AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
The Magazine of Good 
Taste for the Home 
has recently changed hands and been 
brought into a new organization of 
trained magazine men. It is edited by 
one of the ablest and most experienced men 
in the country. Alowse&jarden superbly 
printed on tinted paper and beautifully illustrated, 
is devoted to the home—its planning, building, furnishing and decoration, and the planting 
and care of the garden and grounds. It treats of every side of house-building, —Colonial, 
English half-timber, stucco, bungalows and many others; interior decoration, furnishing, 
hallways, living-rooms, wall coverings, draperies, rugs, pictures and a thousand and one 
problems that confront the home-maker. The surroundings of a house contribute equally 
to its comfort and beauty and Aouse Garden deals adequately with this end of the subject. 
Its articles on gardening and landscaping: are practical and helpful. It covers every phase of 
the flower and vegetable garden,—shrubs, trees, bulbs, the window garden, the water garden, 
the greenhouse and the multitude of things that every amateur gardener wants to know. It 
has a department for the beginner from which the most inexperienced can work withsuccess. 
Altogether, Rouse Garden is a new sort of magazine and is brimming over with 
practical help and suggestions for making the home more tasteful and comfortable. 
A FEW OF THE SUBJECTS IN 
HOUSE & GARDEN FOR NOVEMBER 
INDICATE THE SCOPE AND INTEREST OF THE MAGAZINE: 
Using the Porch All Winter—Which will tell how to get 
12-months’ service instead of four out of one of the 
most important parts of the House. 
Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Bloom; or, how to grow 
flowers during the long dreary Winter months, by 
Luke J. Doogue. ; : 
First Steps—By Alex. B. Trowbridge, Architect. An in- 
timate talk to prospective home-owners on some of the 
things they will have to pay for besides merely the 
house. 
The Making of One Country Home—By Jeannette L. 
Gilder. The story ofthe acquisition and reconstruction 
of a quaint old farmhouse. c 
Furniture for the Living-Room and Library — New 
types of modern furniture, what they cost and how 
they should be used. ee . 
Stairways — A page of pictures showing distinctive 
American types. 
Getting into a Place—By Grace Tabor. This article 
discusses the matter of entrances, driveways, gates 
and the laying out of approaches for the typical subur- 
ban plot. Pehle. : 
Things You Can Build into the House—By Margaret 
Greenleaf. Practical suggestions for window-seats, 
JUST PUBLISHED 
Chimneys—A page of pictures showing a number ot 
kinds used in modern homes. 
Japanese Prints for Hom2 Decoration—Telling of deco- 
ration for the walls of living-room or hall: how the 
eon should be used; how framed, etc. By Sherril 
Schell. 
The Secret of Chrysanthemum Culture—How to have 
this beautiful flower of the Fall months in ~our garden 
and how to raise prize blooms. 
A California Chalet—A distinct type of an informal 
country home in one of the Pacific Slope Valleys. 
The Available Heating Systems—What they are, how 
they work and the comparative costs for installation 
and maintenance. 
An Old-Time House and Garden of Essex — A re- 
modeled Colonial Homestead. 
All the Maples—Which of them are the best 
trees for lawn, street and driveway and 
how to recognize them by their leaves. wae ee 
The Beginners’ Garden—A pag-~ for the 2 nay, 
novice. There are also departments soe >» 
of interior decoration and of the yee) ad 
garden, devoted to the solution 
of subscribers’ individual 
bookcases, corner cupboards and other conveniences. problems. : Ye i 
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CRAFTSMAN HOMES 
By GUSTAV 
A Book for Architects, Builders, 
Homemakers and Housekeepers 
STICKLEY 
Containing practical house plans, 
exteriors and interiors, suggestions 
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CONTENTS: Craftsman houses and plans, halls and stairways, living-rooms, dining-rooms, 
porches and terraces, the effective use of cobblestones, gates and gateways, gardens, 
exterior features and materials, wall space and color schemes, interior woodwork and 
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Noveiaber, 1909 
base of the roof should be so extended as to 
rest on the walls at their greatest separation, 
and the roof should project considerably so as 
to cap and hold together the structure. At 
Chemakha, in 1902, a roof of this kind pre- 
vented the destruction of the building. ‘The 
material is also important. Tiles should be 
prohibited, on account of their fragility and 
liability to fall. Slates, on the contrary, if 
properly laid and fastened, form a strong roof. 
Zinc and corrugated iron in large sheets are 
the best materials. Metal roofs have the fur- 
ther advantage of being light and elastic. For 
flat roofs armored concrete is best. 
Japan offers the best field for studying the 
effect of earthquakes on wooden buildings, but 
the comparative immunity of Japanese build- 
ings is due largely to their small height and 
dimensions and light materials. Only their 
tile roofs are heavy, and the concave form of 
these adds to their strength. The house, of 
one or two stories, is placed on stone blocks; 
the framing, even of the roof, consists of ver- 
tical and horizontal elements without inclined 
braces; the walls of hurdles covered with mor- 
tar or paper panels. ‘This construction pro- 
duces an independent, deformable, and elastic 
building, which moves and inclines without 
danger so long as the tenons hold. Its very 
weakness constitutes its strength, but this sys- 
tem of construction cannot be generally recom- 
mended. Permanence of form is the first 
requisite, and this has been recognized by the 
Japanese earthquake commission. After the 
earthquake of Lisbon in 1755, stringent regu- 
lations were enforced, and the well-braced 
buildings thereafter constructed have shown 
strong resistance to subsequent earthquakes. 
The steel-frame building presents all the 
advantages of the wood-frame building to- 
gether with less risk of fire, although in a con- 
flagration its elements, if not protected, may 
become deformed and carry down the build- 
ing. Steel-frame construction permits the at- 
tainment of great dimensions and almost un- 
limited height. The steel skyscrapers of San 
Francisco withstood the earthquake nobly. 
But these high towers must be firmly anchored 
to the ground. Although the general frame 
resists well, this is not the case with isolated 
supports, such as posts, which become sheared 
or twisted. Examples of this were observed 
in San Francisco. In particular, steel posts 
supporting heavy floors were bent by the in- 
ertia of the latter in horizontal oscillations. 
The greatest danger connected with large steel 
buildings resides in the construction of the 
walls, which are commonly formed of panels 
of brick, which become detached and fall. The 
British in India have adopted the artifice of 
inclosing a wall between two steel gratings, 
which may be imbedded in cement, but this is 
an approximation toward armored concrete 
construction, which might better be frankly 
adopted. 
All the desired qualities are found to the 
greatest extent in armored concrete; even the 
tisk of fire is reduced to a minimum. It was 
for the sake of protection against fire that 
American builders were led to envelop steel 
posts and girders in concrete, after coverings 
of terra cotta had proven unsatisfactory. Ar- 
mored concrete, furthermore, permits the con- 
struction of an indeformable block, all whose 
parts, walls, floors, and even partitions, al- 
though elastic, are firmly connected and mu- 
tually supporting. Buildings of moderate 
height may be simply placed on a bed of ar- 
mored concrete on the ground, but high build- 
ings should be firmly anchored. When the 
upper soil is soft, a useful resource will be 
found in solid concrete piles cast in shafts 
made with a pile-driver, which compresses the 
surrounding soil. The best argument in favor 
of armored concrete is the behavior of build- 
