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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1905 



^anta^vote, 



This Label is 

 on Genuine 

 Pantasote 

 Furniture 



Accept no 

 Substitute 

 Insist upon 

 Pantasote 



^g . . FAC=SiniLE TRADE-HARK LABEL 



fPanta&ote 



Leather 



IS BEST FOR UPHOLSTERY 



YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE 



between Pantasote Leather and real leather. Pantasote Leather can be used for every 

 purpose for which real leather is adapted. Pantasote is durable, bright, odorless, easily cleaned, 

 does not crack, is fireproof, waterproof, and wears and looks like leather in every respect. 



PANTASOTE Costs One-Third as much as Real Leather 



The great demand for Pantasote has led to the substitution of many inferior imitations. 

 To protect you against fraud accept no furniture as covered with Pantasote from your dealer or 

 upholsterer unless it bears our trade-mark label as shown above. Do not accept his "Just as 

 good" theory; insist upon Pantasote. 



See that the word "PANTASOTE" is embossed on selvage edge of all piece goods. 

 Pantasote was awarded the Grand Prize and two Gold Medals at St. Louis. 



FOR TRIAL PURPOSES we have for sale four sizes of chair seats, which give you 

 the amount of upholstery material you want, making the cost very small for new seats for 

 chairs you may have that need reupholstering. We will send, on receipt of price and name 

 of upholsterer, chair seat size 1 8 x 18 inch, 25c; 25 x 25 inch, 50c; 27 x 27 inch, 70c; 

 36 x 36 inch, $1.00. 



Upon application, will send our catalogue showing 

 material in the different colors in which it is made. 



THE PANTASOTE COMPANY 



Dept. Six, 11 Broadway, New York 



cA Handsome Entrance 



is often spoiled by the use of inappropriate hardware. The beauty mav he enhanced by trimming 

 the doors with a design correct in its proportions and finished to harmonize with its surroundings. 



Sargent's ^Artistic Hardware 



in a great variety of designs, permits a careful selection of just what is wanted, both for the front 

 door and the inside of the house. An examination of Sargent's Easy Spring Locks shows their 

 strength and durability. 



Sargent's Book of Designs, sent free on request, will help you select appropriate hardware for 

 your home. 



SARGENT & COMPANY, ™ a 2&/&££ and 156 Leonard Street, New York 



to stand several days for slow drying before 

 shipment in boxes. " Concerning That Roof " 

 is the title of a thirty-two page book, very 

 handsomely illustrated and replete with ideas 

 and suggestions. The arguments put forth in 

 favor of metal shingles are arranged in such 

 a clear and concise manner that it should prove 

 a valuable reference to all having charge of 

 the erection or care of buildings. The book 

 shows the construction of patented joints, 

 which permit each piece to contract and ex- 

 pand, while still remaining weather-proof; 

 how it can be taken off and relaid on another 

 roof without damage or waste ; compares the 

 shingles with slate and wood, what they are 

 made of, how expansion and contraction are 

 provided for, and many other practical points. 

 The illustrations are freely given and arc 

 executed in a style equaled by very few in 

 this class of work. Cortright's Metal Shingle 

 Advocate is a little periodical, beautifully illus- 

 trated, and mainly a medium for showing 

 the general and particular points of the in- 

 dustry. As the duty of a roof is to keep out 

 the rain, snow, sleet and wind, and to make 

 an ornamental finish to a building, all par- 

 ticulars when presented in the clear manner 

 of the above literature should be in the pos- 

 session of the owners of buildings. The book- 

 lets noticed here are easily obtained by sending 

 a postal to the firm at its main office, Twenty- 

 third and Filbert Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 or No. 134 Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111. 



One Piece Lavatories 



NEITHER the luxury nor the necessity of 

 the lavatory is to be neglected, accord- 

 ing to the recent and growing determi- 

 nation of architects and builders to specify in- 

 stallations, as numerous as from five to ten 

 throughout the bedchambers and sleeping- 

 apartments in homes. This extension of 

 the number from the one or two fix- 

 tures ordinarily in use is the direct out- 

 come of the improvements in modern sanita- 

 tion as developed by the best plumbers. We 

 name the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing 

 Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., particularly on 

 account of the present perfection of the firm's 

 output of special features in one piece lava- 

 tories. This house has been engaged in the 

 production of guaranteed porcelain enameled 

 sanitary ware for more than a quarter of a 

 century, during which time it has devoted 

 immense amounts of money to exhaustive ex- 

 perimental tests and processes, and employed 

 mechanics and experts long in service, whose 

 skill and knowledge enable them to select the 

 proper materials and design the most sub- 

 stantial and presentable patterns for hygienic 

 and ornamental improvements of rooms. In 

 all this time it is a striking justification of the 

 enterprise of this firm that no sorely needed 

 innovation nor reasonable luxury of its out- 

 put have been proved violative of the wants 

 and tastes of a well fixtured home. As rapid 

 as is consistent with sound principles of the 

 plumber's craft and the demand for the goods, 

 the managers have introduced those apparatus 

 that compete to excel only their own former 

 standards. Look at the type of lavatories, 

 for instance, shown in the engravings illustra- 

 ting this article. The first pictures a " Stand- 

 ard Copley," 1035 G, porcelain enameled, 

 with oval slab, bowl and apron, all cast in one 

 piece; porcelain enameled pedestal, "Tor- 

 rance " pattern, nickelplated Fuller faucets, 

 with china handles and indices, and nickel- 

 plated imperial waste with china index. 



The other represents the " Standard Cop- 

 ley," 1036 G, with oval slab, bowl and apron, 

 cast as the above, nickelplated legs, with wall 

 supports, low pattern compression faucets with 



