XVlll 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1910 



THE fact that Mott's Fixtures 

 represent the latest develop- 

 ment of sanitary science is 

 clearly proved by the comprehen- 

 sive variety of model closets we 

 offer. Our Catalogue shows 30 

 distinct types equipped with high, 

 low or concealed cisterns; flush 

 valves or pneumatic combinations. 



"MODERN PLUMBING" 



For the latest suggestions in bathroom equipment, 

 send for a copy ot our boolilet " Modern Plumb- 

 ing." It illustrates and describes a wide range of 

 fixtures in Imperial Solid Porcelain, Vitreous Ware 

 and Porcelain Enameled Iron. There are 24 illus- 

 trations of model rooms ranging in cost from $74 

 to ^3,000, together wiih valuable suggestions re- 

 garding decoration and tiling. 



THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS 



JS2S OVER EIGHTY YEARS OF SUPREMACY 1910 



FIFTH AVENUE AND SEVENTEENTH STREET 



NEW YORK CITY 



SANITARY-PERFECT 

 SCREW CONNECTION 



Our Sanitary-Perfect 

 Screw Connection makes 

 an absolutely permanent 

 joint and eliminates the 

 possibility of sewer gas 

 escaping at this point. 

 Illustration shows thread- 

 ed brass coupling at- 

 tached to soil pipe in 

 floor and screw connec- 

 tion secured in base or 

 closet. 



BRANCHES 

 Boston. Chicago. Philadelphia Pittsburgh, 

 Detroit. Minneapolis, Washington. St. L,ouis, 

 New Orleans, San Francisco, San Antonio, 

 Atlanta. .Seattle and Indianapolis. 

 CANADA; 83 Bleury St., Montreal 



TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE GETTING GENUINE MOTT 

 WARE, LOOK FOR THE MOTT LABEL ON EACH PIECE 



Write for Our 

 Free Book on 



Home Refrigeration 



This book talis how to select the home Refrigerator — how to know the poor from the good — 

 how to keep down ice bills. It also tells how some Refrigerators harbor germs — how to keep a 

 Refrigerator sanitary and sweet — lots of things you should know before buymg ANY Refrigerator. 



It tells all about the "Monroe," the refrigerator with 

 inner walls made in one piece from unbreakable SOLID 

 PORCELAIN an inch thick and highly glazed, with every 

 corner rounded. No cracks or crevices anywhere. The 

 "Monroe" is as easy to keep clean as a china bowl. 



GKMonroe" 



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. 1 Always sold DIRECT 

 -'--'-^andat Factory Prices. 

 Cash or monthly payments. 



Most other refrigerators have cracks and c( )rners whicli can- 

 not be cleaned. Here particles of food collect and breed 

 germs by the million. These germs get into your food and 

 make itpoison, and the family suffers — from no traceable cansi'. 

 The " IMonroe " can be sterilized and made gcrmlc-^sly 

 clean in an instant by simply wiping out with a cloth wrung 

 from hot water. It's like "washing dishes, ' ' for the ' 'Monroe' ' 

 is really a thick porcelain dish inside. 



The high death rate among children in the summer 

 months could be greatly reduced if the Monroe Refrigerator 

 was used in every home. 



The "Monroe" is installed in the best flats and apartments, occupied 

 by people who CARE — and is found today in a large majority of the VERY 

 BEST homes in the United States. The largest and best Hospitals use it 

 exclusively. The health of the whole family is safeguarded by the use of a 

 Monroe Refrigerator. 



When you have carefully read the book and know all about Home 

 Refrigeration, you will know WHY and will realize how important it is to 

 select carefully. Please write for the book today. 



NOTE CAREFULLY •','■= '^"".i f--- 



-—— • » Monroe is so costly 

 to marmfacturt; iliat but ien- could .ifford it if so!d through 

 dealers- Sq wi: veil direct and tjive our customers the dealers' 

 50 per cent cmmission. This puts the 'Slcsiirot wilhm the 

 reach of ihL-'.MANY, at a pi-lct tJiey, can afford. 



