April, 19 lo 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XIX 



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THE new residence of Mr. P. M. Sharpies, 

 West Chester, Pa., sketched above, is pronounced "a perfect ex- 

 ample of the complete home." Its completeness is shown in its generous 

 refrigerator facilities — two large built-to-order McCray Refrigerators — one 

 of which, the cold room refrigerator, is shown at the bottom of this page. 

 This refrigerator is white opal glass lined and arranged for icing from the 

 outside. The other refrigerator is in the butler's pantry and is in every 

 sense an integral part of the house as it is finished to match the adjoining 

 wood work. Mr. Sharpies selected our refrigerator plans on the recom- 

 mendation of Charles Barton Keen, his architect, who has had long ex- 

 perience with the leading makes of refrigerators. The character of 



MSCRAY 



Refrig<&Taior.s 



is conclusively shown by the character of the residences and other buildings 

 in which they are being installed. Specially designed and built-to-order 

 McCray Refrigerators are in use in 



the Capitol at Washington, on the ^ es 



recent U. S. Battleships, and in 

 the Pure Food Laboratories of the 

 U. 8. Department of Agriculture. 



Write for "McCray Refrigerators in Amer- 

 ican Homes" which shows McCray Built-to- 

 order Refrigerators in 19 recent American 

 homes of the bener class, and for any of Che 

 following catalogs that interest you : 



Catalog No. S7, Regular Size Refrigerators 

 for Residences; No. 67. for Groceries: No. 59, 

 for Meat Markets; No. 48. for Hotels, Clubs 

 and Institutions; No. 72, for Flower Shops. 



McCRAYREfRIGERATOR COMPANY 



87 LAKE STREET 

 KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA 



Cottage Designs 



*^4^^^HESE books offer to architects, builders, homeseekers and 

 a C^ investors by far the most complete collection of plans ever 

 1 1 brought out, while the price is so low as to place them within 



^^^^ the reach of all who have an interest in the building of homes. 

 The designs are compiled with a view to representing all grades 

 of cost, from the simplest types of cottages, as illustrated in the first 

 series, to the comparatively elaborate structures reaching to $10,000 or 

 more, in cost, treated in the fourth series, so that examples are given 

 covering nearly every requirement, with respect to cost, ininexp'osive 

 homes. 



No. 1. Cottage Designs with Constructive Details 



A series of twenty-five designs of cottages, most of which have been 

 erected, ranging in cost from §600 to SI, 500; together with the details of 

 interior and exterior finish, all drawn to convenient scale, and accom- 

 panied by brief specifications. Illustrated with 53 full-page plates of 

 floor plans, elevations and details. 



No. 2. Low Cost Houses with Constructive Details 



Embracing upward of twenty-five selected designs of cottages originally 

 costingfrom*l,000toS3.000. accompanied with elevations, floor plans and 

 details of construction, all drawn to scale together with brief descrip- 

 tions and, in many instances, full specifications and detailed estimates of 

 cost. Illustrated by 61 full-page plates of floor plans, elevations and 

 details. 



No. 3. Modem Dwellings with Constructive Details 



A selection of twenty designs of artistic suburban dwellings erected in 

 various parts of the country, at costs ranging from S2,S00 to ?7,000; em- 

 bracing floor plans, elevations and constructive details, showing interior 

 and exterior finish, and drawn to scale, together with extracts from the 

 specifications. Illustrated by means of half-tone reproductions, from 

 photographs of the completed structures, and 61 full-page plates of 

 floor plans, elevations and details. 



No. 4. Suburban Homes with Constructive Details 



Comprising twenty selected designs of attractive suburban homes, 

 ranging in cost from about §.3,000 upward; embracing floor plans, 

 elevations and constructive details, showing interior and exterior finish, 

 all drawn to scale, together with extracts from the specifications. 

 Illustrated by means of half-tone reproductions from photographs of 

 the completed structures, and 75 full-page plates of plans, elevations 

 and details. 



ONE DOLLAR EACH, POSTPAID 



('Sold Separately) 



MUNN & CO! 



Three-Sixty-One Broadway, 



rJ^C. Publishers of 

 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 



New York 



Ulectric Garden Hose 



Will Not Crack, /T^-—:: Split, Burst or Kink 



Try to do this 

 with any other 

 Garden Hose, 

 and see what 

 will happen. 



