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HO USE & GARDEN 
Christmas Is Coming 
A N eternal verity needs 
no apology. Christ¬ 
mas certainly is com¬ 
ing, with a thousand gaieties 
—and gifts! 
Gifts, is it? Before the first 
hint of snow we were hard at 
work anticipating the demand for 
them. In fact, for good things 
come slowly, it is many warm 
months since we busily set about 
accumulating the rich store of 
wonders which should make 
House & Garden guide, philoso¬ 
pher and friend to the Chrstmas 
giver. From our earliest search 
for the elusive article which 
names economy among its charms, 
to the discovery of the latest just- 
photographed-in-time novelty, our 
best endeavors have been spent in 
garnering a royal array, chosen 
for every taste and every purse. 
The Christmas Gifts Number 
will open its treasures to an ex¬ 
pectant world at the exactly cor¬ 
rect psychological moment; when, 
your Thanksgiving dinner di¬ 
gested, you know that you at last 
must settle down to the real busi¬ 
ness of the season—and buy those 
presents! 
Of course, you’re looking—all 
of us are—for the unique gift, 
the individual and exclusive and 
personalized gift. Just as you’re 
looking for the unusual and the 
distinctive in your house and 
surroundings. 
A small investment of $3 for a 
yearly subscription (twelve ex¬ 
ceptional numbers) may save you 
$300, or even $3,000 or more. 
Because of House & Garden's 
many valuable suggestions on 
building, which are practical; on 
gardening, which please, and on 
decorating and furnishing, which 
harmonize and make your home 
more attractive—you cannot well 
afford to be without this useful 
guide. 
Special Introductory Offer 
If you prefer, you may take advan¬ 
tage of our trial subscription offer (to 
new subscribers) for tbe next six in¬ 
tensely interesting and useful issues, 
at the special introductory price of $1. 
Let your subscription start with 
the December number (The Christmas 
Gifts Number). It is not necessary 
even to write a letter. If you choose, 
you may use the coupon. It is easier, 
quicker and more convenient. 
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O UR readers are urged to study and use (his index as a buying guide. 
You will find each advertiser offers a product of quality, depend¬ 
ability and value—that your wants, at all times, will receive prompt 
and courteous attention. If there are any other subjects in which you are 
interested and you do not find them listed below—do not hesitate to ash us - 
Whatever information you may desire about the home, whether it concerns 
your plans of building, decorating the interior, or the making of a garden 
—in fact—all indoors and out—we will gladly supply. 
Index to Advertisements 
Architects and Contractors 
Sykes Co., Inc., Geo. 7 
Barber & Ryno. 6 
Bird Houses 
Crescent Co., The. 67 
Dodson, Joseph H. 60 
Books & Magazines 
Architectural Record. 72 
Arts & Decorations. 71 
Building Age. 65 
Century. 6-63 
Collier’s. 73 
Craftsman. 63 
Curtis & Cameron. 66 
Lippincott Co., J. B. 7 
Metropolitan. 67 
National Magazine. 74 
Outing Magazine . 54 
Puck.... . 75 
Vanity Fair. 8 
Vogue. 62 
Building Materials 
Barrell Co., Wm. 65 
Casement Hard ware Co.. 70 
Chamberlin Met. Weatherstrip Co. . 54 
Corbin, P. & F. 63 
Crane Co., The. 61 
Crittall Casement Window Co. 61 
Interior Hardwood Co. 71 
Johns-Manville Co^ H. W. 59 
Ludowici-Celadon Co. 58 
Mallory Mfg. Co. 71 
Mastic Wall Board & Roofing Co. . . 67 
Monson Lustre Slate Co. 7 
Morgan Sash & Door Co. 55 
Mott Iron Works, J. L. 59 
National Fireproofing Co. 57 
Northwestern Expanded Metal Co. . 57 
Sandusky Portland Cement Co. 7 
Southern Cypress Mfrs. Assoc. 5 
