vTBE AFTERGLOW COUNTRY LIFE AROUND DETROIT
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2Sc February,192,7 Vol. Ill No. 2 February Contents, 19Z7
Cover Design ...... by Fred D. Farrar Henry Scripps Booth ...... photograph by Bachrach 2 Country Willowtwig Farm ...... by Ma1·ion Holden 3 Houses emse1 Remodelling Old Houses ...... by Charles Cronibie 5 Life Valentine, a poem ...... by A. M. K. Perkins 5 Gardens Succession of Bloom in the Garden ...... by Mary C. Bahlke 6 Around Great Paintings Owned in Detroit-Poussin ...... Society Detroit ...... by Josephine Walther 7 Sports A Little House in the Country, a diary...... 8 The Village Players of Birmingham Build a Little Theater ...... by Cora H. Farra,· 9 Mr. Ralph L. Polk and his son, Ralph Jr ...... photograph by S pet/man 10 Society ...... by Katherine Atkinson 11 \,\former and Moore's Model Home on \,Ving Lake Shores...... 14 Sport Comment ...... by Ralston Goss 16 Vol. 111 Country Comment ...... 27 No. Z
PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT HE AFTERGLOW is published on the 1st of every month Articles, stories and photographs pertaining to any phase of T at Detroit, Mich., by the Afterglow Publishing Company, Inc. country life around Detroit are solicited. Ralston Goss, Sport Editor; Marion Holden, Contributing Editor: Subscription price, $2.50 a year; 25 cents the single copy. For Katherine AtkinEon, Society Editor; W. J. Murphy, Business sale at most newsstand.a in Detroit and Birmingham. Manager; J. C. Rodgers, Advertising Manager. Editorial and executive offlces, 4856 Woodward Avenue. Tele Address all communications to The Afterglow Publishing Com Matters of Good Taste- phones: Glendale 5837 and 2751. pany, 4�5G Woodward A venue, Detroit.
NVARIABL Y do matters of good taste in I the home begin with the selection of an ad dress. For it is through the choice of a home�ite that people express theiraccept residential ideals. By this gesture do they their environment, their neighbors. In Detroit, more and more discriminating home-seekers are turning to the picturesque estates of Bloomfield Hills for an environment Chelmsleigh 1-ies at the intersection of exclusiveness, of unmatched natural beauty. of Lone P.i11e a-,,d Lahser roads. ft On the summit of this beautiful region is is snrro1mded by the attractive homes Chelmsleigh-newest of the more exclusive of s11.ch well-known Detro-iters as John W. Watling, George J. Gna11, residence communities. Formerly it was the W. G. Lerchen, W. J. Traub, J. H. magnificent country estate of C. H. Hodges; M"::zy, W. H. Beamer, Lawrence Smith, a-,,d 11wm3, others. On the today it is the aristocrat of Bloomfield Hills property itself is the fine residence developments. of James Vernor, Jr. No more than 71 homes can ever be built in Chelmsleigh, where the residence tracts aver age over two acres in size. Here exclusive ness is perpetuated through the application of A booklet containing a plat and rigid restrictions designed to establish the char description of Chelmsleigh will ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF Special feature of 011r Visit our 11ew 'I/lode/ acter of "neighbors." be forwarded upon request. serPice station. Factorv service is car ·washing NEW HOME OF THE BUICK tra,i11ed mechanics 011d a11d polishing. AT BIRMINGHAM complete stock of gen- 11i11e B11ick parts. a ROLLIN H. WILLIAMS, Inc. J.�����eBf-1 0� "" a, todrws·�BIRMINGHAM PHONE 38 ESTABLISHED 1902 Buick Motor Cars 602 S. Wooow ARD AVE. B1RM. 1200 FEBRUARY, 1927 FEBRUARY, 1927 THE AFTERGLOW THE AFTERGLOW Page Three Page Two
Willowtwig Farm A Century,Old Farm With Its House, Near Rochester, That Has Been Restored by Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Manson
By MARION HOLDEN
ROWLING about the delectable side roads back of state of its delapidation is not to be described. They P Rochester one day last fall i'n search of old houses, knew the house for a good one, however, in spite of I happened onto Willowtwig Farm, which belongs the obscuring dirt, the tumbled-clown outbuildings and to Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Manson of Detroit, and is on the dooryard full of debris. That first fall they sim the State Road, about three miles northeast of the ply had all the plaster torn out, some partitions village. One look at the house in its lovely setting knocked clown, and let the whole thing air for the among evergreens, high up off the road behind a winter! Then very early in the spring they started white picket fence, convinced me that someone. who to renovate, and the fun of creation has gone on ever understood line and mass and who had much rever smce. ence for the old, had reconditioned this place, for there In the main part of the house five small rooms was just nothing wrong about it. were knocl "Second: The plan for of ing in lines for the y garden, a plan plant M wn, of order. which is here sho sake o th "Third: The alteration is bounded on the n r ht high of two or more flowering and east by a tig a in these lines, for I, board fence, painted periods in front the purpose of regular ,,· dull green, and oi a screen o balanced bloom. I th is fence is and I mbarclv "Fourth: The choicest closely planted Lo . lars, and poplars. These pop plants to use their however, which at the color and proportion. "1 aw11" b11 Nic of ten years have "No matter how much encl o I a s 'p o i1.· s s i. n, their use about outlived information one may have owned i11 Detroil· laced fulness, are to be rep acquired concerning the b)• Mr. and Mrs. hi }11/i11s H. Haass. in the Spring with C best plants and their hab I u s nese poplars ( Po Pu its, it is valueless in the Simoni). que t of well-balanced, On the south is a good continuous bloom, if one l Paint looking trellis, a so . lacks the knowledge of a ed green. There 1s the periods of bloom and h of Great Paintings Owned In Detroit small gate in t e center for the alteration of those h west this trellis. At t e periods. Co n tinu o u s Nicolas Poussin. 