House and Garden 
'pHE BROUGHTON SELF-CLOSING BASIN COCKS HAVE 
BEEN IN USE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. MANY OF 
THE LARGEST HOTELS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN 
THE UNITED STATES ARE EQUIPPED WITH THESE 
GOODS. ::: ::: MADE IN BRASS, NICKEL OR SILVER 
PLATED, AND IN SOLID SILVER-METAL. ::: 
EVERY ONE WARRANTED 
Manufactured only by 
E. Stebbins Manufacturing Co. 
SPRINGFIELD: MASSACHUSETTS 
Works at Brightwood 
Insure a 
WARM 
BUILDING 
day and night 
in 
COLDEST 
WEATHER 
GOR.TON 
Side=Feed 
BO I LE R,S 
For 
STEAM 
and 
HOT WATER 
HEATING 
Send for 
Catalogue 
GORTON & LIDGERWOOD CO. 
96 Liberty Street, New York 
Old Colony Bldg., Chicago 77 Oliver Street, Boston 
U-Bar Greenhouses 
Designed and Built by 
Pierson U-Bar Company 
Metropolitan Building 
Fourth Avenue and 23rd Street - New York 
Keep Out 
the Cold 
If about to build, start your house right— 
have the walls sheathed to keep the cold 
out and keep the heat in. For better or 
worse, the sheathing once done, is done 
for all time. 
You can pour heat into every room, but 
unless the heat is kept in the house-—if it 
filters out—you are tr)ing to heat not the 
house alone, but all out-doors. 
NEPONSET 
SHEATHING PAPER 
Keeps Houses Warm 
NEPOi^SET —thick, pliable and tough— 
waterproof—is absolutely impervious to heat 
or cold. It soon earns its cost in the coal 
it saves. 
Tar and rosin-sized papers soon dry out and 
split. Heat escapes and cold winds pene¬ 
trate. 
Ask your architect w'hat he thinks of 
NEPONSET Don’t sign your contract till 
you get his advice. Then refuse to con¬ 
sider any cheap substitute—watch the work 
and SEE that NEPONSET is used. 
Let us help out on your building prob¬ 
lems. Write in at once for free suggestions 
from our special Department of Building 
Counsel—conducted for that very purpose. 
We study every building subject. What we 
have learned will be of help to you. 
Write us now for free 
samples and booklets. 
Building Counsel Dept. 
F.W. BIRD &SON. 
Makers 
(Established 1817) 
East Walpole, Mass. 
Paroid —famous Ready Roofing for all 
classes of buildings. Contains no tar—is 
highly fire resisting. The only ready roofing 
with rust-proof fixtures. 
ERKIINS STUDIOS 
Sun-Dials, Benches, Tables, Vases, Fountains, 
Well-Heads, Gazing Globes, Pergolas, Balus¬ 
trades, etc., in Marble, Stone, and Pompeian 
Stone that successfully withstands the weather. 
Illustrations and Estimates upon Request. 
5 West 15th Street = New York 
Ornamental Iron Works, Entrance Gates, Wire Fences, Railings. 
We make and erect wrought iron railings, entrance gates, lamps, 
wire fences, tennis fences, kennel enclosures, rose arbors, 
pergolas, etc. Details for special work furnished if desired and 
special care given to architects’ plans. Write for catalog H 
and estimates. 
ANCHOR POST IRON WORKS 
Office and Show Rooms 
149 Nassau Street - New York City 
varying conditions must always be 
taken into consideration in deciding a 
point like this. Heavy iron andirons 
would look best in your cobblestone 
fireplace. 
The systems recommended are ap¬ 
plicable to inexpensive as well as costly 
houses and may be obtained at various 
prices. I would suggest that you take 
the matter up direct with the firms whose 
names I supply. 
WALL COLORING AND FURNISHING 
As a subscriber to “House and Gar¬ 
den” I have been greatly interested in 
your suggestions on house furnishing. 
Will you kindly give me the benefit of 
your advice as to wall coloring and fur¬ 
nishing of house, a rough plan of which 
I enclose. 
House faces southeast. It is situ¬ 
ated on an elevation with fine front and 
rear views. Hardwood floors in hall, 
library and dining-room only. 
Living-room and hall finished in 
mahogany. Had thought of two-toned 
green paper for living-room. What 
color rugs or carpet.? Furniture ma¬ 
hogany. Can you give me suggestions 
as to upholstering .? 
Library beamed and panelled in 
curly redwood, mahogany furniture 
(some old Colonial pieces) upholstered 
in tapestry. Thought of green and 
brown foliage paper. 
Dining-room beamed and panelled 
in weathered oak. Furniture to match. 
Would landscape paper or tapestry look 
well ? Can I get samples .? What for 
hall.? M. C. 
Answer: We appreciate very much 
your interest in this Department and 
are glad to furnish you with the re¬ 
quested suggestions. I am sending you 
samples of the various materials I herein 
recommend. 
With the samples I send you full 
suggestions and addresses of the firms 
from whom you can obtain the materials 
and directions for the treatment of your 
floors and standing woodwork. 
In your living-room and hall In which 
the standing woodwork is mahogany, 
I agree with your suggestions for the 
two-toned green paper and am sending 
one showing a stripe for the living- 
room, and for the hall a green Jap¬ 
anese grass-cloth is recommended, un¬ 
less you desire to use the same wall 
covering in both rooms. 
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