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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1913 



Make Your 

 Windows Beautiful 



The windows of a home invite the 

 first look of a visitor. If the draperies 

 are faded and shabby, the effect of 

 the whole room is spoiled. But 



Orinoka 



GUARANTEED 



Sun/^stFabrics 



defy sun and washing, and always remain 

 bright and fresh as when new. They are 

 made in the greatest variety of artistic designs 

 and colorings to harmonize with any decora- 

 tive arrangement, guaranteed absolutely 

 fadeless, and are wonderfully inexpensive. 



Send for our booklet, 



"Draping the Home" 



It is singularly helpful in selecting drapings 

 for all purposes. We will gladly furnish 

 the name of dealer nearest you. 



ORINOKA MILLS 



215 Fourth Avenue, New York 



FOR YOUR PROTECTION 

 INSIST ON THIS GUARANTEE 



These goods are guaranteed absolutely fade- 

 less. If color changes from exposure to the 

 sunlight or from washing, the merchant is 

 hereby authorized to replace them with new 

 goods or refund the purchase price. 



This Tag and Guarantee on every bolt. 



SUN 



A Beautiful, Illustrated Book- 

 , let, "SUN DIALS," sent upon 

 I / I J\ | i |j request. Estimates furnished. 

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Rooms, detached bath, $1.50, $2.00 up 



Rooms, private bath, $2.50, $3.00 up 



Write for Souvenir Booklet "B" with Map. 



CLIFFORD M. LEWIS, Manager 



in any condition its face value only. The 

 fourteenth coin is a poor copy of the 

 Fugio (United States) cent. If it were 

 in fine condition it would be worth about 

 $1.25. The value of a coin does not 

 depend upon its antiquity, as silver coin 

 of certain Roman Empires in absolutely 

 fine condition and of unquestionable 

 authenticity can be had from 50 cents to 

 $1 apiece. Perfect condition in a coin 

 enhances its condition proportionately. 

 Poor coins of any sort have almost no 

 market value. 



F. R. : Embroidered crepe shawls of fair 

 size, such as you describe, can be pur- 

 chased for $25. If you will let us know 

 if your teapot and cream pitcher have 

 any maker's mark, we can then deter- 

 mine the ware. 



J. B. J.: As the work of American and 

 English steel engravers was very ex- 

 pensive and excellent in quality, it would 

 be difficult to send you in the limits of 

 a letter a list of the foremost workers 

 of this sort. Archer B. Durand was one 

 of the most noted of American en- 

 gravers (1825-1850). His most famous 

 engraving, "Ariadne," after Vanderlyn's 

 painting, is considered the finest Ameri- 

 can engraving. T. A. Dean (1850) was 

 one of the best-known English engravers. 

 We suggest that you refer to the various 

 excellent volumes on the subject of Prints 

 and Print Collecting, any of which we 

 can supply on receipt of published prices. 



N. E. W. : The reference to Walpole's 

 silver owls is an obscure one, but the 

 Editor ventures to believe that the "silver 

 owls" in question were not, as you sug- 

 gest, old crests, but were the pair of 

 curious silver owls inventoried with 

 Walpole's effects as being the ones seated 

 on perches formed into whistles, which 

 were blown by the master when he 

 wished to call the servants to him. These 

 famous owls were quaint specimens of 

 the workmanship of the early part of the 

 seventeenth century. They figured in 

 the Strawberry Hill sale in 1842 and 

 brought a price above their weight in 

 gold. The Editor believes these must 

 be the silver owls about which you seek 

 information. 



J. E. L. : It is possible to obtain a 

 genuine specimen of an engraved hema- 

 tite seal of the Babylonian period for 

 twelve or fifteen dollars, but such objects 

 are becoming more difficult to obtain 

 every year. They should be purchased 

 only from reliable dealers. 



C. B. : A fine specimen of John Howard 

 Payne's autograph (an autograph letter 

 signed) is worth from ten to twenty dol- 

 lars. The Emmett collection in the New 

 York Public Library contains an auto- 

 graph letter of John Quincy Adams to 

 Payne, franked by Adams, and also a 

 letter by Payne to Bushrod Washington, 

 George Washington's nephew. 



B. C. N. : It is not surprising that you 

 are mystified as to the use of the long- 

 handled "claw" object of which you send 

 a sketch. This identifies it as the some- 

 what unelegant instrument of comfort 

 supposedly familiar to previous genera- 

 tions under the uneuphonious name of 

 "back-scratcher." Back-scratchers have 

 an ancient ancestry if not a noble one, 

 although old-time writers mention them 

 as having been in use without apology 

 from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to 

 perilously near our own day. 



GLASS ALWAYS PAYS 

 for it makes its own weather 



It admits (lie sunlight and holds it tu its work in spite of zero 

 outside. It insures early and profitable crops. Even the old 

 style single layer sash pay. but do not compare with 



or Hotbeds 

 And Cold-tames 



These are complete in themselves, eliminating nuts and shutters, 

 labor and all: keeping the plants growing by conserving the heat 

 day and night; making crops early and doubling profits. 



The Sunlight Double Glass Sash idea is carried into the Sun- 

 light Greenhouse — a small and inexpensive structure. It is 11 

 ft. x 12 ft. in size and the roof and two sides arc covered with the 

 Snnlight Double Glass Sash. It is (juickly and cheaply healed. 

 The sash are readily removable and in the Spring may be used on 

 cold-frames and hot- beds. The framework is made in s<vti..jiN 

 easily put together. 



Write today for copy of our free catalog, and for 4t we will send you 

 a copy of Prof. Massey^s booklet on how to make and use hot-heds 

 and cold-frames. 



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943 E. Broadway, Louisville, Ky. 



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3 to 70 acres; 600 feet altitude; magnificent water supply; 

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 Send by Parcel Post today. Ask for list of wonderful Diamond 

 bargains. Philadelphia Smelting & Refining Co., 825 B Chest- 

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