1594,1665 is a brick wall about five bloom, of course, is as ht which also feet in heig , prolonged as the c limate By JOSEPHINE WALTHEI at Over the trel has a g e. permits and no longer." l these climbing roses h s a h is In Michigan we can ICOLAS POUS5IN ! T e name at once suggests ive; le son at the ac demies; study wit Domen are lightly trained-Mary the mo t perfect flowering of that inbred love ichino (whose influence we can see in his earlier nearly always depend up N Wallace,Christine Wright, of the classic tradition which, paintings); and by prolonged study of ancient and on gardening weather in spite of the tumul Aviateur Bleriot and Gar tuous but short-lived reactions of romanticism, re Renaissa11ce works of a rt. His friendships, also, from May to October and denia, making a lovely alism and impressionism which have swept over seem always to have been felicitous, not only in their often November is a background in July. French art since Renaissance days, persists in com human relationship, but resulting always in increased pleasant month, so I shall To me "Succession of ing to the surface from time to time throughout the knowledge for the artist. We have only to recall his proceed upon this basis. Bloom" in one's garden, whole history of French painting: in the composition friendship with t he poet Marino, who fi rst inspired My plan is a simple one while somewhat difficult of Claude, the form of David, the fastidious line of him with his love for poetical, allegorical and myth to obtain, is one of the of having perenn;als for Ingres, the chaste contours of Puvis, the design of ological subjects; the sculptor Quesnoy, who impart most interesting problems succession and p!anting in Corot, and even ·in the remarkable structural sense ed to him much of his own knowledge of plastic form; for the gardener. I shall bare spots in the spring of Cezanne, who confessed his ambition "to do and the Cavalier de! Pozzo, whose collection of an always feel most grateful the hardy annuals which Poussin over again from nature." cient medals and gems and his learned observations for the right start Louise come into bloom quickly. Hazlitt calls Poussin "the Milton of painting," and and explanations regarding them were of such great For the first S h e I t o n 's "Continuous Mrs. Ba/z.lke's garden at. Alma, J\llichigan. spring bloom a s tudy of his life and work reveals the same deep service to Poussin in enabling him to give a correct Bloom in America" gave I have a few good tulips- learning,the same union of passion and austerity, and representation of mythological and symbolical sub me when I made this small garden some ten years ago. single early-Herman Schlegal-Rising Sun-Mon a complex technique combined with a rigorous sim jects. To those who have not read this delight ful book, I. Tresor and Lady Boreel. Cottage tulips, Ingles, come plicity of outlook. Though most of his !ife was spent This delightful canvas, "Dawn," belonging to Mr. will pass on her secret of continual bloom. pink, and Ellen Willmot, Darwin, Baron de la Tonnaye in Italy, and tho'ugh his training in art was received and Mrs. Julius H. Haass, illustrates all of Poussin's She says, "We must know first the birthdates and and Turenne and Prince of Orange. wholly from Italian and classic sources, we never best qualities: the union of poetry and painting for longevity of the flowers in our garden, in order to ln front of the tulips are yellow pansies, quantities forget for a moment that he is a F renchman and which h e is pre-eminent among artists; his purity of classify them under the several different periods of of forget-me-nots, primroses, both yellow and mauve, that his own personal quality dominates all the out line and beauty of modeEing; his beautifully-flowing bloom. and just back of these smaller plants the lovely gray side influences to which he was subjected. Like rhythm; his grace, elegance, delicacy and charm, and "In New York the following season continues for h Giorgione he seems h h his use of beautiful, harmonious . ' green foliage of Stac ys (wound wort). Nearer the to ave taken all t at wa good in color. As Diana twenty to twenty-six weeks, or from May 1st to frost, edge of the beds are places reserved for phlox Drum the traditions of painting before his time, fusing them relinquishes her nocturnal reign and her awakened which may come any time between October 1st and moncli, primrose yellow and soft shell pink, which so masterfully that he has given us an entirely new attendant draws back the curtain of night to admit November 1st. This long season may be divided into grows to about fifteen inches in height. Next dwarf creation, a definite form which is highly individual. the fast-approaching chariot of the sun, Endymion eight periods of bloom, t represen ing the coming and ageratum, five inches high, or if you choose to buy His love for his work was the one great and con pleads again with her to grant him his desire for per going of the different classes of plants. The blos plants instead of seeds, Ageratum Fraserii, a lovely suming passion of his life, and from our first record petual youth. We are immediately transported to soming period of most annuals and perennials lasts little eight-inch plant with deep amethyst blue flowers. of him we know that he bent every effort toward the beautiful days of ancient Greece with its fas about three weeks. A few annuals remain for four Between these and edging the beds are sweet alyssum perfecting hi knowledge: by studies in anatomy with cinating myths and allegories. Poussin has evidently months, and these are invaluable ·in the h garden. ',, . A Little House in the Country Recently Transplanted from Three Diary of an Intermittent Housewife Being the . Country Rooms in the City to Four in the s · have hung our string on the on a wm· t e1-' 11 "'o-h1 t- · 'vVe ti 1 at Jeans over the flao-stone° terrace toward app1 e tree s s bulb g1 eam very t1 ,e 1c1· e od , or where the little . . than mern·1 y ancl much more aJJpropnately mdoors,. s . s ere they al\,.,ay, look like an excu e for somethmg. wh · · ' Dec. 23-Even country nights have. the 1: 111c1 d ent,; s s . s 111 the ,·, -a l a t 111 ,,o-ht , which hould be recorded· Day I Book as Tommy's Return. Tommy is a remark a b le s parentage, town bred, bl ack cat of Per ian and alley . Wallace Frost, Architect s s that he is as mu_ch hat ?me a smart won 1an la t month but early tran planted, so ECEMBER 18-I met . s s ., D s th111g and the country a a wild creature. Somettmes-smce -smart in the sen e of having many in s s country grew up-he will be gone for tw� or tl:ree days, '"'The Village Players of Birmingham Build s-who aid he would rather live in the he motor s . time :with a tuft s s e, than 111 town 1 11 a returning nonchalantly at breakfast no ervant and a small hou s with er houlder and often with tattered s . wit,· 1 a re t'tnue. I thouo-ht"' h of blond hide on his a Little Theater '/' brown tone mansion . s s s was gone five days, and we spent of course- he wa the ktnd who_ loves ears. Thi week he extravagant, s s s By CORA H. FARRAR s s i.t fir t time over breakfa t cigarettes yesterday won the bird and the flower and tells you a_b?ut ome ltvtng 111 the if he could have been so stupid as to let the off-but after three weeks of c?untry derino- s she