely for this function, | some of them going so far as to provide | spacious guest houses, where whole families of visitors were entertained with special retinues of servants, not for a'day or & week end, but for months at a time. The point of this and of all that has been written is that the le, with their wealth, their culture, their -taste, their character, make the architecture. It requires. more than sunshine and landscape and style and architects and conscious effort to recapture that in- tangible and indescribable atmosphere which the traveler through Dixie finds 6f the Carolinas and A 1333 F St. N.W. STUYVESAN WARRENTON, VA. AN IDEAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS INTENSIVE TEACHING VARIED ATHLETICS RIDING A SPECIALTY Send for Catalog Edwin B. King, M.A. Headmaster COLUMBIA SCHOOL Engineering Department Classes Begin September 29th COMPLETE -INTENSIVE NINE-MONTH UNITS' AERODYNAMICS. STRESS' ANALYAIS, A ME AL_ENGINEERING O] ICE _SPEC. 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In this day of easy travel and communication and of standardiza- tion and cosmopolitanism, distinctive regional variation in architecture must largely disappear. If our' new architecture is an honest adaptation to climate ‘and landscape, an honest use -of hative materials, an honest and unaffected accommodation to the life and character of our people, we need have no fear that it will be In the sparseness of set- | ¢}, |NewEngland Farmhouse Forms Dominant Part in Building Group. EARLIER TOWN HOUSES FRAMED BY GARDENS Suburban Rflsidence! U{ To- day Elbowed by Bungalow or French Chateau. BY CLARENCE S. STEIN. The charm of the simple early Amer- ican house was as much In its setting of green foliage as In its simple design and delicate detail. " The New England farmhouse formed the dominant note in a group of less important buildings. Its simple lines and stark whiteness were softened by masses and shadows of trees. Even the earlier town houses were spaced far enough apart so that each stood out as a separate picture, framed by gardens, stables and fences designed to harmonize with it. There was space erough between houses so that they could be viewed singly. Not so the: suburban or small town houses of today. Of necessity they are placed 8o close together that it is im- possible to see one's own house as a separate entity. The inharmonious houses of one's neighbors are forever breaking into the picture. The archi- tect's perspective sketch was differe: The little white house stood alone in setting of green just like the old Colo- nial mansion. 1In real life it is elbowed on one side by 1 mission bungalow, all blushing pink, vn the other side by a stately French chateau and in the back- ground a group of pseudo-English cot- tages. We can no longer make our own environment. Stake in Neighbors’ Houses. If we desire the advantages of a mod- ern community—good roads, sewers, water, electricity, gas, police and fire protection, convenient stores and rail- road or bus facilities—we must pay the price and be content with a smali plot of ground. ~This means accepting our neighbors’ houses as a permanent part of the view from our windows. It means that the surroundings in which our home is framed play a more impor- tant part in its appearance than does the design of the exterior house itself. Above everything else, it means that we have a stake in our neighbors’ houses. The surest way to obtain harmony in a group of houses is to design and build Architec- turally, the houses become the units of design rather than minor details. Each house can be placed so as to obtain the | utmost advantage of its lot bath as to privacy and outlook. Individual build- ings can be composed not only to form interesting group design, but also to ac- centuate the individuality of eac There is no reason why that indivi uality need be sacrificed because there is harmonious grouping and enough harmony of style or treatment to pre- vent dissonance, The indiyidual' who feels he must ad- vertise his personality in emphatic color or discordant deaig and detail does not belong in closely knit: communities such as most of us live in today. That does not mean that individuality need be sacrificed because one has close neigh- bors, but merely that one does not need to beat a drum in a quiet suburb to ex- press one's independence. Nor need one choase a glaring color nor an inharmo- nious architecture to let the world know he has personality. That personality can much better be expressed the minor details br in