One of the thousands 
of selected gifts found 
at Lewis & Conger's 
nstmas. 
T HE entire question of Christ¬ 
mas giving may be summed up 
in one word—selecting. If you knew 
of one good, appropriate thing for 
each of those to whom you will give 
at Christmas time—friends, relatives, 
acquaintances—whether men, 
women or children, the Christmas 
question would be solved. 
But better even than this, is to 
have spread before you, wisely 
grouped, an infinite number of the 
best possibilities for everyone you 
may think of—meeting your every 
requirement as to purpose, quality 
and price. 
For this reason, careful shoppers 
will make up their Christmas lists 
in our salesrooms. 
Write us about 
Sanitary Composition Flooring 
because it is fire-proof, water-proof, germ and 
vermin-proof, easy to keep clean, durable, prac¬ 
tical, pleasant to wa*k or stand on, will not dis¬ 
integrate or wear dusty. 
Easily applied over any old or new floor, ready 
for use in 36 hours. 
Samples and literature free 
SANITARY COMPOSITION FLOOR COMPANY 
60 Onondaga Street :: Syracuse, New York 
Christens 
nriiDi Ksas^ roi $ D !§) 
ings. For the smoker there are of course 
all sorts of contrivances from the little ash 
tray and cigar holder on a tall slender metal 
standard to be placed at the side of an 
easy chair to the elaborately fitted out 
smoker’s cabinet of mahogany or English 
wicker. Handsome old English cut glass 
decanters in various designs that make un¬ 
usual presents may be had at from $5 to 
$15, and as the acme of solid comfort 
there is a tall reading lamp on a standard 
five feet high, to which is attached a little 
circular wooden tray, an ash tray with 
match holder and a metal book support. 
These tall lamps, incidentally, are quite 
the newest thing in the scheme of lighting, 
and some of them are in the shape of 
enormous candles placed in candlesticks, 
others have elaborate standards of brass 
or bronze, and the newest glass shades, 
seen on many of them, are clever repro¬ 
ductions of shirred silk, to be had in anv 
desired color and which give the effect of 
a handsome silk shade. 
Book and magazine stands in mahogany 
or oak, that can be had in a great variety 
of prices and designs, mahogany or 
bronze book blocks, and the newer book 
wagons, literary adaptations of the tea- 
wagon, so to speak, are all useful for the 
man who takes pleasure in his library, 
and in selecting these as gifts one can rest 
assured that they are in good taste and de¬ 
cidedly worth while. A small piece of 
furniture apparently belonging in the li¬ 
brary is handicapped by the unattractive 
title of “gout stool.” With one end like 
an ordinary footstool, the other very much 
higher, it is designed to make the easy 
chair still easier, and is placed with the 
higher end against the chair so that the 
feet are raised as in a steamer chair. As 
an ornamental piece of furniture it leaves 
much to be desired, for it is strange look¬ 
ing, to say the least; but there is no ques¬ 
tion about its usefulness, and it may be 
had upholstered in material to match the 
covering of the chair with which it is to 
be used. 
Even if he has no tendency toward 
gout, is not literary, and never smokes, 
there are so many attractive and useful 
articles in which he would doubtless be 
glad to have at least a proprietary interest, 
that there is no reason why the man of the 
house should not be included among the 
recipients of home furnishing gifts. 
Braided Rugs and Their Making 
(Continued from page 379) 
be a figured calico. Start with a center of 
ten inches in length with five rows of all 
gray braid. Continue four rows of braid 
with two strands of gray and one of pink. 
Then go on with a braid of two strands of 
pink and one of gray. Follow these with 
one row of a braid of two strands of gray 
and one strand of pink. Then one row of 
all gray braid. Finish the rug with two 
rows of braid made of two strands of gray 
writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
(405) 
W E want you to 
have a copy of 
our valuable 1914 Seed 
Catalog. 
It is a carefully planned 
book of 160 pages 
containing a wonderful 
list of flower and vege¬ 
table seeds, garden tools, 
etc., in addition to real 
advice and a wealth of 
suggestions about your 
Spring planting. 
It is adequately ill us- 
trated, and its 160 
pages are 160 reasons 
why you will And it 
of interest and value. ■ 
Send us your name now 
and we will mail you a 
copy of this book (free) 
as soon as the first 
edition is off the press 
—before January ist. 
| J. M. Thorburn C& Co. 
53E Barclay Street - New York 
This is the California ^ 
Poppy—ioc. enclosed 
with yonr letter will 
