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FRED L. SAV AGE, BAR HARBOR, MAINE.

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HE wiA'wam of the redman was a n architectural joy.
Aboriginal, pre-colonial, not at all a costly toy,
With formal gardens all aroun] it, amI a porte cochere of green,
And an aperture quite Gothic, where the chimney should have been.
Neither Renaissance nor English. wa'l its general style and form
Yet it harmonized the land:. ;cape, and kf'Pt the little Injun warm.
'Where the early sav~e builded this most workmanlike tepee
Now designs a modern Savage, for a Clty by the Sett.
'''here broad stretches of fair country invite the SUDlptuous summer home
And they build pa.l aces for pleasure fit for Kings and Queens to own,
His the art to serve the purpose, to crea::e and to refine
And to build for rest and pleasure, to appropriate design.
I'll not catalog the "Cottages" that this Savage here has done
The Gilman'S; and the VamlerbiIts'-lhe list is just be."oun,
But turll away to other thin~'s and touch upon in rhyme
The man himself. a busy man-for Bar Harbor an the time.
And I'll not intrude his virtues; for like an architectural plan
They're included in the making of a thorough ~'cntleman.