AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
February, 1912 
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' beautifully grained doors made. 
The standard doors of America, made in 
the special Morgan way from special 
woods by special machinery. Morgan 
doors are specified and recommended by all 
leading architects. Built of separate layers 
of kiln dried wood with the grain running 
in opposite directions. Shrinking, warp- 
ing or swelling is impossible. 
Each door is stamped ““MORGAN” which guar- 
antees quality, style, durability and satisfaction. 
Be sure your doors bear the “MORGAN” stamp. 
Send for a copy of our elegant new 
eatalog **‘The Door Beautiful’’— just 
out—full of page illustrations of interiors 
and attractive exteriors in all styles, showing 
Morgan Doors and their surroundings—tells 
why it is the best kind of economy to use 
Morgan Doors throughout your building. 
Write for your copy today 
Morgan Company, Dept. A, Oskosh, Wis. 
Distributed by Morgan Sash and Door Co., Chicago 
Morgan Millwork Co., Baltimore, Md. 
Morgan Doors are handled by dealers who do not substitute. 
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Do You Know 
the Delights of Real Southern 
Cocking ? 
Have you ever tasted Virginia Corn Pone? How 
about some delicious fried chicken or Smithfield Ham 
—done toa turn? Or perhaps you would like some 
nice Fresh Oysters, Crabs or Fish. The kind served at 
The Chamberlin come fresh from the water to you. 
We riise our own Vegetables, the kind that grow 
only in our Mellow, Ideal, Southern Climate. 
This is the kind of food for which The Chamberlin 
is famous, and the cooking—well, delicious comes far 
from adequately describing it. It’s something that 
will linger in your memory long after other joys are 
forgotten. The daily menus are elaborate—the ser- 
vice perfect in every detail—and no one ever stays at 
The Chamberlin without having an appetite. The 
Invigorating Air, the Wholesome Recreation takes 
care of that. 
Location Unique In Every Respect 
Look at the illustration—you see the Chamberlin 
right at the water’s edge—on Hampton Roads. The 
naval scene illustrated is an every day occurrence for 
this is the rendezvous of the Nation’s warships Here 
too, is Fortress Monroe—the center of Military ac- 
tivities. No other resort is so situated. The Hotel 
is magnificently appointed, yet homelike. It has the 
largest and best appointed-Sea Pool and the most 
Complete Medicinal Baths of any resort: Dancing, 
Bathing, Riding, are a few of the recreations for you 
to choose from. 
For further information and interesting illustrated booklets, apply at any Tourist Bureau or 
i Transportation Office or address me personally. 
GEO. F. ADAMS, Mer., Fortress Monroe, Va. 
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New York Office, 1122 Broadway 
A House Lined with 
Mineral Wool : 
as shown in these sections, is Warm in Winter, 
Cool in Summer, and is thoroughly DEAFENED. 
The lining is vermin proof; neither rats, mice, 
nor insects can make their way through or live init. 
MINERAL WOOL checks the spread of fire and 
VERTICAL SECTION, 
| CROSS-SECTION THROUGH FLOOR. 
keeps out dampness. 
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED 
U. S. Mineral Wool Co. 
140 Cedar St., NEW YORK CITY 
I have never had but one hen refuse to 
go on the nest of her own accord and she 
had to be shut in for a day or two, after 
which there was no more worry. 
Once set, the hen should be disturbed 
as little as possible. She should be fed 
twice a day, placing the feed where she 
can see it, but never under any circum- 
stances in the barrel, and keeping a sup- 
ply of fresh water where she can get it 
at will. If there is no natural dust bath 
available a dish of sifted coal ashes should 
be placed where she can get it, and this 
should be well sprinkled with insect 
powder. 
If the hen is sitting in a very dry place 
it will be necessary to supply moisture 
to eggs and bedding by sprinkling them 
with warm water once or twice a week 
and again about the time they are to 
hatch. 
The hen should be disturbed as little 
as possible when hatching; if eggshells 
are thrown out of the nest regularly it 
may be taken for granted that the hatch- 
ing is progressing favorably, but if it 
appears that the eggs are not hatching 
as they should and more than twenty- 
two days have elapsed it will be well 
to examine the eggs by holding them to 
the ear; if no sound is discernible—a 
sight rustling or crackling sound or a 
tiny peep—the egg may be shaken care- 
fully; if there is the sound of agitated 
water, the egg may be set down as addled 
and removed. When ever so faint a peep 
is heard instead there is a little impris- 
oned chick inside, probably too feeble to 
force its way out, and the shell may be 
carefully chipped as near the head as 
may be determined. If the inner skin is 
found dry and tough it should be mois- 
tened by dipping the finger in warm 
water and touching the skin until it be- 
comes soft and pliant; never remove the 
skin when it shows blood veins or the 
chick will bleed to death; these veins and 
the yolk of the egg are the last thing ab- 
sorbed by the chick before it breaks the 
shell, and on these it exists for the first 
twenty-four hours, and when they are 
present it indicates that the chick was 
not yet quite ready to leave its shell. 
Sometimes when eggs are a little old or 
have been sent from a distance, or from 
not especially a vigorous parent, the eggs 
require more than the regular twenty- 
one days to hatch, and these facts must 
be taken into consideration in judging 
whether interference is called for. 
No feed should be offered the hen 
when hatching or until she voluntarily 
leaves the nest with her brood, then the 
first meal for the little chicks should be 
hard boiled egg chopped fine, and a little 
scalded milk to drink. Very young 
chickens should be fed every hour, plac- 
ing only as much food before them as 
they will eat up clean and removing any 
that may be left. Clean water in shal- 
low dishes should be always available, 
and the dishes should be changed and 
cleaned frequently. Do not use any- 
thing large enough to seriously wet a 
young chick, and surely nothing large 
enough for them to drown in should be 
placed before them; the saucers which 
come with flower pots make admirable 
drinking vessels for little chicks, and if 
a flower pot with a small hole drilled 
near the top and the hole in the bottom 
corked is filled with water and the 
saucer turned over it and then reversed, 
one has an excellent home-made drink- 
ing fountain, quite equal for all ordi- 
nary purposes to the ones in the market. 
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