HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 1912 
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HE love of cleanliness should be developed in children by making 
cleanliness a pleasure rather than a duty. 
Standard" Fixtures by appealing to the child’s mind through 
its love of the beautiful make cleanliness attractive. Every member 
of the household feels the refining influence of "Standard” Fixtures. 
Genuine 'Standard" fixtures for the Home 
and for School, Office Buildings, Public 
Institutions, etc., are identified by the 
Green and Gold Label, with the exception 
of one brand of baths bearing the Red and 
Black Label, which, while of the first 
quality of manufacture, have a slightly 
thinner enameling, and thus meet the re¬ 
quirements of those who demand "Standard" 
quality at less expense. All "Standard" 
fixtures, with care, will last a lifetime. 
And no fixture is genuine unless it bears 
the guarantee label. In order to avoid 
substitution of inferior fixtures, specify 
"Standard" goods in writing (not verbally) 
and make sure that you get them. 
Standard <$amtary Co. Dept. 40 
New York . 35 West 31st Street 
Chicago • 900 S. Michigan Ave. 
Philadelphia . 1128 Walnut Street 
Toronto, Can. 59 Richmond St., E. 
Pittsburgh . 106 Federal Street 
St. Louis . 100 N. Fourth Street 
Cincinnati . 633 Walnut Street 
Nashville . 315 Tenth Avenue, So. 
NewOrleans,Baronne & St. Joseph Sts. 
Montreal, Can. . 215 Coristine Bldg. 
Boston . . John Hancock Bldg. 
Louisville . 319-23 W. Main Street 
Cleveland . 648 Huron Read, S. E. 
Hamilton, Can. 20-28 Jackson St.,W. 
PITTSBURGH, PA. 
London . . . 57-60 Holborn Viaduct 
Houston,Tex. . Preston and Smith Sts. 
San Francisco, Cal. 
Merchants National Bank Building 
Washington, D.C. . . Southern Bldg. 
Toledo. Chio . . 311-321 Erie Street 
Fort Worth. Tex. . Front and Jor.es Sts. 
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The Use of Nondescript Furniture 
(Continued from page 215) 
bottle green, French gray or any of the 
other colors specially favored in Colonial 
times. Chairs of estimable design and 
honest workmanship can be got from $5 
up. Oftentimes, however, really old ones 
can be picked up for a mere song from 
their possessors who would rather have 
something new in exchange. While one 
might naturally hesitate to fill a whole 
room with articles of this type, the possi¬ 
bilities are too great to be disregarded. 
With judgment these “wooden” allies of 
the decorator may be made to render yeo¬ 
man service. 
Mission furniture is too ubiquitous to be 
in any danger of falling into oblivion. 
With its angularity and chunkiness it 
marks a natural revulsion from the fantas¬ 
tic excesses of the mid-Victorian cabinet¬ 
maker. Why we should adopt a rude, 
exotic style when we already have other 
and far better native things in the wooden 
genus just previously referred to, it is 
hard to see. The mission crudities savor 
dangerously of the “burlap” architecture 
that seeks originality through “gobby” 
effects. There are places, however, where 
it is undoubtedly in keeping and may be 
used to good purpose and it must as¬ 
suredly be reckoned one of the available 
nondescript resources. It possesses the 
merit of being inexpensive. 
Associated in many people’s minds with 
Mission furniture are the craftsman pro¬ 
ductions. possibly because of the “Will 
Bradley” shapes they so often assume. 
They frequently run into medieval and 
semi-ecclesiastical patterns, too. Handi¬ 
craft furniture, however, is not wedded to 
any one style, but is capable of wide vari¬ 
ation. Of course it is likely to be expen¬ 
sive, but is usually worth it. A thoroughly 
well made piece of good design is always 
a pleasure and preferable to, as well as 
more economical than, three or four infe¬ 
rior pieces. There is no branch of furni¬ 
ture-making in which the art of the crafts¬ 
man may not be profitably called upon. 
In the realm of built-in furniture a 
whole world of resources is opened to us. 
The articles that most readily suggest 
themselves, perhaps, are bookcases, cup¬ 
boards, chests, drawers and settles, but 
there is large scope for ingenuity of con¬ 
trivance in other directions. Built-in fur¬ 
niture can invariably be made in keeping 
with the other appointments of a room. 
It can be either severely plain or ornate. 
Good proportions and pleasing moldings 
may accomplish well nigh anything. The 
plainer it is, though, the better it is likely 
to be. The color it is painted or stained 
and the hardware used on it also count for 
much. Furthermore, it is not expensive. 
For the outlay involved, no kind of fur¬ 
nishing will yield larger or more satisfac¬ 
tory results. Under intelligent direction 
from the amateur decorator a capable car¬ 
penter can soon make what is required. 
The bill for the carpenter’s time and the 
comparatively trifling cost of materials are 
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