get him, or if he had wandered as far as ITHIN the past five years Birmingham has The o-ift of a beautiful curtain for the stage from so-called dead of winter, I beg1 11 to ee w_hat interirban �n t ese and was even now a black and red W worked out two interesting community pro Mrs. T. R. Donovan solved one big problem. Dr. and have undoubtedly had more fun � the main pike s s meant, for I s jects and has done so with marked uccess. These Mrs. N. T. Shaw pre ented a piano, the J. Fred to get my house m o1de1 smudge on the now. three weeks of rushing about . two ideas have Woodruffs were the donors of the hospitable fire s s s I w_ould have he was-it would be amusmg to know materialized into the Community -all four room -for Chri tma , than \iVherever s s J. s s to the home folks had Hou e, a clearing center for the town' activities and place, and the Charles Shains gave the fire-place had in three city-apartment-month of ru hmg out where-he must have realized that days seem for at the dim raw hour of three welfare work, and the Village Players, an organiza set. Mrs. Frank Briscoe donated a phonograph, while find entertainment enough to make the begun to worry, s s s leaped through my bed tion, less than four years of age, which ha ju t this gifts of a most practical nature were the plans by shorter and the evening longer. . A. M. a black meowing mass s with a winter realized its dream of a theatre of its own, in Wallace Frost, the supervision of the work by Rob cour e, my city conditions were ideal for makmg room window, landing on the bed loud an s Of it new house on Chestnut street. The little theatre ert F. Tillotson, the scene shifting apparatus by the an instant country victim-the roar of a great avenue nouncement of his return. Having waked me he s s s s movement, which has swept across the country, as a Loren T. Robinsons, and a set of plans for the heating came in at my front window and all the oot from ru hed to the hut door, meowing loudly. I struggled s s s means of self-expression and recreation for many y tem by Charles H. Soderberg. Howard L. Simp back street factories poured into my back one . up out of a dream, and sleepily turned on the light s s communities, meets a wide-spread demand for com on furnished, at cost, the lumber used in construc "Oh!" said Everybody. "Poor dear, poor dear; he'll to see if the cavernous condition of his sides demanded munity dramatics. The achievemen.t accomplished in tion. be so lonesome with Jonathan away all day, and the instant relief. They did. He had a wild look in his s s building and financing a new theatre does not mean, The stage is full size and well equipped with an dead of winter ' and o far out, and knowing. nobody• eyes a he raged before the door beyond whicl: food 1 as it has meant in so many cases, that some wealthy excellent switchboard and footlights, which afford and dreadful roads, and the black wmter mornmgs · lay, but his ears were quite intact. I arose obediently, s . members have played fairy godmother to the baby many interesting lighting effects that were only a Boo!" And they farewelled me with lugubriou mern opened the door and followed the prodigal to the s s organization and reached down in their pockets for dream of the future, at the Community House stage. ment, being secretly orry for me and for Jonathan, kitchen, where I cooped out a bowl full of the eve s s s ss s s the where-with-all for the enterprise, but it mean The complete set of pullies and equipment for scene who would be hou ed all winter with a ad hu y whu ning' roa t and gravy, which happened to be veal, s s that out of 225 members, active and associate, that shifting make pos ible a great variety and charm for pined constantly for the Big Town. Biblically correct for uch a feast. Tommy leaped s s s s s . over 220 have actually sub cribed to the building fund, performance . I had a few mi giving myself-but the fir t wee� It onto it and gobbled like a hungry puppy. 1 o mincing s s s s and that the building is soundly financed. The stage basement give ample space for dressing wa s good enough to now-a parkly oft blanketmg Persian airs this time-and I thought of a friend in Much of the credit for this pleasant state of af rooms, which seem luxurious after having to dress snow that covered everything, and I awoke the third town who is in despair because her cat has exhausted s s s fair is due to the president, Rolfe C. Spinning, and at home and be made up in a committee room; and day to a fro ty morning with all the tree like fairy the pleasures of liver and salmon and will now eat s s to the excellent board of directors, composed of Leigh the kitchen is comfortable for the serving of refresh foliage again t a brilliant blue ky. only crab meat, slightly warmed. Little he reeks of s Lynch, Waldo E. Fellows, Katherine H. Dwelley, ments after the shows. "Well!" said I, and took a deep breath at the win the adventure across nowy fields to strange farm s s s and Betty Penny, who took a most enthu iastic and Perhaps the most delightful part of the theatre, to dow a the la t foreboding died. s houses, the midnight erenade, the leap through the energetic part in the campaign for raising the build the majority of members, is the charming low Dec. 19-Jonathan and I have invented a new game, home window before dawn with hunger cry in full s s ing fund and in directing the con truction of the raftered auditorium, with its hospitable fireplace, called Rash Man's Buff. The costume i merely bath meow. s s building. These members have been indefatigable where members and guests can sit in ing trunks and rubber hoes. Donning the e the con s s comfort to A I witched off the kitchen light I noticed that my in their efforts in behalf of the testants leap blithely from bedroom casements into organization, not only enjoy the excellent programs presented. s neighbor down the road was up too, heating formula in the matter of building the new theatre, but as to The three a now bank and thence to a sheltered side of the meetings held in the new theatre included s s for his infant, who was probably just as lustily de the general policy and the difficult job of selecting in their bills hou e for five minutes of now ball pelting. It is Booth Tarkington's "The Travelers," manding it. Today the adventure of the night puts the plays, casting them, choosing directors and directed most skillfully by Miss Betty Penny and best played at midnight in the light of a full moon, itself into the words of an s old nonsense paragraph coaches for the plays, the property men, and last but acted by G. Essen Olsen, Herbert M. Zerbe, Waldo and we intend to try it on our fir t week-end guests s s which begin : "And a great big black bear jumped not least in importance from the standpoint of the E. Fellows, Mrs. Leigh Lynch, Mrs. M. Spencer after the holiday . s s s right through the hop window, shouting '\Vhat ! No ocial success of the evening, the hoste s in charge Withee, N. J. Hadjeski, Miss Mary Taliaferro, George Dec. 22-Christmas draws nearer and the infre· soap'?" of the refreshments s . W. Smith, Howard L. Simpson, Mrs. Frank S. Pack quent hou es along the road to town have put out Dec. 28--Christmas The gifts s s over, for which God be praised. of the individual member , in the line of ard and Harry G. Muehlmann. Mrs. Arthur Neff wreath and trees on their porches, festooned with What with too many people, too many victuals, too furnishings and stage equipment, have been a veri acted as assistant coach, and Mrs. Herbert M. Zerbe tiny electric candles. The s s s effect i gay and parkling (Con.ti.