xiv ! AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS October, 1911 
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Beautiful Interiors 
will be more beautiful if you equip the 
entire building with Morgan Doors—the 
lightest, strongest, most exquisitely 
grained doors made. 
are made in an especial way, from special woods, 
by special methods and machinery. They are 
the best doors made and are specified by all up- 
to-date architects. Built of separate layers of 
wood with the grain running in opposite direc- 
tions. Shrinking, warping or swelling impossible. 
Each Morgan Door is stamped “MORGAN,” 
which guarantees quality, style, durability and 
satisfaction. 
Be sure your doors have a “MORGAN” stamp. 
New Edition—‘‘The Door Beautiful’ —Just Out h 
Send for a copy of this beautiful book. It \ 
is full of page illustrations showing inter- 
iors with Morgan Doors and their sur- 
roundings. All styles of architecture are A 
shown and the book contains valuable, ) 
artistic suggestions for the owner. | 
Send For Your Copy Today \ 
Morgan Company, Dept. A, Oshkosh, Wis. \ 
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Distributed by Morgan Sash and Door Company, Chicago { 
Morgan Millwork Company, Baltimore, Md. | 
Morgan Doors are handled by dealers who do not substitute. 
adapted to Country Homes. 
finest in the land.”’ 
Send for printed matter. 
VACUUM CLEANER 
We manufacture Electric Stationary Vacuum Cleaners for buildings of any size or 
kind. We make a specialty of residence work, and our machines can be installed in 
old or new houses without expert help. 
We manufacture a Stationary for use with Gasoline Engine, or other power, especially 
and a pipe run underground to the residence, making a perfect job. 
The Victor Electric Portable is a powerful and handsome machine; in fact ‘Tis the 
Buy direct from the manufacturer and save money. 
VICTOR CLEANER COMPANY 
Broomelts “VICTOR 
Stationary 
The Cleaner and Engine can be placed in an outbuilding 
York, Pa. 
Two layers of glass instead of one 
Between the two layers of glass is a ° inch transparent 
blanket of dry, still air—that takes the place of mats or 
boards—that permits the plants to get all the light all the 
time 
Have fresh vegetables and flowers when they are luxuries 
Last season amateurs were phenomenally successful with 
fresh lettuce, radishes and violets all winter; cabbage, cauli- 
flower, beets, tomato, pepper and sweet potato plants ready 
to set out assoon as it was warm Outside. 
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Greater pleasure and profit in 
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With Sunlight Double Glass Sash you eliminate 
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Get these two books: 
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In it he tells in an interesting and in- 
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Get in shape for the hard work ahead by spending a 
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It is beautiful here at any season of the year, but 
the gorgeous glory of our Autumn days beggars de- 
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The air is crisp—bracing. 
ests are a riot of color. Trips through the historical 
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Golf, Tennis, Driving, ete., are at their best now. 
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of slow fires, or the soot and gases from 
the bituminous coals may cause a fire inside. 
The creosote soon attacks the mortar. This 
is so noticeable that in districts where wood 
is used chiefly for fuel the mortar of the 
chimneys becomes badly corroded in a few 
years. In chimneys for kitchen ranges, 
where wood is used chiefly, the corrosion 
is so great that the flues soon become leaky, 
and fire in time may escape through the 
holes and reach the roof. 
The remedy for this is ample size flues, 
smooth inside work, and few bends in the 
chimney. This will reduce the soot col- 
lection to a minimum, and the chimney will 
last nearly twice as long. In the end, a 
chimney that has been built for cheapness 
will prove more expensive than one where 
size and efficiency are first considered. 
In the old-fashioned houses of fifty or a 
hundred years ago the chimney was built 
straight up from the center of the house, 
and it pierced the house at its highest point. 
There were no ridges or obstructions to in- 
terfere with the free action of the wind and 
draught. Each room on the lower floor 
that had a fireplace had a flue to itself, and 
frequently those on the upper floors were 
similarly provided. The draught of these 
old-fashioned chimneys was so great that a 
roaring fire could be obtained at any time, 
and smoke inside was an unheard-of thing. 
It was only later that smoky fireplaces came 
into vogue, as a result of a change in the 
size, location and shape of the chimneys. 
In a well-planned house there should be 
an opening into a chimney flue in every 
sleeping-room. This is for ventilation pur- 
poses. This opening, if not more than two 
feet from the floor, will keep a bedroom 
well ventilated. An open grate fire, of 
course, answers the purpose. In the ab- 
sence of this, there should be an opening 
artificially made. By this simple device we 
can secure almost perfect ventilation of a 
sleeping-room, even if there is no fire in it. 
In the winter time the warmth of the chim- 
ney stack will cause the air to move up the 
open flue continually. 
In using a flue in the chimney for ventila- 
tion purposes, care should be observed in 
keeping it separate from those used for 
taking up the smoke. Otherwise a back 
draught may cause a flood of smoke to 
enter the room. There are many devices 
recommended to-day for bringing outside 
air into the house to secure ventilation. 
They may have their use in houses with 
imperfect chimneys, but they are entirely 
unnecessary in a place where there is a flue 
opening in every room, either for a fire or 
for ventilation. 
The chimney is, therefore, one of the 
most vital parts of the house. It not only 
carries away smoke and the gases of com- 
bustion, but it ventilates the house as well. 
Let it be generously designed and have as 
many flues in it as there are rooms in the 
house. Flues four by eight inches are too 
small and they rarely give satisfaction. 
They should never be crooked. They can 
be made straight, unless faulty designs are 
made at the beginning. They must be 
smooth inside and all joints carefully 
closed, so that there are no obstructions to 
hold the creosote-laden soot. 
By getting a good design of a chimney at 
first and seeing that it is built accordingly, 
the smoky-chimney problem will be solved 
for all time. But an imperfect chimney is 
a nuisance, to bother one for all time. It 
may be repaired, changed and equipped with 
devices for helping the draught, but it can 
never be made perfect. 
