﻿XXVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  peculiarly 
  fitting 
  that 
  the 
  originators 
  of 
  the 
  piano-player 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  genius 
  and 
  skill 
  responsible 
  for 
  its 
  continuous 
  development 
  and 
  improve- 
  

  

  crown 
  those 
  accomplishments 
  by 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  MELODANT 
  

  

  to 
  be 
  an 
  exclusive 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  ANGELUS 
  

  

  In 
  every 
  composition 
  there 
  runs 
  a 
  vein 
  of 
  melody 
  called 
  the 
  " 
  air, 
  " 
  frequently 
  lying 
  wholly 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  treble, 
  often 
  interwoven 
  with 
  the 
  accompaniment 
  or 
  Toholly 
  hidden 
  by 
  ornamentation. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  the 
  MELODANT 
  automatically 
  to 
  pick 
  out 
  and 
  accent 
  this 
  melody, 
  

  

  giving 
  to 
  each 
  note 
  its 
  proper 
  value 
  as 
  previously 
  determined 
  in 
  an 
  authentic 
  interpretation. 
  

  

  The 
  musical 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  new 
  device 
  is 
  inestimable 
  and 
  when 
  coupled 
  with 
  personal 
  manipulation 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Melody 
  Buttons, 
  permitting 
  individual 
  accentuation 
  of 
  notes 
  or 
  tuns 
  at 
  will, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  Phrasing 
  Lever, 
  

  

  mastering 
  time, 
  and 
  the 
  Diaphragm 
  Pneumatics, 
  giving 
  the 
  Human 
  Touch 
  of 
  the 
  ANGELUS, 
  you 
  have 
  

  

  supremely 
  under 
  your 
  own 
  control 
  every 
  known 
  device 
  contributing 
  to 
  a 
  musically 
  correct 
  performance. 
  

  

  Yet 
  these 
  features 
  are 
  exclusive 
  with 
  the 
  Great 
  ANGELUS, 
  and 
  thus 
  is 
  it 
  made 
  indispensable 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  selection 
  of 
  a 
  piano-player 
  by 
  every 
  person 
  of 
  discriminating 
  musical 
  tasle 
  first 
  consideration 
  must 
  be 
  given 
  

  

  the 
  ANGELUS. 
  

  

  The 
  ANGELUS 
  in 
  cabinet 
  form, 
  the 
  KNABE-ANGELUS 
  PIANO 
  the 
  

   EMERSON-ANGELUS 
  PIANO,— 
  all 
  are 
  equipped 
  with 
  the 
  MELODANT 
  

  

  For 
  saSe 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  principal 
  cities 
  Descriptive 
  literature 
  upon 
  request 
  

  

  THE 
  WILCOX 
  & 
  WHITE 
  CO. 
  

  

  Established 
  1876 
  

  

  MERIDEN, 
  CONN. 
  

  

  Protect 
  Your 
  Home 
  

  

  by 
  inclosing 
  your 
  grounds 
  with 
  the 
  strongest, 
  most 
  ornamental 
  

  

  and 
  durable 
  fence 
  on 
  the 
  market. 
  This 
  illustration 
  can 
  give 
  

  

  you 
  but 
  a 
  faint 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  beauties 
  of 
  

  

  WIRE 
  

   FENCE 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  all 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  form 
  of 
  fence 
  without 
  

   their 
  disadvantages, 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  In 
  several 
  sizes 
  and 
  styles 
  to 
  

   meet 
  all 
  requirements. 
  Complete 
  illuitrated 
  catalogue 
  mailed 
  

   on 
  request. 
  Kindly 
  ask 
  for 
  Catalog 
  G. 
  Do 
  it 
  to-day. 
  

  

  SLEETH-BROOK 
  & 
  SEAMAN 
  CO. 
  

  

  253 
  BROADWAY 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  CITY 
  

  

  COLONIAL 
  FIREPLACE 
  CO. 
  

  

  2537 
  WEST 
  12TH 
  STREET 
  

  

  CHICAGO 
  

  

  A. 
  study 
  of 
  our 
  large 
  illustrated 
  Design-Book 
  ■will 
  

   give 
  you 
  a 
  new 
  idea 
  or 
  now 
  much 
  a 
  true 
  Colonial 
  

   Fireplace 
  'will 
  add 
  to 
  your 
  new 
  home. 
  

   We 
  design 
  and 
  furnish 
  beautiful 
  Fireplaces 
  or 
  

   moulded 
  brick 
  in 
  character 
  and 
  shades 
  to 
  harmonize 
  

   ■with 
  your 
  decorations. 
  

  

  This 
  means 
  that 
  distinct 
  progress 
  in 
  these 
  lines 
  

   — 
  of 
  house 
  building 
  and 
  garden 
  making 
  — 
  has 
  

   been 
  made, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  accomplishment 
  of 
  

   real 
  value. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Baker's 
  book 
  is 
  a 
  picture 
  book 
  pure 
  

   and 
  simple, 
  the 
  single 
  few 
  lines 
  of 
  text 
  within 
  

   it 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  general 
  introduction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Donn 
  Barber, 
  an 
  architect 
  whose 
  own 
  work 
  

   has 
  worthy 
  place 
  in 
  this 
  collection 
  of 
  views. 
  

