House and Garden 
ramble or inspection of the grounds. 
While it need not necessarily he straight 
yet if it be curved, do not let the curve 
involve too much of a detour; and 
always, if possible, avoid having the 
walk bisect a lawn. That makes two 
lawns where there should be but one 
and the larger it can be made to look, 
the more park-like and natural is the 
landscape. 
CORRESPONDENCE 
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sure this would give you a much more 
harmonious effect than anything sugges¬ 
tive of the Colonial. Also your fixtures 
and the hardware of the room should 
match. 
REGARDING RUGS 
I have just taken a new apartment in 
the city and am desirous of making no 
mistakes in fitting it up. There are hard¬ 
wood floors throughout of oak with no 
parquetry borders. The woodwork in 
all the rooms is ivory white and very 
attractive. I have no possessions what¬ 
ever in the way of house furnishings and 
feel that an excellent plan will be to 
secure my rugs first and work up from 
them. I am very anxious to have Orien¬ 
tal rugs, and while I have not a great 
deal of money to spend, would rather buy 
a few at a time than to purchase substi¬ 
tutes of domestic make. The drawing 
room, which is 15 x 18, the dining¬ 
room, which is 15 x 15, and a long hall, 
20 x 7, are first to be considered. In 
these rooms would you use large rugs 
or several small ones ? 
New York. 
Answer: Your plan is a very wise one 
and I heartily commend it. In pur¬ 
chasing your rugs have somewhat in 
mind the wall coloring which you will 
use, although one beauty of Oriental 
rugs is that they will harmonize with 
almost any wall tone, particularly where 
a plain wall or two toned effect is used. 
It is quite remarkable how any one 
color, however unnoticeable it may seem, 
will come out when placed in a room 
with walls of that color dominating. 
I or instance, if your rug shows bits of old 
blue and you have wall covering in old 
blue, the blue will be the most predom¬ 
inating color in your room. The same 
applies to the yellow tans, dull greens 
and old reds. 
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How to Beautify 
Your Home 
Make the walls beautiful, and you increase the 
attractiveness of the entire home. Make them sanitary 
and you increase the healthfulness of the home. 
You can do both of these things by decorating your 
home with Alabastine. The expense is actually less than the 
cost of wall-paper or kalsomine; the effects are superior and 
the sanitation is far better. 
The Sanitary "Wall Coating 
can be easily applied to any wall 
by anyone. It is made in six¬ 
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each room different, while all are 
in harmony. One tint can be 
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with the dirt and fuss incident to 
other wall decorating materials. 
A wall tinted with Alabastine 
offers no breeding place for in¬ 
sects or germs, and a room dec¬ 
orated with Alabastine is there¬ 
fore perfectly sanitary. 
Alabastine is sold in carefully sealed and 
properly labeled packages by all paint and 
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50c the package for white, 55c for tints. A 
package will cover from 300 to 450 square 
feet, according to the nature of the surface. 
Send 10 cents for the book “Dainty 
Wall Decorations,” showing many beau¬ 
tiful color plans for home decoration; or 
write for sample tint cards of Alaba¬ 
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921 Grandville Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Dept V, 105 Water Street, New York City. 
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