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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



Something New! 



A washable and per- 

 fectly sanitary wall cover- 

 ing. Cloth foundation fin- 

 ished in oil 

 colors. Best 

 wall cover- 

 ing forkitch- 

 en, pantry, 

 bathroj m, 

 closet, and 

 other walls 

 where a 

 w a s h a b I e 

 surface is 

 desired. Prints, plain col 

 ors and tiles in dull, var 

 nished and glazed effects 



SAMOAS 



Cloth Wallcovering 



Plain colors in oil admi- 

 rabl} T adapted to ceiling 

 and fresco work. Hides 

 cracks and 

 plaster 

 stains. 



Water- 

 proof, ver- 

 min - proof, 

 applied to 

 the w all 

 like paper, 

 and inex- 



pensive. 

 For sale by the Dry 

 Goods Trade and Oil 

 Cloth Dealers. 



Standard Table Oil Cloth Co., 



320 Broadway, New York City. 



SYKES 



TWO BEST LATHS IN THE WORLD 





METAL LATH a ROOFING CO. N,L u ES si! ,,a 



GRILLES "DIRECT FROM FACTORY" MANTELS 



TILES 



of Every Description for Walls, Floors, Etc. 



buys this solid oak Mantel, 80 in. high, 54 or 60 in. wide 

 28 x 16 Mirror. Heavy columns and elaborate capitals. 

 Tile facing and hearth. Club house grate, £10.00, 

 No. 225—48 x U inches, $3.60. Retail value, S7.00 Write fur catalog of Mantels, Grates. Tiles for floors 

 No. 2S0— 48x14 inches, with Curtain Pole, $4.50. and baths. Slate Laundry Tubs. Grilles, etc. It is free. 

 Retail value. £9.00 Or send 10 cents to pay postage on our Art Mantel Cat- 

 Others from S2. 50 up. Largest assortment. Division al °^ Mantel Outfits from $12 to $200. 

 Screens and sprci.il Grilles to order W. F. 0STEND0RF, 24 1 7 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



f^. CORTHIGHT METAL SHINGLES 



are commended to the attention of 

 Architects who are seeking to combine 

 beauty and economy in their work. 



Cortright Metal Roofing Co. 



Philadelphia and Chicago 



perfectly dustproof floorings and ceiling deco- 

 rations. A number of inventions have been 

 made which appear to answer the purposes. 

 Liquids that harden and form smooth floor 

 surfaces have been Invented, so that at the 

 corners a perfect join! is made. Interlocking 

 rubber and marble tiling is used for bath- 

 rooms and kitchens. Interior metal sheathing 

 is employed also, and the surface painted so 

 that there is not a crevice left anywhere large 

 enough for a flea to hide in. Even tapestries 

 and burlaps treated with fireproof and ver- 

 minproof materials are manufactured for wall 

 ornamentation, and when properly applied 

 there is no space left for dust or vermin to 

 find lodgment. Wood pulp has been tried 

 for producing finished floor surfaces, and 

 when applied in the liquid state and allowed 

 to harden the protection is nearly perfect. 



All of these surface preparations for the 

 interior are proof against damage from water, 

 and frequent washing is permissible. It is 

 even considered probable that the future kit- 

 chen will be washed with hot water daily by 

 means of a hose and spray so that every par- 

 ticle of dust and dirt can be removed. By 

 applying a spray of hot water under consider- 

 able pressure to the walls and floors, germs 

 and vermin of all kind brought in during the 

 day would be removed and swept away by the 

 water into the sewer. 



It will be seen from the foregoing that 

 science is rapidly minimizing the danger of 

 home life due to the introduction of germs, 

 filth and dirt that must inevitably enter our 

 houses from the streets. By applying safe- 

 guards that have proved their worth, we in- 

 sure to ourselves and families immunity from 

 many diseases which to-day are purely of local 

 origin. We are building homes of more per- 

 manent and durable character than ever be- 

 fore, but we must also secure for them all 

 the sanitary safeguards that science and ex- 

 perience teach us are necessary for our health. 



FIFTY SUGGESTIONS FOR 

 THE HOUSE 



1 . Floor Coverings 



THE floors of bathrooms, sculleries, water- 

 closets, larder, lavatories, greenhouses 

 and sometimes of halls should be cov- 

 ered, whether with hydraulic pressed tiles, 

 marble, mosaic or some substance of a non- 

 absorptive character, so that they may be 

 washed down frequently. In the case of lava- 

 toires, bathrooms and sculleries the floors are 

 best laid sloping, so that when washed down 

 the dirty water may be led, by means of a duct 

 pipe, into a rain-water head to discharge over 

 a gully trap. Ordinary basement floors are 

 best finished with solid wood blocks laid either 

 straight or herring-bone on a six inch bed of 

 Portland cement concrete, and in some form 

 of bituminous composition. For ordinary 

 rooms the best floor covering is either hard 

 wood, such as oak laid in half-batten widths 

 and beeswaxed and polished, or good selected 

 deal, stained and well varnished. The edges 

 of the boards should be grooved and tongued. 

 Parquet flooring may be laid over the whole 

 surface in order to ensure an uniform and im- 

 pervious surface without cracks in which dust 

 may accumulate. It may be cleaned with a 

 mixture of turpentine and beeswax. — B. F. 

 and H. P. Fletcher. 



2. Bedroom Doors 



Double doors to communications between 

 bedrooms en suite are especially important, 

 particularly in the case of bathrooms. T-he 

 locks should not be opposite each other where 