-111,ed on page 17) table boost to the haras ed arrangements committee. ( Continued on page 23) FEBRUARY, W 1927 FEBRUARY, 1927 THE AFTERGLOW Page Eleven THE AFTERGLO Page Tm SOCIETY By KATHERI E ATKINSO Bloomfield Hills we have been enterta111111g an angel in our m!dst. OX hunting, they tell us, is to be revived, and its Quite unknown to his friends, Mr. \i\Talter 0. Bnggs earliest and best traditions restored, especially in has been playing fairy god-father to Gene Buck, F and has been backing him i his late t venture, the I : the south, where the weather is ideal for that sort n musical comedy, "Yours Truly," which proved such a of thing. As foxes travel better in January and Feb ruary, an enthusiastic group of hunters from the Hills succe s at the Shubert Detroit early in the month. who have been hunting near Nashville, Tenne see, re Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Slocum Nichols have taken a port a wonderful time. house near Nashville, Starting off at six Tenn., for the hunting o'clock in the morning sea on. Miss Frances and riding sometimes lger, who went down until almost dusk, there with them, will remain were many thrilling ex as their guest. periences to remember. Mrs. John Watling Among those who of Long Lake Road is are down south hunt in Porto Rico, where ing are Mr. and Mrs she is having a delight George T. Hendrie, Mr. ful time. and Mrs. Edward P. Miss Sarah Hendrie, I ' Hammond, Mr. and who is a most enthusi Mrs. Elliott Slocum ' ' astic traveler, has cho Nichols, Mrs. T. R. sen Australia as her Donovan and her niece. objective th is year. Miss Katherine Big Having had a very de low, Miss Viola Ham lightful visit with her mond, Miss France·s sister, Mrs. Heatley Alger, and Miss Mary Green, Miss Hendrie Taliaferro. sailed early in the Mr. and Mrs. W. month to be gone until Dean Robinson are re spring, when she will joicing over the birth open her country home, of a son, vV. Dean Rob "The Covert." inson, Jr. Miss Laura Donnel Mr. and M1·s. Walter ly and Miss Helen 0. Briggs and their Minton, of Rathmore, family are in Florida, Bloomfield Hills, are in where they will remain Tuscon, Arizona, where until Easter. they will remain until Spring. D. D. Spellman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Rich Mr. Ralph L. Polk and His Son Ralph L., Jr. Siau, of Dorchester Road, were hosts at a ard W. Yeates of Cran Mr. Polk, whose home is "Highgate," Lone P-ine Road, is owner dinner party, followed brook Road left early and president of the R. L. Polk P·11.bl-ish-ing Compa.ny, which is by bridge, at their in the month for their now i11 its fifty-th-ird year. Ralph Jr. is a student at the Canter home on Monday eve · winter home, "El Cid," b11r3• School, New .M·ilford, Co1111cctiwt. Mr. and Mrs. Polk V I• 28 mng. C. M. Hayes & Co. \1 est Pa lm Beach, .' sailed January for Algiers and expect to spend several 111011ths I traveling abroad. Miss Fra11cis Moran. daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. J-/e11ry J\1/orau, who was Florida. Mr. Gordon Mendels introduced lo society at a da11ce on Ja11uary third, given al the Grosse Poi11te sohn sailed this week Huut Club by her annt, Mrs. Stralheam Hendrie. Mr. and Mrs. Freder from New York for ick Robinson and Miss Panama, going from there to Honolulu, where he will Edith Robinson are also at their attractive cottage, spend the winter. ''Bienvenida," Miami, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Polk have left on a trip Rochester abroad, having sailed from New York for Algiers. Mr. and Mrs. Morton L. Jones were hosts at a very We were quite thrilled and interested to find that jolly house party early in the month, when they enter- � --·-· FEBRUARY, 1927 W FEBRUARY, 1927 Page Thirteen THE AFTERGLO THE AFTERGLOW Page Twelve pre Sent were delighted with the new t a a t t ta and the memb ers hey are pl nning m ny lovely rips o be ken on Birmingham society, saddened their many frie ds and Mrs. John Waybrant of Detroit rs are out of town that � tained Mr. ouse. So many Of the membe their new yacht, "The Truant III." greatly and caused the postponement of many parties '" u her son, Kenneth. In h ,.: Mrs Maro-aret Bo rne, and . place later n. a the formal opening will take � that were to h ve been given. . of her guests, Mrs. Jones gave a charmmg Grosse Ile hon�r lide at the club has given pleasure r Tl 1e to bogg a 11 S a a t b idge dinner. there With so many of the residents w y hings have Dr. and Mrs. John H. Go1·don have moved into their young an cl old, merry groups have been every Detroit have pur to . been rather quiet t he past month. Everyone is now a Mr and Mrs. R. F. Medbury of . . the slides and also the skatmg. lovely new home on B ldwin Avenue. Steele day enJoymg. both looking forward to the first meeting of the new dra chased the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. matic club, which will t ake place on Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Atkinson, of Harmon Ave ·. , on Fo urth Avenue. ball given by Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Ham The February 1st, when "The Islanders," will present two nue, have taken an apartment in the Parkstone. January 14th,.at he L ch- Grosse Pointe mond on Friday evening, � � one-act plays. u l·ntroduce their daughter, Miss Viola, Mr. and Mrs. Frank r were given in honor of Sir moor cl b, to . Many delightful affai s was a very beautiful Mr. and Mrs. Wil Bromley, who have ------fohn and Lady Har------�-, affair. liam T. Gage, who have been visiting the Man �ington of London dur As originally planned been in Arizona for ley D. Davis' in Paris ing their visit with Mr. the ball was to h ave two weeks, are now in will return home this and Mrs. James Thay