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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
June, 1912 
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possessing them. 
Chicago 
Philadelphia. .1128 Walnut Street 
Toronto, Can. 59 Richmond St.,E. 
Pittsburgh.... ..106 Sixth Street 
St. Louis....100 N. Fourth Street 
Cincinnati........+ 663 Walnut St. 
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VERY night is tub night when “Standard” Fixtures are 
inthe home. The delight which the convenience, beauty ™J 
and refinement of “Standard” Fixtures create in the use of 
the bathroom makes daily bathing the rule in every home 
Children especially are drawn to cleanli- 
ness by the appeal of their attractiveness. 
to time and use makes their purchase the most econom- 
ical of all the homebuilder’s expenditures. 
Genuine “Standard” fixtures for the Home and 
for School, Office Buildings, Public Institu- 
tions, etc., are identified by the Green and 
Gold Label, with the exception of one brand 
of baths bearing the Red and Black Label, 
which, while of the first quality of manufac- 
ture, have aslightly thinner enameling, and 
thus meet the requirements of those who 
Standard Sanitary ‘Mfg.Co. Dept. 23 
Nashville..... 
New Orleans, 
Montreal, Can 
Louisville........ 319-23 W. Main Street 
Cleveland.... 
Hamilton,Can 
Their resistance 
demand ‘Standard’ quality at less expense. 
All “Standard” fixtures, with care, will last a 
lifetime. And no fixture is genuine w/ess it 
bears the guarantee label. In order to avoid 
the substitution of inferior fixtures, specify 
“Standard” goods in writing (not verbally) 
and make sure that you get them. 
PITTSBURGH, PA. 
London....53 Holborn Viaduct, E.C. 
Houston, Tex., Preston and Smith Sts. 
San Francisco. .Metropolis Bank Bldg. 
Washington, D. C.....Southern Bldg. 
Toledo, Ohio..... 311-321 Erie Street 
Fort Worth, Tex., Front and Jones Sts. 
-315 Tenth Avenue, So. 
Baronne & St. Joseph Sts. 
Raprietitec 215 Coristine Bldg. 
John Hancock Bldg. 
..648 Huron Road, S. E. 
.++++20-28 Jackson St.,W. 
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Latest Garden Decoration 
Although the “latest” of our time and country, this 
Gazing Globe is the oldest feature in classic outdoor 
decoration. 
Not a Roman Villa or a Grecian Garden 
was thought complete without this strange and magic 
reflector of the sky and landscape. 
THE GARDEN 
GAZING GLOBE 
is a ball of crystal mounted upon a terra- 
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and attractive. The whole is a marvelous 
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Diameter of Globe - i 
Height of Pedestal - 36 inches 
idth of Base - - 14 inches 
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«venient, than larger lamps forgetfully left 
To permit a leak to continue because of 
the plumber’s bill, is mistaken economy, 
since it is only “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” 
the increased water bill eating up the saving. 
It has been estimated that a leak the size of 
an ordinary hatpin will waste about a thou- 
sand gallons of water in twenty-four hours ; 
while one as large as a knitting needle 
would increase the bill by three thousand 
gallons of water in the course of a day. 
The furnace coil is another source of 
possible trouble. In localities where the 
water contains much lime the pipes will 
gradually fill with deposit as does a teaket- 
tle, until nearly or quite full. This will be 
indicated by heavy, pounding noises in the 
pipes, and should be regarded as a warning 
to have the coil removed for a new one. The 
average life of a furnace coil under such 
conditions is three years only, and it is un- 
wise to risk it longer. In case it is not at- 
tended to there will some day be a small 
explosion, with emptying of the water tank 
through the fire box, much steam and a 
cellar full of ashes and water, not to men- 
tion the fright given the members of the 
household. 
Of course when this happens the first 
move should be to shut off the pipe to the 
water tank; if this is not located the intake 
pipe must be shut off, which means that all 
| the water in the house piping will proceed 
to empty itself in your cellar, via the fur- 
nace; hence the wisdom of being personally 
acquainted with the various cut-offs. 
The cleaning of the furnace is another 
matter not to be overlooked, since clogged 
air pipes will increase the consumption of 
coal, while it is still impossible to raise the 
temperature of the house to the desired 
point. 
Even with a furnace properly cared for, 
on windy days it will be found difficult to 
heat the rooms on the side of the house 
from which the wind comes. Especially is 
this true of a hot-air furnace, where it 
seems that the wind pushes the hot air back 
into the pipes so that they sometimes grow 
cold to the touch. A cold pipe cannot be 
induced to warm a room, hence it may be- 
come necessary to first heat the pipe. This 
may be done by shutting off all the others 
for a few moments and forcing all the hot 
air into the cold pipe until it becomes warm, 
when the hot air will flow through it again. 
Sometimes outside heat is necessary, such 
as holding a lighted lamp beneath it. 
Where the house has electric light ser- 
vice this difficulty can be permanently over- 
come by installing an electric fan with ten 
or twelve-inch blades in the pipe between 
the cold air intake and the furnace; the con- 
trolling switch being conveniently located 
on the first floor. The use of the fan will 
force air through all the pipes and insure 
an even heating of the rooms, with perfect 
circulation. The cost of running such a 
fan is not great; only about that of an eight 
candle power light. 
With hot-air and hot-water furnaces also 
comes the question of dry air in the living 
rooms. Most hot-air furnaces have a small 
tank beneath, which when kept filled with 
water insures moisture in the air above. 
The filling should on no account be neg- 
lected. If there is no such tank small pails 
of water may be hung in the registers, or 
jardinieres on top of the radiators. 
In electrically lighted homes it is possible 
to cut the bills somewhat by substituting 
four candle power lamps for larger ones 
wherever possible; such as at the head of 
cellar stairs, in halls, bathrooms, etc. Here 
only light enough to see one’s way about is 
necessary, and a small light left burning 
will cost no more, and be much more con- 
