November, 1912 
The great number of bungalows and houses of the Mis- 
sion type, in all of its ramifications, which have been built 
within the last few years, have brought forward hardware 
of great simplicity of design, having a dull finish like gun- 
metal, and especially designed for houses of this nature. 
Money spent for good hardware is never wasted and 
the subject should not be dismissed as being of but slight 
importance. The following table is supplied by a well- 
known firm of manufacturers, for the guidance of the in- 
tending home builder, and gives the lowest approximate 
amount which should be allowed for the house hardware; 
excluding the rough hardware, such as nails, sash pulleys, 
sash weights, and other items of a like nature: 
For houses costing $3,000, allow not less than $75 
a 4,000, ‘ 100 
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ce ce oe 7,000, ay ce oc 6 200 
ce ce a3 10,000, he a3 ce a3 300 
The dealers in fine hardware issue catalogues of their 
products and it is a good idea to look into the subject during 
the early state of one’s building operations. 
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many church spires has never been quite satisfactorily ex- 
plained by either antiquaries or ecclesiologists but the fact 
remains, nevertheless, that the specimens of aureate poultry 
are so numerous that they have made the name weather- 
cock interchangeable with weather-vane. Ecclesiastical lore 
is so richly emblematic that there seems no good reason why 
a reminder of Peter’s incon- 
stancy should enjoy a monop- 
oly of steeples. 
It is when we come to 
dwellings and their adjacent 
out-buildings that the fancy 
for variety in vanes takes its 
fullest play. Byre and stable, 
hennery and kennel can each 
be designated by an appropri- 
ate device. A lodge and gar- 
dener’s cottage is unmistak- 
ably labeled by the vane 
shown in one of the illustra- 
tions where the worthy flori- 
culturist is caught in the very 
act of watering his posies. 
The flowers are rewarding his 
labors by flourishing fam- 
ously. One of the poultry 
houses on the same estate is 
marked by the sign of the hen 
and chickens, the latter hav- 
ing an exciting tug of war 
with a hapless earthworm 
which they are heartlessly 
rending in twain. ‘The cir- 
cular gazebo or tea house of 
still another picture displays 
a scene taken from real life. 
From the little black and tan 
terrier at one end to the rab- 
bit at the other, every detail 
has its actual prototype. The 
terrier chases the rabbit 
every day and always in the 
direction in which the ‘‘Molly- 
cotton-tail” isn’t running so 
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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
Glass or crystal knobs are appropriate for doors where the woodwork 
is white 
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that the grouping is characteristic. 
to say, are Perennials. 
The dairy-maid and the calf of course belong on top of 
a cow-house while the oxen might either go there or else 
decorate the ridge of a shed for farming implements. No 
one will question for a moment that the horses are meant 
for the stable vane or that the woman and chickens are 
destined for a hen-house. ‘The fish is intended for some 
seaside building and the hare of course is called to pre- 
side over a rabbitry. From these few specimens some 
notion may be gained of the manifold possibilities for suit- 
able and decorative vanes. We can, if we will, have a 
whole aerial menagerie, one might say a whole cosmogony, 
for every conceivable thing that swims, flies or runs seems 
susceptible of some representation. Besides animate 
objects there is a choice assortment of such non-committal 
things as arrows, bottles, keys, feathers and bannerets. All 
these and many more there are silhouetted against the sky, 
at the beck of every capricious wind that blows, ready to 
delight the eye and minister to the fancy as they turn now 
this way, now that. A little thought spent on getting a good 
and representative vane is always thought well invested. 
jAPANESE FOUR-POSTERS 
CORRESPONDENT writes that she wishes 
to furnish a bedroom in the Japanese style 
but fears a four-poster bed which she wishes 
to use would be out of place in such a room. 
As a matter of fact the four-poster boasts 
of an ancient ancestry in Japan itself for 
they were in use as early as the Heian dynasty (722-1155 
A.D.). These Japanese chodai, as they were called, had 
flat top-canopies, a deep va- 
lence below and the draperies 
hung straight down in panels 
at the corners, and touching 
the floor. 
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A HOUSE BUILT FOR COLO- 
NIAL FURNISHINGS 
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The plants, needless 
church. A contemporary of 
the table is the old lamp 
which stood on the ancient 
mahogany pulpit of the same 
church. 
Even the ivy which grace- 
fully twines its tendrils over 
and around the windows, has 
its own history. It was 
brought in a wee slip from 
Mt. Vernon, and kindly tak- 
ing root, is now running riot 
over the room. Upstairs, 
large square chambers filled 
with antique furnishings, 
carry out the colonial scheme 
of the house. It is interest- 
ing as one goes from room 
to room to note the careful 
thought that has been given 
in its design to make a suit- 
able home for the historical 
pieces which are shown on 
every side. 
It is seldom one finds in 
one collection so many inter- 
esting and unusual pieces as 
are shown within this home. 
