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HOUSE & GARDEN 
CONVENIENCES FOR THE HOUSE 
The hreak^ast corner with high-hack set¬ 
tles is a boon to both the cookless and the 
cook. This is a simple arrangement 
F or those who are not too proud to bite 
—in the kitchen on the cook’s day out, 
or for those who want to keep Her Im¬ 
perial Majesty in good humor, the breakfast 
corner will prove a veritable boon. It 
should be sectioned ofif from the kitchen by 
high back settles that make the corner cozy. 
Both settles and table should be substan¬ 
tially built and painted white or whatever 
is the paint scheme of the kitchen. It should 
always be placed by a window—for who 
does not want sunshine with her meals?— 
and in close enough proximity to the other 
kitchen fitments to save steps. A screen 
may be arranged between the corner and the 
rest of the room. 
You push open the casement and it stays 
open. Such desirable behavior is due to 
a collapsible catch at the top 
CATCHING CASEMENT CATCH 
The 
here. 
lattice—not the hero—is the thing 
You cut off an undesirable view 
with it, and it is easily removed 
T he lady is not the main object of the 
picture above, however alluring she 
may appear. She is pushing out a case¬ 
ment window. When she has given it 
one push, the casement will stay in place. 
When she pulls it in again, the window will 
lock tight against the frame. Why? Be¬ 
cause of the collapsible catch at the top of 
the window which requires no adjustment 
and telescopes into a tiny shape when the 
window is closed. The quick response of 
the device can be judged by the languid 
way the lady is opening the window. It is 
said that the device will set just the same 
on any window, and you need not be lan¬ 
guid. In short, it is strong enough to with¬ 
stand healthy pressure, and to hold the win¬ 
dow exactly where you want it. 
Each month we plan to _ present^ a number of 
devices that the housebuilder might find' con¬ 
venient. Suggestions may be addressed to the 
Editor, House & Garden, 445 Fourth Avenue, 
New York City 
LATTICE No. 998 
S OME day someone is going to 
write a book about the thousand 
and one uses for lattice. No. 998 
is below. It is designed to cut off an 
undesirable view. The windows pre¬ 
sumably are the large pane, gaping 
sort. The carpenter can make it to fit 
the window with hinges on one side 
and a catch on the other so that it can 
be opened when the sash is raised. We 
have included the convalescing hero 
in the picture because being a hero 
is just the thing in these days. 
Iced water can be permanently on tap if a 
coil of pipe is laid directly under the ice 
chamber in the refrigerator 
A ny physician will tell you that drink¬ 
ing ice water is only another way of 
flying in the face of Providence. Iced 
water is quite a different thing. It can 
always be on tap if the water pipe is run 
into the refrigerator and laid in coils di¬ 
rectly under the ice chamber. The bottom 
tray of this chamber should be perforated 
so that the water from the melting ice can 
keep the pipes constantly chilled. The 
amount of the iced water will depend upon 
the length of the coil. 
AN ADJUSTABLE LIGHT 
MAGINE a light that will change its 
color to suit the color scheme of the 
room or the decoration of the occasion. 
It hangs to the right. There is an alabaster 
bowl on the outside and a thin glass bowl 
inside. Between them can be stretched a 
piece of fabric that will tone the light in the 
room to the desired shade. If the room 
needs a little rose, a piece of rose silk will 
do the trick. If the youngsters have a party, 
the table decorations can be reflected in the 
bowl, thus adding to the effect. 
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A new light is pleasingly accommodating 
—its color can be changed to suit the I 
scheme of the room or the occasion 
