October, 1909 
“Seeing is Believing” 
*“Cheap’’ Mission Furniture is an 
abomination, but it is no reflection 
on honest, high-grade furniture that 
it can be bought for less than half 
the retail store price— 
especially when you know 
what you are getting. 
Our plan of selling “Come- 
Packt’ Sectional Furniture 
direct from our factory 
to the user cuts out such 
useless and heavy selling 
expenses that our low prices are logical. What 
is better still, there can be no doubt as to that 
most important considera- ; 
tion—the quality. 
You see just what you 
get—and you get Quarter 
Sawed White Oak—rich in 
beautiful flake and grain. 
Selected stock of this kind 
costs twice as much as the 
plain sawed red or white | 
oak used in most furniture. 
No stain disguises cheaper substitutes in our 
furniture; no defects can be concealed. It comes 
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satisfaction to the most 
critical, and a big saving in 
the cost to you. 
The assembling of the 
finished sections and the 
application of the stain we 
send (you can choose from 
seven kinds) is simple, easy, 
; and a matter of an hour cr 
two at most, depending on the size of the piece. 
All the hard work is 
done at our factory— 
even the holes bored 
for screws—and you 
thus have the joy of 
creation, shorn of all 
the arduous detail and 
all the difficulties. To 
illustrate, the Morris 
Chair at the head of 
this article comes in 
four completed sections. 
The two sides are each entirely assembled, the 
front rail fitted to slip into the mortised joints, 
as is also the back rail with 
hinged back attached. The 
cushions are all made, ready 
to drop into place. The 
Settle is equally simple, and 
even the massive Dining 
Table is one of the simplest 
pieces to put together; there 
are but five sections. 
$17.75, with 3 leaves 
A Tempting 
Assortment 
Over 100 other correctly 
designed and beautifully pro- 
portioned pieces are 
shown in our 48-page 
catalog. It will 
prove fascinating to 
the lover of artistic 
Arts and Crafts 
furniture —it will 
delight the house- 
wife—and it will 
please the man who 
pays the bills. Write 
us to-day and we 
will mail a_ copy 
frec, and tell you of our liberal guarantee that 
enables us to say ‘Your money back if you say 
so.”’? Addresg 
THE 
COME - PACKT 
FURNITURE 
C0. 
Formerly 
International 
Mfg. Co. 
‘“in the white’? —a solid _ 
SUMMER BLOOMING OXALIS 
should be lifted and stored in paper bags after 
drying off. They may be separated and 
graded, if desired, and only the finest and 
largest bulbs saved. “These bulbs increase so 
wonderiully that unless one wishes to engage 
in the sale of them there is little need of sav- 
ing the entire crop. One oxalis bulb planted 
in the spring will produce forty or fifty new 
bulbs by fall; so if one has planted a hundred 
bulbs in the spring the result is apt to be over- 
whelming. 
SOME NEW AMERICAN RUGS 
ERVICEABLE rugs that are made in our 
S own country are each year coming more 
and more into evidence. The growing 
popularity for movable floor-coverings, in place 
of tacked-down carpets, has inspired the regular 
manufacturers to new efforts and has also 
occasioned some interesting experiments with 
looms and colors. ‘These novelties, many of 
them, have become standard furnishings for 
the home. 
The revival of the old-fashioned cotton-rug 
weaving on hand-looms a few years ago was, 
no doubt, the opening wedge for the creation 
of rugs of a heavier material, capable of stand- 
ing greater wear. One of these varieties is 
made of wool, requiring four pounds of ma- 
terial for each square yard. Both sides of the 
rug are alike, and while it can be made as a 
plain covering for the floor, it is capable of 
being woven with borders and lines after the 
fashion of the Navajo Indians. 
The advantages of a rug of a solid color is 
recognized by every home-maker who employs 
a figurer wall-paper in a room. ‘This is the 
most general treatment in wall decoration, and 
to balance effects the plain-color rug is in- 
evitable. 
Another reason for a rug of this type is the 
frequent use of the Mission furniture, requir- 
ing for its proper complement on the floor 
something distinctively appropriate. 
Still another modern need is the increased 
number of summer porches and winter sun- 
parlors that claim a rug suitable for their 
specific conditions. 
The new American wool-rugs are well 
adapted to each of these needs. “Their color- 
range is varied, and the shades of red, blue, 
green and brown most artistic. All of the 
usual stock sizes are found ready-made, and 
a great many others can be made up on order. 
* from Vacuum MOBILOIL—will run your cara 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS xxii 
— 
q Saves 
The Cost 
of 
Your Car 
Perfect lubrication—the kind you get 
third longer and at a third less expense than if 
you merely trust to ‘“‘lubrication,’’ the comnion. 
careless, chance-taking kind. 
Vacuum 
MOBILOIL 
is made in 6 different grades, one 
of which is made for your par- 
ticularcar. It saves you expense 
andexperiment. It protects your 
car from friction, the hardest, 
costliest kind of motor wear. 
A valuable booklet on motor |ubrica- 
tion will be sent free on application. 
Lists every automobile made, and 
shows grade of MOBILOIL necessary 
for its perfect lubrication. Contains 
track records up to date, and facts 
of vital interest to motorists. 
MOB)LOIL in barrels, and in cans 
with patent pouring spout,is sold by. 
dealers everywhere. Manufactured by 
VACUUM OIL CO., Rocuester, N. Y. 
Experiment No More 
Mixing paints used to be a necessary 
part of learning the painter’s trade. 
Now machines do it so much better. 
The apprentice doesn’t have to spend his 
days experimenting—spoiling whole batches 
of good paint—or worse still, putting it on 
improperly prepared. 
He insures satisfactory results with 
and saves his time and your money, for 
“High Standard” Paint is mixed and ground 
—ready for the brush—by the finest paint- 
grinding machinery in America. 
Chemical and scientific tests—the only 
real tests for materials and methods—based 
upon years of practical experience, take 
the place of the hit or miss methods of the 
painter’s hand-made process, leaving to 
him time and opportunity to develop skill 
in painting. 
During 35 years the ‘‘Little Blue Flag”’ 
has come to have a definite value on a 
paint can. It means Assured Quality and 
is your protection. 
There is a ‘‘High Standard”’ paint for 
every purpose and a line of ‘Little Blue 
Flag’’ Varnishes just as complete—just as 
sure to satisfy. 
Write for booklet ‘‘The Owner's Re- 
sponsibility.”’ 
The Lowe Brothers Company 
450-456 E. Third St., Dayton, Ohio 
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