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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1912 
Finish Your Home In White 
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PRATT & LAMBERT VARNISHES 
Established 63 Years 
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LONG-LIFE WHITE ENAMEL 
W HEN you build or decorate, tell your painter and archi¬ 
tect that you want Vitralite, The Lo?ig-Life White Enamel 
used in your house. It will give a smooth, porcelain¬ 
like gloss without laps or brush marks. It is water-proof — 
on wood, metal or plaster — old or new work—inside or outside. 
Vitralite is pure white and stays white “ 61 ” Floor Varnish is heel-proof, 
■— will not crack. It costs no more mar-proof and water-proof. Send for 
than inferior enamels, as it is so easy 
to apply, and covers so much surface. 
Write for the two 
Free Booklets on Vitralite and 
Decorative Interior Finishing 
also sample panel finished with Vitralite. 
They will interest you and demonstrate 
the superior qualities of Vitralite. 
Free Booklet on Floor Finishing 
and Sample Panel 
finished with “ 61 ” and test it. You 
may dent the wood but the varnish 
won’ t crack. Pratt & Lambert Varnish 
Products are used by painters, specified 
by architects and sold by paint and 
hardware dealers everywhere. 
Address all inquiries to Pratt & Lambert-Inc. f 117Tonawanda Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
In Canada, 61 Courtwright Street, Bridgeburg, Ontario. 
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Guaranteed by the largest makers of silverware. 
INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO., MERIDEN, CONN 
Successor to Meriden Britannia Co. 
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OLD COLONY 
PATTERN ' 
but there is still another refuge. Two 
steps down from the living-room is the 
billiard-room, or playroom, if you like. 
It comes in for many uses besides that of 
housing a pool table. When part of the 
family occupies the living-room to the ex¬ 
clusion of the rest, for instance, or when 
the owner wishes to do some special work, 
there is a desk corner fully equipped. The 
roof is the ceiling here and the rafters are 
finished instead of beams. Appropriate 
to this setting an immense fireplace is 
built opposite the door. Its huge stones 
once formed a wall laid generations ago. 
All the woodwork in this room is cypress, 
a little better adapted for these uses than 
chestnut. The rough plaster walls are 
painted a neutral gray, and stenciled upon 
them is a Dutch landscape frieze in va¬ 
rious shades of brown and green. 
So appears the first floor. All the 
rooms have practically the same treatment, 
but there is plenty of variety, what with the 
different floor levels and uses of wood¬ 
work. The whole interior therefore is 
harmonious and very satisfactory. 
To the detail and finish great care was 
given. The lighting fixtures are all hand 
wrought copper with mica shades, all the 
casements are leaded and fitted with bronze 
levers. In the kitchen there is much of the 
space-saving, built-in furniture and excel¬ 
lent plan and arrangement to provide for 
the ice-box, ample supplies, and to keep 
odors from the dining-room. 
The second story is chiefly furnished in 
white enamel, except one bedroom that has 
the straight, restrained lines of natural fin¬ 
ished wood and rough plaster walls sten¬ 
ciled. Another bedroom is worth notice 
in its use of plain striped paper and a 
figured frieze duplicated in the hangings 
and the counterpane. A third bedroom 
opens into the sleeping porch and provides 
the essential of a warm dressing room to 
those who sleep outside. The second story 
plan is satisfactory in another way, in 
that it has taken into consideration the 
chance guest. The owner’s bathroom may 
be turned over to him as there are two on 
this floor. 
Such is the house that strives to serve 
all the creature comforts of its owner and 
which is as simple about the work as can 
be, but beautiful withal. The colors of 
woodwork, rugs and walls all glow in 
sunlight in harmonious tones, but best of 
all there is no “mustn’t touch” feeling 
anywhere. 
The Uses and Attractions of Shrubs 
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set out. They should be set from two or 
three feet apart for the dwarfer sorts, to 
five or even more for the taller ones, 
which will allow for healthy development. 
During the time of development the bor¬ 
der should be kept well cultivated and 
clear of weeds until the plants reach a 
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