HOUSE AND GARDEN 
I Do 
A RE you penny wise and pound foolish? Would 
*• you use a cheap quality of varnish, stain or 
enamel in the interior of your new house ? This 
would prove expensive economy. 
An inexpensive wood may be successfully used 
for the trim of the house, but the stain, varnish or 
enamel should be of the best that is made 
The quality of the materials manufactured by 
Murphy Varnish Company is unsurpassed, the price 
puts them within t l e reach of all wise home makers- 
V/OU may be interested to know 
that as a customer of Murphy 
Varnish Company you are entitled 
to the service of their Department of 
Decoration without any charge what¬ 
ever. This includes expert advice 
on the treatment of the standing wood¬ 
work. Sample panels showing the 
finishes recommended are sent upon 
request, also complete advice on the 
decoration and furnishing of your 
house. Samples, cuts and prices 
of all goods are supplied. You 
will find the suggestions artistic and 
practical. 
Write today and send your floor plans. 
Address Department of Decoration 
Murphy Varnish Company 
345 Fifth Avenue 
New York 
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A course for Homemakers and 
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Gardeners who understand up- 
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THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 
Dept. 226, Springfield, Mass. 
September, 1911 
even by opening the windows themselves 
when necessary. In the average country 
home one finds a constant supply of fresh 
air entering around the doors and win- 
dqws, so the direct seems all that should 
be required, especially if the rooms are 
thoroughly aired at intervals. In city 
residences in some cases this is not so, as 
it is more difficult to obtain ventilation in 
houses built closely together; and a well 
constructed hot air furnace may then be 
used to advantage, if you do not care to 
install the indirect system to obtain a 
plentiful supply of fresh air. The indirect 
is frequently used for heating churches or 
public buildings where many people 
gather together at one time, and where 
much ventilation cannot be secured while 
they are present because of the danger of 
putting them in a draft. Steam is usually 
used for the indirect heat in such build¬ 
ings and answers admirably because a 
steady constant heat is not required ; only 
a large amount for short periods of time, 
and as there is a janitor or sexton to look 
after the fire when the heat is needed, 
there is no difficulty with the cold air sup¬ 
ply from outside. But in most private 
residences conditions are entirely differ¬ 
ent, and a constant supply of heat at an 
even degree of temperature is what is 
required. 
EXPENSE 
This is a much debated subject, but the 
writer has found that hot water does burn 
less coal. Of'course now we are speaking 
of the direct methods. Steam he would 
place next, and hot air last. Over against 
this conclusion we must place the fact that 
the ' cost of installation and equipment 
varies in just the reverse order—hot air 
least and hot water the most expensive. 
The Houses of Wood or Brick 
From the Address of W. E. Dunwody, at the Dealers’ 
Convention, Macon, Ga. 
/^\N account of the fact that lumber is 
daily becoming scarcer and more ex¬ 
pensive, and the consequent comparative 
cost of a house of brick and one of cement 
or wood is a daily problem, the Build¬ 
ing Brick Association of America recently 
undertook to determine something definite 
regarding this matter, and I give the re¬ 
sults of this investigation for your consid¬ 
eration. 
For this purpose, a modern eight-room 
frame house of good design was chosen, 
and plans and specifications were pre¬ 
pared by a well-known and competent 
firm of architects. These plans and speci¬ 
fications were submitted to five well- 
known contractors, and each fully advised 
of the object of the investigation. 
Each contractor was given the same in¬ 
formation and instructions, and each took 
plenty of time to figure with care, with the 
following results: 
Taking a weather-boarded house as a 
standard, they found that a house complete 
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<1 A large assortment of Furni¬ 
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Manufacturers 
32 CANAL STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 
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