House and Garden 
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see to it that the practical things that 
go into your home are made beautiful. 
For one thing, look to the hardware. 
Beautiful hardware costs but little 
more than that which is merely useful, 
and adds so much. Whether the 
home you have in prospect is a cot¬ 
tage or a mansion, you can find in the 
comprehensive line of 
Yale & Towne 
Ornamental 
Hardware 
much that is to your taste, much that 
is in perfect keeping with the style of 
architecture you have selected and 
much in the way of beautiful effects 
not to be found in the work of others. 
T O assist yon in making your 
selections we would like to 
send you a portfolio, showing 
designs of twelve schools, 
varying in quality from the cheaper 
to tlieiiner. Each design is correct 
and oilers a tteatmenc which can 
be carried out down to tlie small¬ 
est detail. Write for the packet. 
TheY ale &T owne Mfg.Co. 
9 Murray Street, New York 
Water-Reducing Valve 
When the water pressure is too 
high it causes splashing at the 
spigots, hammering in the pipes 
and sometimes bursting of the 
plumbing apparatus. 
This valve will insure against 
these annoyances. 
SEND FOR CATALOGUE 
WATSON & McDaniel co. 
137 N. Seventh Street Philadelphia, Pa. 
Mercer Boiler for Steam and Hot Water Heating 
Our Heating Boilers 
and Radiators 
are made for the home 
where the Architect 
and Owner demand 
uniform heat in all 
weather. 
The efficiency of our 
apparatus makes this 
always possible. 
MILLS SAFETY BOILERS 
THE H. B. SMITH CO. 
Factory, Westfield, Mass. 
728 Arch St., Philadelphia 
O WING to the hundreds of requests 
Chicago Varnish Company has re¬ 
ceived for a continuation of their 
Color Scheme Department, they have renewed 
their contract with Margaret Greenleaf, as 
Consulting Decorator for their customers. 
Under the new arrangement full and careful 
service will be rendered without charge to 
all u'ho definitely agree to purchase their ma¬ 
terials. 
The same consideration as heretofore will 
lie given all plans submitted, and sample 
panels of any wood desired will be forwarded 
n])on request, together with comiDlete sug¬ 
gestions and samples for appropriate wall 
coverings and drapery materials. 
Owing to the tremendous growth of the 
correspondence of this Department it has 
been found necessary to eliminate all who 
are not sincere in their intention to use the 
materials of the Company. This offer is 
made wholly to our customers and to them 
we Avish to render every assistance they may 
desire. 
Wliere advice on choice of stain, or wood 
finish to be used in houses now building or 
contemplated is desired, full suggestions and 
sample panels will be forwarded without any 
signed obligation on the client’s part. On 
receipt of ten cents postage the “Home 
Ideal” by Margaret Greenleaf, and sample 
wood panel finished with Chicago Varnish 
Company’s materials Avill be sent. 
Pei-sonal consultation may be arranged 
with Miss Greenleaf by appointment at her 
office, 84 W. 33d street, between the hours 
of eleven and three. This invitation for con¬ 
sultation is extended to all out-of-town 
Arcliitects visiting New York as well as to 
our correspondents. 
The “Little Talks on Interior Decoration” 
Avhich attracted widespread interest during 
the past year, will continue to appear in this 
space and the building public will find much 
suggestive and practical advice contained in 
these. 
CHICAGO VARNISH COMPANY 
No. 35 Dearborn Ave., No. 36 Vesey St., 
Chicago, III. New York, N. Y. 
Decorative Department, 
Rooms 901-902 30-34 W. 33d Street 
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