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Js, LLG COMIN IDLO CIR UO eae ban ee Frontispiece 
MENE Bee MODEL EDM AOUSE ei ee seats oh ea cled es See ed ns aed ene By Gardner Teall 267 
PEESARN SIREN AT DE CAMBE VAUIAOUSE.. (5. 02506. ele ge vcd suwdeave By Beatrice C. Wilcox 271 
\\OMTEN) [PORN ( ASG 6.2 ne cee By Harry Martin Yeomans 274 
PECOUNTRY HOUSE FROM AN OLp MILL... ....0...0. 00. 00005 By Robert H. Van Court 277 
Every GARDEN SHOULD HAVE A FOUNTAIN IF POSSIBLE ..........02.0000seeceeeee 282-283 
AN OLD CoLonIAL FARMHOUSE THAT BECAME A MopeRN Home..... By Sara W. Jones 284 
LBS GEIR ANSTAGRICUS | aia ecient Cane at a a By F. F. Rockwell 289 
ME SPUNICeAND MDE CORATIVE ART. cies coh oe foe ok de a Win se bene ais etal oO By Henry Hollis 293 
WITHIN THE House: 
ite Wecorationmot Wemodeled Farmbliouses... 04.5. ....020.-%.2-0e+-0+ 050: pie 2 O4 
AROUND THE GARDEN: 
Tine A rails Gennaio a ones ext cneaes saa ORE en 296 
HELPs To THE HouseEwIFE: 
MitesMramingaot Our Girls... oko es es he ee dee ens By Elizabeth Atwood 298 
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