HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 
1914 
IrtTERN/moML-Economy 
Combination Heat¬ 
ing System in your home 
makes it LIVABLE at all seasons 
RESIDENCE OF MR. BRACKETT 
My home is quite a large one, situated on high ground with no 
protection from the northwest winds for many miles, making it 
for that cause more difficult to heat. I have found no difficulty in 
keeping the temperature of 70° or more throughout the whole 
house on any of the coldest days, with a pleasant, fresh heat. I 
have found the apparatus easier to manage than any I have ever 
used. W. D. Brackett. 
InTERn/mon/nHE/TTER Co., 
General Offices, UTICA, N.Y. 
NEW YORK CHICAGO 
601 West 27th Street 1933-35 Wentworth Ave 
BOSTON 
162-172 Washington St., North 
Catalogued in Sweets', Page 1303 
An IffTERIMTIOH/lL - Economy (formerly 
called Pease-Economy) does away with 
ungainly radiators in the principal living 
rooms. th puts positive warmth into 
cold and draughty corners, t It floods the 
home with fresh, pure air, like a breath 
of June, t It can be installed in old 
houses without tearing into walls or caus¬ 
ing a lot of litter. 
With an Interna¬ 
tional-Economy 
Combination Sys¬ 
tem, you can heat 
with either Steam 
and Warm Air or 
Hot Water and 
Warm Air. 
Hot Water and Air 
Combination 
We will be glad to fur¬ 
nish owners, architects 
and dealers with assistance 
in preparing plans and 
specifications. 
The size, exposure and 
shape of the home should 
determine which method 
is the better. 
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POtfE RY 
IS THE SETTING EXQUISITE THAT ENHANCES 
THE BEAUTY OF FLOWERS 
end for our illustrated—- 
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Boxes (V&ses,Benches, Sundials. 
GazingGlobes, Bird Fonts and 
other Artistic Pieces for Garden 
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Making the Cellar Dry 
(Continued from page 221) 
sary to build a drainage system for such a 
house, for a good waterproofing of the 
walls would suffice. To do this on the 
outside would necessitate a good deal 
of work, almost as much as to dig the 
trench and lay the pipes. Waterproofing 
inside may thus be resorted to with a fair 
degree of success. If the walls are smooth 
inside the waterproofing material can be 
applied directly to the surface and finished 
off with a one-inch coat of cement. If 
the walls are of stone and rough, a coat 
of concrete must first be applied and 
troweled off to a fairly smooth surface. 
Then apply the waterproofing material to 
this and cover with the finishing coat of 
cement. The cost of such a job should 
not be great, and it should secure a dry 
cellar for such favored houses where the 
leak through the walls is very slight. 
In putting down drainage pipes, traps 
should always be provided both where 
they connect either with the cellar or the 
trench and at the point where they enter 
the sewer. The last trap should have a 
vent pipe to prevent the formation of nox¬ 
ious gases. This trap and vent pipe 
should never be closer to the house than 
ten feet, and preferably further away. In 
all instances the floors of a cellar should 
be waterproofed. Even if there are no 
springs beneath the floors will absorb 
moisture from the soil, which, constantly 
ascending in the cellar, will keep it damp 
and unhealthy. Much of the dampness of 
cellars is present without showing itself 
in water formation on the stones or walls. 
To prevent this the floors must be water¬ 
proofed in some such way as described. 
A perfectlv dry cellar is a gret boon 
to anv householder. Besides meaning bet¬ 
ter health for the occupants, it will add 
greatly to the household economy. The 
reason why fruits, vegetables and other 
provisions do not keep better in manv cel¬ 
lars is because of the constant moisture 
in the air. This moisture sets no decav. 
In the case of butter, cheese and milk it 
makes them sour or produces mold. Even 
eggs are affected by the moisture: they 
will retain their freshness three times as 
long in a cold, drv cellar than in a damp 
place. 
If the cellar is perfectlv waterproofed 
and protected from outside dripping of 
water, it will remain dry, sweet and clean 
in summer, as well as in winter. In the 
cold season, when the furnace is going, 
the moisture of the cellar is dried up more 
or less by the heat, but in summer the cel¬ 
lar grows damp and unhealthy. This 
dampness, gradually ascending, taints the 
atmosphere of the rooms upstairs. Not 
until we have perfectly dry cellars can we 
expect to be completly immune from many 
of the diseases which are now so common 
to us. 
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heating system and are looking for some¬ 
thing good at a reasonable price (not 
competitive), write for our catalog. 
The Moline System is the modern, scientific and 
practical method of successfully handling this 
most important of all building problems. 
Write us the moment you start figuring on that 
new building—or even before. It will pay you_ 
may help your architect. 
Your inquiry will bring catalog, testimonials of 
users and blue prints — allowing use in dwellings, 
apartments, schools, churches, public buildings' 
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