taken place at the new California, where they month. Mr. and Mrs. er McMillan. The for Grosse Pointe Country will r e m a i n until Davis and their daugh mer Amy McMillan Club, and there was Spring. ter, Miss Isabell, and very popular as a was k e en disappointment Mrs. Charles Ander Miss Mary Kathleen girl and delights in when the completion son has had as her Morley will remain in to her old these visits of the clubhouse was guest, her mother, Mrs. Paris until the Spring. home. John Owen, of East delayed. r Tawas. Mrs. John B. Mrs. David T eveg The Baroness von Mr. and Mrs. Ham no of Cadillac, Michi mond received with \i\fright, of Lincoln, e Kettler, who has been gan, has been delight with her brothers, Mr. their daughter in the braska, has also been fully entertained dur Hugh and Mr. Henry with her daughter-in . lounge of the club, ing her visit with Mrs. Ledyard, over the holi Miss Hammond look law and son, Mr. and \,Villiam M. Chamber days, will be joined in a a Mrs. John C. Wright. ing very ch rming in lain, of Ravine Road. New York by Sir John gown of white s atin Both guests have been and Lady Harrington, and silver lace. widely entertained. Miss Virginia Brown and Helen and Marie Mrs. Henr of Santa Monica, Cali Another very lovely y James Louise McMillan, and Leonard and Mr. an::! fornia,will be the guest dance, which served to will sail with them on Mrs. Raymond Day are of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. introduce the last of February 15th on a so charmed with their Kennedy, of Lone Pine Mediterranean trip. the season's debs, Miss new home on the island Road, for s e v e r a I Mar g a ret Phillips that they have decided weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Standart, was given by to forego their usual F. Wardwell's dance at Mrs. E. Phillips Stand A very jolly party the Grosse Pointe Club winter sojourn in Flor art and Mrs. Campau composed of Mr. and u ida, and will remain at on Jan ary 21st was Thompson on the eve Mrs. John T. Wood quite the quaintest af home. ning of Monday, Jan house, Jr., Miss Mary fair of the winter. I uary 17th, at the Loch � Mr. and Mrs. James Louise Banks, Mis s Fifty guests enjoyeJ moor Club. Joy Miller are enjoying Elaine Po m 11.1 e rer, this party, and were all two weeks at Biloxi; Miss Edith Robinson, A beautifully ap in the costumes of the Mr. and Mrs. Simon M. W i 11 i a m Z i e g feld, 1890 period. pointed dinner was giv Sa 11 i o t t e and their George E. Schenck, en by Mrs. Joseph Har-· Many of the resi daughter are having a Jack Pfeffer and Ar ry on January 14th in dents of the Poink delightful motor trip in thur Kugeman, spent honor of her niece, C. M. Hayes & Co. have chosen Chandler, Florida. the week-end at the Miss Peggy Harry, at Arizona, as their play Bachrach Miss Viola Ha111111011d, daughter of Mr. a11d Mrs. Edward P. Ha111111011d of Bloomfield Hills Coun The Wileys. A theatre The Franklyn A. Kel "Hillwood," Bloomfield Hills. Miss Ha111mo11d will sail for E11gla11d 011 ground for the remain Miss Janet Skae, da11ghter of N!rs. Edwa.rd Askin Slwe, of West Wind March 4 with her parents, to alle11d the Gra11d Nat1011al. try Club. Farms, a seys are remodeling der of the winter. Mr. whose coming out ball was an event of New Y ca.r's eve at the p rty followed the din Mason-ic Temple. a t their house, "Holm and Mrs. Lawrence D. ner nd la er on Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. H. ·W. Harry took her guests croft," and will be in Detroit until it is finished. Bird and sons of Lone Pine Road are spending the Buhl, Mr. and Mrs. Lucian S. Moore, Jr., and Mr. and to the Hammond ball for an enjoyable evening. winter with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Bird at their home in Mrs. John M. Dwyer, with their daughter, Elizabeth. Mrs. Charles T. Webb, who is leaving this month Pasadena. left early in the month for this delightf Mrs. u a to make her home in the east, will be greatly misse "There is a full basement with fruit cellar, laundry and me, built er . ho or r r m el" Model Home oo "mod W m & �oore's laundry tubs. Celotex lining is in all walls. At the ea e plete mne-1. HE v ry com _ k S ores and t mg L a e h r t r e M oore· a W of the home is a two-car garage, plaste ed and hea ed by Wo m r & I tt om- T mb -E ndic o C from the house. t by the Newco furnished throug I1ou spective on Win . d red s of pro ke Shores ec e bun g 1.Jt t t t been msp t d by re "\,Vhat is the cos of a coun ry home? We hear hat pany, has dwelling we the doors of the question every day; we decided to answer it in a practical home builders since t so ago. e bl"IC a mon h or manner. Our home at Wing Lake is the result. On the thrown open to t I 1 pu t rough the very day of its opening, many interested parties drove .·111"' o- visitors h t have been sI 10w . Hos esses . t ue to do out, took copious notes, and made a thorough investiga . . o-n"' ' and will con 111 e cottage 111 desi t t e ,,,\ hom , English r es have tion of the cos s. It is safe o state, I b lieve, that the . . e. Four ot 11e hom some little time to co m majority of people who investigated were astonished at so for d will be shown e \Vormer & Moore, an e e I ', I also be n built by th comparatively small expens of country home build to interested people. ing. build a "This department has thoroughly analyzed country e are pla. nning to v e t peopl w 1 10 "'Ve f l that many e t e e en bef o1 . hey home building situations, and has evolv d plans and data a t e a actual ' sp cim c n home w n to s e n c e t r ou try a he ad of which prove con lusiv ly he elative inexpensiveness of . t R L. :M xon, a e plans," s a t. ed m ke d fimte e ave a home built in snburbs such as Bloomfield Hills. department. "'vV h er & Moore's suburban _ 'vVorm e-an d t e e t r 111 e unusually complet "I is xp cted hat du ing the corning weeks literally e e e mad e our. ' od !' th r for ' . a r 11s· r t e e e -111 fe tu es . Tl hundreds of p ospective coun ry hom build rs will visit e t e most mod rn fo I ·1tJUt have install d h t t t e t eel c asemen this represen a ive Bloomfield Hills home. A cordial in wood fl001 .s, Fen s ra st house contains hard t ee e e . e an up-to- vita ion has b n extended to v ry one who wi hes to . . , el , ectricity telephon , and w111dows, F"11g1 .· d a11·e drive out and see for themselves just how attractively plumbing sy stem. date steam he:1ting and a lakeside country home can be built and furnished." The house l,s been co111- pletely furnshed by the Newc omb-&dicott C o'/11- pany a11d , now open for publicinspection. The living room of the model hO'lne with the dining room beyolld. The dining rnom 1s f11rnished with ellamelled chairs, table and bziffet. FEBRUARY, 1927 FEBRU,\RY, 1927 THE AFTERGLOW Page Seventeen Page Si.