There is not — and can- 

 not be any other hose like 

 "Electric." All important 

 processes of its manufac- 

 ture are protected by basic 

 patents. 



Every good dealers sells 



"Electric" Garden 



Hose. Look for the 



crademark, ever]) 



25 feet. 



Every other 

 method of hose 

 construction i s 

 ancientand ama- 

 teurish in com- 

 parison. 



A jacket of heavy cotton seine twine is woven — WOVEN, mind you, 

 not wrapped — over a tube of pure rubber. Next, a second tube of 

 rubber — same quality — is put on over the cotton jacket. Another mantle 

 of seine twine is woven round the second tube. A third tube — same 

 quality — is put on over the second cotton jacket. 



Each of the 5 alternating sections of rubber and of cotton is a com- 

 plete hose in itself. The hose in then incased in metal tubes or moulds 500 

 feet long, and liquid under high pressure put inside of the hose and locked 

 in. The whole is then put in a sealed oven and live steam turned on it. 

 This steam heats the liquid, causing it to expand, forcing the hose against 

 the metal tube, and the hose in this way has an internal pressure applied 

 of 500 lbs. to the square inch. The 3 rubber tubes and the 2 woven cotton 

 jackets are amalgamated or vulcanized by the pressure; converted into a 

 single or unified fabric of mingled rubber and cotton. 



Begin to understand why "Electric' ' is different from a hose that consists 

 of 2, or even 3, strips of common rubber glued on a piece of canvas and then 

 wrapped or "lapwelded" into a tube that a child can tear apart with its fingers. 



Before it leaves our factory, every foot of Electric Hose is tested by a 

 water pressure of 400 lbs. to the inch. Ordinary hydrant pressure averages 

 from 30 to 50 lbs. — and frequently bursts every make of hose excepting 

 "Electric." 



Electric Hose & Rubber Co. 



WILMINGTON, DEL. 



CC TRIC HOSE&RUBB E^>, 



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PATENTED 



ELECTRIC 



WATER 



wiiM&'F^M iigmamaB^y. 



Ride on Air — Not Rubber 



This heading must be observed if you are going to get 

 maximum service from automobile tires. 



Our whole experience has so convinced us of the desir- 

 ability of pumping tires up hard tliat we are going to devote 

 some space telling you about this ratlier than Diamond tire 

 construction. 



As to the latter, we know and you 

 all know, wlio l:now Diamond equip- 

 ment at all, that it is right. Ai? to in- 

 flation, there exists so much of uninten- 

 tional neglect, lack of knowledge and 

 downright indifference, that we can be 

 of no greater service than to say to 

 every automobile owner, tires must be 

 pumped up hard if they are to give 

 maximum mileage. 

 irticularly true of tlu' 

 11 tire. 



THE 



ALREADY 



INFLATED KIND 



DIAMOND 



DEMOUNTABLE 



RIMS 



DIAMOND 



TIRES ARE 



FURNISHED 



FOR EVERY 



TYPE OF 



RIM 



This is \ 

 overloaded tire, and four-fifths of 

 are frecptently overloaded. 



As makers of tlietire recognized as the 

 standard, we are duty bound to tell you that 

 with Diamond or any other pneumatic tires 

 you will not get the most for your money if 

 you fail to keep tires pumped up till they 

 stand round under a full load. Tliis is 

 the only safe rule. Pressure gauges don't 

 provide for the overloaded tires. 



Ample inflation checks the movement within the tire and 

 reduces the elements of friction and heating. You should 

 ride, in fact, on a cushion of air and not a cushion of rubber. 

 And it is just as much your duty to jjut j^lenty of air in the 

 tires as plenty of oil where it belongs. 



For lUlU, Diamond casings and Diamond tulles are dis- 

 tinctly better than we have ever heretofore made. Init our 

 uttermost eflbrts ax ill inevitably cour^t for vastly less than they 

 should if the user fails to do his part. 



He must give his co-operation, and his reward will be in 

 the reduced upkeep cost that must ultimately be of great 

 benefit to the automobile indu.stry as a whole. 



Interesting literature about Demountable Rims and Tires for the askinf. 



THE DIAMOND RUBBER CO. 



AKRON, OHIO 



