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House & Garden 
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CONVENIENT 
DEVICES FOR THE 
HOUSE 
Every day some genius is devising new 
methods and new articles that make life more 
secure, the home more comfortable and labor 
easier. This page is devoted to such ideas. 
If you have the genius for such devices, re- 
member that an idea is worth a dollar and 
that the Editor can be addressed at 445 
Fourth Avenue, New York City 
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A new system of interlocking moulding for 
wall board panels reduces the possibility 
of buckling to a minimum 
THE PANELED WALL 
W ALL board, an interior finish at 
once simple, useful, effective and 
economical, has gained great popularity. 
Yet, despite its many advantages, results 
from its use have frequently been unsat¬ 
isfactory because of its tendency to ex¬ 
pand and contract, as well as the struc¬ 
tural difficulties sometimes encountered. 
To remedy these defects and to simplify 
installation, a new type of flange 
moulding has been devised. 
This moulding consists of a flat 
foundation piece grooved into which 
the wall board fits, and two locking 
strips that complete the decorative 
moulding around the panel. Head¬ 
ers and furring strips are not re¬ 
quired for the installation—although 
they assist—and nailing is reduced 
to a minimum. Expansion and con¬ 
traction are automatically provided 
for by the groove so that there is 
no occasion for the board buckling. 
A number of designs in the 
moulding assure the proper styles 
for period rooms. Stock lengths 
come 10', 12', 14' and 16' in yellow 
pine. Other designs are in oak, 
gum, birch and mahogany, 
A WALL SALE 
O NLY opera stars and chorus 
girls can afford to have their 
jewelry stolen. The rest of us folks 
forego the publicity and see that our 
jewels are safe at night. The book¬ 
case method is a bit antiquated, and 
if you hide your jewelry beneath the 
mattress you are sure to forget it. 
The only safe method is to put the 
jewels in a safe. 
For the convenience of those who 
do not possess a large portable safe, 
there is devised the little wall safe 
illustrated in the center of this page. 
The heavy metal box, built into the 
wall, becomes a part of the structure. 
A strong steel door with a depend¬ 
able combination lock will make even 
the most persistent burglar change 
his mind. 
With your jetvels in a wall safe, you can lie 
down to pleasant dreams, as the Lady of the 
Ruffles will do shortly 
You put the food in the electrical, fireless cooker, set the 
clock—and go off to play bridge. At the pre-determhied time, 
the clock stops the current and the heat does the rest 
The heat can be kept at a livable level by a 
little machine attached to the radiator and 
concealed by the radiator box 
STATIC TEMPERATURE 
H eating apparatus has almost be¬ 
come human when it can adjust the 
temperature of a room of its own accord. 
The boxed-in radiator above looks totally 
incapable of sensitive reaction, yet the 
machinery concealed in one end does even 
that. A volatile liquid, held in an hermet¬ 
ically sealed drum, expands or contracts 
upon the least variation of temperature, 
imparting movement to levers which 
open or close the shutters of the 
grill. Any degree of temperature 
between 60° and 80° is easily regu¬ 
lated and the room is kept at that 
exact static point desired. All the 
heat which is given out is used for 
the actual heating of the room. 
This attachment may he applied to 
a radiator already in place. It con¬ 
sists of the machinery described 
above and the radiator case. When 
bought new as a unit, the device 
costs complete from $36 for a 12" 
to 17" radiator up to $68 for the 
84" to 96" size. In its lines, the 
cover for the radiator has decorative 
value that enhances the beauty of 
the room. 
FLAMELESS COOKING 
A merican housewives have 
long since become accustomed 
to the advantages of fireless cook¬ 
ing. To the left is an electrical 
device that further reduces labor. 
You put the meat or food in the 
cooking compartment and turn on 
the current. Then set the automatic 
clock to the time required. At the 
expiration of the predetermined time 
the heat will be shut ofif automat¬ 
ically by the clock, but the cooking 
goes right on because the imprisoned 
heat contained in the cooker cooks 
the food. Aluminum semi-circular 
containers enable you to cook two 
or more foods with the same heat 
at one time, and the beauty of this 
arrangement is that you do not have 
to stand around watching. Complete, 
$25; without clock, $19.75. 
