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House & Garden 
Why not have sparkling, 
safe, freshly-filtered 
water in your home? 
It is easily accomplished by using a LOOM IS- 
MANNING FILTER which cleanses and purifies 
every drop of water. 
People have told us, “I put in your filter as a 
precaution but am amazed to see the dirt and 
other matters it takes from our water supply 
which we considered practically perfect.” 
This filter is easily installed in any house built or building. 
Causes no disturbance in the water system, no appreciable 
loss in flow or pressure. Operates splendidly with any 
system of water supply. 
It is durably built, free from complications, simple to care 
for, can be depended upon for excellent service day in and 
day out. 11 is now giving pleasure and comfort to hundreds 
of city and country homes. 
Prompt installation if you act quickly 
Loomis-Manning Filter Distributing Co. 
Est. 1880 1445 So. 37tli St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
100 
Bulbs 
for 
$ 1.00 
GLADIOll 
The Best Summer Flowers 
for Pleasure or for Profit 
Have a Beautiful Garden from July to October 
Gladioli make the showiest of beds and exquisite, 
long-lasting bouquets and are in enormous demand for 
cut flowers. You can now have a handsome big bed of 
these glorious flowers; all colors mixed, from white to 
crimson, as well as many beautifully variegated at al¬ 
most no cost. As easy to grow as a weed. I sell good 
plump bulbs that will bloom this summer; importing in 
enormous quantities direct from reliable Holland 
growers. 
John N, Fagan, 2829 Unriih Street, Tacony, Pa., 
says: “I had $100 worth of pleasure. They are the 
largest and most beautiful I have seen.” 
Stores ask 25c or more a dozen. Many growers demand 
double last year’s prices. Nevertheless I shall again, for the 
fourth successive season, continue my sensational and popular 
low-price otter while stock lasts. Here is my unbeatable otter: 
20 Bulbs, 25c 100 for $1.00 1,000 for $8.00 
W. R. Barington, Summit Hill, _Pa., says- “The 
gladioli were most beautiful and displayed a riot of 
most charming colors.” 
You will say the same thing. 
As a lover of choice flowers, can you resist such a liberal 
offer when I give such amazing values. Don’t wait until stock 
is gone; order NOW. 
CLARENCE B. FARGO 
I^^LL/INS’ Guide, Free 
AT.T, G/VRIVEK lllllllllllllilllllilllllllllllllllll I 
^yERSALL GARDEN NEEDS 
Privet hedge —sturdy plants at less than 5c a 
foot—will soon add $1 a foot to your prop¬ 
erty value. 
100 berry plants for $2—flnest fresh strawber¬ 
ries and raspberries from May till October , 
at 2c a qinart. , 
Five finest roses—guaranteed to grow —de¬ 
livered to your home for $1. 
Shou's these special offers in colors—tells how to get finest 
fiuii and vegetables at lowest cost—WRITE TO-DA Y 
Arthur J. Collins & Son, Box 61, Moorestown, N.J. 
Brass About the House 
(Continued from page 58) 
average country house today, or in and brass, few are seen now other 
any setting where simplicity is the than in ornamental use as flower 
keynote. They are especially desir- holders or perhaps converted into 
able in their wide range of prices incense burners, 
from $6.00 to $35.00 a pair. The The stove, or rather the grate, in¬ 
graceful proportions of the Adam vented by Benjamin Franklin in the 
andirons, illustrated, lend themselves early part of the 18th Century and 
more consistently to a room of the known as the “Franklin Stove- 
same treatment or of French period grate,” much trimmed with brass, is 
decoration, being an adaptation of still used in the old houses through- 
the Louis XVI detail and outline, out Pennsylvania and New England, 
With the andirons, the perforated and is much sought after by the mod- 
brass fender 
makes the fireplace 
possibly more 
complete, but as 
the depth of the 
fireplace opening 
and breadth of the 
hearth have made 
the fender less a 
necessity for the 
wood fire than it 
is when coal is 
burned in a 
grate, one rarely 
sees the fender in 
use, although many 
beautiful examples 
originated by t h e 
great furniture 
designers such as 
C h i ppendale, 
Sheraton, Heppel- 
w bite and the 
Adams exist and 
are reproduced in 
modern brass. 
