AAANTHSONIAN 
April, 1909 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
reasemetie quaint light- 
ing effects of the Orient we 
know of none more beautiful than 
the Japanese lantern, in its soft 
harmonious colorings. 
Built to Burn 
With truth these words might be written over the 
door of many a home in every city, town and village 
in this country. Safeguards against fire are simple 
and effective, yet few know about them or seek to 
take advantage of them. So that without the owner's 
knowledge, many a new house fair to look upon, is 
Ae with these so with other light- 
ing fixtures in Period, the 
ENOS conceptions notably con- 
form in every case with the greatest 
exactitude to the style of decora- 
tions required. 
THE ENOS COMPANY 
MAKERS OF LIGHTING FIXTURES 
nothing better than a fire trap, literally inviting ier ais esa ec reoee 
destruction. NEW YORK 
The Hartford Fire Insurance Company, willing Baltimore: 519 Nord Chicago: Ww. H. Cowan 
to serve property owners not only by paying in- zine tiee ee ves WaT ar 
demnity after loss but by helping to prevent fire, Se Monies N, OcNeleee Wx 7 Toronto: 94 King st 
has prepared by one of its experts a book, “Structural Seattle: Cox & Gleson == Spokane: Cutter & 
Safeguards for Dwellings.” It ought to be in the 
hands of every man or woman who plans to build a 
house of any kind. It has valuable suggestions about 
certain simple precautions and features of construction 
—inexpensive ideas which, heeded in_ building, ——_ ee hen ya 
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this book. It is free, and its suggestions may save : Le so 
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O.S. LANG specie =" 
Designer and Builder of Attractive 
and Artistic Cottages and Bungalows 
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO. 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
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advertised in “American Homes and Gardens.” 
0. S. LANG, 693 Seventh St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Sample and 7 A House Lined with 
Circular 
Mincral Wool 
as shown in these sections, is Warm 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, 
ANDREWS, JACQUES & RANTOUL, Architects. Boston 
DEXTER BROTHERS’ 
English Shingle Stains 
are cheaper than paint, for use on roofs and 
shingled surfaces, and will outwear paint or 
any other stain. Paint is bad for shingles for 
the reason that in drying it forms a skin coat 
at the base of the shingle which retains the 
water, thereby causing the shingle to rot from the 
under or unprotected side. Write for samples. 
DEXTER BROTHERS COMPANY 
209 Broad Street, BOSTON 
Correspondence Solicited. 
LONGITUDINAL SECTION, 
Cin CHP) 1G U. S. Mineral Wool Co. 
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i SE 140 Cedar St., NEW YORK CITY: 
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218 Race St.. Philadelphia; W. W. Lawrence & Co., Pittsburg, 
Pa.; F. H. McDonald, 619 The Gilbert, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 
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