xvi AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
June, 1909 
An American’s sense of projecting himself 
far beyond the skies and hills of his forefathers is 
largely responsible for his self-assurance—for his 
mental vigor and the progress which this has 
meant. 
This Sixth Sense—the sense of projection— 
is due to the telephone. It is due to the Bell 
telephone system which at any instant conveys 
his personality, if not his person, to any part of 
the country. It carries his voice with directness 
to the ear of the person wanted. Carries it with 
its fone qualities and inflections—things which 
are vital to the expression of personality. 
Bell telephone service is more than a mere 
carrier of messages. It is a system of sensitive 
wire nerves, carrying the perception-message to 
the nerve centre and the return message simulta- 
neously. Jt is the only means of communication 
which thus carries the message and the answer 
instantly. While you are projecting your per- 
sonality—the strength of your individuality, to the 
distant point, the party at the other end is pro- 
jecting Ais personality, at the same instant and by 
the same means, to you. 
You are virtually in two places at once. 
Though this service is in a class by itself, the 
Bell telephone has no fight with the other public 
utilities. Its usefulness is dove-tailed into all 
other utilities. Each of the others-is unquestion- 
ably made more effective by the Bell telephone. 
A telegram is delivered from receiving office to 
house by felephone.’ The more people telegraph, 
the more they felephone. The more people travel, 
the more they felephone. The more energetically 
a man pursues business of any kind, the more he 
needs and uses the felephone. i 
The universal Bell telephone gives every 
other utility an added usefulness. It. provides 
the Nation with its Sixth Sense. 
A business man has one important arm of his business 
paralyzed if he does not have a Long Distance Tele- 
Phone at his elbow. 
It extends his personality to its 
fullest limitations—applies the multiplication table to 
his business possibilities. 
It keeps things moving. 
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ber of diversions which, aside from affording entertainment, 
will stimulate in boys the creative spirit. 
complete practical instructions are given for building the various 
q The needs of the boy camper are supplied by the direc- 
tions for making tramping outfits, sleeping bags and tents; also 
such other shelters as tree houses, straw huts, log cabins and caves. 
g The winter diversions include instructions for making six kinds of 
skate sails and eight kinds of snowshoes and skis, besides ice boats, 
scooters, sledges, toboggans and a peculiar Swedish contrivance 
called a ‘‘ rennwolf.” 
ered are surveying, wigwagging, heliographing and bridge-building, 
in which six different kinds of bridges, including a simple can- 
tilever bridge, are described. 
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Problems in Home Furnishing 
(Continued from page xiv) 
cial merit, either in color or decoration. Now, 
I want to collect, one at a time, some pretty 
china for serving tea. Shall I have it all of 
one color? Or, shall every piece be different? 
What kind of a teapot shall I use? I would 
also like to know the best way to serve tea, 
and what to have with it, if it does not take 
too much of your time and space.” 
For the cups and saucers a unique idea is 
to have old-fashioned flowers for the decora- 
tions, and these can be had in the’ English, 
German, French and Swedish chinaware. The 
size should be not too small, nor too large, as 
coffee and chocolate may be offered at times in 
place of the tea. For a practical teapot, the 
English one of smooth brown glaze with a 
porcelain strainer is the best; but if this looks 
too heavy an English ware with flower decora- 
tion may be used, as this is better than a metal 
pot for the brewing of the tea. The sugar- 
holder and cream-pitcher may match the tea- 
pot, and an etched glass may be used for slices 
of lemon. A bowl to hold a silver strainer 
may be of another ware. A biscuit jar may 
be of Japanese ware, and also a tea-holder. 
Plain bread and butter, plain and sweet bis- 
cuits may be offered with the tea, and choco- 
lates, peppermints, salted nuts added. The 
tray to hold the tea things may be of brass, 
copper, silverplated on copper or mahogany. 
The tea-table is not kept set as it was a few 
years ago, but is arranged just before a guest 
is expected, or afterward in an informal way. 
WALL-PAPERS FOR AN APARTMENT 
A “City Dweller” is interested in making 
the different rooms in her flat open harmoni- 
ously from each other. Writing from Phila- 
delphia she says: “I never realized how 
much one lived in the next room in which 
one happened to be until I took up my abode 
in this tiny apartment in which, with evident 
attempt to look spacious, the builder has made 
numerous large openings. I have put up door- 
curtains (as there are no doors), but when 
these are even a very little drawn one in- 
sensibly takes in the walls of the connecting 
rooms. ‘The former tenant chose bright red, 
a strong green and a pale blue for the three 
principal rooms, and I am going to have these 
repapered at my own expense, as it will do 
so much to make my home attractive. The 
woodwork is an undesirable cherry in the par- 
lor, and yellow pine in the dining-room and 
den. All of these rooms are inclined to be 
dull, as the sun does not reach them very 
much. What is the best choice at the smallest 
cost ?” 
To accomplish the best results with the 
limitations mentioned in this letter, it would 
be wisest to use the cheap ingrain paper, as 
one may get a soft, old red (terra-cotta in a 
light tone) for the parlor with cherry wood- 
work, and a deep buff for the other two rooms. 
Next best would be the same colors in a tex- 
ture effect at a higher price. 
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