October, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



21 1 



WffJ.SLOANE 



Oriental Rugs 



WE take extraordinary precautions in the purchase 

 of our stock of Oriental Rugs. Every rug 

 is carefully scrutinized by our resident buyer in the 

 Orient. For these reasons our collection is pre- 

 eminently the best in America, and the public may 

 make selections from our immense stock with full 

 confidence in the sterling merit of each rug bought. 

 Our autumn importations are now ready. 



The attention of architects is 

 particularly invited to our com- 

 plete facilities for executing 

 orders for Special Carpets 

 and Rugs woven to har- 

 monize with decorations 

 and in any desired size. 



*♦ 



Clocfes 



Nothing richer or finer made. 



^ We also manufacture a 

 full line of hanging clocks, 

 including the "Colonial" 

 banjo clock. 



^ If your jeweler does not 

 carry our line send direct 



Catalogue Upon Request 



W A LT H A M 



Clock Company 



Waltham, Massachusetts 

 United States of America 



HALL CLOCKS 



<J Hall Clocks, chiming the 

 quarters and striking the hour 

 on beautiful-toned tubes, 

 bells or gongs. 



<I The clock in your hall 

 should be the attractive fea- 

 ture, and it will be if you 

 follow our suggestion and 

 place in your home one of our 



Doors that are Beautiful 

 and Useful 



^ Beautiful doors make your home 

 more attractive, and add to its ele- 

 gance and refinement. Write to-day 

 for a copy of "The Door Beauti- 

 ful," a handsome illustrated booklet 

 showing many new styles of beau- 

 tiful doors, and explaining how 

 you can know you get the 

 quality you pay for. 



^ Morgan Hardwood Ven- 

 eered Doors are beautiful in 

 design, unequalled in con- 

 struction and elegance of fin- 

 ish, and are made to corres- 

 pond with the architectural 

 Made in Colonial, Renaissance, 



Empire, Craftsman, and many other styles for inside and 



outside use. Sold under a guarantee to 



replace, free of cost, any door that fails to 



give entire satisfaction. 



^ Architects and builaers are urged to 

 write for our 64-page catalogue entitled 

 "The Perfect Door," sent free where the 

 request is written on business stationery. 



Morgan Company. Dept. A, Oshkosh, Wis. 



Distributing Points: 



Morgan Sash & Du >r Co. , 22nd and Union Sts., Chicago, III.; 



Morgan Co., Oshkosh, Wis.; Morgan Co., Baltimore, Md. 



features of the house. 



J&haZt Xfus 



An 



Irish Contractor 



in Ireland 



bought a Hercules early in 1905. 

 Later he bought two more, and a few 

 months ago he ordered four more. 



What does this prove? It proves 

 that the Hercules delivers the goods — 

 that it makes absolutely perfect blocks. 

 You can only fool an Irishman once, 

 and if the first Hercules was not sat- 

 isfactory the other order would not 

 have followed. 

 Why did the contractor who is building the immense power 

 station for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad at 

 Cos Cob, Conn., order Hercules Machines to do the work with? 



Because, after a thorough study of every other concrete block machine, he con- 

 vinced himself that the machine that would make the most perfect blocks and 

 make them the most economically was the 



Hercules Concrete Block Machine 



If you are going to buy a concrete block machine and you want the very best 

 to be had, you've got to buy the simple Hercules — the machine that makes two 

 blocks at one time — the machine that an unskilled laborer can easily operate. 



The Hercules can pro- 

 duce more blocks, a larger 

 variety of blocks and better 

 blocks in one day than any 

 other machine — and pro- 

 duce them for less money. 



Isn't that the kind of a 

 machine you want? If it 

 isn't, your competitors will 

 have a walkover. 



Send for our beautifully 

 illustrated catalog. Be sure 

 and ask for Catalog C. 



CENTURY CEMENT MACHINE CO., 180 West Main St., Rochester, N.Y. 



