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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 19 13 



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A Noiseless 



Water Closet 





Here ™ 

 Is a Device 



that eliminates 



your troubles in toilet plan- 

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this room in the most convenient location. The absence of noise when 

 the closet is flushed, MAKES POSSIBLE the 



Much Desired Toilets Off the Hallway 

 and Convenient to the Parlor or Living Room 



"Silentflow" Water Closets are the result of years of study 

 you will be quick to see the durability of a 

 closet that flushes without noise. 



Wolff "Silentflow" has been the outcome of years 



of study on noiseless closets, and like all other Wolff's products, 

 was not put on the maiket until it was perfect in design, 

 construction and workmanship. 



"No noise you know, 

 It's a Silentflow." 



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Manufacturers of Plumbing Goods Exclusively 

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The HINDOO OUTDONE 



A WONDERFUL MECHANICAL DEVICE 



THIS is a U. S. patent — size of a watch — producing instant changes which 

 seem to upset reasoning. 



It is a spell-binder, a world-wonder, exhibiting the "power of mind 

 over matter" or, rather, the lack of it. It works upon what might be called 



A Hidden Principle 



With it, no skill is required to put the whole world in "doubt." 



The sage of Science is as much "at sea" as a boot-black. Men say "shell-game" and "magic"; 

 ladies say "bewitched" and "black-art." All say "mysterious." 



Anyone, lady or gent, over 16, obtains best results. A well-known college professor said 

 recently: "Were it impossible to get another, I wouldn't take $10 for the one I have." 



T^nHlp^^l *P*nn goes w ' t ' 1 lis possession. Every home should have one. The 

 - 1 — 'HUICOO -L Llll "Mystifying Element" [see U. S. Patent] generates the mental per- 

 plexity and electrifies. Just follow directions — it never fails to confuse. It captivates all. Being 

 well made of wood and metal, it will last a life-time, and then some. A fortune for Agents — 

 "just show it" — it sells itself. Get one and be happy. 



Retail $1. One sample Ego — 50c, or 3 for $1, prepaid 



THE SCIENTIFIC ART COMPANY 



1003-B MALLERS BUILDING 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



teachers have had no special training in 

 agriculture. The book aims to present use- 

 ful information which will increase the ef- 

 ficiency of farming operations and improve 

 the general character of farm life. The 

 questions at the end of each lesson relate 

 to the text and the local agricultural con- 

 ditions. The practical exercises, which can 

 easily be performed without any special 

 apparatus, provide a large amount of labor- 

 atory work for the home or the school, 

 which affords a good knowledge of the 

 fundamental facts and an excellent train- 

 ing in scientific methods. Numerous il- 

 lustrations are included, showing farm 

 products, machinery, and agricultural 

 methods. 



The Influence of Monarchs. By Fred- 

 erick A. Woods. New York : The Mac- 

 millan Company: 1913. Cloth, 8vo, 422 

 pages. Price, $2.00 net. 

 "Only very rarely has a nation progressed 

 in its political and economic aspects save 

 under the leadership of a strong sovereign. 

 This is a plain and simple fact," affirms 

 Dr. Woods in "The Influence of Monarchs." 

 A study of its truth presented by a com- 

 parison of the personalities of the monarchs 

 from the tenth century through the time 

 of the French Revolution with the succes- 

 sive alterations in the material conditions 

 of the different countries composes this 

 volume — a most unusual and valuable con- 

 tribution to what may be termed a new 

 science of history. 



University and Historical Addresses. 



By James Bryce. New York : Macmil- 



lan Company: 1913. Cloth, 8vo, 433 



pages. Price $2.25 net. 



In "University and Historical Addresses" 

 are presented some twenty of the more im- 

 portant addresses delivered by Mr. Bryce 

 in the years during which he was England's 

 ambassador to the United States. A wide 

 range of topics is covered — from "The Be- 

 ginnings of Virginia" and "What University 

 Instruction May Do to Provide Intellectual 

 Pleasure for Later Life" to "The Constitu- 

 tion of the United States" — the impressions 

 and thought of the author not only being 

 significant in every instance, but entertain- 

 ing, and possess more than passing interest. 



Poultry Foods and Feeding. By Duncan 

 Forbes Laurie. New York. Cassell & 

 Company. 1912. Cloth. 188 pp. Price, 

 $1. 



To the poultry keeper in general and par- 

 ticularly those who are just starting out 

 with a few hens, there are a few points of 

 vital importance to be observed ; keep your 

 birds from the damp, keep them well 

 housed, and above all things keep them well 

 and properly fed, "Poultry Food and Feed- 

 ing" tells in a scentific manner how to feed 

 the chicks, from the start up to the grown 

 bird, how to specially feed for tgg pro- 

 ducing, for flesh producing, and how to feed 

 the breeding stock for best future results. 



Every Boy's Book of Handicraft, Sports 

 and Amusements. By Chelsea Curtis 

 Fraser. Boston : Dana Estes and Com- 

 pany. 1913. Cloth, 8vo, illustrated. 

 695 pages. Price, $2 net. 

 "Every Boy's Book of Handicraft, Sports 

 and Amusements" is distinctly a book for 

 every real boy. Mr. Fraser, its author, 

 gives boys a modern, helpful and practical 

 book, copiously illustrated, well printed and 

 strongly bound. It will be a joy to every 

 boy who comes across it and a boon to 

 every grown-up who is confronted with the 

 perennial question of what to give a boy 

 for Christmas. 