   The 
  illustrations, 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  have 
  been 
  

   well 
  chosen, 
  and 
  represent 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  

   important 
  of 
  recent 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  art 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  house 
  by 
  our 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  

   architects. 
  The 
  absence 
  of 
  descriptive 
  text 
  

   leaves, 
  of 
  course, 
  something 
  to 
  be 
  desired, 
  for 
  

   even 
  a 
  complete 
  group 
  of 
  photographs 
  fails 
  to 
  

   tell 
  all 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  told 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  and 
  its 
  fur- 
  

   nishings. 
  But 
  this 
  lack 
  is 
  somewhat 
  com- 
  

   pensated 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  numerous 
  

   plans, 
  which 
  complete 
  the 
  architectural 
  de- 
  

   scriptions 
  of 
  the 
  places 
  they 
  accompany, 
  giv- 
  

   ing, 
  as 
  they 
  do, 
  in 
  a 
  graphic 
  way, 
  helpful 
  in- 
  

   formation 
  concerning 
  areas 
  and 
  dispositions 
  of 
  

   interior 
  spaces. 
  The 
  plans 
  of 
  gardens, 
  of 
  which 
  

   a 
  number 
  are 
  included 
  likewise, 
  are 
  also 
  help- 
  

   ful, 
  and 
  materially 
  increase 
  the 
  usefulness 
  of 
  

   the 
  book. 
  

  

  The 
  subjects 
  illustrated 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  

   numerous 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  book 
  representative 
  in 
  a 
  

   very 
  complete 
  sense. 
  Houses 
  near 
  Philadel- 
  

   phia, 
  in 
  Connecticut, 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts, 
  and 
  other 
  States, 
  not 
  forgetting 
  

   California, 
  make 
  a 
  tolerably 
  fair 
  geographical 
  

   covering. 
  Old 
  houses 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  and 
  the 
  

   South 
  also 
  come 
  in 
  for 
  illustration, 
  and 
  their 
  

   quaint 
  old 
  gardens 
  form 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  pic- 
  

   turesque 
  of 
  the 
  illustrations. 
  

  

  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  a 
  volume 
  that 
  the 
  lover 
  of 
  

   gardens 
  and 
  of 
  houses 
  will 
  eagerly 
  welcome 
  as 
  

   a 
  notable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  really 
  few 
  competent 
  

   books 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  world 
  of 
  

   suggestiveness 
  and 
  help 
  in 
  these 
  pictures, 
  and 
  

   a 
  world 
  of 
  interest 
  and 
  of 
  charm. 
  The 
  most 
  

   important 
  lesson 
  it 
  teaches 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  many 
  

   parts 
  of 
  America 
  large 
  sums 
  of 
  money 
  are 
  

   being 
  expended 
  on 
  gardens, 
  some 
  of 
  large 
  size, 
  

   and 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  of 
  real 
  and 
  penetrating 
  beauty. 
  

  

  Modern 
  Plumbing 
  Illustrated. 
  By 
  R. 
  

   M. 
  Starbuck. 
  Fully 
  illustrated 
  by 
  fifty 
  

   full-page 
  plates 
  made 
  expressly 
  by 
  the 
  

   author 
  of 
  this 
  work. 
  New 
  York: 
  The 
  

   Norman 
  W. 
  Henley 
  Publishing 
  Com- 
  

   pany. 
  One 
  large 
  8vo 
  volume; 
  cloth. 
  

   Pp. 
  392. 
  Price, 
  $4.00. 
  

  

  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  

   in 
  the 
  most 
  practical 
  manner 
  the 
  best 
  modern 
  

   practice 
  in 
  plumbing 
  and 
  water 
  supply. 
  There 
  

   is 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  useful 
  information 
  in 
  ref- 
  

   erence 
  to 
  the 
  kinds 
  of 
  plumbing 
  materials 
  and 
  

   fixtures 
  and 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  these 
  for 
  the 
  

   modern 
  cottage, 
  or 
  the 
  more 
  pretentious 
  

   house, 
  apartment 
  house, 
  hotel 
  and 
  office 
  build- 
  

   ing. 
  

  

  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  

   liberal 
  scale 
  drawings, 
  which 
  cover 
  almost 
  

   every 
  imaginable 
  condition 
  likely 
  to 
  come 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  the 
  plumber, 
  architect 
  and 
  sanitary 
  engi- 
  

   neer. 
  The 
  book 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  valuable 
  to 
  

   the 
  plumber 
  in 
  his 
  actual 
  work, 
  giving 
  special 
  

   details 
  as 
  to 
  size 
  and 
  weight 
  of 
  pipes 
  required 
  

   under 
  different 
  conditions. 
  To 
  the 
  architect 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  suggestive 
  and 
  will 
  aid 
  in 
  pre- 
  

   paring 
  plans 
  and 
  directing 
  and 
  superintending 
  

   work 
  ; 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  in 
  aiding 
  him 
  to 
  secure 
  

   the 
  best 
  and 
  simplest 
  systems 
  for 
  his 
  building 
  ; 
  

   to 
  the 
  plumber 
  inspector 
  the 
  many 
  practical 
  

   features 
  it 
  presents 
  will 
  remind 
  him 
  of 
  the 
  

   methods 
  to 
  be 
  pursued 
  to 
  secure 
  safe 
  and 
  

   healthful 
  sanitary 
  conditions, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  plumb- 
  

   ers, 
  practical 
  methods 
  of 
  executing 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  book 
  presents, 
  in 
  a 
  word, 
  the 
  latest 
  

   and 
  best 
  modern 
  practice, 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  in 
  

   the 
  hands 
  of 
  every 
  architect, 
  sanitary 
  engi- 
  

   neer 
  and 
  plumber 
  who 
  wishes 
  to 
  keep 
  him- 
  

   self 
  up 
  to 
  date 
  in 
  this 
  important 
  feature 
  of 
  

   construction. 
  

  

  