House and Garden 
But the home builder of to-day demands 
far more than an artistic structure; he 
requires a home in which health shall be 
assured, convenience studied, and com¬ 
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when incorporated into the home struc¬ 
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healthfulness and comfort.” 
SWIMMING POOLS 
T TP to the present time there have been 
'T b u t little data in printed form to 
assist the architect or engineer in the 
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buildings swimming pools are con¬ 
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them many valuable and interesting 
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Price, 50 cents. 
REMOVING PAINT AND VARNISH FROM 
HARDWOOD FLOORS 
TJEOPLE who are interested in 
cleaning of hardwood floors may 
be glad of some hints on the subject 
from the practical little journal called 
the Bautechnische Zeitschrift. Where 
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from the surface of floors or furniture, 
it is usual to treat them with soda. As 
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soda is employed, and applied cold. 
This in time accomplishes its task, but 
its action is slow, and not very efficient. 
A far better way is to use causticCsoda, 
Charles Reade 
and 
Ellen Terry 
Ellen Terry as 
“Lady Cicely Wayneflete ’ 
D ID you know that Charles Reade was a manager as 
well as a writer, and that it was he who persuaded 
Ellen Terry to return to the stage after she had given 
it up for good, and that if she had not gone back at this time it 
would have been Kate and not Ellen who would have been the 
Terry of the English stage? Ellen Terry went back to play 
the leading part in Charles Reade’s “The Wandering Heir,” 
which led to her playing Portia, the great part of her life. 
All this, in a style whose charm proves that Ellen Terry 
writes as well as she acts, is told in her personal reminis¬ 
cences now appearing in 
McClure’s Magazine 
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