﻿XXVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  May, 
  1907 
  

  

  ENTERING 
  THE 
  VESTIBULE 
  

   OF 
  A 
  RESIDENCE 
  

  

  a 
  first 
  impression 
  Is 
  received, 
  which 
  

   must 
  strongly 
  influence 
  any 
  appreciation 
  

   of 
  the 
  further 
  interior. 
  What 
  is 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  this 
  introduction 
  into 
  yoirr 
  

   own 
  home? 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  decorative 
  opportunity 
  of 
  a 
  vestibule 
  is 
  the 
  floor. 
  Wood 
  is 
  never 
  a 
  proper 
  material, 
  

   Because 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  adaptable 
  to 
  strikingly 
  predominating 
  effects. 
  Nor 
  is 
  marble, 
  or 
  tilings 
  of 
  ceramic 
  

   composition 
  suitable, 
  being- 
  cold 
  and 
  unpleasantly 
  harsh 
  under 
  foot, 
  and 
  necessarily 
  having 
  un- 
  

   sightly 
  cracks 
  between 
  the 
  pieces 
  impossible 
  to 
  keep 
  clean. 
  

  

  A 
  flooring 
  for 
  your 
  vestibule 
  capable 
  of 
  being 
  rendered 
  into 
  designs 
  more 
  beautiful 
  and 
  of 
  

   richer 
  coloring 
  than 
  any 
  other, 
  that 
  gives 
  peculiarly 
  agreeable 
  contact 
  to 
  the 
  foot, 
  that 
  never 
  wears 
  

   out, 
  but 
  grows 
  more 
  elegant 
  with 
  years 
  of 
  use, 
  that 
  affords 
  the 
  visitor 
  a 
  foretaste 
  of 
  faultless 
  

   refinement 
  within, 
  is 
  

  

  PENNSYLVANIA 
  

   INTERLOCKING 
  RUBBER 
  TILING 
  

  

  The 
  high 
  character 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  is 
  best 
  conveyed 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  chosen 
  over 
  all 
  

   others 
  for 
  such 
  classic 
  interiors 
  as 
  the 
  five-million-dollar 
  Pittsburgh 
  Carnegie 
  Library, 
  where 
  it 
  

   covers 
  108,000 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  floors; 
  St. 
  Paul's 
  Cathedral, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  really 
  magnificent 
  edifices 
  

   in 
  America, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  laid 
  over 
  the 
  main 
  aisles, 
  and 
  hundreds 
  of 
  other 
  situations 
  involving 
  

   equally 
  high 
  architectural 
  requirements, 
  both 
  for 
  art 
  and 
  enduring 
  permanence. 
  

  

  While 
  Pennsylvania 
  Rubber 
  Tiling 
  is 
  suggested 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  effective 
  flooring 
  for 
  the 
  

   vestibule, 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  its 
  most 
  important 
  use 
  in 
  your 
  residence. 
  It 
  is 
  practically 
  a 
  

   necessity 
  in 
  your 
  bathroom, 
  being 
  absolutely 
  waterproof 
  and 
  sanitary, 
  warm 
  under 
  foot, 
  and 
  most 
  

   easily 
  kept 
  clean; 
  in 
  your 
  kitchen 
  and 
  pantries, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  restful 
  to 
  walk 
  and 
  stand 
  upon; 
  in 
  

   your 
  billiard 
  room, 
  for 
  its 
  non-slipperiness 
  and 
  silence 
  — 
  ALL 
  these 
  qualities 
  are 
  vastly 
  desirable 
  

   in 
  ALL 
  these 
  uses. 
  Pennsylvania 
  Rubber 
  Tiling 
  is 
  non-inflammable, 
  odorless, 
  

   and 
  outwears 
  even 
  marble. 
  Any 
  workman 
  of 
  ordinary 
  skill 
  can 
  lay 
  it 
  success- 
  

   fully 
  right 
  over 
  your 
  existing 
  floors. 
  

  

  When 
  you 
  write 
  for 
  our 
  Book-of-Designs-in-Color, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  mailed 
  free 
  on 
  request, 
  it 
  is 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  that 
  you 
  send 
  measurements 
  of 
  your 
  vestibule, 
  bathroom, 
  or 
  other 
  space 
  you 
  might 
  possibly 
  wish 
  

   covered, 
  and 
  receive 
  figures 
  of 
  cost 
  and 
  full 
  information. 
  

  

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  237 
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  For 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  the 
  warmest 
  room 
  

   in 
  the 
  house, 
  its 
  floor 
  is 
  subjected 
  to 
  having 
  

   water 
  containing 
  vegetable 
  and 
  meat 
  juices 
  

   spattered 
  or 
  spilt 
  upon 
  it, 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  efforts 
  

   to 
  keep 
  it 
  clean 
  by 
  frequent 
  wiping 
  with 
  water, 
  

   supply 
  the 
  necessary 
  dampness 
  which 
  starts 
  the 
  

   colonies 
  of 
  "anaerobic" 
  germs 
  growing, 
  which 
  

   spread 
  from 
  it 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  wood- 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  Another 
  place 
  which 
  is 
  tiled 
  too 
  seldom, 
  

   but 
  for 
  which 
  tiles 
  are 
  absolutely 
  imperative 
  

   from 
  reasons 
  of 
  economy, 
  is 
  the 
  porch 
  of 
  a 
  

   suburban 
  villa. 
  So 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  villas 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  kept 
  up, 
  present 
  a 
  shabby 
  appearance 
  to 
  

   the 
  visitor, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  porch, 
  which 
  is 
  first 
  