them b u) 4 house and above all in its mo T)Ieth. inside of a man's home is his own to do with as he will. The exterior belongs notonly to him but in part to his neigh- bors as well, Cites European Villages. . ‘The little of Europe cha: us because in spite of the variety '1': the design of the houses, there is har- em as a single project. lacking in distinctive charm. mony and unity. This has wi naturally out of a similarity of cul‘:?xrll into & harmon There is a great variation in the design materials used, and their arrangements arrangement of the house group. The houses at Radburn, N. J., illustrated above, have been arranged so as to afford maximum advantage of vista and privacy, while at the same time all fll‘ ious scheme developed for the mtlrm‘:-un“d.hm groups. | of ind on the lots. as well as in the | This layout shows the background and a definite limitation in the use of materials for house build- % A similar harmony and charm exist for the same reasons in certain American communities, such as Nan- tucket. In these days we can achieve this result through the design by = lln!.le architect, or a group of archi- tects working together or under a sin- . . CHAPTER XXV. THE EYES OF GRAINGER. SHALL have to ask you and Miss Ferris some questions, Mr. Anner sley.” Samuels’ tone was consid- erate,:but firm. “Miss Ferris isn't fit to be questioned,” :nnmley flung angrily over his shoui- er. “Let me tell him, Claude,” Celia said in & numbed voice. “I can't keep it in ! my heart any longer.. Yes, Mr. Sam- | uels?” “Did Parados know Grainger was !’UH;! r?” Samuels asked quietly. “Did any other member of the hou hold?” Samuels looked &t Mrs. Pai dos. ““Did you?” The woman laughed. “I was only Dan's wife,” she drawled. “All right, Miss Ferris.” “To see him like that—after all he’s done for me!” Celia exclaimed. ' | fault. I shouldn’t have let him go on| with it. Who could have. done it? Claude, why did we stay in this wicked house?” - Grainger, it seemed, had lost his wife, Celia’s mother, shortly after the girl was born. Deeply emotional, he had faced the emptiness ahead with bitter- ness of spirit. Celia pulled him through. He had lavished the fullness of his na- ture upon her. | “Nothing was too good for me,” Celia | said tensely, “and, of course, I didn't appreciate him. And now it's too late!” A pretty old story, I suppose, but Celia managed to invest it with a sort| of dignity. “I don’t know how he did it. I just| took everything. He sent me to a good school in the East. I had plenty of clothes and a wonderful time, although he had to sell his business to put me through. That made it necessary (m’l him to take a position. You see, it Wfl] | my fault.” Grainger entered Parados’ employ about the time Cella was graduated. He sent for her. They were to talk over her future. The house was shut up the week Celia came—and Grainger was alone on the island, Parados turned up by himself for a couple of | days’ fishing. Grainger was ignorant of his employer's ugly reputation and he had been hoping Parados would see her and perhaps suggest a semi-professional opening that Celia might fill. Parados had seen her, and Parados had fallen for her father's lovely Celia, as Grainger had known he would. He wanted a confidential secretary. Miss | Celia_looked as if she might do, but he'd picked the daughter of his gar- dener for a position of trust. What_were they willing to_do_about | there while he was murdered—her: i Parados wouldn't want it known that| it? Parados, it seemed, had & plan. It Miss Celia cafed to adopt, say, her mother’s name and core to him mended by one of his associates and hold no communieation with her father —well, a good salary and the prestige of being Dan' Parados’ secretary wasn't to be sneezed at. But not a word to| any one. Parados was fairly decent, at first. Mrs. Parados hated her, but Celia re- turned the feeling. There was a west :o working for & man with areputa- lon. “And then Claude eame. As Celia sald this she made us feel that the advent of Annersley was both a beginning and an ernd. Mrs. Parados thought I wanted her husband as well as Claude.” Celia curled her lip. “I hated him. And now I hate myself.” Celia shook the ‘tears out of her eyes. “Is there anything else, Mr. Sam- | uels?” “You remained in Mr. Parados’ em- ploy because he threatened to break Mr. Annersley if you left—was that t?” Samuels asked. “Yes,”Annersley interposed quickly. “He didn't actually threaten to break me until a month ago. I should have taken Celia away and started over This wouldn’'t have happened Grainger know of this situa- until a week ago,” Annersley ‘We had to tell him then. Yes- terday afternoon his feelings got the better of him and he followed Parados |into this room—just before Hunt ar- rived. There was a pretty violent scene, I imagine. I think he struck Parados. Parados then lashed him across the “Grainger told you this? He told Celia this morning.” “M. Flique and I are of the opinion he knew too much,” Samuels sald. s!” Celia declared passion- . “He told me this evening that he had found something. I had gone to his room over the garage. I was “Was this what he had found?’ Samuels shaving. “He didn't say it was” Celia contin- tted, “but I saw him looking at a bit of twisted steel like that. Where did you find 1t?” “In one of his pockets,” Samuels an- swered, and he turned to Annersley. “You may take Miss Ferris up to her room, but come back here.” Samuels dismissed Caroline, Mrs. Par- ados, Prof. Johns, Miss Jahries and Manning, cautioning them to remain | in the house. He then instructed Kirk and held up the scrap of steel recom- | thing that Grainger was shot down because | significance of the petal we had found | ln' the safe?” Annersley dragged the word it. “In fact,” Samuels continued omi- nously, “you are about ready to admit 311-: Grainger thought you killed Par- 087" “All right” he shouted violently. “But Grainger was wrong. Parados was murdered by the man or woman who shot Grainger. I have told you every- I know.” “You haven't told us what you had under that newspaper when you inter- rupted Hunt and Parados last night,” Samuels drawled. “Hunt must be given to visions,” An- nersley said cuttingly. “There was nothing under the paper.” “There were oil stains on it.” w ibly. nersle; tone was a trifle careless. had n in the gun room looking at Parados’ firearms. The newspaper was in my hand and T put it down on the table. Some ofl had | been spilled.” Annersley must have known that we did not believe him. 1 had motive enough, but I did not| kill Parados. It is obvious he was killed by the person who got Grainger. You don’t believe I killed the father of the girl I am going to marry, do you?” “If you killed Parados, and Grainger had a case against you—yes,” Samuels replied. Annersley shrugged. “All right. You have Miss Jahries’ statement. That is my alib “A question, M. Annersley,” Flique | murmured blandly. “You were familiar | with the comings and goings of poor | Grainger?” | To some extent.” “Did he ever take the little holiday from the island? : | “A day or so now and then—when | there was nobody here.” | | “That is al.” | | ‘Toward midnight the" district attor- ney, the coroner and a small army of | minor officers and newspaper men ar- rived. It was decided to hold a double inquest Monday. | Samuels was worried. He had been criticized by Douglas Ross, the district attorney. | Parados was prominent, though hated. | and Grainger's murder, together with | his daughter’s story, had injected that ihumln element to which public sym- | pathy always responds. Ross knew | this, and he wanted an arrest to offset sharp comment from the press. The facts surrounding Grainger's death, Ross pointed out, tended to ex- clude the theory that he and Parados | had been’ kil by some outside per- son or persons, It was high time Sam- | uels was getting results. | | “Ross is about right” Samuels said| | when_the district attorney and his reti- nue had gone. “Grainger must have been shot by some one who knew his habits and the plan of the house. That lets Bec and Le Balafre out. The bird we want is right here in the house!”| (Continued tomorrow.) gle leadership. The latter method has been followed in the building of Rad- burn, a.new town between Hackensack and Ridgewood, N. J., and the-illustra- tions shown on this page give some indication of the result which already has been achieved. Houses have not ‘been bullt in mo- notonous rows, but each has been so located on its own plot that it affords maximum advantages of vista and pri- vacy, while at the same time all fit | into a harmonious scheme developed for the entire group and for neigh- boring groups. Planned in this way it has been possible to preserve trees and arrange additional planting so that the landscaping, like the houses, is also harmonious. That harmony need not mean monotony is also clearly demon- strated. There is it variation in the design of individual houses as well as in the materials used and _their | arrangement on the plot. Doors, | porches and the arrangement of win- dows vary