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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 1908 



This is where we manufacture our Monarch Porcelain Ware 

 Trenton, New Jersey 



Uniformity §f Design 



Architects DO appreciate the fact that by specifying 

 Wolff Plumbing Material exclusively they are 

 protecting their clients from the annoying con- 

 fusion of design and mechanical standards that 

 is sure to creep into even the most carefully 

 selected line of "assembled" plumbing equipment. 



L. WOLFF 



MANUFACTURING 

 COMPANY 



Established 1855 



Manufacturers of PLUMBING GOODS EXCLUSIVELY 



The Only Complete Line Made by Any One Firm 



Showrooms: 91 Dearborn St. 

 Denver CHICAGO Trenton 



GAS FOR COUNTRY HOMES 



Clubs, hotels, churches, laboratories. Economy Gas 

 Machine gives a clear, steady, brilliant light and supplies 

 gas for cooking, water v, sating, etc. Cheaper, cleaner and 

 more satisfactory than acetylene, kerosene or electric light. 



Economy Gas Machine 



Automatically generates gas as consumed. None stored, so no 

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What it Means 



to have your shingles stained with 



Cabot's Shingle Stains 



It means that they will not rot; that the colors will 

 be soft and beautiful ; that they will wear as long 

 as colors can, and grow old gracefully; and that 

 the cost will be 50 per cent, less than that of paint. 

 Made in all colors, with Creosote, "the best wood 

 preservative known." 



Samples on wood, and color-chart, sent on request 



SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Sole Manufacturers 

 131 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 



AGENTS AT ALL CENTRAL POINTS 



Hoppin, Koen cV Huntington, Architects, New Yor 



PROBLEMS IN HOME FURNISHING 



{Continued from page 254) 



ceiling, with a flower border — yellow blossoms 

 with green leaves — pasted just below the ceil- 

 ing. Such a border costs about eight cents a 

 yard. A white dimity spread for the bed 

 will be the most economical ; or yellow cotton 

 crepe may be chosen instead, at twelve cents 

 a yard. A touch of color may be given some 

 white muslin curtains for the windows if a 

 coin-spot pattern is selected and the disks em- 

 broidered with yellow linen thread. A wooden 

 box for shoes and one to hold shirtwaists will, 

 help to furnish if they are upholstered with a 

 flowered cretonne in the yellows and greens 

 that appear in the other decorations in the 

 room. 



A DOORWAY PROBLEM 



An apartment dweller in Chicago (M. H. 

 S.) has a very ornate grille fastened in the 

 opening between her parlor and dining-room. 

 "I find it impossible," she writes, "to remove 

 this object, and its hideous design and glaring 

 finish of varnish are very distressing to me. 

 Can you suggest any way to help me with 

 this difficulty ?" 



A simple device for concealing the grille is 

 to make a valance for both the front and the 

 back, using a light-weight, opaque fabric. On 

 a brass rod below the valance two lengths of 

 the same material may be used as a portiere. 

 Of course, the artistic success of the plan de- 

 pends upon the color of the texture. Some- 

 thing to follow the general tones of the wall 

 paper is suggested. For example, with a two- 

 toned green paper a plain green material 

 would look well. 



WALL PAPER FOR A GUEST ROOM 



"My guest room," writes an inquirer, 

 A. G. T., from Pennsylvania, "is unfortu- 

 nately filled with left-overs from other parts 

 of the house, and while it is comfortable it 

 has none of the attractive qualities that I 

 enjoy in my friends' guest rooms. A complete 

 refurnishing is impossible for the present, but 

 if you can tell me how to make even a little 

 improvement without great expense I would 

 undertake to follow your advice." 



With the conditions described by this cor- 

 respondent a change for the better may be 

 easily effected by repapering the wall, using a 

 decorative frieze on the upper section, and a 

 two-toned paper below. An English picture 

 border of ships on a reflected water would be 

 interesting, and would take the attention from 

 the inharmonious furnishings of this room. 

 The price of this border by the roll of eight 

 yards is four dollars ; or, by the yard, fifty 

 cents. The color of the boats, a warm green, 

 may give the key for selecting the wall paper 

 for the lower wall. A picture molding, painted 

 to match the green paper, should cover the 

 joining of the two papers. 



CHANGING THE HALL WOODWORK 



M. C. C. writes from Maryland : "My hall 

 is twenty feet by nine' and has a winding 

 stairway to the third story. The woodwork 

 is grained walnut, the floors are stained wal- 

 nut, with oak balusters and walnut hand rail. 

 I would like to change the woodwork, paint- 

 ing it white, but do not know how much of it 

 to leave dark." 



Woodwork in the grained effect is not fol- 

 lowed now in the best interior work, and it is 

 wise to change this imitated finish for genuine 

 paint. As the hand rail is probably solid wal- 

 nut it is best to leave this as it now is. The 

 balusters, base boards and doors may be painted 

 white, but the floor and the stair treads may 

 have the plain walnut finish. 



