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March, 1912 
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THE ANDREWS “IDEA” BRINGS EFFICIENCY and ECONOMY 
Geo. C, Andrews, mechanical engineer, after spending many years at all branches of the 
heating business, resolved first that he would perfect a Hot Water Heating Plant of greater 
heating power, better and less expensive than any on the market; second, that he would sell it 
ready to erect—pipes all reamed and cut to fit, etc., with full instructions, so that any man handy 
with tools could put it in himself and save the plumber'’s profit, if he sochose. It is also installed 
by dealers. The success of Mr. Andrews’ ‘‘idea’’ is attested by the immense growth of his 
business in thirteen years and by the army of satisfied customers in every state in the union. 
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Pint Ay nothing but study the con- We Pay the Freight that it has brought out several unsatis- 
ditions governing each job factory imitations. In very cold weather i 
and design che plant (boiler, piping, it increases the capacity of piping, makes your radiators one-half 
Geo. 6. radiators and all) to give the utmost hotter, and enables you to heat up your house evenly as quickly 
Pea oeff . 25 Years’ Experience in the Cold as with steam, without steam plant disadvantages. Stops boiling 
ie § No t in Contracting, Manufacturing and De- over.’’ Simple, automatic, safe. 
|=) signing heating plants for all classes of buildings * 
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; private buildings enables them to design you a gee aera aT Hey Ss eee styles orcal 7 
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a plant with highest efficiency. plate like big power boilers. Their design SHOndgenioh more i 
a | fire travel than other boilers and the intimate contact of fire i 
a | eEetee Andrews and water enables them to heat quickly on a small amount 4% 
ie Hired Man” Thermostat of fuel. The fire-pot is deep; combustion chamber is ample ] 
~ . reacten for burning of gases; all parts and flues ore easily accessi- 
This famous heat controller takes complete charge ble for cleaning, the grate is latest pattern, most efficient and f 
of the dampers on your furnace or boiler. It wi durable. Read all about their fuel saving features in our big 
é keep the temperature of your room at any ees free book on heating. 
you wish to set it at. Guaranteed for life. Sold reg- . f 
ularly at $20, but as a special 30 days’ feature, we Get Our FREE Estimate bey 
te , offer it free to any one answering this ad and buy- Send us architect’s plans or a rough sketch of each of the 
* ©) ing an Andrews Heating Plant. Clock attachment floors of the house you plan to heat, showing sizes, height of ceilings, 
Rite $5.00 extra. See coupon. Set clock windows, doors, etc., and we will furnish you an estimate of the complete h 
= attachinent for change in temperature cost of an Andrews plant designed by our Engineers to fit your exact 
at any time and it will open or close conditions, and delivered freight prepaid at your nearest railroad station. iE 
dampers a 2 rou desire. We always make special estimates for each job. Old houses are easily 
arp aeny © equipped with our plants without defacing walls. } 
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CONSULTING ENGINEERS 
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Let Me Help Build You 
A ‘Fairyland’ Garden 
Wyomissing Nurseries are a veritable fairy- 
land to me—an enchanted spot wherein | con- 
stent fan new joy and where life, to me and 
to my dz2ar ones, takes on new brightness and 
glory every day as new flower-wonders unfold. 
A well-known author writes of my work: 
‘* Bertrand H. Farr is a man of the Henry David 
Thoreau type; only where Thoreau was content 
to admire and describe, Mr. Farr must evolve 
and make the beautiful even more beautiful. 
Mr. Farr, like Thoreau, does live in a fairyland,” 
“Farr’s Hardy Plants” —A 
Book to Delight Your Heart 
and convert you toa more passionate love for 
the growing things. It will help you make 
““fairylan of your own garden. | shall be 
glad to send you a copy. 
BERTRAND H. FARR, Wyomissing Nurseries 
643 E. Penn Street Reading, Pa. 
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"THE most modern, and best illuminating and 
cooking service for isolated homes and institutions, 
is furnished by the CLIMAX GAS MACHINE. 
Apparatus furnished on TRIAL under a guarantee 
to be satisfactory andin advance of all other methods. 
Cooks, heats water for bath and culinary purposes, 
heats individual rooms between seasons—drives pump- 
ing or power engine in most efficient and economical 
manner —also_ makes brilliant illumination. IF 
MACHINE DOES NOT MEET YOUR EXPECTA- 
TIONS, FIRE IT BACK. 
Send for Catalogue and Proposition. 
Low Price Better than City Gas or Eleo- 
Liberal Terms tricity and at Less Cost. 
C. M. KEMP MFG. CO. 
405 to 413 E. Oliver Street, Baltimore, Md. 
must heat the kitchen, for if you do not the 
water in the boiler and pipes will freeze. A 
better plan in the writer’s opinion is to have 
a coal range and gas range, or a combina- 
tion gas and coal range. The last men- 
tioned range of course economizes space 
and should therefore prove popular. 
If you have stained glass planned for, be 
sure and have specified the cost per square 
foot. It comes at all prices, but you should 
know what quality you are to have. Some 
very neat designs can be had at a low price. 
Bathtubs can now be purchased that have 
the waste and the hot and cold water fau- 
cets set in the side of them (of course the 
side nearest the wall) and such an arrange- 
ment is very satisfactory. If you desire 
to change the temperature of the water after 
you are in the tub you are saved the neces- 
sity of reaching forward to the end of it, 
which is often difficult to do. This device 
is one of the many small details which are 
being worked out in planning for comfort 
in the bathroom these days, and which add 
so much to the pleasure of the owner. 
The writer often wonders how many 
people plan their home with reference to 
the prevailing breeze in the Summer time. 
I saw a house the other day in which this 
matter had received careful attention. Of 
course the location, how the house faces, 
etc., bear upon this matter, but it is often 
possible to plan for a number of the rooms, 
especially the bedrooms which are most 
used, to face the quarter from which most 
of the Summer breezes come. Try also to 
have the living-room and the dining-room 
to face such a direction. 
Do not place your bathroom over a vesti- 
bule or a piazza, as | sometimes find it. It 
will be difficult to heat such a room, and 
there will be great danger of the water in 
the pipes freezing in the Winter time. 
Always plan to have your heating radia- 
tors set in the coldest part of each room. 
If so placed the heat will be more agree- 
able to the occupants of the house. Careful 
planning beforehand will enable you to do 
this, and the necessary time to do so will 
be well spent. 
Hot air registers can now be obtained to 
set in the wall instead of the floor. Such a 
location seems far better in most instances, 
as the registers do not then interfere with 
rugs laid on the floor, and also do not fill 
up so with dust when sweeping is being 
done. 
Radiators painted black are now much 
used, and do not discolor and tarnish as do 
the ones painted with “gold” and “silver” 
paint. They are attractive, and the color 
harmonizes with most of the interior deco- 
rations now used. They are also said to 
radiate more heat if painted black. They 
are also much less conspicuous. 
ROADSIDE FRUIT TREES 
TTENTION is called in a recent con- 
sular report to the thrifty plan follow- 
ed in the province of Hanover, Ger- 
many, of planting the roadsides with fruit 
trees, the product of which is sold at auction 
for the benefit of the local government, the 
revenue thus obtained going a long wav to- 
ward the upkeep of the roads. Hanover has 
some 7,000 miles of country highways thus 
bordered. This year some of the roads yield- 
ed a revenue, from this source, at the rate of 
$595 a mile. The fruit is protected by law, 
and during the season of ripening the roads 
are patroled by sharp-eyed watchmen, on 
bicycles, so that little if any of the fruit is 
| diverted from its proper destination. 
