The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1901, Page 12

THE SUNDAY CALL wi wn house as well, grad- eir stay in the city w: awn the ¥ e day it goes under agent’s hammer, and the anite, is try residence. It is each year the list er attractions. It or of the people t rn you m dulged their individual taste and fancy with a very pl result. Here is a little Swiss chalet, a Spanish ha- cienda, yonder a Dutch castle an the corner tainly more than e the landscape. Study these pictures if you would read a sermon on how to bulld a home. For though no two of them are alike, they all have that essentlal quality without which a castie s a mere barn. In no one of them has comfort been sacrificed at the altar of art. Yet in their individual way each house has its artistic touches that delight the connot The home of Mr. Sweeney, with its odd veranda and bewindowed walls, is every inch a comfortable home—the Sort that makes the “four flights up and no eleva- tor” city resident feel the penalty he must pay who insists on living in town. Somewhat of the same style residence is the home of British Consul Pickersgill, save that the Pickersgill home'is on the hillside and the gen' undulating lawn *>lonial eur. affords the children all sorts of op = ftles ¢ Aietel eandes 5¢ dem mersa ndangering life and mb. One of the q fael belongs to Le and odd as the on the opposite e and conven he is shingled from erc se Is as peake rchased by L. B. Hamil- gentleman who s spar- s nor m to make it an Rafael. Al- . perched on he passerby whkite, it sta against th miration all its grace t for the ad- A pretty little cottage that proves that taste can ish much without a large fin lay Is that of Mrs. M E. Jopes. ge Is very aiff from the et that is ub low window affa. us everywhere. Yet it has all the c hackneyed oot tage and the additi one of originality, One of the prett of the new hous tn San Rafael is that of Douglas Hardy. Another beautiful home of recent da is that of Mrs. Ella F . The San Rafael, how. ever, is the hou d grounds belonging to A. W. Foster, the well-known raflroad man. The hov a large rambling old- fashioned affair, the conventional kind that wealthy people ted on having years ago. But what it misses from the artistlc standpoint it makes up for in sise and comfort. But the grounds around the house! Here are flowers and trees in such profusiom that the Eastern visitor usually thinks he has strayed in the gardens of Titania herself. The rose gardens of Mr. Foster are famous among horticulturists. From the pretty little lodge at the gates to the home up the winding road is one mase of blossoms and the air is sweet with thelr fragrance. Certainly in all California there s not & town that can boast of more artistle homes than San Rafael. These pletures alone would prove it. But thers are many others besides that the camera &4 not catch. ow-place of al The anvil that rings to the sturdy black- smith's sledge may weigh 200, 300 or 408 pounds, but there are anvils whose weight 1s counted in ounces.. These are used by jewelers, silversmiths and various ether workers. Counting shapes, sizes, styles of finish, and so on, these little anvils are made In scores of varietles, ranging In weight frcm fifteen ounces up to a number of pounds each. Some of these little anvils, weighing perhaps two po precisely like “he big an shapes adapted to their All the little steel. They are all trim! nickel plated, and th 3 brought into use are finished wit is called a mirror polish. the surface bet Ing made as smooth vils