�tee11 THE A Little House in the Country T (Co11ti1med from page 8) §PORT COMMEN e e t S'fON GOSS many pr s n s, and too a By RAL many holid y spirits, I took to bed n l a mr o the second day after t t an . t i they shou d have er dicated he fes ival d t 11es e l 1 i w"'s rema111e there l t traits Knowmg o e e a d unti' now. Jona han, the t ta o t 11e Behrina0 S ve ot done s , t h y ar t rred t . wt- te 1 c 1, says a e con es nts f r o t If ti 1 ey ha n 1 m I 1t d went _to to e t OY, p g all f hem. Je 111 order b he first t t ne "·J a he w I n cont t e t e d iloomfield s es ! t ick. and e B wimmi g ont u1 e with he sam s books, 111d e I hav gone t o d t e s ; q ·t . . hr ugh the I L' e of d d o conquere h Helle p env t t at f Lean er an Byr n o n B enu o C e 1111�1, h bein t e le o ican w me , Man g one of h dozens ': 1 cl d coup f Amer Johnson a Big t t e of a numb er, 'n u ina"' a o books ha on 1s always e .. n l an and n w about to r ad, e w led c s t E g ish Ch ne 1 ne . . e a and n ver 11a ve " cra " a ros he ' o e l t gre�t busi ss it is quit ccomplishes. o to T - o o made bas �al he morons ug 11t f ame J hns n eo oung, seventeen, has br . Ban d t m a all e G rge Y d o o lishe 1t by s art g so-c ed Becoming namoured, through t l v l s o Cataltna Isl t today . H e ac c mp . he i e y Benv o o ntario by wimming fr m . o t a n en- r nt O t a ��t o thereab u s. In mak 111g b ase b 11 uto, of ma y 16th century l o ' l d t more h n een wa1. back 111 1900 r peop e , m st par t' 1 1 a e en t t a ornia main an in a rifle ' t nt m a 1cu r y Bloomfi ld Downs wh comple ed he C lif s s has been ins rume a \ ·111 b tu 'Id' g F r nco1·s I fo F ·ance, I am n e e t a area t bu · me s, J1e . , '. ow n gl c ing pot t ave ll t a o o e o ve sm· ce turned t roas s will h a he ch rm, atmosphere h urs. te s co o t e orttines f r m n wh ha for Guizot s hird volume l n women st ar 1-5 , thi "'m f r abl f , _which dea s chiefly and n ut of mnety-two me and . l o · of ch·1cag o. t t with dig ity of one of those pict O s s a a t - otably Char es C miskey h m and he Bourbon la t uresque o l n o ed. He ay he w ga1·ns h1111 n and his dy mo her, o was the n y o e wh finis� � o t a e e iven· f a Louise of hamlets n e y uth o e ac de of m re h n h has b en g , or Savoy. P s\ cent e e v alo g th Thames. v c o e v of a m th r ? He is serving 1 uri s com o er one l c d o to i t ry by th ision e l t n ll e 1 in spel s, a spurre n l o to t o bas bal ha a "of th pack cord 11g t anc d t o Ca t f rnta 1ms f Ol-=t 5v en m re o circumst e and mood, n o onto o neede he sunshine f . 11e a d I do believe ll v ll in T r wh iv e l t t t It is a sma i age, care ll o l l mot e, m yelping at his h e s. tha nex mon h-what with e end 11 fu y re c to health. A m st audab e now Alic s 1' g two ne cte brino- her ba k d e 1. . w stri d, and de n e e t o n e volnm es on th M ed c1-will v n ov · sig ed for th buy r de t o possible tha y u g Mr. Young's be ,,o·i re o e t a d'tp 111to el I is als � in Limelight . t l who wants all v ta t d a t he ha Watrous the 16 h. I a ready resent an a al the ad an ges and t on was heigh ene by the f ct tha . . occ sion ca11 e r an d erminati w t 1_ t e t e ta e convenien e t t ell t took the a e ed con 1 1 11n 1t k s to dust, av c s of he ci y, as w as the ut cents in his reasury when he . l at ou who finish se d to B?bby Jones in . . . though I h e n ot y e t grown b sixty o : A W r s, t d e e t l e v n n c o swim r 5111 n l en la 111 l ire of ch nsh111g the smal e b au ifu n iro me t of the Hill e ore, it l iterally be ame a case � � la t s British Op� , �as be p y g good go f l sweet ch rry coffe e l e s. Th ref s year' a 1 tle t a b e to he was sunk mt l t n d t_ he s1·11 y r t peg l l o Young. If he fail d swim o c o tl\1s w er. And that news oug � eg stoo which, with some with Ge rge n the Pacifi C ast le tic n can- d s ks_ a d braided val e t ll . to e l ved e, where he learne1 �ost of his o rugs, ar he chief financia y. . . o t be w l recei her Christ a ot d is was a m s ll e n 1 en �1as add1t1_ons to e l t e t no matter wh t m ivate him, h d where, last Fa , h wo the M1ch gan Op t!1 it l house. Once yo t Located at Bloomfield Bu e game, an e u get he Center just off cc l s t es ll since h was t te o t ea a id a fixe 111 the e n ev:orthy a omp i hmen , pecia y c n . Al's mos no w r hy f t was to c p � m111ds o� your fri nds that e ot hampio ship . e c orang is Woodrvard Avenue, on a la th olo1 an a t l East Long oung. t t o les $2,500purse in team m tch p y. d that ny h1110- o d is the o so y . d ure he L s Ange . . ,, date , y u wt·11 o o c can be_ a d ed n t e e receive t Laqe Road. e c apital prize f $25,000, t whi h . s d th Tommie Armot'.r i h comp no gifts that mus be chucked nt t e l et Th ive He wa paire wi e o o h c os s succ s tes v�tll g t l m sh ! f. such sums as exploiter of e sful athle t o d e t wo w�n t through wi h co ors fly g. to w t 1 to ti i n an th o s ll o o a boy m. I s be n e t e Dec. 31�The t him is n ma am unt f r co dentially expect to see Watrous wi i h r urkey red calico curtains in the t l d d Vve nfi a t t e s udy o udd riches wil not turn his hea , an tle n t e e nd he lit l ru_ffle around t l h p�d that s en t American o r British Open ti withi h n xt he book she f o ver the o o wood lo he d e e t t ove l he will n t bec me a Holly tus- oor wer al( fimsh d and v t ha , ab a l, year or two. ery gay for Chris mas. 1 t have decorat n Detailed i11.fonuMio11 ea er. ive moder maps of London, New York · and Boston n t e l available a.I: Hold o h wal s-what little space e e Hockey Taking le th r is .llgain! ft from book lve e .lit It she s-and Alic York's new ma J t t t t e n en o is gripping the at en ion of De roit's sports of h A ci t World for l n n o l . H ckey chi dren, i ora ge and blu�. The b ys are quarre ing again t e a e o principal merit of he gam as sp c A co t of she lac keeps t t a o o a a t n Landis and l vers. The � / he maps from earing and the B n J hns n has m de f ces a Ken ie l t n l n cle is that its action is practical y con inuous duri g co ots could t be gayer. There are n n ated in kind. ta red gera iums in Ken ie has retali e t t te e la e yellow It t n s ou d the thre wen y-minu periods. The gam is p y d alian po s o the window sil a la Ban's chip has been knocked off his h l er by ls and b ck n losed "pen," so there is no out of bounds to and white checked blanket over t e a a d e o a t ttle will have in a enc h d y-bed. The Kennie, n , b f re this is re d, he ba o t c lo Penalties are infrequent and cause little n r h and east asemen l t e o t s w it up. t windows ook ou over the b en f ugh . l e e e fields t t e n n lv delay. The ru es ar so simple that th y can b o h eighbori g farms n a el Those boys o ught to be ashamed o f themse es. and a ncient m le d e n tes. frames the view. o t o o t e t o d en 111 arne in a f w mi u They ugh t kn w be t r han t air irty lin t d calls for forty-four games for I hink th�t the e public. This year's sche ule . boy from Cap Cod who spent e l e e Ch a each club, half at hom and ha f on th road. Th � .