July, 19 lo 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



AUG 12 i 985 



^Much of the 

 charm of the 

 old Colonial 

 room was due 

 to the prismatic 

 rays of the cut 

 crystalstogether 

 with the soft 

 light of the 

 candle or lamp. 

 Thissamequal- 

 ity, in a lampcl 

 this kind, is 

 just as valuable 

 to-day when 

 lighted with 

 the more mod- 

 ern illuminant 

 — electricity. 



THE ENOS COMPANY 



Makers of Lighting Fixtures 



Office and Factory ; SE\'EXTH AVE. and SIXTEENTH STREET 



SaUiroomi: 56 WEST THIRTY-SEVENTH STREET. New York 



Baltimore: 519 North Charles t. 



San Francisco: 5 54 Sutter Street 



Toront': 94 King Street. West 



Pittsburgh: The Norton Company. Century Building 



Chicago: The A. Neilson Compa: y. 159 Michigan Avenue 



Spokane: Cutter A Plumn.ir. Inc. 



Boston: H. F. Estabrooh. Inc.. 5 Pork Street 



Portland: J. C. English CX; 121 Park Street 



Birmingham: R. W, Knight.'.- Company 



Los Angeles: Brooks Decorating Co., 696 S. Alvarado St. J/Snc«\ 



Write for Our Free Book on 



Home Refrigeration 



This book tells how to 

 select the home RefriK= 

 erator, how to know the 

 poor from the good, how 

 to keep down ice bills, 

 how to keep a Refriger= 

 ator sanitary and sweet 

 —lots of things you 

 should know before buy- 

 ing ANY Refrigerator. 



It also tells all about the 

 •'Monroe." the Refnsrerator 

 witli inner walls madd in 

 one piece of solid, unbreak- 

 able. White Porcelain Ware 

 an inch thick and h'srhly 

 glazed, with evpry corner 

 rounded. No cracks or crev- 

 ices anvwhere. The "Mon- 

 roe is as easy to keep clean 

 as a china bowl. 



"5f DIRECT and at 

 Factory Prices. Cash 

 or monthly payments. 



S^KMonroe" 



Mo=>t other P.efrlaerators U've cracks and corners which cannot 

 l)ec°laSed Here particles of food collect ami breed countless 

 etrms These germs ^-et int„ your food and make it poison, and 

 the family sutfers— from no traceable cause. , , , „ „„ 



The" lonroe-' can be sterilized and made -ermlessly clean m an 

 instant by s>raplywipin<r out ^vlth a cloth wruns Irom hot water. 

 i°\ Uke '-washing .fishes,- lor the "Monroe- is really a thick 



•* The'h°h'd'ea?h «te amons children in the summer months 

 could belrreafly reduced if the Monroe Kefrigerator was used in 

 evervhoine where there are little folks. .„„„„„ 



The -Monroe'- is installed in the best flats and apartments occu- 

 pied by peop?e who CAEE-aud IS found today In a large maionly 

 Ef the VERY BEST homes in the United States. The largest and 

 be't Hospitals use ,t exclusively. The health of the whole family 

 m%afeffuarded by the use of a Monroe Refrigerator. 

 ^elToa have carefully read the book aiid know all about Home 

 Eefriger^tion you will know WHY and will realize how important 

 it'is to select carefully. Please write for book today. 



Monroe Refrigerator Co., Station P, Cincinnati, 0. 



'X'HE most moderu, and E>est illaminating and 

 cookinig service for isolated homes and institutions, 

 U furnUhed by the CLIMAX GAS MACHINE. 



Apparatus furnished on TRIAL under a gaarantee 

 to be satisfactory and in advance of all other methods. 



Cooks, heats water for bath and culinary purposes, 

 heat3 individual rooms between seasons — drives pump- 

 ing or power engine in most efficient and economical 

 manner — also makes brilliant illumination. IF 

 .MACHINE DOES NOT MEET lODR EXPEGTA- 

 TIOSS, FIRE IT BACK. 



Send for Catalogue and Proposilion. 



Low Price Better than City Gas or Elec- 



Liberal Terms trioity and at Lese Cost. 



C. M. KEMP MFG. CO. 



405 to 413 E. Oliver Street, Baltimore, Md. 



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RARIES 



c/"HOWER BATHyT 



MONG the well-infcrm- 

 ed, the use of shower and 

 needle baths is no Ic.tiger 

 considered a matter cl 

 mere Summer comfcrt. The 

 tonic effect of this form oi bath- 

 ing is now recognized as necessary 

 to all-year-round healthfulnesc. 



We make every necessary fixture 

 from the simplest hand-spray to 

 complete combinations for spe^ 

 cial shower rooms. We are also 

 prepared to furm.sh complete 

 hydrotherapeutic equipnrients 

 for residences or hospitals. 



MODERN PLUMBING 



When planning: bathroom equipment, 

 send for our boolclet, "Modern Plumb- 

 ing," which shows the most advanced 

 fixtures in Imperial and Vitreous Porce- 

 lain and Porcelain Enameled Iron Ware. 

 There are 24 illustrations of model bath- 

 rooms ranging in cost fromS85 to S3, 000. 

 Full description of each fixture is given, 

 with general information regarding deco- 

 ration and tiling. Sent or. receipt of four 

 cents to cover postage. 



THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS 



1828 OVER EIGHTY YEARS OF SUPREMACY 1910 



FIFTH AVENUE AND SEVENTEENTH STREET 



NEW YORK CITY 



BRANCHES 

 Boston, Chicago. Philadelphi.i. Fittsbutgh, 

 Detroit. Minneapolis. W.nshington, St. Louis, 

 New Orleans. San Francisco. San Antcio, 

 Atlanta, Seattle and Indianapolis. 

 CANADA; S3 Bleury St., Montre::] 



TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE GETTING GENUINE MOTT ^fJ^wj 

 WARE, LOOK FOR THE MOTT LABEL ON EACH PIECE JMlsIll! 



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Sample and 

 Circular 



A House Lined with 



Mineral Wool 



as shown in these sections, is Wurtn in Winter, 

 Cool in Summer, and is thoroughly DEAFENED. 

 The lining is vermin proof; neither rats, mice, 

 nor insects can make their way through or live in it. 

 MINERAL WOOL checks the spread of fire and 

 keeps out dampness. 



Correspondence solicited 



U. S* Mineral Wool Co* 



140 Cedar SU NEW YORK QTY 



CBOSn-BKonoN TrrRotiaH n.00R. 



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