F ebruary, 1917 
73 
Water of Rain-Like Softness 
And Spring-Like Sparkle 
Wouldn’t you like to have it in your own home, in un¬ 
failing quantity, flowing from every faucet, always ready, 
for hath, toilet, shampoo, laundry, kitchen? You may, hy 
equipping your house wi^n 
It is a simple apparatus which, attached to your house 
piping, removes from the water every trace of the salts 
which make it hard, harsh and irritating. Then—you 
will know the luxury of “velvet water”—^you will ex¬ 
perience a new home comfort—^you will have, in your own 
home, such water as the Hotel Biltmore, New York, and 
the Hotel Statler, Detroit, spent thousands of dollars for, 
to supply their guests. 
Write today for the booklet— 
“Velvet Water, Velvet Skin.” 
The Permutit Company 
30 East 42d Street New York 
Gold Medals : — Ghent, 1913—San Francisco, 1915 
TOWNSENDS TRIPLEX 
The Greatest Grass-Cutter on Earth 
Cuts a Swath 86 Inches Wide 
Floats over the uneven ground as a ship rides the 
waves. One mower may be climbing a knoll, the sec¬ 
ond skimming a level and the third paring a hollow. 
Drawn by one horse, and 
operated by one man, the 
TRIPLEX MOWER will mow 
more lawn in a day than the 
best motor mower ever made, 
cut it better, and at a fraction 
of the cost. 
Drawn by one horse, and 
operated by one man, it will 
mow more lawn in a day than 
any three ordinary horse- 
drawn mowers with three 
horses and three men. (We 
guarantee this.) 
Does not smash the grass to 
earth and plaster it in the mud 
in springtime, nor crush out 
its life between hot rollers and 
hard, hot ground in summer, 
as does the motor mower. 
The Public is warned not to pur¬ 
chase mowers infringing this patent 
Send for catalog illustrating all types of Townsend Lawn Mowers 
17 CENTRAL AVENUE 
S. P. TOWNSEND & CO., JjR^rNGE^ 
N . J 
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I^omancc 
To the natural beauty of your garden, to the charm 
of its soft foliage and colorful blossoms, lend this 
added touch of contrasted beauty. 
The charm of olden*day romance is present in every piece of 
Mi:ifHexos ^ 
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The Hall Mark 
of Mathews 
Gardencraft is 
a guarantee 
of authenticity 
and genuine 
worth. 
Old prints and half-forgotten paintings, museums and old- 
world gardens have furnished the treasure-trove from which 
Mathews designers have drawn their inspiration for the out¬ 
door benches and tables, the trellises and grottos, the arches 
and gateways illustrated and described in the Gardencraft 
Handbook. With painstaking craftsmanship these henchmen 
have reproduced these designs in time-resisting woods. On 
each piece is the Mathews Hall Mark—the double-pledge of 
authentic design and faultless workmanship. 
Your copy of this handbook with its 72 illustrated pages of garden 
suggestions is waiting for your request. It will be gladly mailed you 
on receipt of eighteen cents in stamps. 
The Mathews Mfg. Co., Designers and Craftsmen 
912 Williamson Cleveland, O. 
Pecky” Cypress Used as Interior Trim! 
on one of the most artistic of America’s great estates. 
NO. 1 in SERIES SHOWING "PECKY” CYPRESS IN ME. HENRY FORD’S NEW RESIDENCE. 
The Trophy Room: Esta tb of Henry Ford, Esq. . Dearborn. Michigan. 
Mr. W. h. Van TIne, Architect, Detroit. 
Why should the fact that “Pecky” Cypress is the Innermost Heart of 
the larger Cypress trees (many hundreds of years old) interest you? 
What is “Pec%” Cypress, anyhow? Certainly nothing NEW — except 
perhaps to you. Volume 2 tells you ALL ABOUT IT. 
JUST WRITE FOB VOL. Z-IVS A FASCINATOR AS WELL AS A MONEY-SAVER. 
(“Pecky” Cypress is the LOWEST GRADE of Cypress, “the Wood Eternal ”— 
but it’s fine for what it’s good for.) 
Let our “ALL-ROUND HELPS DEPARTMENT” help YOU. Our entire resources are 
at your service with Reliable Counsel. 
SOUTHERN CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS* ASS'N 
1210 Hibernia Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La., or 1210 Heard National Bank Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. 
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