HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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Pertinent Queries for the Home Builder 
T his is the average experi¬ 
ence in planning the bath¬ 
room equipment of a new 
home — 
First you see your bathroom 
shown in the architect’s blue 
prints. It looks something like 
this: 
Then you read over the speci¬ 
fications. They call for a bath, 
a lavatory, etc., described in 
more or less technical language. 
Then the estimates come in 
and are approved, if they seem 
reasonable. 
But do you know the difference 
between the various kinds of plumb¬ 
ing ware? Do you know the 
true economy of Imperial porce¬ 
lain—vitreous ware—enameled 
iron ? 
Do you consider each on the 
basis of eventual value as well as 
present cost? 
Do you know which will best 
fit your requirements — which 
can be most easily kept in spot¬ 
less condition—which will save 
repairs—which will contribute 
most to the value of your build¬ 
ing if rented and sold? 
Have you studied the possibil¬ 
ities for harmony, for comfort, 
and for luxury that can be had 
in modern bathroom equipment? 
To answer these pertinent 
questions we offer a 79-page 
booklet “Modern Plumbing.’’ 
It shows 47 views of model bath¬ 
room and kitchen interiors with 
full descriptions and prices of the 
fixtures used. Send 4 c. postage. 
One of the Model Interiors featured and 
described in “Modern Plumbing.” 
Send for a copy. 
PIOMHN 
MOTT IRON WORKS 
1828 EIGHTY-FIVE TEARS OF SUPREMACY 19J3 
Fifth Avenue & 17th Street, New York Works at Trenton, N. J. 
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Stained with Dexter Old Colonial White Stain. 
B. H. Shepard, Architect 
New York 
This Architect Says — 
“Shall be very glad to forward you a photograph of house 
on which I used your No. 153 (Old Colonial) White Stain with 
so much success. I have been using your shingle stains for 
about 10 years, and am pleased to state that they have al¬ 
ways been perfectly satisfactory as to durability and color. 
(Signed) “B. H. Shepard.” 
'ENGL/S/I SHINGLE 
Ask YOUR architect about Dexter Stains. Send for 22 
miniature stained shingles and Booklet A. 
Dexter Brothers Co‘. - - 115 Broad Street, Boston. 
branch office: ii 33 Broadway, New York. 
Also makers of DEXTROLITE, the ONLY WHITE ENAMEL which does 
NOT TURN YELLOW 
AGENTS: H. M. Hooker Co., Chicago; Asam Bros.. Inc. 
917 Arch St., Philadelphia; F. H. McDonald, Grand Rap¬ 
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Wash., and Portland, Ore.; R. McC Bullington & Co., 
Richmond; A. R. Hale, 818 Hennon Bldg., New Orleans; 
Hoffschlaeger Co., Honolulu; and Dealers, 
September, 1913 
A House That Is Different 
(Continued from page 147) 
room to meet a short rug at either end.. 
The eight-foot end of the room opposite- 
the stairs is all occupied by a built-in. 
dresser, green like the rest of the wood¬ 
work, including the plate rack which runs- 
almost the entire length of the room oppo¬ 
site the windows. The three windows, set 
close together and all shaded with one- 
awning, form a frame for a beautiful pic¬ 
ture of shadowy lake, green fields, fertile 
hills and waving trees. Opposite the: 
windows, which are curtained with the 
coarsest square mesh, cream-colored scrim,, 
is the substitute for dining-room chairs— 
one long bench close to the wall! In- 
front of the bench is the dining-table, 
seven feet long by two feet wide. Table- 
and bench were both made after an Italian' 
design drawn by Mrs. Rice, and the white- 
wood is stained a bright, light Italian! 
green. The table is lacquered and no- 
cloth is used. The wood is rubbed every 
day with cottonseed oil, and once a year 
has a coat of pure white varnish, well 
rubbed down. Grease spots are readily 
removed with gasolene. There are, how¬ 
ever, two green armchairs with rush seats,, 
for use at either end of the table. 
The linen used is the coarsest Italian! 
linen, and where trimming is desired,. 
Armenian lace is used — a splendid substi¬ 
tute for the expensive filet. The dishes- 
are the cheap Italian ware, twenty-five- 
cents each for plates, and other dishes in 
proportion. Imagine, if you can, eating 
from this vivid green table, with the greeni 
woodwork about you and the blue Med¬ 
iterranean of the walls, while before you 1 
is spread the little masterpiece of nature 
framed by the windows. 
Each bedroom is dainty in itself, one 
being decorated in wistaria colors, with 
rugs dyed and furniture painted to cor¬ 
respond ; one in pink rose, one in yellow, 
etc.; but the main charm of the house lies 
below stairs. 
A Hardy Border of Succession 
Bloom 
(Continued from page 149) 
moment’s notice. There is a worm that 
attacked it until we dug a guerdon of coal 
ash about it. 
A flower border should have a long 
period of bloom to make up for the cov¬ 
ered winter months when evergreens and 
even leafless shrubs have the advantage 
over it. To waken it early, there is noth¬ 
ing like the bulbs. Once the bulbs are 
planted in a border of this kind, there is 
no reason to take them up until their very 
happiness at being left in peace makes 
them too numerous. There were only 
fifty crocuses in the border the first year, 
and now in spots there are a dozen where 
one was planted. Their foliage is some¬ 
times two feet across, but the bulbs are 
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