The shovel, 
tongs, poker and 
Decorative in a hall 
is a hand-wrought 
English brass 
sconce. Similar 
sconces cost $10 a 
pair 
ern country house 
builder of taste. 
The Finish of 
English Brass 
In English brass, 
we find a quality 
of finish simulat¬ 
ing age that not 
only adds to its in¬ 
terest but neces¬ 
sarily to its ex¬ 
pense, as greater 
care is given to its 
production than to 
the Russian brass. 
It likewise lacks 
the newness of the 
American factory- 
made brass and 
does not have the 
brilliant finish of 
the latter. This is 
especially true in 
the candlesticks. 
Brass constituting 
the popular substi¬ 
tute for silver, for 
stand can be found in prices ranging these purposes, a vast number of de- 
from $11.50 to $25.00, while the trivet signs and types of candlesticks have 
or old-fashioned kettle-rest, suitable come down to us from former days in 
for use at the tea hour, can be bought the originals and in countless repro- 
from $10.00 to $25.00. ductions. These latter may be ac- 
The brass toasting fork is also an quired at nominal cost and even the 
attractive and useful accessory for the originals rarely have a prohibitive 
fireplace. Reproductions of old Eng- value under ordinary circumstances, 
lish designs in these range from $2.50 The Jacobean candlestick, illus- 
to $5.00 each. The fork can be hung trated, is a fine example of the larger 
from brass hooks, such as are repro- type that can be easily adapted to the 
duced from the old English and use of electricity and with a shade 
Italian designs; These can be found added can be made into a lamp. The 
in great variety and range from 50c candlestick with a twisted stem is still 
to $1.50 each. another old English design. The tall 
sliding stem candlestick is quite a dif- 
Lighters and Warming Pans ferent type again, in which the candle 
The Cape Cod lighter should not be can be raised as it burns by a small 
overlooked, as well in the equipment knob and slide m a groove along the 
of the fireplace as an undeniable con- candlestick, 
venience, eliminating the use of paper. Russian Brasses 
Ihese are made m plain brass with a 
tray and igniter for $4.50 complete. In Russian brass, many of the can- 
and advance in price to $10.00 for the dlesticks, such as are to be found in 
more elaborate types. The brass cov- the various brass shops throughout 
ered wood box is also desirable. New York, represent the early Jewish 
where the space will admit of its use. designs of religious significance. The 
Still another feature of the early Jews, famous for their skill in brass- 
American home, which we only asso- work, have carried with them their 
ciate with the present-day fireplace religious traditions wherever they 
for sentimental reasons or decorative have settled, and in coming to Amer-| 
purposes, is the brass warming-pan— ica the Russian Jew has introduced 
sometimes made of copper as well— his ecclesiastical brass, as well as that 
elaborately pierced and mounted with for homelier use, to Americans, until, 
a carved mahogany handle. within the last fifteen years, we have! 
In the house where the bedrooms become as familiar with it as we have 
were often without heat of any kind with that of the better established 
or in the more luxurious home, the English or American make, 
room boasted a fireplace; this was so The Russian candelabra, compris- 
inadequate in the stress of extreme ing five, seven or nine stems, that is 
cold that the warming-pan, used to intended in its original use to be 
heat the linen bed covering, was re- lighted on certain religious festivals, 
garded as an indispensable accessory, can be found at very reasonable 
Being without practical use today, cost, depending upon the height of 
however, the covers of warming-pans, the candlestick ($3.50 to $15.00 each), 
because of their more or less elabor- It is perhaps most attractive for deco- 
ate perforated decoration, can be re- rative purposes when used on a table 
moved and converted into sconces by of polished dark wood, such as a din¬ 
adding arms for the candles. This is ing table, where the light is to be con- 
an attractive way to utilize a cher- centrated and the greater part of the: 
ished heirloom, that would, perhaps, room left in shadow, 
otherwise be relegated to the garret Of the smaller candlesticks of Eng- 
or storeroom. lish make, such as are shown here. 
Of the other heating receptacles of there are a great variety averagingj 
former times, such as braziers and from $5.00 to $14.00 a pair. In the 
foot-warmers, made in both copper (Continued on page 82) 
