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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesga41907newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
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268 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS July, 1907 begin with, and while the initial cost is greater all the way through, it is also far more expensive to maintain. A small gasoline launch, which will serve for tender, ex- press and market boat, will be found a great convenience and an almost indispensable adjunct to the house-boat. Aside from its great usefulness, it enables the owner, the family and guests, to make frequent excursions and to visit and ex- plore all the nearby places. The advantages of the marine gasoline motor need not be extolled here, but suffice to say that these handy and simple little machines have now been brought to a very high point of perfection. The aim of nearly all manufacturers has been to make them "fool- pose, unless, of course, one insists on having a maid. If the boat is large enough and the owner desires to keep a servant, a man will prove far more satisfactory. Chinese are by far the best; but few are to be had. Swedes and Norwegians come next, and they are invariably good boatmen; they fill the requirements very nicely. They are generally clean, and most of them can cook sufficiently well to prepare In a palat- able way the simple fare one demands when living afloat. West Indian negroes have been tried by many with ex- cellent results. Those bred In the British possessions make the best servants. Most of them can cook, and besides being reasonably clean, are usually good swimmers and watermen.
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The Galley Is Conveniently Arranged for Cooking Purposes The " Hostess" and Her T proof," and anyone with ordinary Intelligence can handle the motor with ease and safety. Power tenders can be had at moderate figures, some good ones can be bought as low as $150. The modified dory and sharpie make admirable launches, and have the great ad- vantage of being most inexpensive. The cost of the engine Itself is very much the same, no matter in what type of hull it may be installed. A sailing dory makes a handy tender, for it can be easily propelled with either oars or sails. A canoe adds to the com- pleteness of one's fleet; it Is cheap, is easily paddled, and may be readily lifted out of the water and put on the upper deck out of the way. The servant question Is not as vexatious as one might sup- When one is fortunate enough to secure a good Jap he will prove to be all that could be desired. But in general the Japanese are hardly to be recommended, for they are con- stantly changing, and many are careless and dirty. The good ones command a high wage, and the poor ones are not wanted at any price. For the children one should, of course, select a servant who can swim and handle a boat well, for he can teach the young folks to swim and sail and row; and one may go to town In the morning with the satisfaction of knowing that the little ones are In good hands. The cost of living on a house-boat should average a little less than it does in town. Meats will cost a little more, but under some conditions fish and shell fish may cost less. Gro-

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