May, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
features and are particularly to be recom- 
mended to the man who rents his home and 
who, if he moved, would be obliged to 
leave a permanent poultry house behind 
him. 
If, however, it is deemed best to con- 
struct a permanent house, the cost should 
not exceed one dollar for each hen which 
is to occupy it. That is putting the mat- 
ter on a practical basis. As much more 
may be expended for appearances sake as 
may be desired, but a comfortable, con- 
venient house if without frills, can be built 
for a dollar a hen. Thus equipped, and 
with a stock of well-bred birds, the ama- 
teur beginning his work in April may safe- 
ly cherish high hopes of success. 
TREATMENT OF EMPTY CON- 
TAINERS 
BOTTLE CLEANING 
Wash the milk bottles before returning 
them to your dealer. This is required by 
law. The proper way to wash a milk bottle 
is to first rinse it thoroughly with cold 
water. When all the milky film has been 
removed from the inside, then wash care- 
fuly with very hot water. All vessels 
used for holding milk or cream should be 
cleansed in the same manner. 
USE OF BOTTLES 
Do not use milk bottles for any other 
purpose than the holding of milk or cream. 
Such other use is prohibited by law. 
BOTTLES AND NIPPLES 
Rinse nursery bottles and nipples in cold 
water and wash in boiling water immedi- 
ately after each feeding. Turn the nipples 
inside out and thoroughly cleanse. Rinse 
the bottles and nipples again in boiling 
water before using. 
RETURN EMPTIES 
Return empty bottles to the dealer daily 
after cleaning. 
ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS 
CCORDING to a paper read recently 
before the Royal Society of Arts, the 
earliest existing manuscripts, which formed 
the foundation of European manuscripts, 
are of Egyptian origin, and some of them 
are beautifully illuminated or ornamented 
with pictures. Until the second century 
B. C., papyrus remained the chief substance 
upon which the writings were made, but 
at that time a scarcity of supply occurred, 
and Eumenes II., King of Pergamum, in- 
troduced vellum, prepared from calfskin 
as a substitute. Vellum quickly superseded 
the brittle fiber of the Nile reed and be- 
came, as it still remains, the ideal material 
for writing and illuminating. In 330 A. D., 
the Emperor Constantine went to Byzan- 
tium, and the great early epoch of Christian 
art began shortly afterward. The Byzan- 
tine School was pictorial, the Celtic is orna- 
mental. For about 400 years Irish scribes 
and illuminators produced magnificent man- 
uscripts, a few of which still exist. English 
work from the eighth to the twelfth cen- 
tury shows Byzantine and Celtic feeling, 
combined with other influences. Anglo- 
Saxon work is noteworthy for the curious 
outlining and the peculiar attitudes of the 
figures. In the tenth century there was a 
great output of beautiful work; in the 
twelfth century the work generally tended 
to become smaller and more delicate. In 
the fourteenth century, the highest point 
of excellence in English illumination was 
reached. The fifteenth century saw the 
decline and practically the end of the art 
of English illumination, and later work of 
this kind done there was chiefly the work 
of foreign artists, mainly Dutch. 
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