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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  August, 
  1907 
  

  

  •ANDREWS 
  -AIR-PRESSURE 
  

  

  WATER 
  SUPPLY 
  

  

  "V^OUR 
  HOME 
  can 
  have 
  runninj: 
  water 
  from 
  well 
  or 
  cistern 
  with 
  sanitary 
  closets 
  and 
  fire 
  protection 
  

   x 
  — 
  a 
  never-failing 
  water 
  supply 
  in 
  every 
  room 
  (lawn 
  or 
  barn) 
  — 
  by 
  the 
  Andrews 
  Air 
  Pressure 
  

   Water 
  System 
  All 
  the 
  Conveniences 
  of 
  City 
  Water 
  Connection 
  in 
  any 
  country 
  home. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  all 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  the 
  elevated 
  water 
  tanks, 
  yet 
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  all 
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  The 
  Andrews 
  Air 
  

   Pressure 
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  does 
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  freeze 
  in 
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  in 
  summer: 
  never 
  overflows 
  js 
  never 
  blown 
  

   down 
  by 
  wind 
  storm 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  mar 
  tbe 
  aspect 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  lawn 
  as 
  a 
  windmill 
  tank 
  does 
  It 
  will 
  last 
  

   a 
  lifetime 
  and 
  besides 
  it 
  Costs 
  Less 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  System 
  of 
  Water 
  Supply. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  manufacturers 
  and 
  sell 
  direct, 
  factory 
  to 
  user 
  Water 
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   juniaces 
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  589 
  La 
  Salle 
  Bail, 
  

  

  ANDREWS 
  HEATING 
  CO. 
  

  

  CHICAGO. 
  ILL. 
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  Heating 
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   receipt 
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  Williams 
  Metal 
  Stamping 
  Co., 
  335 
  Babcock 
  St., 
  Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  U. 
  S. 
  A 
  

  

  N 
  this, 
  our 
  tenth 
  annual 
  announcement, 
  we 
  call 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  1908 
  LOCOMOBILES, 
  in 
  all 
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  the 
  

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  cars 
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   Touring 
  Cars 
  and 
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  Cars. 
  Two 
  types, 
  20 
  H.P. 
  and 
  

   40 
  H.P. 
  ; 
  eight 
  distinct 
  models. 
  Make 
  and 
  Break 
  Igni- 
  

   tion 
  — 
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  Low 
  tension 
  magneto 
  — 
  4th 
  season. 
  

   All 
  1908 
  cars 
  have 
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  speed 
  selective 
  transmissions, 
  

   and 
  all 
  desirable 
  refinements. 
  

  

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  Advance 
  information 
  mailed 
  on 
  application. 
  

  

  The 
  jnCOJUObilC 
  Company 
  of 
  America, 
  Bridgeport, 
  Conn. 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK, 
  Broadway 
  and 
  76th 
  St. 
  

   PHILADELPHIA, 
  245 
  N. 
  Broad 
  St. 
  

  

  Member 
  Association 
  of 
  Licensed 
  

   Automobile 
  Manufacturers. 
  

  

  BOSTON, 
  400 
  Newburg 
  St. 
  

   CHICAGO, 
  1354 
  Michigan 
  Ave. 
  

  

  which 
  are 
  so 
  expensive 
  to 
  replace. 
  To 
  prove 
  

   this, 
  scrape 
  away 
  the 
  paint 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  three 
  

   years 
  old 
  under 
  the 
  cornices, 
  beneath 
  the 
  piazza 
  

   pillars, 
  or 
  beneath 
  the 
  side 
  sheathing. 
  The 
  

   surprise 
  which 
  will 
  greet 
  the 
  eyes 
  will 
  convince 
  

   the 
  most 
  skeptical 
  that 
  repainting 
  is 
  badly 
  

   needed. 
  

  

  In 
  attempting 
  to 
  figure 
  upon 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  re- 
  

   painting 
  it 
  is 
  essential 
  that 
  an 
  approximate 
  

   number 
  of 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  should 
  be 
  

   ascertained. 
  This 
  is 
  easily 
  obtained 
  by 
  meas- 
  

   uring 
  the 
  height 
  and 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  structure 
  

   and 
  multiplying 
  them 
  together. 
  Painters 
  have 
  

   rules 
  for 
  this 
  work 
  which 
  they 
  apply 
  some- 
  

   what 
  rigidly, 
  always 
  making 
  plenty 
  of 
  allow- 
  

   ance 
  for 
  errors. 
  Thus 
  all 
  openings, 
  such 
  as 
  

   windows 
  and 
  doors, 
  are 
  figured 
  upon 
  as 
  plain 
  

   surfaces 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  with 
  paint, 
  although 
  no 
  

   part 
  of 
  them 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  sills 
  and 
  sides 
  are 
  

   touched 
  with 
  paint. 
  All 
  moldings, 
  beads, 
  strips, 
  

   columns 
  and 
  pilasters 
  are 
  figured 
  separately, 
  al- 
  

   lowing 
  nothing 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  foot 
  in 
  width 
  for 
  

