September, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



187 



1UU1& 



ESTABLISHED 1855. 



F-6521. 

 ENAMELED IRON "CORONA" TUB, WITH BASE. 



L Wolff RlanuFacturing Company 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



PLUMBING GOODS 



EXCLUSIVELY 



General Office : <r Show Rooms i 



98 West Lake Street. 91 Dearborn Street. 



CHICAGO. 



I 



A CONVERSATION 

 ON CLEANLINESS 



The Right Way 

 The Wrong Way 



>>.V 



of sweeping. Competent 



medical authority agrees 

 [that carpets and rugs, it nol 

 thoroughly cleansed of dust. 

 are the best incubators of all 

 kinds of germs. The com 

 broom simply diffuses the 

 dust, and deadly germs, cov- 

 ering the draperies and fur- 

 niture, and rilling the lungs 

 'of the operator as well. 



The Bissellsweeper 

 liftsthefinedustand 

 germs out of the car- 

 pet or rug, depositing 

 'same in the pan recept- 

 ^-'acle, after which the con- 

 -""^ tents can be burned or 

 .buried. Every law of 

 (health and sanitation xC^ a ' 

 (to say nothing about 

 I the savingof labor, time an dear 

 fpets) recommends the use of the 



BISSELL 



sweeper. It saves 95°'o of the 



labi >r, and will last longerthan 



fifty corn brooms. Eor sale 



by all the best trade. Price 



{82.50 to S5.50. 



Buy a Bissell now, 



send usthepurchaseslip, 



and we will send you 



a neat, useful article 



free. 



BISSELL CARPET 

 SWEEPER CO. 

 Dept. 107 

 Grand Rapids, 

 Mich. 



;st sweeper- 



"<ers in the 



world. ) 



i 



PROPER^ VENTILATION 



Will Prevent and Often Cure Tuberculosis, the c^Vlost Frequent of all Diseases in cTWan and Beast 



ABSOLUTELY 



STORM PROOF 



SECTIONAL 

 VIEW 

 "5fff Only- Storm-proof Double Cone Ventilator cTHade 



Spontaneous Combustion Prevented in Warehouses, Barns, Stables, Etc. 



"&e Royal s.'^'S Ventilator 



made, requiring a less number of ventilators on a building to obtain the same 

 results, less holes to cut, less repairs to roof than when other makes are used. 



A well-known engineer said: That wherever it is possible to adopt the Royal 

 Scientific System of Automatic Ventilation he would never advocate mechanical; 

 because automatic is cheaper and far easier to fit up ; and another and greater reason 

 is — mechanical ventilation acts only when the apparatus is working, and consequently 

 costs money, whereas a Royal Automatic Ventilator is 



c_yl VENTILATOR^ THAT VENTILATES 



Freight Prepaid Direct from Our Factory 



ROYAL VENTILATOR C& MANUFACTURING CO. 



OFFICE AND FACTORY, 403 LOCUST ST., PHILADELPHIA 



frite us for Prices 

 New Catalogue 



and 



WE drill Artesian Wells for water supply for cities, towns, manufac- 

 turing plants and country homes. We furnish and install Tanks and 

 Towers, Windmills, Compressed Air, Steam, Electric and Hand Pumps 

 to do the pumping. 



Many years' experience. We are ex- fl^ f DRAKE DRILLING CO. 

 perts in our line. Write us, and our 



representative will call to see you. 



HAZLETON, PA. 



BOUND VOLUMES 



sf American Homes and Gardens 



$3.50 



Prepaid in the United States and Canada 

 cTWUNN C& CO., 361 Broadway, NEW YORK 



