International studio (19.1903)

PUKCH HOWL [N HAMMERED SILVER DESIGNED BY
C. R. ASHBEE
EXECUTED HY J. BA[LEY AKD S. REEVE

^ 7*ELLOWSANDS."—A SEA-SIDE
HOUSE. BY M. H. BAILHE
SCOTT
THE desire for change seems to be a natural
result of an artihcial manner of living, and when
our daily lives are spent amidst the surround-
ings of the modern villa with its " artistic"
furnishings and decorations, it is little to be
wondered at that, for the summer months at least,
some respite should be demanded from that daily
raund which, beginning with the hurried breakfast
and the morning train, ends in that heavily rented,
taxed residence which possesses so few of the
attractions which make a home a joy for ever. In
the suburbs, the very trees and flowers seem to
take to themselves a sinister aspect, and suffer a
subtle change. The laburnum by the tradesman's
entrance, the harsh foliage of the evergreens, the
well-groomed lawn with its bedded-out flowers—
the geraniums, calceolarias, and the rest, all seem
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to have lost whatever power they may have
had to please and soothe. They seem, like
the house itself and all its appointments, to
be the result rather of a blind concession to
the depands of convention than a deliberate
and personal choice of things loved and chosen
for their own sake. No wonder, then, that we
long for change, for temporary release, at
any rate. For outside, beyond the enchanted
territory of villadom, the wild roses are blow-
ing in the hedgerows, and beyond, through
the heat haze over the cornhelds where the

S[LVER CIIALLENGE CUP DESIGNED BY
SET WITH ENAMEL w. A. WHITE
AND AMETHYSTS EXECUTED BY
W. HARDIMAN, J. BAILEY, AND W. MARK