CONTENTS 
JANUARY 1913 
Cover Design 
Photograph by E. J. Hall 
Contents Design 
Photograph by Thomas Ellison 
Frontispiece: The Terrace of the Thomas Kerr Residence 
Photograph by Harry Won tan t 
That Window Problem . n 
By Draper Williamson 
The Kind of a Roof for Your House. 14 
By Frank Chouteau Brown 
Water Supply in Town and Country. 17 
By Charles E. White, Jr. 
Mistakes We Made in Building Our House. 20 
By Charles K. Farrington 
Some Building Economies . 21 
By William Draper Brinckle 
The Way the Architect Works. 23 
By Allen IV. Jackson 
The Vital Functions of Light in the Home. 26 
By F. Laurent Godinez 
Planning the Layout of the Small Lot. 29 
By Charles R. Wait 
House Walls and their Making. 32 
By Arthur Byne 
Ferns that can be Grown Successfully Indoors. 35 
By F. F. Rockivell 
What You Should Know About Plumbing 
By Mark Dean 
A House at Mt. Kisco, New York . 40 
Biglow & Wadsworth, Architects 
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Inside the House. j 42 
An After Dinner Coffee Stand 
Convenient Bathroom Fittings 
Suggestions for Christmas Decorations 
For the Butler’s Pantry 
Garden Suggestions and Queries. 44 
Planning this Year's Garden 
Small Greenhouse Work 
Vines For Window Decoration 
Insuring Good Fruit 
Editorial . 46 
McBride, nast y company, 
31 East 17th Street, New York 
Robert M. McBride, President; Conde Nast, Vice-President; Henry H. Saylor, Treasurer. Published Monthly. 25 cents per copy; $3.00 per year. For 
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VOLUME XXIII 
Copyright, 1912 by McBride, Nast & Co. 
NUMBER 1 
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