House and Garden 
THE BARDSLEY 
— Improved 1904 Pattern - 
Can be ap¬ 
plied to either 
a right-hand 
or left-hand 
door, or either 
side of a door 
without any 
change what¬ 
ever. It has 
a coiled wire 
spring, the 
most durable 
form of spring 
known, and is 
the easiest of 
Door Checks 
to apply. 
JOSEPH BARDSLEY, ^Vvofk cft x y ter st 
Boston, 19 Pearl St. Chicago, 86 Lake St. St. Louis, 404 Security Bldg. 
Cincinnati, 3135 Epwortb Avenue San Francisco, 519 Mission Street 
Artistic Columns 
GThere is nothing more artistic or more 
admired in architecture than perfect classic 
columns. They give to a residence the 
beauty, dignity and appearance of hospi¬ 
tality, so much desired and sought after. 
CtKoH’s Patent Lock Joint Columns are 
absolutely true in their classic proportions. 
They are so constructed that it is impos¬ 
sible for the staves to separate. Being 
perfectly seasoned, they are absolutely 
weatherproof. 
CYou can not secure for your home or 
garden more beautiful or more durable 
columns than these. 
CtWrite to-day for our illustrated Catalog 
P, showing them in use in many beautiful 
buildings and gardens. 
Henry Sanders Company 
860-1060 Elston Ave., Chicago 
Eastern Office: 1123 Broadway, New York 
In regard to hardware, select some¬ 
thing of Colonial pattern in brush brass. 
From the addresses I send you you can 
certainly obtain exactly what you desire. 
1 he gas and electric fixtures should also 
be of brush brass and suggestive of the 
Colonial style. 
If you are using a plate rail with a 
wainscot effect, or a wainscot in your 
dining-room, you will perhaps prefer to 
use the plain grass-cloth in golden brown 
for the lower wall and a tree pattern for 
the upper wall treatment. Choose 
something suggestive of tapestry. The 
brown boles of the trees and the brown¬ 
ish background will bring this into har¬ 
mony with the brown lower. If you have 
this treatment in the dining-room I 
would advise against any pictures, as 
you can obtain your decorative effects 
from steins, good pieces of copper and 
brass and certain decorative pieces of 
china used on the plate rail. 
I send you samples of the various 
materials suggested that you may see 
the effect that these will have used 
together. 
EXTERIOR COLOR AND INTERIOR STAIN 
FOR A COTTAGE 
Enclosed find stamped envelope and 
picture of one story cottage ready for 
outside painting. I should be very 
thankful to you if you would give me 
advice on the color I ought to choose. I 
should like it best in brown but I cannot 
decide about the exact shade. 
The inside is going to have oak floors 
and chestnut standing woodwork. I 
should be very glad too, if you would give 
me your advice about the color of stain 
I ought to use. V. M. P. 
Answer: Your request for sugges¬ 
tions as to the exterior color for the cottage 
of which you sent me photograph is at 
hand. I would suggest for the body 
of the house a golden brown paint some¬ 
thing not too light in color, the trim to be 
of ivory or deep cream. The roof would 
look well stained a lighter shade of brown 
or a moss green. I am sending you the 
names of firms from whom you can 
obtain samples of these colors. For 
your porch floor a grayish tan would be 
your best choice in color. 
For the interior of the house, where I 
note you will use chestnut for the stand¬ 
ing woodwork, the stain I would advise 
shows a soft brown tone. This is most 
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White, Architect, roofed with Asbestos “ Century ” Shingles, laid French Method. 
Exposed to the action of the atmosphere and elements for a short period, the hydration and 
subsequent crystallization which takes place, converts Asbestos “ Century ” Shingles into absolutely 
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Asbestos “ Century ” Shingles are 5 cents per square foot at Ambler, Pa. 
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