HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 1911 
It will be seen that such a room is quite 
within the reach of every one. Its sim¬ 
plicity is in keeping with summer homes, 
bungalows or shacks. Indeed, the more 
elemental the features the more like the 
traditional chamber on the wall. If such 
a room is made in a pretentious house, it 
must be treated with care. Eliminate 
everything but the stipulated furnishings. 
Otherwise it will be too much like any 
other and not a character room as it 
should be. The writer would suggest the 
use of plain paper in some quiet tone 
rather than a flowered one, such as was 
used in the particular room photographed. 
There are three elements to be distinctly 
borne in mind in the development of this 
chamber: first, it should be simple; sec¬ 
ond, its furnishings should be antique; 
and third, it should breathe a gracious aid 
of hospitality. The modern guest, like the 
prophet of old, will be glad to rest there a 
little as the busy world goes by. 
A Revolutionary Idea in Flooring 
(Continued from page 167) 
ished off looks very well. The small de¬ 
fects are obscured by the filler and you 
have an inexpensive floor that you need 
not be ashamed of. 
When it comes to the more artistic ef¬ 
fects in flooring, in the thin floors laid on 
top of sub-floors there is a chance for the 
exercise of common sense and the getting 
of good effects without going to the ex¬ 
tremes that are often talked of in the 
papers. There are generally three grades 
of the oak flooring stock and two divisions 
aside from these, quartered and plain. It 
is generally better in this work to buy the 
quartered oak, for though it costs a little 
more it works with less waste and pre¬ 
sents so much better figure and gives so 
much more satisfaction generally that it 
is well worth the difference in price. 
The three grades in quartered oak may 
be popularly named as follows: clear 
stock; selects, which have a few defects of 
beauty, but nothing marring the usefulness 
of timber; and saps, or a grade lower than 
the selects, including a few fine worm 
holes and quite a lot of sap stock, which 
is not admissible in the clears. 
The writer was in a newly finished dis¬ 
play room of a flooring plant the other 
day where they had laid many examples 
of their flooring to show them off to visit¬ 
ors, and among the lot were some exam¬ 
ples of that third grade or “saps” and 
until attention was called to it not much 
difference was noticeable between it and 
the other except that it seemed to have 
been filled with a darker filler. 
Now, it so happens that the dark fill¬ 
ers are quite the style to-day and one can 
take this third grade or “saps” in thin 
flooring, lay it in whatever pattern is de¬ 
sired either with border or with stripes or 
rug effect or pave it in with blocks and 
Double Tracking 
The Bell Highway 
Two of the greatest factors in modern 
civilization—the telephone and telegraph 
—now work hand in hand. Heretofore 
each was a separate and distinct system 
and transmitted the spoken or written 
messages of the nation with no little degree 
of efficiency. Co-operation has greatly 
increased this efficiency. 
The simple diagram above strikingly illus¬ 
trates one of the mechanical advantages of 
co-operation. It shows that six persons 
can now talk over two pairs of wires at 
the same time that eight telegraph operat¬ 
ors send eight telegrams over 
the same wires. With such 
joint use of equipment there is 
economy; without it, waste. 
While there is this joint use of 
trunk line plant by both com¬ 
panies, the telephone and tele¬ 
graph services are distinct and 
different. The telephone system furnishes 
a circuit and lets you do your own talking. 
It furnishes a highway of communication. 
The telegraph company, on the other hand, 
receives your message and then transmits 
and delivers it withoutyourfurther attention. 
The telegraph excels in carrying the big 
load of correspondence between distant 
centers of population; the telephone con¬ 
nects individuals, so that men, women and 
children can carry on direct conversations. 
Already the co-operation of the Western 
Union and the Bell Systems 
has resulted in better and more 
economical public service. 
Further improvements and 
economies are expected, until 
timeanddistanceare annihilated 
by the universal use of electrical 
transmission for written or per¬ 
sonal communication. 
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 
And associated Companies 
One "Policy 
One System 
Universal Service 
ANDIRONS FOR EVERY 
ENVIRONMENT 
Your home should have an atmosphere of comfort 
and refinement. A cheerful fireplace with proper ac¬ 
cessories will do more to give a room character than 
anything else. 
Graf Fireplace Fixtures give a fireplace interest. They 
are made in a wide variety. 
Be the prevailing note of your room Colonial, 
Dutch, French, Mission, or of any other type or 
period, we can supply the proper fixtures. 
Write for our illustrated booklet “Fireplace Fix¬ 
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323 Seventh Ave. New York City 
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