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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  October, 
  1907 
  

  

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   among 
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   following 
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  Mrs. 
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  Chicago 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Stone. 
  Chicago 
  

  

  Mrs 
  Geo. 
  M. 
  Pullman, 
  Chicago 
  

  

  Mr 
  Edwin 
  Norton. 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Lowry, 
  Minneapolis 
  

  

  Mr 
  H. 
  G. 
  Selfridge, 
  Lake 
  Geneva 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Kimball, 
  Chicago 
  

  

  Mr 
  W 
  1. 
  Pratt, 
  Iowa 
  City. 
  la. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  Henry 
  O. 
  Strong, 
  

  

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  Geneva 
  

  

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  Barbara 
  

  

  Mr 
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  York 
  

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  Ards-ley-on-Hudson, 
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  Y. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  P. 
  A. 
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  Chicago 
  

   Mrs. 
  Benjamin, 
  Milwaukee 
  

   Mr. 
  George 
  Christian. 
  Minneapolis 
  

   Mrs. 
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  Clinton, 
  Iowa 
  

  

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  most 
  remarkable 
  achieve- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  self- 
  playing 
  devices. 
  It 
  enables 
  the 
  performer 
  to 
  execute 
  solo 
  parts 
  

   like 
  the 
  flute, 
  oboe, 
  clarinet, 
  violin, 
  etc., 
  and 
  to 
  furnish 
  simultaneously 
  the 
  

   orchestral 
  accompaniment. 
  Its 
  ope-ration 
  is 
  direct 
  and 
  perfect. 
  Everything 
  

   which 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  the 
  professional 
  organist 
  can 
  be 
  attained 
  by 
  the 
  amateur 
  

   using 
  the 
  ordinary 
  rolls 
  or 
  controllers 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  require 
  rolls 
  of 
  special 
  manu^ 
  

   facture, 
  thus 
  placing 
  the 
  entire 
  library 
  of 
  music 
  at 
  the 
  instant 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  

   owner 
  of 
  a 
  "Soloist" 
  organ. 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Soloist," 
  or 
  solo 
  device, 
  may 
  be 
  built 
  in 
  any 
  organ, 
  and 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  inter' 
  

   feres 
  with 
  the 
  instrument 
  manually. 
  The 
  organ 
  is 
  equally 
  efficient 
  for 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   pression 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  shades 
  and 
  varieties 
  of 
  musical 
  thought 
  by 
  the 
  master 
  

   organist 
  or 
  the 
  amateur 
  using 
  the 
  self' 
  playing 
  attachment. 
  

   For 
  further 
  particulars 
  write 
  Pipe 
  Organ 
  Dept. 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Office 
  

   150 
  Fifth 
  Ave. 
  

  

  W. 
  W. 
  KIMBALL 
  & 
  CO. 
  

  

  (Established 
  1857) 
  

  

  Chicago 
  Office 
  

   239-253 
  Wabash 
  Ave. 
  

  

  tion. 
  The 
  escape 
  of 
  the 
  foul 
  air 
  through 
  them 
  

   will 
  be 
  an 
  important 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  de- 
  

   sign 
  and 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  modern 
  home. 
  

   The 
  theory 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  kept 
  clearly 
  in 
  mind 
  

   is 
  that 
  fresh 
  air 
  must 
  be 
  admitted, 
  and 
  then 
  

   some 
  outlet 
  for 
  the 
  vitiated 
  air 
  provided. 
  This 
  

   means 
  a 
  circulation 
  of 
  air, 
  while 
  ordinarily 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  such 
  thing 
  as 
  air 
  circulation 
  in 
  the 
  

   house. 
  

  

  We 
  hear 
  much 
  about 
  overheating 
  of 
  our 
  

   homes, 
  and 
  the 
  dangers 
  of 
  steam 
  heat, 
  but 
  it 
  

   should 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   troubles 
  attributed 
  to 
  these 
  are 
  in 
  fact 
  due 
  to 
  

   imperfect 
  circulation 
  of 
  air. 
  If 
  we 
  obtain 
  

   this, 
  steam 
  heat 
  will 
  be 
  robbed 
  of 
  half 
  its 
  evils. 
  

   But 
  confine 
  the 
  air 
  in 
  a 
  room, 
  and 
  heat 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  

   high 
  temperature 
  with 
  steam, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  

   just 
  the 
  right 
  conditions 
  for 
  producing 
  colds 
  

   and 
  pneumonia. 
  Overheating 
  is 
  less 
  threaten- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  private 
  house 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  apartment. 
  

   One 
  can 
  control 
  and 
  regulate 
  the 
  former 
  to 
  

   suit 
  the 
  needs, 
  and 
  besides 
  there 
  is 
  always 
  di- 
  

   rect 
  outside 
  air 
  to 
  be 
  admitted. 
  

