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Al JAPANESE PARK IN SPRINGTIME ..........0.2+.0005 Ber eterevone sites su Meee a esate igs SA era 226 
ORIEL (COMMING Gon BUe ARR uN, San 228 
NoraBLe AMERICAN Homes—‘“Deepdale,” the Estate of W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Great Neck, 
Lome Iisleimal ag bc otc en occ eau GRO aeRO ac a By Barr Ferree 229 
PES RESIDENGE Ob Weel. EVARRISON, ESQs 20. 226602 s ee eee see cee een eee este e tenes 236 
Tue Mopet House: Some Successful Houses Costing from $3,000 to $6,000. 
By Durando Nichols 240 
SERABVIEW.. the Iesidence of George McNiter, Fsq.°..........-. 2c cece reece eee cees 245 
HeEtrs To Home Buitpinc: The Responsibility of House Ownership ............-..-+--- 249 
WEAVING AS AN OCCUPATION FOR WOMEN............----+-- By Mabel Tuke Priestman 250 
pe RUMEREELACE  NWASHINGION, D> ©... 3. cw eee eee eee By Leila Mechlin 253 
O@p-PASHIONED CLOCKS IN AMERICAN HOMES.........5....+-.-- By Mary H. Northend 256 
RTL JARI TONY ans COIN ARTO" ye nen Soe i 258 
PRINCIPLES OF Home DecoraTIon: VI.—Modern Theory and the Bedroom. 
By Joy Wheeler Dow 259 
CONSERUCKION AND CARE OF THE FIOTBED = i... 00. ee tee ee By Ida D. Bennett 261 
Dre Kreeuen: 1V.—The Refrigerator and the Sink .............-. By Sarah Adams Keller 263 
EIOUSESEIWGIBNE = ElOuSeCleaning 22... 62-2. 6.2 cere econ t ees By Ralph Ernest Blake 264 
Garden Work for April. Publishers’ Department. 
Fifty Suggestions for the Home. New Building Patents. 
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