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FREE 
The Factor of Safety 
in the Human Body 
This booklet tells you how to keep tab on your strength reserve. 
We mail it on receipt of postcard request. If you ask in a letter 
enclosing six 2c. stamps, we will also send a sample copy of Good 
Health — the pocket magazine which teaches you how to keep 
well. Address your postcard or letter: 
Good Health Publishing Co. 
5303 W. Main St. Battle Creek, Mich. 
Monroe 
Modern Sleeping Porch fitted with Wilson’s Blinds 
Practically makes an Outdoor room of the ordi- 
nary porch ; a room at night, a piazza by day. 
WILSON’S VENETIANS 
for outside and inside of town and country 
houses; very durable, convenient and artistic. 
Special Outside Venetians 
most practical and useful form of 
Venetian yet devised for porches 
and windows; excludes the sun, ad- 
mits the breeze; keeps out the rain. 
For Illustrated Booklet 
specify “ Venetian 4” 
Orders should be placed now for 
spring or summer delivery. 
The J. G. Wilson Corporation 
1 &, 8 West 549th 8t. New York 
After May 1 — 8 West 40th St.,N.Y. 
Also Inside Venetians; Itolline Partitions, 
Bolling Steel Shutters, Burglar and Fire- 
proof Steel Curtains, Wood Block Floors. 
Is Your Refrigerator 
Poisoning Your Food? 
“ Using about one 
third the ice the others 
did." T. G. Mackie, 
New Orleans. 
“ Cut ice bills from 
$36 to $8." T. W. Wil- 
liams, Milwaukee. 
" Reduced ice bills 
nearly 40 per cent." Dr. 
B. H. Wells, Southport, 
Conn. 
“ Much more economi- 
cal than any other of 
several I have had." 
Dr.O. B. Shreve, Salem, 
Mass. 
“ Saved about 50 lbs. 
of ice per day over 
another make of same 
size.” W. M. Rieke, 
Paducah, Ky. 
“ An ice saver, a germ 
pr even tor, hence a 
health preserver to any 
family." Dr. Chas. 
Hupe, Lafayette, Indi- 
ana. 
** Economical in use 
of ice, and preserving in 
best manner articles 
placed in it." Dr.R.E. 
Starkweather. Evanston 
Ills. 
once for Free Book 
uboiit refrigerators 
It tells you how to select 
the home refrigerator — 
how to keep food longer 
without spoiling — how 
to cut down ice bills — 
how to guard against 
sickness — doctor s bills. 
Sta. 14 B, Lockland, 0. 
A leading medical authority says: 
“ A poor refrigerator means not only 
wasted ice but often wasted lives from 
spoiled food.” Read what physicians 
and others say about wonderful ice- 
saving and healtn protection the 
Monroe affords. 
The Monroe food compartments 
are Genuine Solid Porcelain ware 
— in one piece — over an inch 
thick — every corner rounded. 
Not cheap porcelain-emunel on metal 
base — but one piece of white unbreakable 
porcelain ware which can be easily kept 
free of germs — no cracks, joints, or corners 
-■ nothing to break or chip. 
30 Days Trial — Cash or Credit 
Sold direct from factory at factory price. 
Freight paid and all money back if not 
absolutely satisfactory. 
Monroe Refrigerator Co. (Established 1868) 
ALL ARE WISE 
WHO-O-O-O WHO 
DECIDE EARLY TO 
BEAUTIFY 
Their homes and grounds, to make them 
an attraction to the community, a pleasure 
to their neighbors, and a comfort to them- 
selves through the careful, judicious choice 
of the very best 
SHRUBS, TREES AND PLANTS 
We will gladly give you skilled advice on any question of planting 
OUR 1915 CATALOG IS READY 
NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES 
219 Concord Road, Bedford, Mass. 
IO 
SPECIAL OFFER 
IO 
Shrubs and Vines 
Our Cottage Garden Collection, delivered at planting time 
1 Wisteria FOR 1 White Lilac 
1 Boston Ivy ___ 1 Golden Spirea 
1 Climbing Rose 1 Deutzia 
1 Bridal Wreath ^ 1 Pink Honeysuckle 
1 Hydrangea 1 Golden Bell 
Order Now. Stock Limited. Send P. O. Money Order 
O. VAN LEEUWEN & CO. Worcester, Mass. 
Reference; Worcester National Bank 
Gladiolus, Dahlias, Roses 
Choice stock for spring planting. The kind that 
is sure to grow and bloom. We have good collec- 
tions of the very best varieties. Send postal for 
1915 catalogue. 
N. A. Hallauer, Fruitland, N. Y. 
FFER for 1915 
T O acquaint you with the superior quality of Hen- 
derson’s Tested Seeds and to quickly obtain a 
large distribution for our 204-page 1915 catalog — 
“Everything for the Garden” — we make you the re- 
markable and unusual offer described in the panel. 
100% Pleasure, 1000% Profit 
Your own garden is a source of wonderful pleasure and 
profit. It keeps you outdoors, fills your lungs with fresh 
air, makes your cheeks glow, tones up your entire system. 
A small plot of ground, 25 x 50 feet, with a reasonable 
amount of cultivation and planted with seeds of tested 
quality, such as Henderson’s, should supply all the vegetables 
required by a family of six or seven. 
All for lOc. 
1 “Everything for the Garden”|our 204-page 1915 
catalog. Contains 8 colored plates and 1000 illus- 
trations. A library of everything worth while for the 
gardener and farmer. 
2 Henderson’s Garden Plans. A series of sug- 
gested layouts for your garden — unusually interest- 
ing and helpful. 
3 Henderson’s genuine Ponderosa Tomato. 
The grandest tomato on earth. Magnificent size, 
solid and meaty. 
4 Henderson’s Big Boston Lettuce. A grand 
large head lettuce. Compact, tender, crisp. 
5 Henderson’sWh*te Tipped Scarlet Radish. Of 
quirk growth, small top, flesh white, mild and crisp. 
6 Henderson’s Butterfly Pansies. Mixed colors. 
Largest flowers and a magnificent variety of colorings. 
7 Henderson’s Invincible Asters. Mixed colors. 
Immense double flowers, on large stems. 
8 Henderson’s Eckford Giant Flowering 
Sweet (Peas. Mixed colors. A glorified new 
race, surpassingly superior to the older sorts. 
9 Coupon envelope accepted by us as 25c. 
toward any order of not less than $1.00 / 
for our seeds, plants and bulbs. 
“Everything for the Garden 
is the title of our annual catalog. It is a book of 204 pages, handsomely 
bound with a beautifully embossed cover, contains 8 color plates. 
1000 illustrations, and information of value to every gardener, 
experienced or beginner. It is a library of everything worth 
while for the gardener, farmer or lover of flowers. 
Send lOc. now with coupon 
— or a letter mentioning this publication — for 
our 1915 collection of six specialties, our 
beautiful catalog, “Everything for the 
Garden,” “Garden Plants.” and envel- 
ope worth 25c. 
3* I 5 
Peter 
Henderson 
& Company 
35-37 Cortiandt 
St., New York City 
I enclose herewith ioc. 
for which send catalog 
“Everything for the Garden," 
and complete cultural directions. 
Henderson’s Garden Plans" and 
Henderson’s Specialty Collection" as 
advertised in Garden Magazine. 
Peter Henderson & Co 
35&37 
CORTLANDT ST.< 
• New York City 
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