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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1913 





Cold well 

 Lawn Mowers 



A Coldwell Motor Lawn Mower on the grounds of 

 John D. Rockefeller's estate, Pocantico Hills, N. Y. 



TT[0 keep turf in good condition you must have a 



\f]/ good lawn mower. 



Those who want — and know — the best always 

 use Coldwell Mowers. 



" Coldwell " means to lawn mowers what " Kodak " 

 means to cameras. Each is the leader in its line. 



One Coldwell Motor Mower does the work of three 

 men and three horse mowers. It climbs 25 % grades 

 easily. It weighs 2,000 pounds — rolling and cutting in 

 one ; but it leaves no hoof prints. 



Coldwell Motor Mowers are used on all the principal 

 Golf links in America, by the U. S. Government, and on 

 scores of parks and private estates. 



We also make the best horse and hand lawn mowers on the market. 

 Send us your name and address and we will mail you our illustrated 

 catalogue, with an interesting booklet on the care of turf. 



'Always use the BEST, the BEST is the 

 cheapest, Coldwell Lawn Mowers 

 are the BEST." 



COLDWELL LAWN MOWER CO. 



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Garden Furniture 



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mixed with cream sauce. It is not gen- 

 erally known that the surplus may be 

 canned at home and used through the 

 Winter in salads, sauces and made dishes, 

 with satisfaction to palate and purse. 



In deciding on the kind of lettuce to be 

 planted, add to the cabbage headed 

 varieties, Endive, Escarollc, and Cos or 

 Romaine, to ornament and give diversity 

 to the salad bowl. The leaves of the last 

 three should be tied with raffia in order 

 to bleach and make tender the inner 

 growth, which will then be found white, 

 crisp and delicious. 



Plant also the "Upland" variety of- 

 water cress in some corner. If kept 

 moist, it grows freely and well, a fact 

 that is not generally known. 



Enough has been said to suggest the 

 addition of a few hitherto tried vege- 

 tables to the ordinary list. Read over 

 the catalogues each Spring, visit your 

 neighbor's gardens, and try something 

 which is new to you each year. 



WOMAN AT THE MOTOR WHEEL 



By MRS. A. SHERMAN HITCHCOCK 



THE number of women at the present 

 time who drive motor cars as skilfully 

 and successfully as any male driver are 

 many, and it is an interesting and note- 

 worthy fact that each season there is a con- 

 siderable increase in the number of women 

 who become owners and operators of motor- 

 driven vehicles. 



A few years ago a woman driving a motor 

 car unattended attracted much attention and 

 was viewed with undisguised curiosity by 

 all who saw her. There was only now and 

 then a woman who had the temerity to make 

 an attempt to operate a motor car, and, in- 

 deed, when one considers the imperfections 

 of the cars built a few years ago, one can 

 more readily appreciate the many obstacles 

 that she had to contend with and overcome 

 if she became a successful driver. Cars 

 were then far more complicated, mechanic- 

 ally, than any at present, but even so it was 

 fully demonstrated that there were some 

 women who possessed the ability to over- 

 come these obstacles, and who — probably 

 possessing a tendency toward things me- 

 chanical — mastered the intricacies of the 

 gasoline engine and succeeded admirably 

 as operators. 



Nine out of ten women who are asked 

 why they don't drive their own cars, in- 

 variably answer in the same way — that 

 they are too nervous. This is no doubt per- 

 fectly true in many cases where it would 

 certainly be unsafe for a woman afflicted 

 with "nerves" to attempt to handle a car. 

 Still, the trouble of nervousness is greatly 

 exaggerated by many women, and would 

 undoubtedly in most cases wear away 

 rapidly as confidence in herself became es- 

 tablished. 



Then there are the women whose hus- 

 bands do not approve of the feminine por- 

 tion of the family aspiring to the honor of 

 driving the family car. His real reason is 

 without doubt in most cases a wholly selfish 

 one — he fears her proficiency and doesn't 

 want her to use the car as often as she 

 would wish were she capable of its opera- 

 tion. But in spite of the many cynical 

 shafts of alleged wit that some "superior" 

 men love to launch at feminine autoists, the 

 woman who drives and understands the 

 car has a distinct advantage over the 

 woman who motors without enthusiasm, 

 and who does not know the difference be- 

 tween the spark plug and the rear axle, or 

 a Wray muffler from the device which 

 silences, and there are very many motorists 

 of this type. 



