June, 1 91 3 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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PHILADELPHIA 



Rows of double nests on the wall do not 

 occupy much space, but there must be a 

 double nest for each pair. Odd birds are 

 excluded from the breeding pens, for they 

 are certain to invoke discord. The parents 

 take turns in caring for the youngsters, 

 which when born are blind, naked and help- 

 less, also far from prepossessing. The 

 babies are fed with pigeon's milk, regur- 

 giated from the crop of the older bird, with 

 beak to beak. This milk is the food which 

 has been swallowed, either changed in char- 

 acter or softened. 



Water for regular bathing is a necessity, 

 especially in warm weather, when it should 

 be given daily. Fresh water for drinking 

 must be given in a separate receptacle into 

 which the birds cannot climb. Salt is 

 needed for pigeons when confined and 

 various grains are fed. Care must be taken 

 to keep lice in subjection, for which reason 

 tobacco stems are placed in the nests by 

 many breeders. Once the requirements of 

 the pigeons are learned, only a little work is 

 needed, when the birds are few in number. 

 The busy commuter can do it all in ten to 

 fifteen minutes a day. If he misses his 

 train, it will be because he stops for a last 

 admiring glance at his stock. 



VACATIONS AND COLLECTING 



By HENRY VANE 



THE true collector is ever upon the alert 

 for opportunities for adding to his as- 

 sortment of treasures. He has presumably 

 become fully acquainted with the possibili- 

 ties afforded by the place in which he may 

 live and at this season of the year when va- 

 cations are being planned he is probably ar- 

 ranging for holidays which besides afford- 

 ing the rest and recreation which vacations 

 are supposed to provide will also make pos- 

 sible the ridine of some favorite hobby into 

 fields which are new and which he hopes 

 have never been explored. 



As has been frequently said there is no 

 royal road for collecting and it is, of course, 

 equally true that no directions can be given 

 as to the trail most likely to lead into a 

 liappy hunting ground for the collector. 

 Large cities offer many attractions for the 

 vest foreign populations which are found in 

 such cities as New York and Chicago make 

 possible the acquisition of treasure trove 

 which can often be secured for very little. 

 Some of the most beautiful pewter which I 

 have ever seen was purchased some years 

 ago in Chicago from a family recently ar- 

 rived from Germany. The very perfection 

 of the pewter really constituted the strong- 

 est argument against its purchase for the 

 soft and satin-like surface seemed almost 

 too beautiful to be actually old. But ex- 

 planations in a mixture of German and very 

 badly broken English were made to the 

 effect that these pieces had been family 

 treasures for generations and that loving 

 care at the hands of many haus fraus was 

 responsible for the perfect condition of 

 the wonderfully fine plates and tankards. 

 No real collector could refuse to accept 

 what was plainly a gift from Providence 

 and the pewter for many years formed the 

 star features of a Chicago collection. 



Philadelphia possesses a large population 

 of negroes and while wandering one day 

 through the negro quarter and particularly 

 through some of the narrow streets which 

 are really alleys between the larger streets 

 my attention was attracted by a number of 

 old blue pitchers and plates arranged in a 

 shop window in imitation of the shops of 

 certain antique dealers not many blocks 

 away. The window, upon closer examina- 

 tion, proved to belong to a small general 

 store and the old negro in charge explained 



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Send for catalogue A 28 for pergolas, sun dials and garden 

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Hartmann-Sanders Co. 



Manufacturers of 



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