  

  A 
  simple 
  method 
  of 
  overcoming 
  any 
  ten- 
  

   dency 
  to 
  overheating, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  to 
  

   keep 
  up 
  a 
  good 
  circulation 
  of 
  air, 
  is 
  to 
  have 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  one-inch 
  holes 
  cut 
  through 
  the 
  

   walls 
  just 
  below 
  a 
  window 
  and 
  similar 
  ones 
  

   above 
  the 
  window 
  casement. 
  These 
  holes 
  

   should 
  have 
  little 
  valves 
  to 
  close 
  them 
  at 
  will. 
  

   The 
  air 
  admitted 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  holes 
  can 
  then 
  

   be 
  regulated 
  in 
  the 
  coldest 
  weather 
  without 
  

   opening 
  the 
  windows, 
  and 
  the 
  foul 
  air 
  will 
  

   escape 
  through 
  the 
  upper 
  holes. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   vision 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  any 
  house 
  at 
  

   little 
  expense, 
  and 
  without 
  disfiguring 
  the 
  win- 
  

   dows 
  or 
  the 
  wall 
  ornaments. 
  In 
  the 
  end 
  it 
  

   will 
  add 
  greatly 
  to 
  the 
  comfort 
  and 
  health 
  of 
  

   the 
  occupants, 
  warding 
  off 
  ills 
  which 
  now 
  be- 
  

   set 
  those 
  who 
  live 
  in 
  poorly 
  ventilated 
  houses. 
  

  

  NEW 
  BOOKS 
  

  

  Sanitation 
  in 
  the 
  Modern 
  Home. 
  Edited 
  

   by 
  Jno. 
  K. 
  Allen. 
  Chicago 
  : 
  Domestic 
  

   Engineering. 
  1907. 
  Pp. 
  271. 
  Price, 
  

   postpaid, 
  $2.00. 
  

   A 
  book 
  on 
  sanitation 
  without 
  illustrations 
  

   is 
  somewhat 
  of 
  a 
  novelty 
  in 
  these 
  days 
  of 
  

   weighty 
  technical 
  treatises; 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  

   of 
  fact 
  sanitary 
  .illustrations 
  are 
  chiefly 
  of 
  

   value 
  to 
  the 
  specialist, 
  whereas 
  the 
  present 
  

   book 
  is 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  non-technical 
  reader, 
  

   and 
  has 
  special 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  mat- 
  

   ters 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  house 
  that 
  the 
  home 
  

   builder 
  should 
  give 
  before 
  he 
  seeks 
  the 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  architect. 
  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  a 
  book 
  

   intended 
  to 
  reach 
  a 
  class 
  of 
  readers 
  who 
  would 
  

   neither 
  value 
  nor 
  understand 
  technical 
  illus- 
  

   trations, 
  but 
  who 
  will 
  find 
  in 
  its 
  compact 
  pages 
  

   the 
  compact 
  information 
  they 
  need. 
  Mr. 
  Allen 
  

   has 
  prepared 
  his 
  book 
  with 
  care; 
  he 
  has 
  shorn 
  

   his 
  pages 
  of 
  technicalities 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  pos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  produced 
  a 
  hand- 
  

   book 
  of 
  unusual 
  practicability 
  and 
  value. 
  

  

  Four 
  Seasons 
  in 
  the 
  Garden. 
  By 
  Eben 
  

   E. 
  Rexford. 
  Philadelphia 
  and 
  London 
  : 
  

   J. 
  B. 
  Lippincott 
  Co. 
  1907. 
  Pp. 
  307. 
  

   Price, 
  $1.50 
  net. 
  

   Mr. 
  Rexford's 
  book 
  is 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  ama- 
  

   teur 
  gardener. 
  It 
  treats 
  of 
  all 
  phases 
  of 
  the 
  

   subject, 
  from 
  the 
  simple 
  bed 
  or 
  two 
  along 
  the 
  

   fence, 
  in 
  a 
  city 
  back 
  yard, 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  am- 
  

   bitious 
  garden 
  of 
  the 
  suburbanite 
  or 
  country 
  

   dweller 
  who 
  undertakes 
  to 
  get 
  along 
  without 
  

   the 
  services 
  of 
  professional 
  help 
  and 
  advice. 
  

   The 
  growing 
  of 
  house 
  plants 
  and 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   plants 
  for 
  the 
  household 
  and 
  as 
  table 
  decora- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  likewise 
  treated. 
  Chapters 
  are 
  also 
  

   included 
  on 
  rural 
  and 
  village 
  improvement. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  handy 
  and 
  convenient 
  volume, 
  treating 
  

   of 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  subjects 
  useful 
  to 
  the 
  grower 
  

   of 
  plants 
  and 
  the 
  maker 
  of 
  gardens. 
  

  

  