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THE GARDEN 
M A GAZINE 
February, 191 
Some Useful Things 
T 1 
^HERE seem! 
never to be iri 
any house, 
however well lighted 
an exactly satisfac- Jj 1 
tory night lamp, 
Only a short time ago 
an inquiry came to 
me from the mistress? 
of a large house ini 
the country askings 
me for a good night] 
lamp — not electric — ] 
that did not have an 
odor. So far as I can 
find out, only the old 
fashioned candle 
lamps fill this re- 
quirement. So I 
bought several such and sent them to her. 
Since I have been told they are highly satisfactory,! 
it may be entertaining to show one of these reproduc-' 
tions of the quaint old wall candle lamps. As may be 
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The Put-Together Handicraft Shop Dept. Elmhurst, I1L 
guessed, there is a thick glass knob on the bottom of] 
the lamp that fits snugly into the iron socket, which is ; 
made in one piece to be hung or screwed to the wall. 
The different parts of this lamp can be easily replaced, 
and this with 
its primitive;; 
efficiency make _ 
it most desir- 
able. 
Nor is the 
iron trivit, 
$5.50 and fine 
kettle, $i2.oo,j 
shown above,! 
in any way; 
less interesting.! 
These simple, 1 ' 
old- fashioned 
articles are 
really very use* 
f u 1 at the 
hearthside. And 
the sensible 
generous-sized 
dust cloth of 
canton flannel 
with hand pocket, comes put up in a box at 50 cents, 
while the white enamelled dog pan, wood frame, shown 
here, come in several sizes, at commensurate prices. 
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