Sent Anywhere on Trial 



We will send the Monroe to any responsible person any- 

 where to use nntil, convinced. No oblitration to keep it 

 unless you wish to. The Monroe must cell Ugdf to- you OQ 

 its merits.. 



Monroe Refrigerator Co., Station P, Cincinnati, O. 



as the wood duck, woodcock, and upland 

 plover, which, sadly reduced in numbers, 

 are threatened with extermination unless 

 thus given a chance to recuperate. In the 

 case of the wood duck, several lumdred 

 letters sent out by the association a few 

 months since to prominent ornithologists 

 and sportsmen throughout the country, 

 asking the present status of this bird, 

 elicited replies which almost without ex- 

 ception were to the efifect that the bird had 

 either entirely disappeared or had become 

 exceedingly scarce in the locality of the 

 writer, and it is a question if the case of 

 the woodcock and upland plover is not even 

 more desperate. 



The methods by which the objects of 

 the Audubon societies are sought to be 

 obtained are : education of tlie people as to 

 the economic and aesthetic value of the 

 birds and wild creatures ; legislation, the 

 advocacy of good laws and opposition to 

 bad ones ; the employment of wardens to 

 guard breeding colonies of birds. Their 

 fellowship with kindred organization is 

 international, and their active assistance as 

 far extended as the Bahamas and to the 

 Game Wardens of Prince Edward's Island. ' 

 Sometimes sportsmen whose viewpoint is 

 restricted by the limits of local experience 

 and knowledge are inclined to disagree 

 with some of the reforms advocated by the 

 National Association, whose experience and 

 knowledge of game matters covers the 

 entire country. A non-spring shooting law 

 does not always appeal to the sportsmen of 

 a State when the neighboring States have 

 no such laws ; they forget that a beginning 

 must be made somewhere, that simultan- 

 eous action by a number of States is al- 

 most impossible of achievement. However, 

 the wider a sportsman's experience, the 

 more completely do his views accord with 

 the aims of the Audubon societies. 



Practically, the Audubon movement 

 came into the field when there was almost 

 no protection of non-game birds, when 

 some of the most valuable insects and weed- 

 seed eating birds were slaughtered whole- 

 sale, when the seabirds were being fast 

 exterminated for the millinery trade, and 

 many States had almost no game laws, 

 while the laws of others were a mere farce, 

 owing to non-enforcement. To-day model 

 non-game laws are in force in thirty-eight 

 States, and game laws are far better and 

 better enforced than ever before, and tend 

 constantly to improvement. This is largely 

 the work of the Audubon movement, and it 

 is no wonder that it meets with the hearty 

 appreciation of sportsmen and nature 

 lovers everywhere. 



WAX COLOR FOR FLOORS. 



I. Yellow. yYi parts of caustic .soda 

 lye and 2yi parts of yellow wax arc 

 boiled together and 13^2 to 2 parts of finely 

 pulverized ocher mixed with it and stirred 

 to make a homogeneous mass. II. Red 

 Brown. For the above decoction, 2 parts 

 of finely pulverized umber can be used and 

 thoroughly mixed in. III. Nut Brown. 

 Yi part orlean, i part each burned umber 

 and yellow ocher, give, when mixed ac- 

 cording to the foregoing directions, a 

 beautiful red-brown color. The finished 

 mass, when reqtiired for use, is mixed 

 with sufficient hot water to convert it into 

 a thin syrup and then applied with a stiff 

 bristle brush and, before it is quite dry, 

 rubbed ofif again with a stiflf brush. A 

 second coat is then applied, care being 

 taken not to cover too large a space at 

 once because at first it dries too quickly. 

 Finally, the floor should be well rubbed 

 with a woolen rag, which produces a nice 

 matt polish. 