�tm s w1_th us was a bit disappointed that o ' we had a a en l l ear. n 111conve111en t t End is Not Yet s me arr ngem t probab y wi l be made next y ces o put up wi h," for he said he had e a e l�oke_d forward t a The National Hock y Le gue, of which D troit is a o th :¥ing the pump and chopping l d ot a on t d v o t v l k111dltng Basebal 's irty linen is n ll he line. member, is i ided int wo groups of fi e c ubs each. wood for the kitchen range. When h e found t o ld an ll ou t t u o s e l ad t l e l that the kitc e e If hey sh u h g it a t i migh , q ite b cure Th e ers in he two groups wi l m et in a p ay-off hen r�ng was lectric and that the pump t ul t t a t e o l l worked aut l t ''· the spec ac ar features of he "grea Americ n a th cl se of the regu ar season for the wor d's omat1cal y from he same source he seemed ll t game." championship. fi ed wi h gloom. "I thought that I was �om- t t t Ban Johnson and Commissioner Landis both know Although the Detroit team ran into a streak of bad 111g o he coun r: ,'' he said, n y . whereupon Jo athan put t t n te a e old l o o l a o nd t e l t e him to work a l t e ·',, ha mag a s h v s players gui ty f "thr wing" uck r u h Christmas ho idays, i s performanc s hew111g r i road i s for the fireplace. o o e o t a e co l e e e l t After we e e games t th r magnates. They kn w h t th de in genera hav be n cr dib e and i s position such _ had l t him tr k back o ver the wild forty o c ee a t d e t d t ea t acres 111 e n f business ethi s has b n sh t ere tim and time hat a spurt woul put _i up among the l ders in i s th rear a d out a long the snowy roads to a o t t o e on l a l o u t l d�s rted farmhouses, e gain. They kn w ha pr f ssi a g mb ing has gr up. F r hermore, whi e the majority of its men � he s emed reconciled to elec o d l l n t o o d l d t et n ee tricity. e e le t fl urishe open y in bal parks i imes g ne by. They previ usly ha p aye og her i Victoria, it has b n Sinc h f he has sent us n a l o a ador b e old know that every magnate has t ried to "o t t d nn l t l ea fo t rmer that e n utsmar " sufficien ly change in perso e o need a who e s . ':� h� pick ? up o one of his scouting every other magnate. They know that l n t t l e e exped t1011s for an "rabbit bal s" so o round in o form as a rea machin . Th man � tiques 111 Massachusetts, and we have been used when o u s t a v t e ave it e ea t the h me cl b wa at ba , nd agement already has made se eral rad s and pur � on th h r h with the old brass ttl t t ke e, he tha "dead balls" e t v o a n v a l enna e iron shov l t hav been used when he isit rs ch ses a d hopes to ha e rea p nt cont nder e and pot and he brass poker. were tryin to c e n g s or ru s. next season. (Co11t·im1ed on page 28) (Contimted on page 28) 1927 Page Ni11etee11 FEBRUARY, FEllRUARY, 1927 THE AFTERGLOW GLOW HE AFTER T e oi e s so o e r t Page Eightem o s ve th quality Inde d Mr .Man n is s devoted to th fa m hat s el es cupb ard ha a es and h v and l t o s te ngl o se she finds it difficu t to hink f corning in thi win r a o o s o i Farm t ose 11 ld h u o se nsi· ts f n s n e t o s s e e s Willowtw g h 111· . . s t e h u , which c . a d i ow living in th lit le h u e inc th big hou e e m thi li tl o s s s s e o t e d fro'III page. 4) fu1_ mture a "' ro m with n l di mi s d r h (Contin11e Th e ro b th dininO' has bee c osed and the ervant f a . oo om and ' . e s t a e d . r m b d te s e e at st e t s r e o se finish d n I ivm g o s small m seaI , o win r. She i on of th gre e n hu ia s for a ea a e th h u w' s e l s a o f c ur e , and t en, y r ft er e e e i'. 11 Id , o t a . o r t e e e s o se And h e or o e f r th k·tI c h n l , o t o n big 1io uses, unt y Jiving hat I hav m t; h r plap for h u a e t f n s se o o e t acres"' m re h c e a h d liv d h�r o h t a o wh I v c a te oo r r e a lo s a e t th f mily o a o e �:��g �; � wit Ii t t tho 1 s o wy f rn n ea I y and ga d n and f rm leap a ng alway h ad of wha a ee e ! v ly a er a e bright n . t e d b n mad mt s a e t e e ble. O ti er r o e easo ea s e s lo ki e h n h a o a la c p d p p i is d l ct � t e was fl oded done in a s n. Alr dy h i oking anx- a. s . m l und nd nd s r e sa it h int io can b oo e m cot g _al _ r l a wh n w ' ello l w d n w s ort.m s o wa l w Janua y_ . t ro e w ca ico ts upp ::,O' t ne in e h uo-h th y a o t e arden, with i e e t . t s w h1ch came o b ve h g erra as o r d wi h wi h un sh111 . r a with ' e t ce w c v e •iffled nd valanced, o s the sid a t ta s e r a1 ca1 1c0 , • r . ,.,.r wing lu t1·1 Y, e . e t nd he m· -y s e ros tte a rs o m nt able s cur ' . e !)a rn unmng o ta le and c nv e oor e e t vine and r d f r b ch i o . fl tm· i · : blac1 - e s �om . . roo t ts rwO inaI.' wi'd th e r so ranium on the win- o l "' m, wi' h i s e o t e th c im n g v y biO'"'. hvinO' t oo e , y 1 - t ug h I -ov ; 1 e a s h h k d rug hr s e wa gay. wi o e s l oa pa111t d bt ck ra s a p1) r o se see s e b rd s ' o a s nd c d w i l�· s t le m to b e ta. 11l chma nd b o m. o li t hou o d cur 111 , e o a ne l e g r oom f thi t es o l w ruffl s a e t ld m n in T 1 !iv o or o a · z , b o k las s a c JI d h . s t e l f ch ir· cI 1111 a s, Mr . M n on o 't o e t , an h c r a e nd g r to see "D n y u lin. d wi 11 1 k)OO d a e a I · · o a a fo . e nd c iai p mt d or dmire nd a er al s o nio-s and tabl l d ay f t e s ' ft l, bmd. . mg , Ii k d l a eet s e sk d "I n t this, � 1011, l es y g y. Bui t-in t 's s w ?" h a e a e te ese e "'·s' ind cribab hink it a o · t c rp n r 1 v 1m 1·1· ro . e a e· ?". But h Ch11 er l the fii pI ace, .. tter a n w bung 1 w r a o es o the wa l a und be th n a s e t m oo s1 1e 1 .v c v t nnt ! e s a and w s ·1i n fo b k 111 e o o ra wi· h its· oId p · , st o and fing red hi h t oo e o ee · th ph t °O' ph o d e e s a cr k d" whi·ch v u s a s s t e e sa . I). , "It' wful · - a lest s Mrs M n on p Ian to e . h n h i'd , m i . es a s. o e tes a c iid ick and . m nt ' o se t t 1v n ilh u t nd ' by a Lake es 0' Living e , ha s t s er ook dn s, of c lir o It' hi v y cr e ess fi r ts r ok �n _ and th delight when Wing Lake o se t m; i c o a so �: -is a year-round old h u i s cha e 