Standard Stained Shingle Co. 56 
Stanley Works. 71 
Trenton Potteries Co., The. 7 
Union Metal Mfg. Co. 59 
White Pine Bureau. 65 
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., The. 58 
Bulbs 
Thorburn & Co., J. M. 68 
Tracy, B. Hammond . 69 
Fences 
American Fence Const. Co. 6 
Anchor Post Iron Works. 7 
Fiske Iron Works, J. W. 7 
Wright Wire Co. 71 
Filters 
Loomis-Manning Filter Distributing 
Co. .. 8 
Permutit Company. 61 
Furniture & Rugs 
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. 6 
Columbia Phonograph Co. . Back Cover 
Erskine-Danforth Corp. 70 
Flint & Horner . . .. 60 
Grand Rapids Furniture Co. 72 
Koopman & Son, H. 7 
La Place Antique Shop. 69 
Leavens & Co., Inc., Wm. 7 
Minnet & Co. 54 
Sloane, W. & J. 53 
Swift, Miss. 6 
Westrope, Susan . 67 
Whip-O-Will-O Furniture Co. 59 
Garden Accessories 
Callahan Duo Glazed Sash Co. 68 
Galloway Terra Cotta Co. 67 
Jones Co., The M. D. 7 
Sharonware Work Shop . 68 
Greenhouses 
Callahan Duo Glazed Sash Co. 65 
King Construction Co. 7 
Lutton, Wm. H. 71 
Moninger Co., John C. 67 
Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co. 65 
Heating & Lighting 
Biddle-Gaumer Co. 64 
Dunham Co., C. A. 3rd Cover 
Handel Company, The. 70 
Shapiro & Aaronson. 65 
Household Appliances 
Atlas Selling Agency. 65 
Bramhall, Deane Co. 69 
Hough Slade Corp. 7 
Majestic Company, The . 69 
Stephenson, C. H. 69 
Todhunter, Arthur. 69 
Western Electric Co.2nd Cover 
Wilson Corp., J. G. 69 
Household Furnishings 
Fulper Pottery Co. 64 
Gorham Co. 6 
International Silver Co. 1 
Irving Iron Works Co.. . 66 
Kathodion Bronze Works ... 70 
Lewis & Conger. 1 
Onward M’f’g. Co. 67 
Orinoka Mills. 68 
Silver Lake Co.,. 67 
Sunderland Bros. Co. 65 
Wiggin’s Sons Co., H. B. 67 
Interior Decoration 
School of Interior Decoration. 6 
Villoresi, Alfred. 66 
Landscape Architecture 
Hoopes Bros. & Thomas Co. 71 
Hoyt’s Sons Co., Stephen . 6 
Meehan & Sons, Thos. 6 
Moon, Wm. H. 61 
Moulder, George W. 6 
Lawn Mowers & Rollers 
Ideal Power Lawn Mower Co. 6 
Mantels 
Erkins Studios. 71 
Klaber & Co., S. 71 
Miscellaneous 
Atlas Preservative Co. 7 
Boston Garter. 6 
Jones, Miss Laro. 6 
Oliva. 6 
Pohlson’s Gift Shops. 6 
Pratt Co., B. G. 70 
Taylor Instrument Co. 69 
Valley Farm Co. 6 
White Co., The . 7 
Whitley, Frederic N. 6 
Nurseries 
Andorra Nurseries . 57 
Bobbink & Atkins. 69 
Dreer, Henry A. 70 
Elliott Nursery Co. 7 
Farr, B. H. . .. 54 
Hicks & Son, Isaac . 69 
Storrs & Harrison Co., The . 6 
Vicks’Sons, James . 6 
Paints, Varnishes, Etc. 
Cabot, Inc., Samuel. 7 
Caiman & Co., Emil . 7 
Johnson & Son, S. C. 68 
Lowe Bros. 64 
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc. .. 54 
Peonies 
Peterson, George H. 6 
Portable Houses 
Hodgson Co., E. F. 5 
Pruden, C. D. 69 
Poultry Runways & Houses 
Hodgson Co., E. F. 4 
Young Co., E. C. 4 
Refrigerators 
McCray Refrigerator Co. 7 
Seeds & Plants 
Berger & Co., H. H. 66 
Boddington, A. T. 64 
Burpee & Co., W. Atlee . 6 
Dingee & Conard Co., The. 7 
Marshall & Co., W. E. 67 
Pierson, A. N., Inc. 7 
The Dog Mart 2-3 
The Poultry Yard 4 
The Real Estate Mart 4-5 
Tree Surgery 
Davey Tree Expert Co. 7 
Water Supply Systems 
Bishop-Babcock-Becker Co. 68 
Myers & Bro., F. E. 57 
HOUSE & GARDEN, 440 Fourth Avenue, New York 
Playing Santa Claus 
A LL of us sooner or 
later reach the stage 
of realizing that it is 
time to stop giving the six- 
year-old nephew a rattle; 
that holly-boxes of candy, 
however saccharinely signifi¬ 
cant, may come in time to 
pall on the imaginative re¬ 
cipient; and that the kindly 
administered check, aside 
from its antographical 
value, lacks the always de¬ 
sirable “personal touch.” 
