August, 1 910 



AMER ICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE 



16th SEASON 



STOP AT THE 



Hotel Ponce De Leon 



AND ANNEX 



WHEN AT ATLANTIC CITY 



Virginia Avenue and the Beach 



THE Hotel Ponce De Leon is newly fur- 

 nished throughout with rare taste, and 

 possesses all modern requisites for con- 

 venience and comfort of guests. 



Hot and Cold Sea tVater 'Baths 

 European and American Plan 

 A Booklet will be gladly furnished on appli- 

 cation. Rates, running from $12.50 to $30.00 

 per week, according to location of the rooms. 

 Official Hotel American Motor League and 

 the International Automobile League. 



Gareige Capacity, 200 Machines 



For further information address: 



ALFRED B, GRINDROD, Prop, and Mgr, 



Atlantic City, N. J. 



A Deadly Pill 

 for Dandelions 



[Paten applied for] 



To clear your lawn of dandelions, plantains 

 and other noxious weeds, use our "Jabstick" 

 loaded with a deadly dandelion pill. Jab a 

 pill into the head of each weed — that settles 

 him. Easy standing work and no backaches. 



Tbe "Jabstick'* and 500 Hoskins' Deadly 

 Dandelion Pills, transportation, prepaid, 

 $1.00 Your money back if they fail to kill. 

 Righ* now is the time to dope them. 



Ask us for a few pills free for test. 



WILLIAM A. SPINKS & COMPANY 



368 West Erie St. Established 1894 CHICAGO, ILL. 



On sale at Druggists and Seed Dealers 



efijNTS RnE FURNTIURE (^^ 



Prices marked in plaio figures will always be 

 found EXCEIEDINGLY LOW when com- 

 pared with the belt values obtainable elsewhere 



Geo-CFuntCoi 



«»-47WesT ia'Sx. 84-28 Wear 24* St 



HATENTS """"^ 



t_ FORTUNES 



^RIZES for patents. Patents secured 

 ^ through us advertised without charge. 

 New Ijsts of inventions needed and possible 

 buyers. "Hints to inventors." "Why some 

 inventors faiL" Book on patents. Send us 

 rough sketch or model for search of Patent 

 Office records and report on patentability. Special 

 agents in .500 cities and towns. Mr. Greeley while 

 Acting Commissioner of Patents had full charge of 

 y. S. Patent Office. GREELEY & McINTIRE, 

 Patent Attorneys, Washington. D. C. 



ANTIQUES 



^ Some old Mahoeany Furniture. Chairs. Tables, Sofas, Bureaus, 

 ^ Hiehboys. Desks, etc. Gilt Mirrors, unusual Sconces, etc. 

 Mantel. Banjo and Grandfathers' Clocks. A fine stock of Old China. 

 Lowestoft. Staffordshire, Bristol and other famous potteries. Old 

 Pewter Plates. Platters, Mu?s. etc. Antirjue Glassware. An un- 

 usually attractive stock of Antique Jewelry. Hundreds of small 

 articles in China. Copper, Brass. Glass, etc. Many fine Old Prints. 

 List on request to those interested in Antiques. 



MRS. ADA M. ROBERTS 



Washington - - . New Hampshire 



WHY WOOD MANTELS? 



A beautifu.iy lllu«rated booklet full of jueeestions to the borne builder, 



will be lent to anyorie thinkinj of buildin? or remodelin?. Address 



WOOD MANTEL MANUFACTURERS' ASS'N 



Room 1218 State Life BUg., Indianapolis, Ind. H. T. Bennett, Sec'y 



Rochester's New Fire Proof Hotel 



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HOTEL SENECA 



350 Rooms :-: EUROPEAN PLAN :-: 300 Baths 



^TT Located in the heart of the business district, five 

 fl minutes from all Railway depots ; principal city and 

 ^LJ I suburban street car lines pass the door. Beautiful 

 .Al Restaurants, service and cuisine unexcelled. Large 

 Sample Rooms for the commercial man. Convention 

 and Banquet Hall, second floor, seating one thousand persons. 

 The largest mezzanine in the world overlooking entire office and 

 all restaurants. Excellent music during dinner and after theatre. 



Moderate Rates a. m. woolley, Mgr. 



1,000 ISLAND HOUSE 



Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York 

 JIT In the Heart of the Thousand Islands. 



^lU In the most enchanting spot in all America, where 

 nature's charms are rarest, all the delights of mod- 

 ern civilization are added in the 1,000 Island House. No 

 hotel of the Metropolis provides greater living facilities 

 or such luxurious comfort — real home comfort — as does 

 this palatial summer retreat. An amusement every hour, 

 or quiet, complete rest is the choice of ever}^ guest. 

 ^ All Drinking Water used in the house is filtered. 

 ^ Send two-cent stamps for Illustrated Booklet. 



O. G. STAPLES, Proprietor 



E. S. CLARK, Manager 



HARRY PEARSON, Chief Clerk 



