Vol. XII 
OCTOBER, 1907 
CONTENTS 
No. 4 
What are Tapestries ?. 
A Unique Residence at Flushing, L. I. 
The Simple Sanitary Wall. 
A Study of Decorative Hand-Carving. 
“Hill Stead,” A Fine Conception Consistently Executed. 
Panels Painted on Cypress Wood. 
House Ferneries—Suitable Plants and their Care. 
The Curtaining of Ordinary Windows. 
Fighting the Home. 
The Furniture of To-day. 
Suggestions for the Month. 
The Editor’s Talks and Correspondence. 
Sandalwood for Burning Rubber Tiling for Kitchen Floors 
Piano for a Mission Room Painting Wicker Furniture 
Waxed Floors In Regard to Paint Specification 
Garden Correspondence. 
The Stable and Kennel—Horses and Othersuch . 
George Lei and Hunter .128 
Sarah E. Rnggles .133 
Claudia 0 . Murphy .136 
Mary H. Northend .138 
J. Eastman Chase .142 
Samuel Howe .148 
Jane Leslie Kift .149 
Alice L. Smith .152 
Richard Morton .155 
The Editor .157 
Leila Mechlin and J. IV. Hall. . 159 
Margaret Greenleaf .160 
A Northeast Bedroom 
Selecting a Mantel for a Living-room 
Regarding Rugs 
W. C. Egan .162 
John Gilmer Speed .163 
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