﻿XXIV 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  Feb 
  

  

  ruary, 
  1907 
  

  

  PAYMENT 
  CONDITIONAL 
  UPON 
  SUCCESS" 
  

  

  Smoky 
  Fireplaces 
  Cooking 
  Odors 
  

  

  Remedied 
  

  

  'TWENTY 
  YEARS' 
  EXPERIENCE 
  in 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  above 
  

   trouble. 
  Thoroughly 
  trained 
  workmen 
  employed. 
  In 
  most 
  

   cases 
  work 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  without 
  defacing 
  decorated 
  walls 
  and 
  

   with 
  little 
  inconvenience 
  to 
  the 
  household. 
  

  

  Prevented 
  

  

  npHE 
  WHITLEY 
  SYSTEM 
  OF 
  KITCHEN 
  VENTILATION 
  will 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  kitchen 
  odors 
  from 
  permeating 
  the 
  premises. 
  

   Designed 
  and 
  installed 
  to 
  meet 
  individual 
  requirements. 
  Suit- 
  

   able 
  for 
  fine 
  residences, 
  hotels, 
  clubs, 
  institutions, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Examinations 
  and 
  estimates 
  without 
  charge 
  within 
  500 
  miles 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   Contracts 
  entered 
  into 
  with 
  the 
  understanding 
  that 
  the 
  charges 
  are 
  for 
  results 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  thousands 
  who 
  have 
  availed 
  themselves 
  of 
  my 
  services 
  

  

  Grover 
  Cleveland, 
  Princeton, 
  N. 
  J. 
  

   W. 
  A. 
  Slater, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

   Mrs. 
  John 
  Hay, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

   Princeton 
  University, 
  Princeton, 
  N. 
  J. 
  

   Brown 
  University, 
  Providence, 
  R. 
  I. 
  

   Senator 
  Aldrich, 
  Providence, 
  R. 
  I. 
  

   Clement 
  B. 
  Newbold, 
  Jenkintown, 
  Pa. 
  

   University 
  Club, 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Union 
  League 
  Club, 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Whitelaw 
  Reid 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Joseph 
  H. 
  Choate 
  

  

  J. 
  Pierpont 
  Morgan 
  

  

  John 
  D. 
  Rockefeller, 
  Jr. 
  

  

  Col. 
  John 
  J. 
  Astor 
  

  

  George 
  J. 
  Gould 
  

  

  Morris 
  K. 
  Jesup 
  

  

  Henry 
  Clews 
  

  

  Joseph 
  Pulitzer 
  

  

  R. 
  Pulton 
  Cutting 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Government 
  for 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  White 
  House, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  U.S. 
  Naval 
  Academy, 
  Annapolis, 
  Md. 
  

  

  McKim, 
  Mead 
  & 
  White 
  

   Carrere 
  & 
  Hastings 
  

   Hunt 
  & 
  Hunt 
  

   C. 
  P. 
  H. 
  Gilbert 
  

   Ernest 
  Flagg 
  

   Woodruff 
  Leeming 
  

   Howells 
  & 
  Stokes 
  

   Schickel 
  & 
  Ditmara 
  

  

  JOHN 
  WHITLEY, 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Contractor 
  

  

  215 
  Fulton 
  Street 
  :: 
  Brooklyn, 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  THIS 
  IS 
  THE 
  AGE 
  OF 
  THE 
  METAL 
  SHINGLE 
  

  

  Painted 
  Tin, 
  Galvanized 
  

   Tin, 
  Copper, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Inflammable 
  wood 
  shingles, 
  heavy 
  slate, 
  brittle 
  tile 
  

   and 
  unsightly 
  paper 
  or 
  tar 
  have 
  seen 
  their 
  day 
  

  

  and 
  unsightly 
  paper 
  or 
  tar 
  nave 
  seen 
  tneir 
  day 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  Century 
  Metal 
  Shingles 
  

  

  are 
  firenroof. 
  are 
  lis-ht. 
  are 
  unbreakable, 
  are 
  artistic, 
  are 
  handsomely 
  embossed, 
  lock 
  

  

  are 
  fireproof, 
  are 
  light, 
  are 
  unbreakable, 
  are 
  artistic, 
  are 
  handsomely 
  embossed, 
  lock 
  

   perfectly 
  and 
  are 
  patented. 
  And 
  then 
  figure 
  on 
  this 
  — 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  cheaper 
  than 
  v/ood, 
  

   cheaper 
  than 
  anything 
  when 
  you 
  figure 
  all 
  the 
  savings 
  involved, 
  cost 
  of 
  insurance, 
  etc. 
  

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  etc. 
  

  

  Chattanooga 
  Roofing 
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  Co. 
  Chattanooga, 
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  New 
  York 
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  Greenwich 
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