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way that such screens have rolled from 
time immemorial. 
Means of lighting is another considera¬ 
tion in fitting up the porch room, in places 
at least where the industrious mosquito 
does not have to be reckoned with. If a 
house is wired for electricity there are, 
of course, several ways in which the porch 
may be lighted, from side brackets or the 
shaded lights in the ceiling. An effect of 
coziness that is not possible with fixed 
lights placed at such a height may be had 
by the use of the wicker stand with shade 
to match, into which an incandescent light 
is inserted, giving the appearance of a 
lamp. If there is not electricity in the 
house the best porch light is the candle 
lamp, that burns oil, but is constructed 
in the shape of a candle and has a wind¬ 
shield, to make it thoroughly practical for 
out-of-door use. 
In numberless small ways, as well as in 
furnishings and rugs, the comforts and 
attractions of the porch are constantly 
being added to, until it can be made a 
place of luxurious ease, undreamed of in 
the days when Grandma dragged the sec¬ 
ond best rocking-chair out of the parlor 
onto the bare, rectangular front porch and 
rocked on the squeaky boards for an hour 
dr two after supper. Porch pillows are 
considered a necessity as a matter of 
course in these days, and among other 
novelties is a waterproof fabric, a figured 
design in green, especially made for pil¬ 
lows and chair cushions used out-of-doors, 
that will stand endless hard wear and re¬ 
peated wettings. 
Circular trays with substantial handles 
over the top and compartments for a num¬ 
ber of glasses make the serving of refresh¬ 
ments on the porch a thing easily accom¬ 
plished. These can be had in nickel or in 
willow, and will hold from six to twelve 
glasses each. Serving trays made of 
wicker with glass bottoms over cretonne, 
although they have been used for several 
years, are continually shown in new 
shapes and sizes for porch service, and 
double-deck tables of generous size in the 
same combination of willow and cretonne 
are among the newer pieces of outdoor 
furniture seen this season. 
One thing is certain. The great Amer¬ 
ican public never did a more sensible thing 
than when it moved out on the porch for 
its summer campaign. Health and happi¬ 
ness have followed close on the move, and 
the development of the porch room has 
brought about no end of additional pleas¬ 
ures in the good old vacation time. The 
call of outdoors is irresistible, even if it is 
a constricted outdoors, bounded on either 
side by neighborly dwellings, and the per¬ 
son who has as much as six feet square of 
porch and fails to put it to good use de¬ 
serves no better fate than a summer spent 
in a hot city, with a balcony, a front stoop, 
or even an ignominious fire-escape as his 
only breathing spot. 
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Drinking Fountains, Electroliers, Vases, Grills and 
Gateways, Settees and Chairs, Statuary, Aquariums, 
Tree-guards, sanitary fittings for stable and cow barn. 
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court-yard. 
In addition to the var¬ 
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