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threads hlling one centimetre. Two 
hundred square metres of pasteboard 
cards would have been necessary to 
produce this web according to the present 
method, and designers would have 
required many years to carry out the 
work. Now the designer is abolished, 
and the work was done in five hours. 
The Emperor was struck by the marvel¬ 
lous plasticity and delicacy of the picture 
which nobody would believe to be 
woven. Herr Szczepanik demonstrated 
the process at the Emperor’s desire, and 
His Majesty accepted the gift, and con¬ 
gratulated the inventor.— Invention. 
COSMOS A LATE BLOOMER 
NY ONE who has never tried cos¬ 
mos will be fully repaid for plant¬ 
ing some of this very beautiful flower 
this summer. Cosmos is an annual, 
propagated from seed. It is of slow 
growth at first, and blossoms very late, 
often not till after the first frost. Or¬ 
dinarily it will blossom anywhere south 
of the Great Lakes, and frequently 
much farther north. It is very hardy, 
and will blossom after two or three frosts. 
Cosmos will grow, mature and blos¬ 
som in poor soil, but responds magnif¬ 
icently to rich soil and good treatment. 
JOSEPH P. McHUGH & COMPANY 
OF NEW YORK: ESTABLISHED 1878 
Desigfn, Make, Import 
Homelike, Agreeable Things 
For Decorative Furnishing in 
the Night or Day Nursery; 
THE ORIGINAL McHUGH 
Mission, Willow, Easy Furniture: 
PIERROT POSTER PICTURES 
by PRINCE PALEOLOGUE (Pal.) 
Kate Greenaway, Aldin-Hassall 
Wall Papers, Friezes, Posters; 
Chintzes, Dimities, Linens: 
RAGSTYLE CARPETS, RUGS: 
Will mail for 25c. in Stamps (to be allowed 
on first purchase) THE PORTFOLIO OF 
1000 SKETCHES, Illustrating Quaintly 
Unusual FURNITURE OF ORIGINAL 
DESIGN. Descriptive price list included. 
9 W. 42d St. Sign of the 
Opposite Library ^‘Popular Shop” 
Do You Appreciate the Advantages in 
Using Tiling in Home Building? 
Its DURABILITY saves the costs of re¬ 
pairs and replacing. A tiled floor or wall 
never has to be oiled, varnished, painted or 
papered. Dirt or liquid matter of any kind 
will not stain it. The steel nails of the shoe 
cannot scratch or wear it. 
Its SANITARY QUALITIES and the 
facility with which it can be cleaned gives 
assurance that the bath-room, kitchen, 
butler’s pantry laundry, vestibule and other 
places where it is used will always be in a 
clean sanitary condition. 
Its DECORATIVE POSSIBILITIES per¬ 
mit the execution in tiling of ceramic mosaic 
of any possible design or color scheme on the 
floor or wall 
Tiling is flre-proof, germ-proof, water¬ 
proof, damp-proof and vermin-proof. 
For interesting booklets on tiling, distrib¬ 
uted free, write Information Bureau of the 
TILE INDUSTRY 
318 Corcoran Bldg. Washington. D. C. 
WHITE COSMOS 
The seed may be planted in early sum¬ 
mer in most any spare place in the gar¬ 
den, and the young plants, which look 
very much like ragweeds, may be trans¬ 
planted any time desired, up to the mid¬ 
dle of July, or even later. We have 
Masterpieces in Brass” 
is the title of a beautiful book on Art 
Beds, superbly illustrated in colors on 
fine plate paper, and shows Art Beds 
in French, English, and Dutch Colonial, 
Italian and French Renaissance, Arts 
and Crafts, Louis XIV, New England, 
Qu een Anne, and Empire designs, and 
gives complete information about them. 
Sent free for the name of your best 
furniture dealer. 
Art Beds give comfort, tone, and char¬ 
acter to the home. They are made espe¬ 
cially for people who appreciate good things done 
in good taste and purity of style. Art Beds have 
wonderful durability—proof against denting—are 
made in velvet or bright gold finish which will 
last a lifetime, requiring no attention. 
Art Beds will always shine— 
just dust them. 
Ask your dealer to show you Art Beds. 
As the edition of our interesting book is limited, 
send us your name and the name of your dealer 
now, and you will receive a copy by return mail. 
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