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House & Garden 
CONVENIENT 
DEVICES 
EOR THE HOUSE 
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Slif) covers can cover tip a multitude of 
objectionable features in a chair 
SLIP COVERS 
O NCE on a time we thought of slip 
covers only as a summer device to 
keep the house looking cool and clean. So 
soon as autumn came we packed them away. 
Now they have become an all-year device 
and in that capacity they serve a multitude 
of purposes. Besides keeping the uphol¬ 
stery beneath them free from dust, they 
cover up objectionable features of line and 
ornament which could otherwise be re¬ 
moved by changing the chair or getting rid 
of it entirely. In addition the cover offers 
an opportunity to give the room an inter¬ 
esting color spot. 
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FOLDING WINDOWS 
T he porch or breakfast room should be 
built 30 that it is ready for all changes 
of weather. To meet that requirement have 
been discovered the folding windows which 
do away with the bother of having the win¬ 
dows removed when summer comes, and 
prevent the sticking, leaking, and rattling 
of windows loosely hung. These windows 
work easily and quietly, they open outward 
and do not interfere with screens; they are 
self-adjusting, staying just where you place 
them. In a minute the porch can be en¬ 
closed against the sudden summer storm 
and in an equally short time opened to the 
cooling breezes. 
Instead of having to battle into the 
closet, the extension rod brings the 
frocks out to you 
THE CLOSET SLIDE 
N ot a one of us but knows the bother 
of diving blindly into the depths of 
a dark closet for that coat we hung a month 
ago on the last hook to the back. And when 
we do find it, we have to wiggle our way 
out. Here is a device which removes that 
trouble. It is an extension rod attached to 
the top of the closet. You pull the rod, the 
entire line of clothes rolls out within reach, 
and you make the selection easily. 
For a summer change, why not dress the 
bed in a cool, clean slip cover? 
SEASONAL- CHANGES 
I T is unwise to tire of your furniture. 
If you must live in a house the year 
round, see that distinct changes are made 
when sununer comes. Of course, you have 
always done this with the living-room and 
porch, but has it occurred to you to make 
your bedroom summery? In place of the 
heavy curtains put up scrim or net and 
cover the rug with denim. With white or 
natural colored linen make a cover for the 
foot and head boards. It can be stenciled 
and the edges piped with a gay color crewel. 
Over the bed itself throw a cover. To the 
sides can be attached a full valance. 
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A WOOD WAITER 
Y OU are sitting beside the fire and the 
last log glows and pales into ashes. Ut¬ 
terly lazy, you would rather freeze than go 
down to the cellar and stagger back with 
an armful of wood. Why not then arrange 
for a wood waiter as a closet beside the fire¬ 
place? It can be readily built by any car¬ 
penter,—a box with ropes and weights to 
make the raising easy. A shelf will divide 
it into two compartments, the upper and 
larger one for logs, the smaller one for 
kindling wood and paper. The man who 
tends the furnace will see that the waiter 
is always loaded with kindling and logs, and 
all you will have to do is unload it. 
Porches and breakfast rooms furnished with folding win¬ 
dows are ready for any sort of weather at all times 
The dumb-waiter for wood, arranged in a closet by the fire¬ 
place, will save many a journey to the cellar 
