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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1912 
When You Decorate 
Your Home 
How to Attain Greatest Beauty, Harmony and Durability 
Home decoration is an art in itself. In too many homes 
there is a lack of harmony of color and tasteful treatment, 
without which no home can be beautifully decorated. 
Most of us know little of the art of home decoration, 
and as we cannot all obtain or afford the services of artist 
decorators, we believe many of our readers will welcome 
expert advice and help in this difficult matter. Therefore, 
we have published two little booklets, “Homes Attractive 
from Gate, to Garret,’’ and “Harmony in Color,” which 
we send, free, to all who write for them. Have you seen 
them? If not, write for them today. 
The old methods of interior decoration are rapidly giv¬ 
ing way to improved modern wall coverings. Paper is ex¬ 
pensive, unsanitary, comes loose and is impracticable to 
clean. Where paper is once used it is very difficult to re¬ 
move it and leave the wall in good condition. 
Calcimines or other unwashable finishes should not be 
considered. Remember the muss of washing off the old 
colors;—the streaks that are left to show through the new 
colors; the annoyance of the wet colors drying “off 
shade”; how the colors quickly fade so that not a piece 
of furniture nor a picture can be moved from the wall 
because of the unsightly appearance; how the children 
leave marks of their chubby little hands on walls that 
cannot be washed; how every accidental touch leaves an 
unsightly scratch or mar. When unwashable finishes are 
used these faults cannot be cured but must be endured un¬ 
til soon it is time to “decorate” again. 
You can avoid these annoyances and have your house 
artistically, beautifully decorated all the year around by 
using Lowe Brothers “Mellotone,” the modern interior 
wall finish. It gives the soft, beautiful tints required for 
artistic decoration, and is washable, sanitary and fadeless. 
Finger marks' or other spots can be instantly removed, 
and it does not easily scratch or mar. Your paint dealer 
has Mellotone or can get it for you. 
Mellotone is admirably adapted to stencil work for 
decorative friezes. It is also well adapted to free hand 
decoration. 
In wood stains great progress has been made. Aniline 
dyes will fade. Lowe Brothers Oil Stains are absolutely 
fadeless, and make permanent finishes in a beauty that 
endures. Send for free color cards. 
Good white enamels such as Linduro, are always in 
good taste. On wall board in imitation tiling and wood 
surfaces, Linduro makes a beautiful and durable finish. 
ci has or can get all Lowe Brothers prod¬ 
ucts. In the High Stand¬ 
ard line there’s a paint, 
varnish, enamel or stain for 
every purpose. The “Little 
Blue Flag” on the can is 
the proof of quality—your 
protection. 
Write for free books 
mentioned above, also 
“Paint and Painting,” and 
“Common Sense about In¬ 
teriors,” all free. 
THE LOWE BROS. COMPANY 
Paintmakers — Varnishmakers 
464 E. Third St., Dayton, Ohio 
Boston New York Chicago Kansas City 
Garden Suggestions and Queries 
(Continued from page 311) 
are injured in quality if not lost alto¬ 
gether. It will not hurt onions to freeze 
if they are kept frozen, and not handled 
while in that condition. 
Cane Fruits 
OW is a good time to cut out any old 
canes that may have been left after 
the season’s crop of raspberries. Cut them 
out clean to the ground to make room for 
the new growth; the new canes if long 
and topheavy may be shortened back. 
It is not yet too late for that winter 
hotbed, which will not only give you let¬ 
tuce and radishes during the winter but 
an earlier and better garden. You can 
manage it easily and do wonders with 
double glass sash, which are now made by 
several greenhouse manufacturing con¬ 
cerns. A properly made hotbed, with these 
sash, will withstand below zero weather 
without further covering. 
The Garden Indoors 
OW is the time also to procure mate¬ 
rial for your winter garden indoors, 
and to get plants which you will want for 
the holiday season. Don’t wait till prices 
are high and stocks depleted; make your 
selections now and have the pleasure, as 
well as the profit, of growing them your¬ 
self during the coming weeks. Several of 
the best flowers, aside from the forcing 
bulbs, require but a low temperature. The 
unequaled cyclamen is one of these. 
There are some new ferns and palms, too, 
which should be making their way into 
the home of every plant lover. The 
crested holly fern ( C. Rochfordianum ) 
and the new Asparagus plumosus, with its 
closely set fronds, are two of the several 
fine new things to be found in up-to-date 
florists’. 
Oriental Rugs of Present Day Manu¬ 
facture 
(Continued from page 281) 
of the picture, and the same may 
be said of the other members of the 
rug family. It would be a nice ex¬ 
ample of artistic enterprise if some of 
our people would treat their whole floor 
after the Oriental fashion. It would 
carry with it character and a story. 
When the weaver reaches dimensions as 
large as 9 x 12 feet the rug is called an 
Oriental carpet. This seems to be the 
chief favorite here. Architects allow for 
it in the arrangement of rooms and floors, 
and harmonious notes are struck between 
it and the wall decorations and furnish¬ 
ings. If the color scheme and the decora¬ 
tion of the room is completed before 
the purchase of the rug or carpet, it is 
sometimes a nice and difficult problem to 
secure what is precisely suitable. This 
can only be appreciated by those who 
—you can hang them now 
at every window 
From the million homes where the original 
Brenlin Unfilled Shades are known as the 
most beautiful and durable shades made, 
there has come a repeated demand for a 
Brenlin standard of quality in shades of 
lower grade for less important windows. 
Go to your dealer today and let him show you how 
he can supply this demand. He now has Brenlin in 
Three Grades 
priced at 75c, 55c and 25c 
(except in the Far West) 
tor windows of ordinary size (1 yd. x 2 yds.) 
Brenlin Unfilled—the original Brenlin—should 
always he used where length of service and at¬ 
tractive appearance are first considerations. For 
this shade is made of closely woven cloth without 
the ''filling” that cracks and falls out in unsightly 
streaks and "pin holes.” Sun won't fade it nor 
water spot it. It is supple — -not stiff, yet always 
hangs straight and smooth—and really shades. 
Made in many artistic tones. For windows 1 yard 
wide x 2 yards long, 75 c. Special sizes and Bren¬ 
lin Duplex — white one side, dark the other—made 
to ordtr at proportionate prices. 
The two new Brenlin grades, Brenlin Filled at 
35 c. and Brenlin Machine Made at 25 c, for win¬ 
dows 1 yard x 2 yards, will be found by far the 
best values in shades at these prices. Cut gener¬ 
ously long and finished with unusual care. 
Write for the Brenlin 
Book Today 
It shows actual samples of Bren¬ 
lin in all colors, and gives many 
helpful suggestions for the artistic 
treatment of your windows. With 
it we will send you the name of 
the Brenlin dealer in your town. 
Chas. VV. Breneman & Co., 2069- 
79 Reading Road, Cincinnati, O. 
For sale by leading dealers everywhere 
Mail Orders 
If no dealer 
in your to™ 
can supply 
Brenlin, write 
us and we will 
supply you di¬ 
rect. We sat¬ 
isfactorily fill 
hundreds o f 
orders by mail 
every year. 
Smoky Fireplaces 
Made to Draw 
Payment Conditional on Success 
FREDERIC N.WHITLEY E « r c, a 0 n r d 
210 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Heating—Ventilating—Air Filtration 
SUN 
DIALS 
A Beautiful Illustrated Booklet, 
“WHERE SUN DIALS ARE 
MADE,” sent upon request. 
Estimates furnished. 
Any Latitude Ask for Booklet No. /, 
E. B. MEYROWITZ, 237 Fifth Avenue, New York 
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