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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 1910 



The mantel makes or mars a room 



An appropriate mantel, more than anything else, gives 

 tone — atmosphere 



Competent artists design every 

 Voss mantel, and ijapable work- 

 men build them. 



^^^ mantels 



are made from thoroughly sea- 

 soned woods, carefully selected 

 and machined. The adaptabil- 

 ity of every piece for its specific 

 pattern is carefully considered. 

 Soundness and density of every 

 piece are accurately tested — 

 grain and color are matched 

 perfectly, and the complete 

 mantel is finished like a high 

 grade piano — revarnished and 

 repumiced over and over again. 



Every department in our factory is 

 under an expert— and the manufac- 

 turer stands in back of every piece 

 with an absolute guarantee against 

 defects in material and vi'orkmanship. 

 We are prepared to furnish you with 

 any style and finish of mantel to har- 

 monize with any room in your home. 



Write today for our beautifully illustrated book " Mantels For The Home ! " 

 It will give you some suggestions for the appropriate finishing of YOUR home. 

 A postal will bring it — with the name of our nearest dealer. 



THE VOSS MANTEL COMPANY, 1606 Arbegust, Louisville, Kentucky 



Elkhart Buggies 



are the best made, best grade and easiest riding 

 buggies on earth for the money. 



FOR THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS 



we have been selling direct and are 

 The Largest Manufacturers in the World 



selling to the consumer exclusively. 



Wo Kliip for cxiiniination .ind a]t]>roval. Knar- 

 anteeing safe cie'.ivery, and also to save you 

 money. If you are not satisfied as to style, 

 quality and price you are nothing out. 



May We Send You Our 

 Large Catalogue? 



Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. 

 Elkhart, . - - • Indiana^ 



save you 

 to style, 



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Klf Book^on Home Refrigeration 



This book tells 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 buying 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. 

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



The 



S^KMonroe" 



i Always sold DIRECT 

 and at Factory Prices. 

 Cash or monthly payments. 



Most other refrigerators have cracks and corners which can- 

 not be cleaned. Here particles of food collect and breed 

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

 make it poison, and the family suffers — from no traceable cause. 

 The "Monroe" can be sterilized and inade gcrmlcssly 

 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 larg-est 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 



10 m.inuIaL-ta 

 dealers. Su \ 

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Sent Anywhere on Trial 



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



BOOK REVIEWS 



Radford's Garages and How to Build 

 Them. Selected and compiled by Wil- 

 liam A. Radford. Chicago and New 

 York : The Radford Architectural 

 Company, 1910. Pp. 108; 55 designs. 

 Price, $1. 



This collection of garage designs contains 

 many new, original, and artistic examples 

 of up-to-date private and public structures 

 for the housing of automobiles, and per- 

 mits considerable latitude in the choice of 

 material to be used in the construction. The 

 various designs include the use of wood, 

 brick, stone, cement, stucco, and concrete. 

 The compiler, as president of the Radford 

 Architectural Company of Chicago, and the 

 author of various books on architecture and 

 building, is well qualified for the work he 

 has undertaken in the present volume. 

 Many of the designs are of pleasing archi- 

 tectural novelty and are adapted to the vari- 

 ous requirements of up-to-date construction, 

 and the latest approved materials used in 

 modern building practice. Nearly sixty dif- 

 ferent garage designs are illustrated, and 

 the constructive cost ranges from $400 to 

 $2,000 for the smaller private garages, up 

 to $3,000 for the larger private garages ; 

 while the public buildings of this kind, 

 equipped with the latest approved modern 

 accessories and conveniences, run in cost 

 from $3,000 to $11,000. 



The book also includes a useful section 

 covering garage equipreent and accessories. 

 This division illustrates a number of novel 

 and useful appurtenances for dififerent pur- 

 poses in the garage itself. 



Automobile Driving Self-taught. By 

 Thomas H. Russell, M.E., LL.B. Chi- 

 cago : The Charles C. Thompson 

 Company, 1908. i2mo. ; 222 pp. 

 Price, $1. 

 As comfort and safety in automobiling 

 depend to a very large extent upon the skill 

 of the driver, it should be the aim of every 

 one who intends to drive a car to acquire a 

 knowledge of the approved inethods of driv- 

 ing. It is the object of this book to pre- 

 sent such information in a convenient prac- 

 tical manner so as to make it comparatively 

 easy for any motorist to acquire skill in 

 the management and care of his machine. 

 Study and practice combined will surely 

 develop the expertness which is needed 

 nowadays at the wheel, being demanded 

 alike by the interests of the automobilist 

 and of the non-motoring public. The care- 

 less or ignorant driver is a menace not only 

 to the safety of the public, but also to that 

 of his passengers. The daily experience of 

 every motorist demonstrates the need of 

 carefulness in driving, and there is no 

 longer any excuse for ignorance. The 

 methods of driving are described in this 

 work and those which have been found 

 best in actual experience on the road. From 

 these pages the motorist can learn how to 

 start, drive and manage his car under all 

 conceivable circumstances. Those methods 

 of caring for the car when not in use are 

 also plainly shown, as well as the manner 

 in which a car should be laid up when neces- 

 sary. The book appears to be a most prac- 

 tical one. 



Concrete. By John C Trautwine, Jr.. 

 and John C. Trautwine, Third, Civil 

 Engineers. New York: John Wiley 

 & Sons, igog. i6mo. Price, $2 net. 

 Trautwine's Civil Engineer's Pocketbook 

 is too well known to need any praise at our 

 hands. The nineteenth edition of 1909 com- 

 pleted the hundredth thousandth copy, 

 which is a phenomenal sale for a scientific 

 and technical book. In fact, we believe this 



