HOUSE AND GARDEN 
328 
November, 
I9D 
Villa D’Este, Tivoli, Italy. 
This splendid garden of the Old World shows admirably what 
delightful effects can be secured by a proper selection and arrange¬ 
ment of garden ornament. You, too, can enjoy the exquisite 
pleasure of just such a garden furnished with exact reproductions 
of masterpieces of sculpture or original designs in Pompeian Stone. 
Our collection of over 1,500 models of vases, fountains, sun dials, statu¬ 
ary, benches and other garden furniture presents unlimited possibilities in 
the decoration of your estate. Mantels and Hall Ornaments for interior use. 
Our handsome illustrated catalogue is sent free on request. 
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WHAT IS ORIENTAL 
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Thickness, durability, lustrous silky bloom due to 
natural oil in young lambs’ wool softened by age in the 
rug; rich, glinting unfadable colors not blended nor 
stained; perfect condition: artistic design. Such are 
collectors rugs, nearly extinct, existing at rate of one 
per thousand. The other 999 are made to sell, will not 
enhance, are bleached and ironed for temporary gloss, 
or are raw bright and will fade to dull tones. I do not 
handle them. Good rugs harmonize like paintings. I 
hawe some at most attractive prices. Any other 
quality is sheer extravagance regardless of price. 
Selections sent on approval. T pay express both ways. 
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181 CAYUGA STREET, SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK 
Garden and Hall 
Furniture 
Guaranteed to stand any 
climate; 
Marbles, Terra Cotta, 
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etc. 
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There is a Tag attached to every one of the genuine indoor 
Gaumbr. 
Hand Wrought 
Cighting Fixture* 
that guarantees the lasting quality of the FINISH 
whether it be Bronze, Antique Brass or Copper, Old Sil¬ 
ver or Hammered Swedish Iron. 
That Guarantee Tag is your insurance against unneces¬ 
sary expense of refinishing later on. Your Dealer will 
attach the guarantee tag if you insist on it — it’s yours by 
right. 
JOHN L. GAUMER Co., Dept. A 
22d and Wood Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A. 
other well-known maker of high-class, 
eight-day, brass works clocks, which he 
sold for $125 to $300. There was also a 
clock-maker named Wood, of Hollis, 
N. H., who made good clocks in that town. 
John Hunt, of Farmington, Conn., was 
at work probably about 1820, for he made 
wood-shelf clocks and spelled Conn, with 
one n. Pond, of Portsmouth, N. H., was 
at work about 1810, for to him Simon Wil¬ 
lard, Jr., was apprenticed. David Blas- 
dell and his son, of the same name, were 
settled in Amesbury, Mass., the former in 
1733, the latter in 1753. 
The Rhode Island makers seem gener¬ 
ally to have combined their trade with that 
of silversmithing, and I have discussed 
them pretty thoroughly elsewhere. 
Housing the Horse and Cow 
I T occasionally happens that the architect 
is called upon to design a building for 
a horse and a cow, or latterly an automo¬ 
bile and a cow, the owner wishing to pro¬ 
vide against the possibilities of impure 
milk by securing it fresh from his own 
animal. Generally, the cheapest and best 
method for such a person to pursue in his 
quest for clean milk is to buy it. If he 
can purchase milk which has been certified, 
it will be cleaner and better than any he 
will be likely to produce for himself. If 
he lives where such milk is not obtainable, 
or wants the fun of creating his own milk 
supply, that is another matter, and one 
which we will now take up briefly. 
The disadvantage of keeping the single 
cow has not to do with that patient animal 
itself, but with the care which it is neces¬ 
sary to take in keeping her clean and in 
milking her properly in sanitary surround¬ 
ings. Such an establishment is usually 
taken care of by “the man,” who works in 
the garden, tends the horse, and is as 
likely as not to clean out the horse stable 
just before he seats himself to milk. To 
teach such an individual, and to hope that 
he will retain the most rudimentary knowl¬ 
edge of what is necessary for clean milk, 
seems too much to expect. A good house¬ 
keeper would hardly call upon the stable¬ 
man to come directly from his work and 
help the cook prepare the dinner, and yet 
it is quite usual to have him proceed under 
those conditions to prepare the milk, which 
is eaten raw, and is a much more delicate 
substance and more liable to infection than 
any cooked food prepared in the home. 
Consequently, the substitution of a dairy 
maid for the milking at least is greatly to 
be desired. If this is an impractical sug¬ 
gestion, and perhaps the carrying out of it 
might cause a revolution in some house¬ 
holds, then the only thing is to urge “the 
man” to be as clean as possible and try 
and remember to wash his hands before he 
milks, and to give up the habit of chewing 
tobacco during the operation. The cow’s 
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