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CRAFTSMAN STUCCO HOUSES both as a
PLANNED         FOR    ALL-ROUND         architects
                                         they des
COMFORT AND BEAUTY, AND                  realize ti
ADAPTABLE TO MANY DIF- the back
FERENT      LOTS                         portant a
          FEREN   LOTSwithout t:
RCHITECTURE, like every other            of the v(
        form of artistic or religious ex- how long
        pression, has always included a  room anc
        certain number of superstitions in  they are
its creed, and among those which the last ient and
few generations have so unaccountably and where the
fondly hugged was the popular feeling    where the
about the "back" and "front" of the house, lings, but
the "front garden" and the "backyard."   en, launc
It was the same kind of feeling that made and other
people differentiate between "
ing" and "Sunday" clothes; be
"everyday"  and   "company"
linen, or between the terms "wo
and "lady." It implied a sub-
tle but keenly felt distinction
between the necessary and the
ornamental, apologizing, as it
were, for the existence of any-
thing so menial and common-
place as a kitchen, a vegetable
garden, or a clothes line. As
an English writer once re-
marked, such folks, if roses
were suddenly discovered to
be good to eat, would simply
relegate them to the vegetable
plot and the salad dish, no
longer considering them fit for
the more aristocratic purpose
of decoration!
  Happily we are fast out-
growing this state of mind.
nation and as individuals. Our
  and  the  people  for  whom
ign  and build  are coming  to
'at the back of the house and
of the garden are just as im-
s the front-if not more so, for
he vital and comforting products
egetable garden and the kitchen,
would our social life in the living
1 front porch survive? And so
planning houses that are conven-
attractive not only at the front
:y face the street, and at the sides
y overlook the neighboring dwel-
also at the back where the kitch-
lry, cellar entrance, rear porch
necessary features are.
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