Half Pudding Half Sauce

"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings

Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

THE TOPPER'S CHRISTMAS DREAM - PLEASURE ISLAND or the BOOTLEGGERS PARADISE

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  A humorous map on the theme of alcoholic beverages.    Mere Man's idea of Paradise is at best a shadowy, ethereal thing. The Indian ha...
Friday, December 16, 2022

CHRISTMAS COMES TO THE NEW YORKER'S FAT LADY AND HER BUTLER

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  By Helen E. Hokinson and made famous by their periodic appearance on the covers of Manhattan’s sophisticated weekly, the dowager and her m...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

CHRISTMAS EVE IN COLONIAL TIMES

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"CHRISTMAS EVE IN COLONIAL TIMES"  from a painting by Everett Shinn
Saturday, December 24, 2016

THE ROUSE SIMMONS: THE "CHRISTMAS TREE SHIP"

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     I  saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas Day , on Christmas Day ; I saw three ships come sailing in O n Christmas Day ...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

DESIGN FOR A CHRISTMAS CARD

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Greville Rickard, 1925        Pulitzer Fountain , with  Cornelius Vanderbilt's mansion and Heckscher Building in the backgro...
Monday, December 22, 2014

World's Largest Indoor Christmas Tree - Sterling & Welch Company Building - Cleveland, Ohio

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   S terling & Welch began in 1845 when Thos. S. and Wm. Beckwith opened a dry goods store on Superior St. In 1857 the store replaced it...
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