True Novelty in House Numbers 



NOVELTY in house numbers is one owner just above the number, and the 

 of the latest "fads" of residents forming of the numbers in cement, 

 in the western part of this country. This Some of the numbers are attached to the 

 is only in keeping, however, with the home itself, others are located upon the 

 unusual things these people are doing gate posts, or are situated upon the curb, 

 with regard to other sections of the The variety is so complete that a sug- 

 home, such as the porch, the pillars, the gestion may be found to suit every re- 

 quirement. 



The style and 

 placing of the 

 number are things 

 in which it is very 

 easy to show origi- 

 nality. It does not 

 take a great deal 

 of brain effort to 

 create something 

 new in this line, 

 while the pleasing 

 result of a little 

 work in this direc- 

 tion is indeed 

 gratifying. In this 

 work two points 

 should be remem- 



driveway, the gar- 

 age and the chim- 

 ney. Their search 

 for the novel and 

 the new is result- 

 ing in that section 

 of the country be- 

 in g "different," 

 and is putting that 

 locality in a class 

 by itself. 



Some of the 

 novel house num- 

 bers shown on the 

 facing page are 

 made of wood, 

 others are of 



THE VIEWS APPEARING ON THE OPPO- 

 SITE PAGE ARE AS FOLLOWS: 



(1) An Illuminated Number Located Be- 

 tween Two Homes. (2) A Combined Curb 

 House Number and Name. (3) A Number 

 Placed on the Edge of the Porch Roof. 

 (4) Name Hung from Porch Beam and 

 Number Placed on Beam Above Entrance \ 

 to Home. (5) An Attractive Porch Lamp 

 with House Number. (6) Name of the 

 Home Painted on a Rustic Panel. (7) 

 House Number Placed on an Entrance Pil- 

 lar. (8) Another Example of a Number 

 Placed on a Pillar. (9) Number Located 

 on End of a Porch Beam. (10) House 

 Number Placed on Either End of Porch 

 Roof. (11) House Number Placed on One 

 of the Steps Leading to It. 



metal, while still 



others are of combined materials. Some bered. No matter what else is done, it 



are electrically illuminated, working both should be made certain that the num- 



night and day, while others are not. bers are sufficiently large and so located 



Several very new ideas are shown, such as to be easily seen and read from the 



as the placing of the name of the home street in front of the home. 



A Swedish Bicycle Intended for Chinese Postal 

 Service. 



SWEDISH BICYCLES FOR CHINESE 

 POSTAL SERVICE. 



Among other evidences of the indus- 

 trial growth of Sweden and her reach- 

 ing out- into foreign markets, there is ex- 

 hibited in the Sweden Building at the 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition a queer-look- 

 ing bicycle with a hand-brake, used in 

 the postal service of China. This vehi- 

 cle is of Swedish manufacture, and is 

 labeled in two languages, the Chinese 

 characters and the English words being 

 placed one above the other on the metal 

 panel beneath the main bar of the bicycle 

 frame. 



