House and Garden 
Cottage Heating 
Three or four years ago few houses of less value than 
$5,000 were heated by Steam or Water; but as the public 
has rapidly come to learn of this greater living-comfort, the 
use of these outfits has ex¬ 
tended into the $2,500 cot¬ 
tages, and today into the 
$1,000 homes and even 
cottages of less value. 
AMERICANx 
Radiators ^ 
DEAL 
Boilers 
are no longer called “luxuries,” because proven to be an economy for any home, 
however small. IDEAL Boilers and AMERICAN Radiators provide uniform 
warmth in all rooms, far or near, and under perfect control. They bring no ashes, 
dust, or coal gases into the living-rooms. They are noiseless, absolutely safe, and 
will outlast the house. They require no more caretaking in heating 5 to 15 rooms 
than to run a stove for 1 room. Their fuel savings, cleanliness, 
and protection to family health soon repay the cost of the out¬ 
fit. Whether your cottage, house, store, office, school, church, 
etc., is OLD or new, in town or country, you can at a small 
investment escape from the labor-laden winters of attending 
to old-fashioned warming methods. 
ADVANTAGE 6: IDEAL Boilers will supply the 
necessary heat for not less than 8 hours in zero weather with 
one charging of coal. The house is kept warm all night and 
there is ample fire to start up for the next day. The firepot 
is large and deep, holding ample supply of coal, thus main¬ 
taining slow, steady burning fire, which is effective and most 
economical. 
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Europe. 
IDEAL Boi 1 er of Round 
Type showing large 8 - 
hour fuel capacity and 
space for thorough com¬ 
bustion of coal gases and 
air. 
AMERICANRADIATOR COMPANY 
DEPT. 10 X ' CHICAGO 
HERALDIC DECORATION 
1 THOUT some knowledge of the 
science of heraldry it is impos¬ 
sible to appreciate the various devices 
which appear in the ornamentation of 
many of our public buildings and 
churches. Within the last few years in 
particular, Americans have given closer 
attention to the dignity and beauty of 
these stately edifices, and it requires but 
a passing glance to acquaint us with the 
part that heraldry plays in their embel¬ 
lishment. The revived taste for the 
well-defined styles of architecture of the 
mediaeval period is apparent in all our 
larger cities: the introduction of the 
griffin, lion and other heraldic figures is 
particularly noticeable. Take, for in¬ 
stance, the Public Library of Boston, 
“built by the people and dedicated to 
the advancement of learning,’’ in which 
heraldic decoration forms one of the most 
important features. The heraldic seals 
of the State, city and trustees are beauti¬ 
fully carved on panels above the main 
entrance; the seals or book-marks of the 
world’s most famous publishers, beauti¬ 
fully carved, are a feature of the exterior 
decoration, and eagles, lions, the signs 
of the zodiac, and other symbols, are 
executed in various parts of the building 
with telling effect. The quaintly carved 
“lion and unicorn” upon the old Boston 
State-house speaks plainly of British 
occupancy, and the many coats-of-arms 
on old tombstones in that city and 
vicinity cannot fail to impress the obser¬ 
ver. An especially rich display of sculp¬ 
tured coats-of-arms is to be seen upon the 
Gettysburg battle-field, where costly 
monuments bear the arms of the States 
by which they have been erected in 
commemoration of the troops who par¬ 
ticipated in that memorable conflict.— 
Eugene Zieher, in Lippincott’s. 
AN ARCHITECT DESERVES PAYMENT 
FOR HIS WORK 
CO many American judges appear to be 
whimsical in their judgments on 
cases in which architects have a concern, 
it is a relief to discover one who is in¬ 
spired by equity, viz.: judge Barnard. 
I he case in question might be called a 
stereotyped one, which is familiar to the 
courts of all lands. Mr. Bardsley, an 
architect, sued a client for his fees. He 
had prepared plans according to in¬ 
structions for farm buildings, on the 
understanding that if the work was 
Landscape Architects 
and Engineers 
Plans for the development of private estates, parks, 
cemeteries and boulevards made and executed 
SOUTHERN WORK A SPECIALTY Established 1856 
P. J. BERCKMANS CO. Augusta, Ga. 
FORMAL AND NATURALESQUE GARDENS 
To those who may wish expert assistance in 
garden design, we offer our services and invite 
correspondence, 
VINAL & NEGUS 
Landscape and Garden Architects 
COPELY SQUARE BOSTON, MASS. 
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