HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 
275 
The House Furnisher’s Bulletin 
New York is the market place of the world and into its shops, great and small, pour all the best products of 
the artisan, the decorator, arid the furniture maker. All that goes toward making the home of good taste, may 
be purchased in this city. To give the readers advantage of the city’s shops, the sharp eyes of experts are 
to be constantly employed in ferreting out for this column all that goes to make the house distinctive. 
A CONVENIENCE for the guest room 
that is, in fact, almost a necessity, 
is a light-weight folding stand for a suit¬ 
case or a small automobile trunk. It looks 
like an ordinary camp stool, except that it 
is larger, and, of course, stronger, and in 
place of the carpet or canvas seat, there are 
wide bands of webbing on which to place 
the piece of luggage. It is quite as easily 
handled and disposed of when not in use 
as is the camp stool, and can be tucked 
away out of sight when there are no visi¬ 
tors in the house. For larger trunks, there 
is a more substantial stand, made entirely 
of wood. This, too, can be folded up and 
put away, as the supports at either end are 
hinged and can be doubled under the top. 
T HE wardrobe trunk has been used as 
a model for a new piece of furni¬ 
ture that will be particularly appreciated 
by persons who live in limited quarters, 
although it is an addition to a dressing 
room of any size. It is a small wardrobe, 
not much taller, in fact, than the largest 
of the trunks, with fittings in the shape 
of clothes hangers similar to those in the 
trunks. The same conveniences are shown, 
with the top rods that swing outward, 
making it easy to get at any particular gar¬ 
ment, the crosspiece that holds the clothes 
in place, and the arrangement is such that 
every inch of space is utilized. The ward¬ 
robes may be had with single or double 
doors, in oak or mahogany finish, or with 
a frame of wood and sides of gay-colored 
cretonne. 
T HE little telephone table, made here¬ 
tofore of comparatively inexpensive 
woods, has proved itself so useful that it 
is now shown in handsome models, quite 
suitable for furnishings of the most elabo¬ 
rate character. The original design has 
been followed in the little square, rather 
tall, table with a swinging bracket for the 
telephone receiver over the top, the shal¬ 
low compartment for the telephone book 
just below, and a small square stool that 
fits in under the table when not in use. 
Instead of being made in a cheap grade 
of stained wood, intended only for an 
out-of-the-way corner or an inconspicuous 
place under the staircase, these later 
models are of English oak, combined with 
cane that matches it in color, just at pres¬ 
ent the newest and most popular style of 
furniture. The top of the table, and also 
of the stool, is of cane, and the legs are in 
a twisted design, making an unusually at¬ 
tractive-looking piece of furniture. 
A N unusually pretty after-dinner coffee 
set, and one that is thoroughly prac¬ 
tical as well, has in place of the regulation 
tray a rather thick section of highly pol¬ 
ished wood, with handles at either end, 
and slightly indented places for the various 
pieces of the set. Metal rims finish these 
sunken places and serve to hold the pieces 
securely in place when carried about. The 
set is of Dresden china, with beautiful dec¬ 
orations of tiny flowers, and the handles of 
the tray are little china bars that match 
the pieces, set into metal ends. 
T HE double vegetable dish, usually 
seen in Sheffield plate, has been 
utilized as a model for a breakfast dish 
that ought to prove useful and popular. 
The familiar vegetable dish, either oval or 
square in shape, has a cover with a handle 
that can be removed so that when reversed 
the cover makes a second dish, only a little 
smaller than the lower section and exactly 
like it in shape. The new dish for the 
breakfast table is of perfectly plain silvei, 
circular in shape, and only about six inches 
in diameter. With the cover on it makes 
a serviceable porridge dish, or the handle 
of the cover can be removed and the dish 
used for serving two kinds of food. 
A SIMPLE and inexpensive night light 
that is quite as serviceable as gas 
or electricity, and safer than kerosene, has 
a standard like an ordinary glass candle¬ 
stick into which is fitted one of the short, 
thick candles made especially for the pur¬ 
pose. Over the candle is a glass bell or 
wind shield, with a small opening at the 
top. The candle, which has the advantage 
of being perfectly safe when protected in 
this way, will burn for about eight hours, 
and the glass standard may be had either 
in candlestick shape or with a handle at¬ 
tached. 
O NE of the newest forms of flower 
decoration for the dining-table is a 
rather elaborate set, consisting of a large 
central holder for the flowers and four 
smaller ones in the same design. These 
new pieces come in cut glass or the more 
popular rock crystal, and the large central 
holder is shaped like a vase or urn, the four 
smaller ones being exact miniatures of it. 
Chains made of long oval links of glass 
extend from the large vase to each of the 
smaller ones, and the effect under artificial 
light is very lovely. Much the same idea 
is carried out in an elaborate silver center- 
piece shaped like a large basket, with four 
smaller baskets swinging from the corners. 
The Cowan 
SOLID MAHOGANY 
Tea Wagon 
tROn SPECIALLY PRICED 
TWENTY DOLLARS V?V/ 
This is one of the most artistic 
of all Tea Wagons and a perfect 
example of Cowan “Cabinet 
Work”—The World’s Standard 
in Mahogany Period Furniture. 
The Cowan Tea Wagon is the 
universal choice in fashion cen¬ 
ters, where it is displacing the 
side table quite generally. 
It is made of solid selected 
mahogany. All its joints are 
dovetailed or tenoned together 
instead of nailed and screwed, following the hand con¬ 
struction of “Old Colonial” furniture. 
A removable tray top, with a selected glass bottom, pro¬ 
tects from heat or stain the natural beauty of the solid 
mahogany top without concealing its richness of grain. 
The wheels with their narrow running edges assure 
quiet moving and are constructed to add staunchness 
to the entire piece. 
A lower mahogany shelf, with beaded edge and grace¬ 
ful curve, gives the final touch of beauty and service¬ 
ability. 
The Cowan Tea Wagon is of similar value to the 
Cowan Martha Washington Sewing Table which we 
advertised last month at $15. 
Both these pieces cgwjsNT trade marked (b e 
sure you find thismark) can be had of 
the Cowan furniture dealer in your city. If there 
is no dealer in your locality carrying the Cowan lines 
we will have our nearest dealer supply you. 
W. K. COWAN fc? COMPANY 
476 EAST OHIO STREET, CHICAGO 
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