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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1905 



Glenny's 

 Auxiliary Ironing Board 



Cuts down the laundry bills. Can be instantly 

 and easily attached to regular ironing board or 

 table, and is the b>st thing ever produced for 

 bringing out those desirable effects In 

 shirt "waists, ladies' clothing and chil- 

 dren's suits. For ironing sleeves there 

 is nothing better. 



If you own an Jtuxiliary Ironing 

 Board the laundress "will have no ex- 

 cuse for not ironing your clothes exactly 

 as you wish them. Nicely made from 

 hard wood, "with rounded edges. Metal 

 parts are aluminum finished. 



Retails everywhere for 50 Cts. 



SPECIAL OFFER: 



Send lis the name of a house-furnish- 

 ing dealer whom you positively know 

 by inquiry doesn't have these boards 

 in stock or on order, mention this publi- 

 cation, and we will send you, absolutely 

 FREE, a household convenience which 

 retails everywhere for 25 Cents. 



Monday and Tuesday Booklet 

 on request. 



W.H.GLENNY&GO. 



Specialty Mfg. Depi. 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



" My mother Bays that with 

 her new ironing board she can 

 iron niy clothes so they fit, 

 and she knows." 



8o-Page Illustrated Catalogue of over 250 

 Designs of Superior 



WeatherVanes,Tower Ornaments 

 Church Crosses, Copper Finials,Etc. 



mailed to any address for 2-cent 

 stamp — half the postage 



T.W.JONES, Manufacturer, ?l B feW.T. 



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Butcher's 



Boston Polish 



the best finish made for FLOORS, 

 Interior Woodwork and 

 Furniture. 



Not brittle ; will neither scratch nor 

 deface like shellac or varnish. Is 

 not soft and Sticky like beeswax. Perfectly transparent, 

 preserving the natural color and beauty of the wood, 

 without doubt tbe most economical and satisfactory 

 Polish known for Hardwood Floors. 



For Sale by Dealers in Paints, Hardware 

 and House'Furnishings. 



Send for our FREE BOOKLET telling of the many 



advantages of BUTCHER'S BOSTON POLISH. 



THE BUTCHER POLISH CO., 85G Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass. 



is a superior finish for 

 kitchen and piazza floors. 



Van Dorn 

 Iron Works Co. 



Prison, House, 



and Stable Work, 

 Joist Hangers, 

 Lawn Furniture, 

 Fencing, Etc. 



CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



Standing Seam 

 ROOF IRONS 



Clinch right through the 

 standing seam of metal roofs. 

 No rails are needed unless 

 desired. We make a similar 

 one for slate roofs :: :: 



SEND FOR CIRCULAR 



BERGER BROS. CO. 



PH IL-ADEUPHIA 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT 



Pressed Cement Brick Machine 



A GENERAL fact of great importance in 

 the building interests of the country is 

 the rapid substitution of concrete sub- 

 stances for the old materials. Cement, with 

 its practical qualities of plasticity, durability 

 and economy, and capable of giving the nec- 

 essary artistic conditions required of color, tint 

 and texture, is now to be reckoned with as one 

 of the chief features in structural industries, 

 and there are no signs that any royal decree 

 will be issued by architectural experts against 

 its vast and rapid introduction. One popular 

 form of its utility is shown in the adaptability 

 to be manufactured into bricks by machinery 

 on a scale of production that will enable it to 

 meet all demands, and in various styles that 

 are bound to prevail between the embellished 

 and the plain. The capacity of one machine 

 that is devoted to this work is about seventy- 

 five styles of brick already regularly made, 

 with chances of an infinite multiplicity to 

 follow the moods of the designers. Besides 

 this number it turns out patterns of special 

 kinds made to order. In our view, these 

 numerous samples, forming an array of speci- 

 mens that climb by gentle steps from the very 

 simple to the most beautiful, are impossible to 

 produce by any other means as well. The 

 apparatus is the Helm Brick Machine, manu- 

 factured by the Queen City Brick Company, 

 of Traverse City, Mich., and is shown by the 

 accompanying illustration. It makes ten per- 

 fect, uniform pressed cement 

 bricks at each operation, and is 

 easily worked to this large pro- 

 duction from one to three times 

 a minute. The 

 number of opera- 

 tions depend on the 



PRESSED CEMENT BRICK MACHINE. 



yard arrangement with reference to mixing 

 materials and yarding the output — a capacity 

 of a thousand bricks a day per man up to ten 

 men, producing ten thousand without a mixer. 

 The use of a mixer decreases the cost of mix- 

 ing seventy-five per cent, and enables seven 

 men to do the work of ten with the machine. 

 Every brick made is a pressed brick, and orna- 

 mental ones are made as quickly and cheaply 

 as the plain by using the special plungers fur- 

 nished each device free of charge. So far as 

 machinery is concerned the machine is a com- 

 plete cement brick plant. It works with a 

 pressure of eightv thousand pounds, or eight 

 thousand to the brick. They are pressed face 

 up, securing sharp lines, and easily colored or 

 made richer on the face with but little addi- 

 tional cost. The handling is labor-saving on 

 account of being pressed on wooden pallets, 

 five to the pallet. These are easily removed 

 from the machine and placed in cars or racks, 

 thus avoiding the care of each brick separately. 

 The design of the machine is scientific, and 

 it is practical in construction. It is equipped 

 with ten plain and the same number of orna- 

 mental plungers, each of the latter of dif- 

 ferent design, and by placing them in the press 



