HOUSE AND GARDEN 
264 
October. 1911 
HARPER’S 
BAZAR 
FOR 
OCTOBER 
FALL FASHION NUMBER 
H ERE is the first glimpse of the styles which were 
decided upon by the great Parisian modistes and 
milliners at their annual congress in August. The most 
exclusive French modes, and the equally interesting 
American styles, are described and illustrated by the 
Bazar’s special contributors and artists. Here are fash¬ 
ions for all tastes and purses: fashions for college girls, 
for business women, and elderly women, dainty negligees 
and mourning frocks, gowns, hats, tailor suits, special 
bodices and practical coats. 
OTHER FEATURES 
PAPER-BAG COOKERY - Margaret Soundstrom 
supplies much practical information in regard to this important new branch of 
domestic science. 
PRESERVES and PICKLES - Virginia Terhune Van de Water 
is of timely interest and value to the housekeeper whose pride is in a well-stocked 
storeroom. 
MAKING DOLLS" FURNITURE — Josephine W. How 
gives suggestions for the manufacture of unique Christmas gifts. 
MISS CHURCHILL’S TWINS — Elizabeth Jordan 
"hits off” some up-to-date theories in child-training. The tale is illustrated with 
the chubby, sunny babes Grace G. Drayton draws so charmingly. 
THE CHILDREN’S PAGES 
This popular double-page feature has been increased to twice the original size.- 
All News-stands—15 Cents 
One of our many 
models now in 
stock. 
Coll or Write for 
Our Catalog and 
Full Information 
an Kitchen Equip¬ 
ment. 
A Combination Range 
lor Every Purpose 
Good for winter cooking with 
heating; good for summer cook¬ 
ing without heating—the 
Deane Combination 
Coal and Gas Range 
Two ranges in one. Has ovens, 
gridiron broilers, toasters and 
all other up-to-date features. 
Gas and coal can be used at 
the same time when preparing a 
big meal; or separately as desired. 
Don’t buy any range before 
calling upon us. 
Bramhall-Deane Company, 
261 W, 36th St., New York City 
Cooking Apparatus of All Kinds 
The gum with the real, rich, 
lasting mint flavor. 
If not at your dealer’s send 
5 c for pkg. 
We are also 
Manufacturers of 
•V-ALrlx- NO- 
MANUFACTURING CO. 
OF AMERICA 
fAFTER DINNER MINT* 
463 n. 12th sireet Send 10 c for liberal 
PHILADELPHIA. U. S. A. box. 
around doors and windows, and is left 
for twenty-four or even forty-eight hours. 
The longer it is left the darker the color 
obtained. Care must be taken in opening 
the room to avoid being overcome by the 
ammonia fumes. Another method some¬ 
times followed, but not so effectual since 
it raises the grain of the wood and does 
not penetrate it so far, is to brush on a 
strong solution of ammonia. It is not a 
pleasant task for the workman, and doors 
and windows must be left open. Where 
woodwork will not receive hard usage, it 
is sometimes possible to get a good color 
without the ammonia bv the use of stains 
alone. 
Filling in the pores of a wood to give 
it a hard metallic quality is to be avoided. 
A woody texture with a soft, not glassy, 
surface, showing the quality through the 
grain, is desirable. In some woods, such 
as mahogany, cherry, cypress and gum- 
wood, good effects are gained by merely 
rubbing the wood with raw linseed oil, 
giving it a soft dull finish in a natural 
color that deepens with age. A pad of 
soft cloth is used, and the wood rubbed 
with a circular movement, as much oil 
being rubbed in as possible. This method, 
antedating French polishing, can be car¬ 
ried on till the wood assumes a high polish, 
but this is not necessary. If a natural 
color is desired on oak, wax is better than 
oil as a finish, blit the molasses candy 
color of unstained oak is deservedly un¬ 
popular at present. 
An interesting effect in a small house 
interior finished in cypress is shown in our 
photograph. The cypress was stained a 
warm brown tone, finished by a coat of 
wax without shellac. Small house interi¬ 
ors finished throughout in cypress or pine 
are not uncommon, with different stains 
used to give variety. 
The Fall Clean-up in the Flower 
and Vegetable Garden 
(Continued from page 235) 
ceptional beauties which one hates to see 
lost forever in the autumnal slaughter. 
With a little skill in the use of the cutting- 
box, new plants can be had easily. And 
what is more, they must be exactly true 
to the plants from which they are taken, 
while if seed had been depended upon they 
would likely have produced everything but 
what was most wanted. October usually 
furnishes the ideal conditions for making 
and rooting cuttings of geraniums and 
most of the other garden flowers that can 
be increased by this method — the method 
of taking the cuttings, the proper condi¬ 
tion of the wood, the preparation of the 
cutting-box, are all described in detail in 
this month’s Department (page 244). 
Thirdly, there is the possibility of keep¬ 
ing some of the favorites of the garden 
for winter service in the window garden. 
While cuttings may be depended upon to 
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