   anything, 
  and 
  multiplying 
  this 
  by 
  the 
  height 
  

   or 
  length 
  of 
  each 
  piece. 
  The 
  estimator 
  thus 
  

   always 
  has 
  sufficient 
  leeway 
  for 
  loss 
  through 
  

   slow 
  work 
  in 
  painting 
  fancy 
  work. 
  If 
  a 
  house 
  

   has 
  much 
  broken 
  fancy 
  work 
  in 
  front 
  a 
  further 
  

   liberal 
  allowance 
  for 
  covering 
  is 
  made. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ordinary 
  house 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  square 
  

   feet 
  of 
  plain 
  surface 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  with 
  paint 
  

   should 
  be 
  ascertained, 
  and 
  then 
  one-third 
  of 
  

   this 
  should 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  make 
  up 
  for 
  special 
  

   painting 
  around 
  columns, 
  window 
  frames, 
  

   doors 
  and 
  similar 
  parts. 
  Good 
  exterior 
  paint 
  

   costs 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  $3 
  to 
  $5 
  per 
  gallon. 
  

   One 
  man 
  will, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  prime 
  

   coat 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  square 
  

   yards 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  house 
  in 
  a 
  day 
  of 
  nine 
  hours, 
  

   and 
  for 
  painting 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  time 
  he 
  

   will 
  cover 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  seventy-five 
  yards 
  in 
  

   a 
  single 
  day. 
  The 
  master 
  painter 
  figures 
  

   usually 
  on 
  new 
  work 
  costing 
  seven 
  cents 
  per 
  

   square 
  yard 
  for 
  each 
  coat 
  of 
  paint, 
  including 
  

   knotting, 
  puttying 
  and 
  material. 
  Varnishing 
  

   and 
  oil 
  finish 
  for 
  the 
  inside 
  of 
  piazzas 
  and 
  

   vestibules, 
  the 
  cost 
  is 
  generally 
  higher, 
  rang- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  twelve 
  cents 
  per 
  square 
  yard. 
  

   The 
  materials 
  required 
  for 
  all 
  this 
  work 
  de- 
  

   pend 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  upon 
  their 
  quality 
  and 
  

   ability 
  to 
  spread. 
  For 
  the 
  priming 
  coat 
  twenty 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  white 
  lead 
  and 
  four 
  gallons 
  of 
  lin- 
  

   seed 
  oil 
  are 
  usually 
  considered 
  about 
  right 
  for 
  

   each 
  one 
  hundred 
  square 
  yards. 
  For 
  two 
  

   coats 
  forty 
  pounds 
  of 
  white 
  lead 
  and 
  eight 
  

   gallons 
  of 
  linseed 
  oil 
  will 
  answer, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  

   three-coat 
  work 
  fifty 
  pounds 
  of 
  white 
  lead, 
  

   twelve 
  gallons 
  of 
  linseed 
  oil, 
  one' 
  pound 
  of 
  

   putty, 
  half 
  a 
  pint 
  of 
  knotting, 
  and 
  three 
  to 
  

   four 
  pounds 
  of 
  coloring 
  pigments 
  generally 
  

   answer. 
  

  

  The 
  universal 
  use 
  of 
  ready-mixed 
  paints 
  

   makes 
  it 
  imperative 
  that 
  a 
  word 
  should 
  be 
  said 
  

   concerning 
  them. 
  Good 
  ready-mixed 
  paints 
  

   are 
  made 
  with 
  oxide 
  of 
  zinc 
  and 
  white 
  lead, 
  

   and 
  with 
  many 
  kinds 
  of 
  pigments. 
  There 
  are 
  

   sufficient 
  varieties 
  of 
  ready-mixed 
  paints 
  for 
  

   interior 
  and 
  exterior 
  use 
  to 
  confuse 
  the 
  novice 
  

   in 
  selecting 
  them. 
  Substitutes 
  used 
  in 
  these 
  

   may 
  not 
  always 
  be 
  harmful, 
  but 
  reputable 
  

   manufacturers 
  will 
  guarantee 
  that 
  their 
  paints 
  

   are 
  free 
  from 
  alkali, 
  water, 
  and 
  petroleum 
  

   products, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  contain 
  a 
  fair 
  propor- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  zinc 
  and 
  white 
  lead. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  

   tests 
  which 
  one 
  can 
  apply 
  to 
  these 
  ready-mixed 
  

   paints 
  to 
  ascertain 
  their 
  relative 
  value. 
  One 
  

   of 
  the 
  simplest 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  alka- 
  

   line 
  emulsifying 
  agents 
  is 
  to 
  leave 
  in 
  the 
  paint 
  

   over 
  night 
  a 
  strip 
  of 
  gelatine. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  

   water 
  and 
  alkali 
  adulterants, 
  the 
  strip 
  of 
  gela- 
  

   tine 
  will 
  swell, 
  but 
  if 
  not, 
  the 
  paint 
  is 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  free 
  from 
  water 
  and 
  alkali. 
  The 
  

   presence 
  of 
  aniline 
  dyes, 
  which 
  have 
  no 
  per- 
  

   manency, 
  can 
  be 
  detected 
  in 
  the 
  ready-mixed 
  

   paints 
  by 
  shaking 
  up 
  separate 
  lots 
  of 
  the 
  paints 
  

   with 
  chloroform, 
  ether 
  and 
  benzine. 
  Then 
  

   let 
  the 
  pigments 
  settle, 
  and 
  the 
  aniline 
  dye 
  will 
  

  

  