House and Garden 
to plan your cottage grounds, nor 
how to make a short two years bring 
forth a perfect wealth of shrubbery 
and bloom, nor what to plant nor how, 
nor whose advice to ask, why; write 
to ME. I'll TELL YOU what you 
wish to know. 
NOW'S JUST THE TIME 
J. WOODWARD MANNING, Reading, Mass. 
'JpHE 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 
Stanley’s Ball-Bearing Hinges 
Nothing equals them for 
hanging doors either in 
Big Public Buildings or 
Private Dwellings 
Two will frequently take the place of three 
ordinary hinges, and their action is noise¬ 
less and perfect. IMade in Wrought 
Bronze and Steel. 
THE STANLEY WORKS 
Myrtle Street, New Britain, Conn. 
New York Office: 79 Chambers Street 
HOSE 
SUPPORTER 
WORN ALL OVER THE WORLD 
DO NOT BE DECEIVED 
BY BUTTONS MADE OF WOOD 
PAINTED OR COLORED TO 
IMITATE RUBBER 
THIS GUARANTY 
COUPON-IN YELLOW 
IS ATTACHED THIS WAY 
TO EVERY PAIR OF THE 
GENUINE — BE SURE 
IT'S THERE 
Sample Pair, Mercerized 25c., Silk 50c. 
Mailed on receipt of price 
GEORGE FROST COMPANY, Makers 
BOSTON 
HOSE 
SUPPORTER 
IS GUARANTEED TO 
DEALER AND USER 
AGAINST IMPERFECTIONS 
THE BUTTONS AND 
LOOPSARE LICENSED 
FOR USE ON THIS 
HOSE SUPPORTER 
ONLY. 
USEFUL HINTS TO HOUSE- 
KEEPERS. 
WICKER FURNITURE coated with Mahogany, 
Ox-Blood Red, Malachite Green or Gloss White 
Jap-a-lac, looks better than netv. 
WATER PIPES, furnace fronts, radiators, hot 
water tanks and iron fences are preserved and 
beautified M'ith the use of Jap-a-lae. Use the 
Gold, Aluminum, Dead Black or Brilliant Black. 
PICTURE FRAMES, candelabra, gas fixtures, 
lamps, etc., given a coat of Gold, Aluminum or 
Dead Black Jap-a-lac, are renewed almost beyond 
belief;—the Dead Black produces that beautiful 
wroiight-iron effect. 
OLD AUTOMOBILES, carriages, wagons, agri¬ 
cultural implements, etc., Jap-a-lac-ed with either 
Brilliant Black, Red, Green or Empire Blue, look 
100% better, and are given new life. The cost is 
nominal, and the ■work can be done by an inex¬ 
perienced person. ■ 
JAP-A-LAC is a household necessity, and can 
be used in a hundred and one ways, from “cellar 
to garret”, and is especially adapted for finishing 
old or new floors and woodwork. Ask your paint 
dealer. 
Perfect Water Supply Service for your Country 
or Suburban Home. Send for our 64 page cata¬ 
logue No. 44. See our advertisement in April issue. 
Keivanee Water Supply Co., Kewanee, Illinois. 
AMERICAN HARDY 
RHODODENDRONS 
The Right Way to Grow Them. 
Just Published. FREE. 
HARLAN P. KELSEY, Owner, Salem, Mass. 
Highlands Nursery 3800 ft. elevation in the Caro¬ 
lina Mountains, and Salem Branch Nursery. 
Frequently—following the strenuous 
spring cleaning and process of elimina¬ 
tion which so often accompanies it, 
there comes a reaction against the stern 
resolve to do without, rather than have 
useless, unbeautiful articles of furniture, 
and so-called decoration in our houses. 
It is, however, a wise woman who 
refrains from returning to its place be¬ 
tween the curtains of the parlor windows 
the unstable brass stand, the onyx top 
of which is deemed unsafe to hold even a 
valued book, the porcelain lamp with 
high colored floral decoration or the 
figured over-draperies which she has 
always felt conflicted violently with her 
wall-paper. To replace these by degrees 
is possible to any housewife and to have 
only things which are useful, suitable 
and therefore beautiful, about one in¬ 
sures an attractive and livable home. 
Simple lamps of under glazed pottery 
in dull greens and blues, can be pur¬ 
chased for less than ;^5.oo and as was 
told in last month’s talk, it is a very easy 
matter to make attractive shades for 
these. 1 he color selected for the shade 
should he found in either wall-paper, 
rugs or draperies of the room. For 
instance, if the wall covering is of two- 
toned brown, with underlying yellow 
tones, the lamp-shade should be made 
from orange colored thin silk. A cush¬ 
ion cover or two should show the same 
shade and a rug of Brussels or Wilton 
could easily be found introducing dull 
orange in its coloring. If Oriental rugs 
are used, this peculiar orange color is 
frequently found in them. 
If harmony with the wall covering 
which clashed with the figured draperies 
is under consideration, the new draperies 
should be a plain fabric of quiet tone. 
For certain living-rooms of the house 
a coarsely woven material somewhat 
resembling burlap but much heavier 
in quality, is much favored now. This 
is sold under the trade name of arras 
cloth. It comes in excellent colors, 
is fifty inches wide and sells for 
This may be used for door curtains and 
for large windows as over-draperies. 
CORRESPONDENCE 
TREATMENT FOR CRACKED WALLS 
I am living in an old house in which 
the walls are badly cracked although in 
no danger of cracking further. I do not 
feel it would he wise to paper these. 
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