   seen 
  by 
  him. 
  Its 
  floor 
  is 
  warped 
  and 
  decayed 
  

   from 
  the 
  rain 
  water 
  that 
  has 
  stood 
  upon 
  it, 
  

   and 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  untidy 
  from 
  the 
  rubbing 
  of 
  

   hands, 
  and 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  cleaned 
  like 
  a 
  glazed 
  

   surface. 
  It 
  would 
  occur 
  to 
  no 
  architect 
  to 
  

   recommended 
  the 
  flat 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  roof 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  

   of 
  boarding, 
  and 
  why 
  thoughtlessly 
  they 
  allow 
  

   the 
  imperfectly 
  sheltered 
  porch 
  floor 
  to 
  pass 
  

   without 
  a 
  recommendation 
  for 
  its 
  proper 
  pre- 
  

   servation, 
  must 
  always 
  be 
  an 
  enigma 
  to 
  disin- 
  

   terested 
  observers. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  purpose 
  in 
  this 
  brief 
  treatise 
  

   to 
  explain 
  why 
  tiling 
  for 
  floors 
  and 
  walls 
  is 
  an 
  

   indispensable 
  building 
  material. 
  There 
  is 
  

   much 
  to 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  its 
  use 
  for 
  decorative 
  pur- 
  

   poses, 
  but 
  so 
  much 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  and 
  thought 
  

   on 
  this, 
  that 
  its 
  utility 
  has 
  almost 
  been 
  entirely 
  

   overlooked 
  by 
  American 
  builders, 
  and 
  even 
  

   architects 
  trained 
  abroad 
  have 
  lost 
  sight 
  of 
  its 
  

   importance 
  and 
  not 
  thought 
  of 
  the 
  reason 
  why 
  

   so 
  great 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  European 
  dwellings 
  

   have 
  retained 
  their 
  freshness 
  and 
  habitableness 
  

   for 
  centuries. 
  

  

  NEW 
  BOOKS 
  

  

  Three 
  Acres 
  and 
  Liberty. 
  By 
  Bolton 
  

   Hall. 
  New 
  York: 
  The 
  Macmillan 
  Co., 
  

   1907. 
  Pp. 
  24+435. 
  Price, 
  $1.75 
  net. 
  

  

  This 
  book, 
  Mr. 
  George 
  T. 
  Powell 
  tells 
  us 
  

   in 
  his 
  introduction, 
  is 
  not 
  intended 
  to 
  deal 
  so 
  

   much 
  with 
  the 
  technique 
  of 
  agriculture 
  or 
  to 
  

   give 
  instruction 
  in 
  its 
  requirements, 
  as 
  to 
  

   awaken 
  active 
  and 
  earnest 
  thought 
  upon 
  the 
  

   social 
  betterment 
  of 
  our 
  rapidly 
  increasing 
  

   population. 
  As 
  this 
  betterment 
  is, 
  according 
  

   to 
  the 
  author, 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  small 
  farming, 
  

   the 
  responsibility 
  of 
  stirring 
  people 
  up 
  to 
  new 
  

   modes 
  of 
  life, 
  with 
  every 
  detail 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  

   may 
  be 
  unfamiliar, 
  is 
  very 
  great. 
  Mr. 
  Hall 
  

   attacks 
  his 
  subject 
  vigorously; 
  he 
  quotes 
  

   copiously 
  from 
  the 
  printed 
  experiences 
  of 
  

   others 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  persons 
  who, 
  in 
  

   the 
  last 
  few 
  years, 
  have 
  extolled 
  the 
  pecu- 
  

   niary 
  advantages 
  of 
  country 
  life. 
  He 
  does 
  

   not 
  present 
  his 
  own 
  experiences, 
  as 
  the 
  title 
  

   of 
  his 
  book 
  might 
  suggest, 
  but 
  summarizes 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  recent 
  literature 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  

   He 
  does 
  so 
  in 
  an 
  interesting 
  and 
  orderly 
  way, 
  

   marshaling 
  his 
  facts 
  in 
  due 
  order, 
  presenting 
  

   them 
  with 
  enthusiasm, 
  but 
  tempering 
  his 
  sug- 
  

   gestions 
  with 
  many 
  words 
  of 
  caution 
  that 
  are 
  

   weighty 
  indeed. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  the 
  real 
  test 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   book 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  Chapter 
  VI, 
  touching 
  on 
  

   "What 
  an 
  acre 
  may 
  produce." 
  The 
  reader 
  

   who 
  advances 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  pages 
  91 
  and 
  92 
  will 
  

   there 
  find 
  tables 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  an 
  acre 
  of 
  ground, 
  and 
  their 
  

   money 
  value. 
  We 
  can, 
  we 
  learn, 
  obtain 
  io,- 
  

   OOO 
  quarts 
  of 
  blackberries, 
  which, 
  at 
  seven 
  

   cents 
  a 
  quart, 
  will 
  give 
  the 
  handsome 
  amount 
  

   of 
  $700.00; 
  asparagus, 
  yielding 
  3,000 
  

   bunches 
  at 
  twenty 
  cents 
  the 
  bunch, 
  will 
  

   bring 
  in 
  $600.00. 
  Labor, 
  we 
  are 
  further 
  

   told, 
  will 
  cost 
  from 
  $1.35 
  to 
  $1.50 
  per 
  day. 
  

   It 
  is 
  just 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Hall 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  he 
  gives 
  

   authority 
  for 
  these 
  figures 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  re- 
  

   gards 
  them 
  as 
  conservative. 
  Let 
  it 
  be 
  granted 
  

   the 
  crop 
  figures 
  are 
  correct, 
  it 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  

  

  