Coutents-Ikccmtier, 1912 
Cover Design : A Quaint Lantern Illuminated the White- 
pillared Portico 
Contents Design : The Snow Children 
Photograph by Mary H. Northend 
Frontispiece: The Winter Firelight which Grew Brighter 
Revealed “Aunt Ellen” 
The Christmas Prodigal. 351 
By Leona Dalrymple 
Some New House Plant Suggestions. 355 
By D. R. Edson 
Christmas Gifts That Furnish the Home. 357 
By S. C. Wavertey 
Do You Help the Birds in Winter?. 360 
By Howard H. Cleaves 
An Adventure in Building. 363 
By James L. Burley 
Handicraft House Furnishings. 367 
By Sarah Leyburn Coe 
A Garden Contest and What It Developed. 370 
By Harold A. Caparn 
Improving the Efficiency of Your Heating Plant. 374 
By C. K. Farrington 
Twelve Months of Window Box Bloom. 375 
By F. F. Rockwell 
The Place of Mirrors in the House. 378 
By Katherine Newbold Birdsall 
The Home of Henry F. Sawyer, Kensington, Long Island. 380 
Aymar Embury, II, Architect 
A House at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 381 
Morris & Erskine, Architects 
Inside the House. 382 
Quaint Clocks from Germany 
Preparing Christmas Boughs 
Dresden Lamps 
Garden Suggestions and Queries. 384 
Winter Spraying and Pruning 
Fresh Potatoes in Winter 
Suggestions for House Plants 
Editorial. 386 
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VOLUME XXII 
Copyright, 1912 by McBride, Nast & Co. 
NUMBER 6 
