HOUSE AND GARDEN 
Nov 
EMBER, 19II 
tain amount of the furnace fire heat. 
When planning for a new heater, allow 
two feet more heating surface in its ca¬ 
pacity for each gallon of water the kitchen 
boiler contains; for example for a forty- 
gallon boiler allow eighty additional feet 
of heating surface if your furnace is a 
“direct” steam system, and three feet ad¬ 
ditional heating surface if the heater is a 
“direct” hot water system. Also see that 
a sufficiently large hot-air furnace is in¬ 
stalled when this appliance is to be used. 
on a semi-transparent material. The 
casement doors had curtains of silvery 
green unfadable gauze—shirred top and 
bottom. 
The dining-room, opening out of the 
living-room, carried out the same color 
scheme, only, instead of the grasscloth, 
the walls were wainscoted in square white 
panels for about five feet. Above the 
woodwork was a charming foliage paper, 
shaded gray poplar trees on a white 
ground. The same colorful cretonne was 
used here with green rugs and mahogany 
furniture. 
Hot Water from the Furnace 
URNACE water-backs for supplying 
the hot water necessary for the en¬ 
tire house—bathroom, butler's pantry, 
kitchen, laundry, etc.—are now to be had 
at a very low cost, and are widely coming 
into use. The vast advantage of installing 
them in the furnace of the house, and so 
only having one coal fire both to heat the 
house and supply hot water, are readily 
apparent to all careful householders. It 
should be remembered in this connection 
that such a water-back will absorb a cer¬ 
These three little water pitchers come in different colors and designs and make a good addition 
to the guest-room equipment 
they can be kept clean very easily, which 
is not always the case with small pitchers. 
It is most difficult in washing a pitcher 
with a small opening to reach the cracks 
and crevices, many or few according to 
the simplicity or ornateness of the de¬ 
sign. The best of drinking water con¬ 
tains a little sediment which settles in 
these crevices and stays there unless they 
can be easily reached with the dish-cloth. 
A set of these little pitchers, one for 
each sleeping room, will be found to be 
a dainty and most useful accessory to 
your household appointments. 
Two Well Planned Rooms 
A MOST alluring color scheme inter- 
ested me in a New England coun¬ 
try house recently. The spacious, low- 
ceilinged living-room, with a cozy, ingle- 
nook at one end, had casement windows 
and doors opening on two stone porches 
and a terrace that overlooked the sea. 
The trim of the room was in white enamel 
paint, with mahogany doors. The walls 
were of silvery gray grasscloth, and the 
rugs were a soft olive green. The fur¬ 
niture was chiefly of silvery gray wicker ; 
stained, not painted, and of very simple 
design. In addition there was an oc¬ 
casional piece of old mahogany. 
But the principal attraction was a won¬ 
derful English cretonne of which val- 
anced window-curtains, lamp-shades and 
several sofa-cushions were made. This 
cretonne had all the richness of the finest 
stained glass, and reminded me of La 
Farge’s famous Peacock Window. It had 
a gray background over which shaded 
green peacocks spread their decorative 
tails, while bunches of deep purple grapes 
and rose-pink peonies gave the requisite 
dash of color. The portieres, leading into 
the hall and dining-room, were of Arras 
cloth in an exquisite shade of purple, and 
the cushions for the wicker chairs and 
divans were also of Arras cloth, some in 
purple and some in green. Fascinating 
shades for the electric light were made of 
small pink wall-paper flowers appliqued 
Willow Lamps 
A DECIDED novelty in the way of 
lighting arrangements is the elec¬ 
tric light stand in the shape of a lamp 
made of willow, the standard, shade, and 
all parts being woven in one piece. The 
incandescent bulb is screwed to the regula¬ 
tion socket just as in an ordinary lamp 
made of brass or copper with glass shade, 
and with the cord and plug the lamp may 
be attached to any electric light fixture. 
It is suitable for both indoor or outdoor 
use. Corresponding in design as it does 
with the present style of willow furniture, 
it makes a most attractive piazza light and 
is of so little weight that it is easily moved 
about. For use in a library, hall or den 
it is equally effective when left the natural 
color or stained to tone in with the fur¬ 
nishings of the room. 
The shades are made in a number of 
different shapes, some conical, others with 
perfectly flat tops, and a number have 
simple designs in openwork effect, either 
in the sides or serving as a decorative bor¬ 
der. For indoor use this is particularly 
ornamental, as the shade may be lined 
with silk of a contrasting tone that gives 
a satisfactory touch of color through the 
open places. With the exception of the 
electric light bulbs there is nothing about 
these lamps that can be broken and, ow¬ 
ing to the fact that the shades are practi¬ 
cally opaque they are useful as reading 
lamps, besides being just the thing for 
rooms or porches where a certain amount 
of light is desired with no glare from a 
shade of brilliant colors. 
The use of willow is by no means limited to the summer season. It is now woven into very use¬ 
ful lamps for the informal room 