Sooner or later, we say, all of 
us, like the tired shop-girl and the 
lady-president of the Consumers’ 
League, wake up to the fact that 
Christmas is no joke at all, but a 
real, stark, unescapable problem. 
First Aid to the Giver 
Having suffered ourselves, we learn 
to sympathize with others. With you 
in mind, we have made out a list of 
Christmas gifts, pleasing and alpha¬ 
betical. Some of these gifts may be 
unusual, but all of them are accept¬ 
able. (Provided you use discrimina¬ 
tion. Of course, the smoking-stand 
isn’t for mother, and andirons won’t 
do for the baby.) 
The real point is that this coupon 
list is practical—earns its keep as the 
advertisement says. All you have to 
do is select the items in which you are 
interested and which will make you a 
welcome figure on Christmas morning, 
and mail the coupon to the House & 
Garden Information Service. We 
shall be very glad to send you names 
of the places which supply the ar¬ 
ticles, to put you in touch with them, 
and to see that you receive any cata¬ 
logs or leaflets they may have. 
Send the Coupon 
You may enclose the coupon in an 
envelope or paste it on a postal; or 
if you prefer you may write a special 
letter. 
Of course, you simply can’t believe 
that it is time to think of Christmas 
shopping; but anticipate that horrible 
dilemma on December 24th and mail 
the coupon now. 
Send the Coupon Today 
Read "Christmas Is Coming” opposite column 
Free Information Coupon 
House & Garden,445 Fourth Avenue, New York 
I would like to know more about the 
subjects checked below or those outlined 
in the letter attached. Please send me 
names of dealers in these articles and 
arrange for me to receive their illustra- 
tive matter. 
...Andirons 
Sewing-Ma¬ 
...Phonographs 
...Aquariums 
chines 
...Pictures 
Bowls 
Stoves 
...Porcelain 
Stands 
Toasters 
...Pottery 
...Ash-trays 
Torches 
...Silverware 
...Bath-scales 
...Fire-screens 
.. .Smoking-stands 
...Bird-baths 
...Floor-lamps 
...Statuary 
...Bird-houses 
...Flower-boxes 
...Sun-dials 
...Books 
Holders 
...Tables 
...Book-ends 
Pots 
Card 
...B^ass 
Vases 
Sewing 
.. .Bulbs 
...Foot-stools 
Tea 
...Candlesticks 
.. .Garden-baskets 
.. .Tea-wagons 
...Cedar Chests 
Benches 
.. .Telephone-shields 
...Chairs 
Books 
.. .Thermos-bottles 
...Children’s Fur¬ 
...Glassware 
...Toasting forks 
niture 
...Hanging Lan¬ 
.. .Tool-boxes 
...Clocks 
terns 
.. Toys 
...Copper 
.. .Desk-sets 
...Hammocks 
.. .Traveling-Bags 
...Lamps 
Cases 
.. Dogs 
...Lamp-shades 
...Trays 
...Door Knockers 
...Mirrors 
...Trive’s 
Plates 
...Novelties 
.. .Weather-vanes 
Stops 
...Oriental Ar¬ 
...Willow Baskets 
...Electric 
ticles 
Chairs 
Bed-warmers 
...Painted Furni¬ 
Lamps 
Chafing-dishes 
ture 
Tables 
Curling-irons 
Tin 
...Wood-baskets 
Percolators 
Wood 
Holders 
.. .Paper-weights 
...Writing-cases 
Name 
Address. 
I. H. & G. 11-16 