1\ � 1 ate ls t a 1111t.Mr - This t r es o e ria tha r .! o Shores is the location of your home. u din s f th m a e e : ld" s set a t e rd n b 111 l tt e est o se b ck in h g charming, carefully restricted residential i l gu h u le a o e as o e a s n c �; find e r t ee go d an x mp t l t Showing the so11th side of the farm house as it was when the is as easily accessible in the old p a r , is e e t it le community o ate t t n w._ In �� Mansons fon11d it. o t e o r d wi h h a l t e And the fall f h ld incorp a o t o _ l h winter as it is in the summer. a a s ch rm _ f i s wn, o e h s unshiny e 1ts h us , which s a l - e a l t lo o and winter months are gloriously appealing. a al o a width nd h ig o l t e h their ad f o r re o nd l f v rying a i us y for h first s ed c ta ogues wi d o s a ld , e o of spring, of course, home le e o ter. Old w� d I i s r s s e t s e With the advent o to e v l-l ving carp n so luxuriant p omi e for n x umm r a horr r th t s o e . Choice lots . e too e e e wa p ssibl , e a e e building activity will increase. ee m o ora d wh r v r i t The 134 acres of th f rm hav been under h r man b n c rp t s t t r . t a e t e oom wi h hei quain e t a s e e t er will be selected and new homes will go up. t at o t eh u111111· ·i t h r ag ment for he four ye r sh has liv d h e, and h t t e o Lake. she has studied soils and how to make h m pr duce Before you build or buy see Wing alfalfa, with the result that this season's crop w as Shores...... _" e e r l e ol r s l st - v ry r ma kab e indeed.Th d ba ns are til and Drive out West Maple Avenue· from ,,..-...... ' ing and now house her daughte1· Margaret's three Birmingham to just beyond the Oakland Home" r e in summer too there i s a goat and a Hill.s Country Club. A "Model saddle ho s s; here, furnished by Newcomb-Endicott t e or s ees s or r flock of whi e l gh n and g e and cluck f . thei Company, is open for your i.nspection 1 n s e r BOOK TOUJER decorative value o the pond and in the land cap . Saturday, S1L11day and by appointment. The small fields close to the house are all fenced with for the winter, we got this ol s l garnered f rom the neighboring l Althongh the big far'III ho11se is closed d rail , carefu ly l 1 roolll fir.eplace, showwg the corner wpboard ers e l t sell t e FINE JlRTS 7,iew of the /ivi 1g the rare farm , who wer on y too glad o h m and buy right. Note a./so · that was bnilt· in 01•er the p,pes a.t the o e n e es e ol r l clock on the mantle. m d rn a d mor efficient wire on . Th d ai s 1 t• Eli Terry o t r + add, of course, to the picturesque quality f he fa m, e s l s o e ll o e l e r s there are ti l t n wa s t b put in p ac e es o e os the wh re • e oo s f th same kind built in ac n e s Wormer & Moore Building b k h lv hav e e re and many things to be clone whe "one can g t ome t or e the room, and to pap r th mainder Birmingham Office: 112 S. Woodward Avenue n th nd of e I lan a s on to do it ." Phone Birm. 920 o e l s ace in an old dsc ped de ign. f th wa l urf r (Continued on page 24) e o s l t e o s s both The middl ro m of thi i tl h u e is u ed fo l ra s Paintings a o ot er the J Tapestries dining nd co king; an h photog ph _ hows l l es e lo lt-out side where the map e tab e go , with y l w bui s l o f Sculpture e o s er rner curtain d wind w and g aniums and mal c l+ el rt oards behind it. This dining l is wo h study. cupb l s s o e te a e s t i+ for it wa d n qui without an rchit ct' p an, ju l e ter l Mrs.M anson telling the o d carp n how she wanted e s a o er o e ING it and th n t nding v him t se that it was done o n l e a ay. The s mall corner cupb ards a d o d pin th t w l s e are perfect cottage scale, and the o d plate ch st in r Portraits a: Sculpture and platters a nd pewter are charming on thei e helves and in the little built-in cupboard at th end I r o s t of the room. The bed o m i beyond, carefully f M d Wh" r LAKE I n r Dr. Helene l a ynar 1te f planned to get the maximum of su and c oss cu + ts o s er o a spacious 248 Book Building Detroit ren . f air in umm and t command al e e l o est to l vie w l th y ar. A charming p ace f r a gu the sa'/1/e angle as the (Jict11re Showing the hoHse from almost J e e o ...... J, h me the kitchen a.i1d servants' wing added in the rea:r. #\...... fe l hims lf at . abo·rn, with SHORES 1927 FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY, 1927 THE OW AFTERGLOW Page Twenty-one THE AFTERGL Page Twenty ons o s s ne n the h u e mu t window as n s r s l n t e .111 ons e n tl 1e w Co diti and c i g , o mantels, was imp e i he , c 1'd ri oo- e o o for ell e s e r ro m f r t I 1e Mouldin e a ea Remodelling Old Houses et . be w to us o m oth . . extreme. gs were f w nd h vy. 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The sam s se r nter te t e a n r d h c l ar waU , Jo k h d nger e s c i g hould be u d fo i ior Af r h m i f am � . a n s ne ssa that 1 ne s e b lt o o to s o t t f i w g i ce ry be sur ·1t oo r n l s \ t e e s ost y wer m f s f, h w 1 1a 1 . . d rs and run to the floo without pli th b ock . h chimn y . M old chim la e l e n s o s so t r a e e no rg timbers wil hav to eb cut. a e b s s e . . b n t o e n s f bnck det� pl c d hw re Wi dow t ol and the b s oard hould b corre : ,1, rick a d wi h ut flu li ing . A o rs e oor r e n an 111- o 't o an t n c rne , at th fl mes, on n e o a a ra es a l an s a a l a a D n d y cu ti g at the sp di gly heavy. It is xtremely imp rt nt th t r pid y d uch f u t m y m e roo s are n t the io . e s are o 111 t e oo ore m eeded put them o e s le ab al reas re a r a e s e a y r . 1 1 f r . If m b d m uldings be f w, imp , and, ove ol c ed fi h za d. M k ur th t �h1mn r . l, b d. Do tal a n a one s r n first flo_o . o l e a s lle o n a oss b l ne a e with m� n The qualities of exquisite beauty and dignity so appar- that such service is unexcelled in America, and no less ent in Dean's New and Greater .§1lze confidentthat Detroit, above other Galleries have elicited spontane HARRY J. cities, is entitled to galleries such as ous commendation from Detroit's it has been our privilege to provide. artistic circles. You are cordially invited to inspect We have dedicated this new home these galleries and the magnificent to a higher type of decorative collection of home furnishings and furnishing service confident COMPANYMil they contain. 1397 JE FFERSON A VENUE EA ST -DETROIT EXTERIOR PAINTING - INTERIOR DECORATING - WALLPAPERS - EXQUISITE IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC FURNITURE OF ALL PERIODS UPHOLSTERING - DRAPERIES - RUGS AND CARPETS - LAMPS AND SHADES - WINDOW SHADES - OBJETS d'ART + MICHIGA N'S LEADING DECORA TORS AND FURNISHE RS FOR EIGH TY YEA RS