xii AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS May, 1912 
Can be used as a blind or an awning at will, Can be pulled up out of sight if 
Wilson’s Outside Venetians desired. Slats open and close, Admit air, exclude sun. Operated from inside, 
Suitable for town and country nouses. Orders should be placed NOW for Summer 
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Send for Venetian Catalogue No. 5. 
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The most artistic and suitable colorings for all country and 
suburban houses, from mansions to bungalows and camps, are 
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not only cost less than half as much as paint but the labor cost 
is also half, and the beauty and softness of their /vansparent 
coloring effects is infinitely superior to any painty result. Use 
them on shingles, siding and al’ other outside woodwork. They 
sink into the wood and color it without covering the beauty of 
the grain. 
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Inside View Outside View Blind Pulled Up 
Wilson s Blinds have been furnished to the homes of Oneal anier, J. P. Morgan, A. C, Vanderbilt, Clarence Mackay, Wm. C, Whitney, 
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Venetian Blinds for Piazzas and Porches 
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Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
You can get Cabot’s Stains all over the country. Send 
Sor samples of stained wood and name of nearest agent, 
SAMUEL CABOT, Ing: .. Mfg. Chemists 
BOSTON, MASS. Stained with Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
William A. Bates, Architect, New York 
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WRITER in “St. Nicholas” has the 
following to say of the cleverness of 
animals: “Cats seem to know what dogs 
they can frighten and drive off, as well 
as those from which they would do well 
to steer clear. I have often seen a pet 
cat of ours drive a big dog away from 
her dish on the back porch, causing him 
to set up such a howl that one might sup- 
pose a catamount were after him; and 
again I have seen a fox terrier send the 
same cat flying up a tree as fast as she 
could climb it, without any questioning 
as to whether it were best to go or not. 
“Nearly everyone has noticed the re- 
markable knowing quality developed in 
all shepherd dogs. According to my own 
personal observation these dogs help to 
keep the herds in the road and drive them 
in the right direction; they know their 
master’s sheep and cattle; they can sepa- 
rate one herd from another; they can keep 
each in its own special pasture; they can 
prevent their master’s sheep from min- 
gling with his neighbor’s—especially 
when the flock comes to a break in the 
wall or fence or hedge, through which the 
sheep seem to have an almost irresistible 
tendency to pass—and on account of their 
great intelligence shepherd dogs are an 
almost indispensable aid to all those who 
have to manage sheep or cattle. 
“The cattle dogs of Cuba are but little 
less intelligent in their management of 
these animals as they are landed from the 
livestock vessels in some of the ports o! 
that country. Two dogs swim beside 
each steer, for each steer is thrown into 
the water to find its own way ashore, and 
these dogs guide it by the ears until the 
animal’s feet touch bottom, when they 
immediately let go and return to the ship 
to assist another steer in reaching land in 
the same manner. 
“Darwin describes a trick played on a 
monkey to show its intelligence. Lumps 
of sugar wrapped in paper were first 
given to him. Then for sugar a live 
wasp was substituted, but after meeting 
with an unpleasant experience from the 
wasp the monkey put the next package 
to his ear to learn if it might be safely 
opened. This action showed that the 
monkey had memory, and considerable 
wisdom and had discovered that a wasp 
buzzes when wrapped in paper. 
“The elephant looks stupid enough, 
but his intelligence is developed to a 
marked degree. Dr. Romanes tells sev- 
eral interesting stories showing the al- 
most human instinct of the animals. A 
man was one day feeding a tame ele- 
phant with potatoes which the elephant 
took from his hand. A small round po- 
tato fell on the ground just out of reach. 
“After several unsuccessful attempts 
to get it, the animal blew so strong ‘a 
blast of breath against it that it was 
dashed against a wall, from which it re- 
bounded so far that he easily reached it. 
“Dr. Romanes repeats the story of an 
elephant that was chained to a tree near 
a little oven in which his driver had just 
baked some rice cakes. When the driver 
went away, leaving his cakes to cool, the 
elephant unfastened the chain from his 
_leg, uncovered the oven, opened it, ate 
the cakes, and covered the oven with 
earth and stones as he had found it. He 
then returned to his place, and wound 
the chain about his leg as it was before, 
although he could not fasten it. The 
driver, on his return, found the elephant 
with, his back toward the oven, and look- 
‘|'ing’ innocent, but the cakes had com- 
pletely disapf earéd.””. 
