HOUSE AND GARDEN 
240 
October, 1913 
1—lorries of Distinction 
From coast to coast you will find many 
homes that owe their charm and distinction 
to the fact that they are faced with 
Hy-tex buck 
They are homes of men and women who buy the facing for their 
homes with the same economy they exercise in other purchases. 
Send for these 
booklets today: 
*'Suggestions for Small Hy - 
tex Homes. ** Pictures and foot 
plans of 26 houses of really moderate 
cost. Sent ft r four cents to cover 
mailing charges. 
“Genuine Economy in Home 
Building. ’ * Deals with the prob¬ 
lems of build.tig from the home¬ 
builder’s point c f view. Sent for ten 
cents to cover mailing charges. 
Careful investigation has convinced them that only in Hy-tex 
Brick can be found the utmost in fire-safety, permanence, comfort, 
beauty and economy in facing material. 
Houses faced with Hy-tex are slightly higher in first cost than frame and 
other cheap construction, but saving in fuel, insurance premiums and up-keep 
charges wipe out this difference in a very short time. 
Isn’t Hy-tex worthy of your, consideration before you select the facing 
for your next home? 
HYDRAULIC-PRESS BRICK. COMPANY 
Dept. G. 10 St. Louis, Mo. 
BRANCH OFFICES and EXHIBIT ROOMS: Baltimore, Md.; Chicago, 
Ill.; Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland, O.; Davenport, la.; Indianapolis. Ind.; 
Kansas City, Mo.; Minneapolis, Minn.; New York City; Omaha. Neb.; 
Philadelphia, Pa.; Toledo, Ohio; Washington, D. C. 
THIS is the MOST INTERESTING TIME TO VISIT 
ANDORRA 
To see our Specimen Trees and Shrubs, especially the 
immense stock of Hardy Acclimated Rhododendrons, 
Azaleas and Peonies in bloom. Send for Price list . 
ANDORRA NURSERIES B h X Philadelphia!^^. 
WM. WARNER HARPER Proprietor 
Concealing the Radiator 
(Continued from page 215) 
everywhere provided with central heating. 
Efforts were made before everything else 
to introduce transportable coverings, 
which could be easily installed, taken apart 
and forwarded, fulfilling all requirements 
of practical use and good taste. 
The covering shown at the bottom of 
page 212 (the extreme left) with the 
pendant bead chains and brass top is a 
good example of this. Other illustrations 
show the same principle, the improvements 
which have resulted from efforts after 
greater suitability, such as that in the 
right-hand lower corner of page 212; a 
radiator covering of sheet iron with pend¬ 
ant small plates. The pendant portion is 
fastened to a movable track and the lattice 
work can be lowered. In the illustration 
at the head of this article, the arrangement 
of the room necessitated a more chimney¬ 
like construction, which was attained by 
the mantle of glazed tiles standing on ball¬ 
like feet. For esthetic considerations and 
practical reasons combined it was inserted 
in the wall. Similar heater coverings of 
tile are made which are practical combi¬ 
nations of gas heater and radiator cover, 
an arrangement often welcome in a raw 
climate or on the cool days during the 
spring and fall. Such mantles are trans¬ 
portable. The colored tiles are loosely in¬ 
serted from above in upright frames of 
sheet iron, and they are worked so smooth 
that the settling of dust is prevented. 
All the examples depicted here prove 
how zealously they are at work in Ger¬ 
many to combine utility and beauty of ef¬ 
fect in all branches of domestic architec¬ 
ture and house furnishing, and also in the 
technical arrangements, not only to satisfy 
practical requirements but to find ways of 
carrying them out in a manner pleasing to 
the eye. With all the progress and im¬ 
provements, resulting from old and new 
material, old and new methods of working, 
old experiences and new machines, tradi¬ 
tion and new ideas, we are endeavoring to 
adapt our houses and their contents to our 
present living requirements. What thus 
results and becomes every year more ma¬ 
ture and settled, will in no way depart 
from its popular character. It must rather 
be openly acknowledged that it will be of 
service to those living in this century. 
Even if its forms may not be so elegant, 
graceful or representative as the produc¬ 
tions of many a past epoch, we hope that 
these efforts will lead to a distinctive, ma¬ 
ture and national taste, which will be in 
time understood and perhaps appreciated, 
even bewpnd our boundaries—to a new 
German style springing from the practical 
requirements and living conditions of our 
age of unlooked for technical development 
and social revolution. 
The Garden That Grows Indoors 
(Continued from page 211) 
November or December, when they should 
be taken into the house, and when their 
growth has developed to some extent they 
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