November, 1911 
AMERICAN “HOMES AND GARDENS iil 
The 
Real Estate 
Hart 
CONNECTICUT 
You can find that 
Country Place 
or Estate 
(Shore or Inland) 
you have been seeking 
Every courtesy and all pains taken to 
assist in your selection. 
aurence Timmons 
Opposite R. R. Station 
Telephone 456 Greenwich, Conn. 
At Stamford, Gonn. 
LARGE AND SMALL FARMS 
SHORE AND COUNTRY HOMES 
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING SITES OVER- 
LOOKING THE SOUND 
E. P. JORDAN, «26, Pak Bev 
Stamford, Conn. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Southeastern Farm Lands 
Fertile lands in the Southern States from $15 to 
$50 an acre with abundant rains and most 
favorable conditions for diversified farming. Beef 
and pork produced at 3 to 4 cents a pound. 
Long grazing season and diversity of forage 
makes this possible. Openings for dairymen un- 
excelled. Apple orchards pay from $100 to 
$500 an acre. It’s to your advantage to in- 
vestigate these many opportunities. Write, 
M. V. RICHARDS 
Land & Industrial Agent, Southern Railway, Room 4 
1320 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D. C. 
The Burlington Venetian Blind 
will make your rooms shady and your porch cool and 
comfortable. It can be raised or lowered at will, 
and can be adjusted to any angle to suit the height of 
the sun. 
Enclose your porch and see what a change it will 
make in your whole home, It will give you a cozy, 
secluded room. ‘Lhe air will circulate freely and you 
will get all the advantages of open air; at the same 
time you will not be subjected to an inquisitive public 
gaze. The Burlington Venetian Blind will give youa 
place to read, sew or entertain—a place for the children 
to play, too. 
Write for our illustrated booklet; it 
will tell you about the various styles 
Burlington Venetian Blind Co. ,339 Lake St.,Burlington, Vt. 
WATERPROOFING FABRICS 
HE French army is interested in a new 
method for waterproofing fabrics 
which is claimed to be superior to the 
usual processes. English manufacturers 
have been in the lead in bringing out water- 
proof fabrics for many years past.  Be- 
sides rubber, for fabrics, we have the use of 
insoluble gelatine, boiled linseed oil, shellac, 
metallic soaps and others, which have had 
more or less success. It appears that the 
best product for waterproofing is acetate of 
aluminum, and when applied to the fabric 
it can be made to form alumina in a gelat- 
inous state and volatile acetic acid. When 
such fabric is dried it is waterproof, but has 
not the objectionable feature of rubber and 
other material, as it allows the air to circu- 
late through it. The fabric is also quite 
supple, and this is especially necessary so 
that clothing can be made of it. As the 
French army department is looking for the 
best method of waterproofing which can be 
used for military cloaks as well as for tents, 
some experiments were made, and it was 
found that the above process is the best, 
according to the opinion of the best authori- 
ties. This is especially true now that acetate 
of alumina solution can be found on the 
market and does not need to be prepared 
specially. M. Balland recommends a bath 
of one part acetate (7 deg. B.) and forty 
parts water. Fabrics are soaked in it for 
twenty-four hours, and are then dried in the 
air. This method is being used in the army 
headquarters at present. 
RAILWAY GARDENS 
T is a matter of interest to note the for- 
mation of the Railway Gardeners’ Asso- 
ciation, which held a convention in Chicago 
a short time ago for the discussion of tech- 
nical phases of gardening as applied to the 
improvement of the appearance of railway 
station grounds and right-of-way lands. 
The membership of the association is rep- 
resented by 150 delegates from thirty-five 
railways. Its progress is entirely due to 
the efforts of individual employes, who have 
taken a pride in the improvement of the 
premises where their working days are 
spent. It has been said that the movement 
has received less encouragement from rail- 
way managers than from the employes in 
cuestion, for it seems that the expenditure 
required for planting flowers and sodding 
turf not always results in as definite an in- 
crease in gross earnings as a like expendi- 
‘ure might for other operations, so the mat- 
ter has not seemed of such great importance 
to officials in general. Therefore, it is with 
great satisfaction that one notes the change 
of heart on the part of these officials, which 
has been brought about by the example of 
the unselfish efforts of various station em- 
ployes, in consequence of which the move- 
ment of railway gardening is gaining stead- 
ily many adherents in the executive circles 
of American railways. 
HELPFUL HINTS FOR THE HOUSE- 
BUILDER 
By CHARLES K. FARRINGTON 
ACH month brings forth new appliances 
and devices which add much to the 
comfort of the home. There are also many 
new methods of constructing the different 
parts of the house. The writer went through 
a building recently which had been planned 
with an unusual amount of care, and which 
was very satisfactory in all respects. He 
intends to mention in this article what he 
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