so that in all respects each house is as truly individual in appear- ance as if bullt to the order of its owner. Economy in Unit Plan, There are many advantages of bufld- ing in this way, not the least of which is economy. There is economy in large scale l{:chll- of land and of bullding als, m ‘There 15 even greater econ: installa paving and water, since neither the trunk sewers nor the connections for houses are installed until the whole group is built to use these facilities. Home building on this scale also makes possible the employment of experi- enced technicians, architects, engineers, city planners, landsca) d the reach of whom is probably he individual of moderate means own home or the small builder who builds & half dozen or & dozen houses a year. ‘The families which come to occu) houses built in this way enjoy benefits that are both aesthetic and financial. It has been found possible not only to add greatly to the attractiveness and permanency of the community, but also to do it at less rather than {mm cost. The whole problem of selecting & home is simplified. One can see just what his neighbors’ houses like. In communities bullt as a whole by & single organization and under a sin- gle architectural control it is possible also to solve another most important problem—that of permanency. Assum- ing that all the objectives of attractive group design, landscaping, interest: arrangement of streets, walks an drives have been realized, there still remains the difficulty of preserving the attractive residential character of the neighborhood .once it has been created. oo 8 AN e M Importance of Verandas.. Verandas and porches are very impor- tant, and the house owner should con- sider them carefully. The most useful verands is situated, not on the -front of the house, where privacy is difficult to obtain, but on one side or at the rear. French windows opening from the living room or hall make an excel- lent means of entrance from house to veranda. If the latter is to be screened in, it is not & good plan to have:steps leading from the veranda to the ground. It is more practical to have a porch en- tirely private, entered only from the || house. amily Brick Home mEr 86750 Near Eastern High Good as New near Eastern 251 16th St. S.E. - . ° omy in the tion of necessary public utilities, such as sewers, street IIIXIIXIIIIIL Sl N b Rittenhouse St. and Piney Branch Road NEW 5.ROOM BRICK $8,950 (For one week) Buit to Set for small family. stores. chu tive and v Until the direct approach via 13th Georgia avenue to Rittenhouse street, turs for $9.500 Hich elevation, these ho street extension is completed, n left one block to development, G. W. CHASE 415 Cedar St. N.W. Phone Ga. 3399 or Ga. 0277 WANTED A Modern Industrial Building ESTATE HOME BUILDING PERMITS DECLINE IN 288 CITIES July Records 2.2 Per Cent Under Those of June, Giving Contractors Task Shifting Activities. Government ires show that in 288 's of the country the building permits issued in July for res- idential contracts declined 2.2 per cent as. compared with June totals, while there was & gain of 5.1 per cent in non- residential construction. to shift their activities, | are confronted with several , according to an officer of the Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, who has been making an investi- gation of prevailing building conditions. One problem is that of obtaining surety bonds required in competitive bidding as well as to guarantee completion when the award is made. "It has been the experience of surety companies,” said this official, “that the contractor_versed in the problems inci- dent to the erection of dwellings, for example, does not.usually achieve suc- cess with other classes of work, such as, the bullding of pavements, roads or ‘contractors difficulties. mmfl% is of prime tngtuu- en, s s l and net resources amoun about 20 per cent of the sum in: in the contract (or 20 per cent of all the ations being earried on‘ by the, cant, if he is interested th séversl available” ' © T ». should be Gunston Hall Mason's -Home, Gunston Hall, on the in Fairfax County, Vi, was | . 1758 by George Mason. e “hotisé is " small and low and in & setting planned for intimacy. A long, narrow walk bor- dered by box leads h the gardens and ends at a stcep overlookin, the Potomac. There are two portis qujte different in spirff, the one on the river side being a Colonial interpreta- tion of the Gothie. The interior is nchleyaplneled in wood and elaborately carved. 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