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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1905 



I 



Something New! 



A washable and per- Plain colors in oil admi- 

 fectly sanitary wall cover- rably adapted to ceiling 

 ing. Cloth foundation tin- and fresco work. Hides 



ished in oil 

 colors. Best 

 wall cover- 

 ing for kitch- 

 en, pantry, 

 bathroo m, 

 closet, and 

 other walls 

 where a 

 w a s h a b 1 e 

 surface is 

 desired. Prints, plain col- 

 ors and tiles in dull, var- 

 nished and glazed effects. 



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. 



TWO BEST LATHS IN THE WORLD 



METAL LATH & ROOFING CO. n,l u es sa hu> 



GRIL LES "D IRECTJROM FACTORY" MANTELS 



IISIIMI 



$13.25 



No. 225—48x12 inches, $3.60. Rerail value, 87.00 

 No. 230— 48x14 inches, with Curtain Pole, $4.50. 



Retail value, S9.00 

 Others from 82. 50 up. Largest assortment. Division 

 Screens and special Grilles to order 



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, 



Write for catalog of Mantels, Grates, Tiles for floors 

 and baths, Slate Laundry Tubs, Grilles, etc. It is free. 

 Or send 10 cents to pay postage on our Art Mantel Cat- 

 alog. Mantel Outfits from $12 to $200. 

 W. F. OSTEriDORF, 2417 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



FIFTY SUGGESTIONS FOR 

 THE HOUSE 



5. Oil Paints for Walls 



THE best wearing and appearing wall finish 

 is by all means that obtained with oil paints. 

 Nothing but white lead should be used for the 

 body of the first two or three coats, tinted to 

 approach the desired color, and for these coats 

 nothing but linseed oil should be used as the 

 carrier, with a very small proportion of tur- 

 pentine used as a drier. If the walls are well 

 filled, three coats should be sufficient for the 

 groundwork. The last coat should contain 

 nothing but turpentine and the color desired, 

 and this coat should be applied while the last 

 coat is still " tacky," and should be evenly 

 stippled with a stippling-brush as fast as it is 

 applied. When dry, it will be absolutely flat 

 and present a beautiful velvet finish. It can 

 be easily washed with a damp rag at any time 

 that dirt or dust should accumulate. — Frank 

 E. Kidder. 



6. Library Walls 



In any room intended for reading and study 

 walls covered with blossoms or intricate, over- 

 accentuated designs are distracting and un- 

 satisfactory. Books are in themselves a decora- 

 tion. The colors of their bindings — reds, 

 greens, blues and gold — broken by the tawny 

 hue of old calf, have richness of tone. In those 

 libraries in which the shelves do not run to the 

 ceiling, a plain background above the shelves 

 is a necessity primarily on account of the books, 

 but also as a background for the busts, casts 

 or pictures. — Lillie Hamilton French. 



7. An Apartment Sideboard 



The limited space in the modern apartment 

 necessitates furniture that takes as little room 

 as possible. The commercial sideboard is 

 often a very dreary affair, a large piece of fur- 

 niture, built up with much polish and a badly 

 framed mirror for its chief adornment. A 

 " home-made " sideboard or row of shelves is 

 often better adapted to apartment house use 

 than the ready-made affair of the commercial 

 stores. Five or six shelves, made by a car- 

 penter in the style of an old-fashioned cup- 

 board or dresser are often much more decora- 

 tive. The shelves can be painted or stained 

 and curtained with the same material — demi 

 denim or cretonne, which is used for the win- 

 dow drapery. A convenient design allows 

 for three wide shelves below and four nar- 

 rower ones above. 



8. Cooling the House 



For the purpose of cooling the air of a 

 single room small electric fans are in very 

 general use. These serve to propel the air 

 through the room at a high rate of speed, and 

 thus produce a cooling effect through the 

 greater evaporation from the surface of the 

 body. The air of an entire house may be 

 cooled by passing it through a chamber filled 

 with ice, the air being propelled throughout 

 the different parts of the house by means of a 

 large fan or blower. This method is, how- 

 ever, very expensive, as it requires large quan- 

 tities of ice or the employment of an ice ma- 

 chine of one or more tons daily capacity, ac- 

 coiding to the size of the house to be cooled 

 and the initial temperature of the outside air. 

 Passing the incoming air through a large 

 screen over which a spray of ice water is fall- 

 ing will also serve to cool the air. Liquid air 

 has been employed as a means of cooling the 

 air of theaters in summer, and has proved 

 satisfactory, although this is also expensive. — > 

 Dr. D. H. Burgey. 



