House and Garden 
- The Standard of Excellence - 
in Builders’ 
Fine Hardware 
With Correct Designs in 
all the Leading Schools of 
Art is found in the produc¬ 
tions of 
P. & F. 
CORBIN 
N. W. Corner 
Eighth and Arch Streets 
PHILADELPHIA 
FACTORIES 
New Britain, Conn. 
Interior view of the First Church of Christ, 
Scientist, Boston, Mass., in which we laid 
30,000 feet of Interlocking Rubber 'I'iling, in 
a solid color, to harmonize with the stone 
finish. 
Interlocking 
Rubber Tiling 
Noiseless, non-slippery, restful to the feet, 
sanitary, extraordinarily durable. The finest 
floor for use in public buildings, hanks, offices, 
theatres, hospitals, libraries, kitchens, laun¬ 
dries, billiard rooms, bath rooms, stairways, 
etc., etc. 
Samples, estimates, and special designs fur¬ 
nished upon application. 
Beware of infringers. Patented. 
Manufactured solely by 
Foyer of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Boston. M 
New York Belting and Packing Company, Ltd., 
91 and 93 Chambers Street, New York City 
Chicago: 150 Lake Street. 
St. Louis: 218-220 Chestnut Street. 
Philadelphia: 118-120 North 8th Street. 
San Francisco : '| 
Oakland : I Cal. 
E. nth Street and 3d Avenue. J 
Boston : 232 Summer Street. 
Indianapolis, Ind. : 229 South Meridian St. 
Baltimore: 114 West Baltimore Street. 
Buffalo : 600 Prudential Building. 
Pittsburgh : 913-915 Liberty Avenue. 
Spokane, Wash. : 163 S. Lincoln Street. 
Sole European Depot, Anglo-American Rub¬ 
ber Co., Ltd., 58 Holborn Viaduct, London, 
E. C. 
of color, are most of them used on well- 
known \Aoods, and are clean, durable 
and true, containing no aniline or min¬ 
eral paint, and rich effects as only 
Nature aided by time has hitherto pro¬ 
duced to perfection. 
Note. —In line with the December Talk in 
these columns is the article presented above. 
Here we have the view-point of the artisan who, 
with the artist’s love for the beautiful and true, 
combines great technical knowledge of the most 
advanced treatment of woods, as well as practi¬ 
cal and exclusive knowledge obtained through 
experiments of his own. This man is employed 
by a leading firm, and expends most of his time 
in producing the very especial effects desired by 
the architect; it will, therefore, be readily realized 
that his opinions on this subject are of moment, 
and they are here offered exactly as he has written 
them. 
CORRESPONDENCE 
OLD IVORY FINISH ON PLASTER WALLS 
Will you please furnish me with de¬ 
tailed specification of the materials and 
method of applying same for the purpose 
of producing “old ivory finish” on hard 
plaster walls, more particularly on 
Keene’s cement plaster work. A. M. J. 
Answer: I have requested several 
firms making excellent finishes in old 
ivory for use on plaster walls to corre¬ 
spond with you- I hope that this will 
result in mutual satisfaction. 
TILING FOR A BATH-ROOM 
On page 122 of your magazine en¬ 
titled “House and Garden” (Sep¬ 
tember number) I notice such a pretty 
design for bath-room tiling. We are 
building a new house and the pond lily 
border struck me especially, and I 
cannot find anything like it in any tile 
catalogues. Can you tell me where I 
could get itIf you will send me the 
address of a house that has tile like you 
illustrate I will surely appreciate same. 
Answer: We take pleasure in sending 
you some addresses from whom you can 
likely obtain the water lily pattern tile 
which you desire, and we heartily agree 
with you that this tile will make a most 
attractive decoration for your bath¬ 
room. 
SIMPLICITY IN HARDWARE 
I note that you make a point in your 
correspondence of recommending that 
great care be taken in the selection of 
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