The Woman—The Garden

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18255, 25 November 1933, Page 10

The Woman—The Garden

“A V P. V well-known architect, who shall be nameless, was building a house for a friend of mine, and she knew something about plans and understood something about- elevations. When she looked at the, plans of her bedrooms, she said: ‘Tills is a charming room, but I.’cannot see my garden unless. I stand on a footstool; the window is so high up.’ It was a very large window, but it was very high. The architect said, ‘I am sorry, but my design would be entirely spriilt if your window were lower.’ My friend was ndui’iiant, and she said, ‘Then your design must be niinoit; you must, alter your design; I must be able to sec mv garden as well us the sun.’” —Lady Emmot, in the Building Societies Year Book.