House and Garden 
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR OCTOBER 
TAPESTRIES—WHAT THEY ARE 
OMANTIC were the days when Arras flourished, 
and art and industry walked hand in hand. This 
is the period from which was drawn the inspira¬ 
tion of William Morris, who inspired so many. In those 
days, history and literature and religion were wonder¬ 
fully pictured by the weaver of tapestries. A series 
of articles on tapestries from ancient Egyptian and 
Peruvian to Greek and Roman, from Coptic to Arras, from 
Arras to the Gobelins, begins in the October issue of House 
and Garden. The author of the series is Mr. George 
Leland Hunter, whose erudition and expert knowledge of 
the subject do not prevent him from turning picturesque 
phrases that are easy to read and that linger in the memory. 
THE SIMPLE SANITARY WALL 
Mrs. Claudia Q. Murphy points out that we are learning 
better methods of doing things to-day than formerly, and 
that the new ways of securing the newest and best effects are 
really the best ways. She insists that sanitation in the 
house is not synonymous with ugly or inartistic things but, 
rather the contrary. 
TWO PAINTED PANELS 
Mr. Samuel Howe describes two panels painted on cy¬ 
press wood which are rather remarkable, inasmuch as the 
grain of the wood itself is made to enter into the scheme of the 
picture and become a part of the drawing itself. Mr. Rus¬ 
sell Hewlett is the designer and the painter. The eight 
or ten panels required to complete the decoration of the 
room for which they are intended tell a continuous story. 
THE CURTAINING OF ORDINARY WINDOWS 
The importance of making windows decorative features 
of a room cannot be overestimated. How to effectively 
lower a too high window; how to give an effect of width to 
a window which seems too narrow for the room; sash cur¬ 
tains and how to make and place them; curtaining the 
casement window, are a few of the points which will be 
taken up in an article by Miss Alice L. Smith which is 
illustrated by pen drawings, covering the various styles of 
windows most frequently found in ordinary houses. 
LIGHTING THE HOUSE 
Mr. Richard Morton follows the progress of the art of 
house lighting from the days of Socrates down to the present 
time; from the primitive wick suspended in the nut oil of a 
Grecian lamp to the really marvellous electric lighting 
effects of the present day. The proper placing of lights 
is considered, as well as how the best effects for special pur¬ 
poses are to be attained. 
HOUSE FERNERIES 
How to select a fernery for table decoration and then how 
to keep it in a healthy, growing, vigorous condition are 
things most housewives would like to know. Miss Jane 
Kift tells not only this, but how to prepare it, what kind of 
soil to use, and what plants are suitable. At this time 
when the decorations for the fall and winter are being pre¬ 
pared, the advice and hints given will be particularly useful. 
A UNIQUE LONG ISLAND HOUSE 
Surrounded by elm trees, in the most picturesque section of 
Flushing, L. I., there is, we are told, a small residence to 
which one is at once attracted because of a quaintness and 
originality which is lacking in the majority of houses. Sim¬ 
plicity has been the key-note of both exterior and interior and 
the carrying out of this dominant idea has resulted in an 
individuality that is as charming as it is unusual. Mr. 
John P. Benson is the architect, while Miss Sarah E. Rug- 
gles briefly describes his achievement with all the charm 
of one whose subject is familiar and to whom the theme 
is one of constant delight. 
“HILL STEAD” 
When Col. Albert A. Pope acquired the fifteen farms 
which now comprise his estate in Farmington, Conn., and 
proceeded to convert them into a homogeneous whole he 
could have only faintly dreamed that the ultimate success of 
his plans would be so complete, so satisfying, so artistic. 
“Hill Stead” is not a “show-place” but the mind seems 
to rest upon the beauty, consistency and sobriety displayed, 
as on a well composed and harmonious picture. Messrs. 
McKim, Mead & White were the architects of the house in 
which the spirit of the early nineteenth century has been 
delightfully preserved. In its decorations and furnishings 
the house seems almost perfect. Mr. J. Eastman Chase has 
told of it in detail, and a careful study of the pictures illus¬ 
trating the article will well repay each reader. 
THE STABLE AND KENNEL—A NEW DEPARTMENT 
In this Department the domestic animals commonly kept 
on a country place will be dealt with in a practical fashion. 
The department is to be conducted by Mr. John Gilmer 
Speed which is a sufficient guarantee that it will receive proper 
treatment. He will not only write on the various types of 
animals but will give counsel as to the purchase, keep, train¬ 
ing and treatment of them. His expert knowledge will 
be at the disposal of all readers of House and Garden. 
SOME FURNITURE OF TO-DAY 
Idle Editor says, that the opportunities offered to-day to 
secure artistic and substantial furniture were never before 
equaled. For instance, one firm makes only Colonial and 
Historical reproductions; another will supply in Mission 
shapes all the various pieces, unfinished, that they may be 
stained to correspond with the finish of the room. Another 
house prides itself on its hand-made f urniture and while the 
simple designs are not always the inexpensive ones, they 
are frequently the most pleasing. Illustrations add interest 
to the expressed ideas. 
A STUDY IN DECORATIVE WOOD WORK 
I he wonderfully delicate, graceful and classic designs 
found in the hand-carving of the eighteenth and early 
nineteenth centuries as preserved in the Colonial houses 
and buildings both North and South, tell of patient, 
honest labor and a love for the artistic and beautiful. 
In the study of this work, Mary H. Northend presents some 
illustrations of rare specimens of the kind and gives some 
new data about this old work. 
