October, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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dens and country houses. Other novel¬ 
ties are domestic and imported rag rugs. 
The domestic examples follow the usual 
oblong shape. Centers are in attractive 
colors, plain or mottled, with harmonizing 
end bands or borders. Chief among such 
importations are the round Japanese rag 
rugs. Some have Chinese designs. The 
colors are fast. The rags are either 
woven into rope or plaited, and then made 
circularly from the center. The newest 
home-made rug is crocheted. Strips are 
cut as for a braided rag rug, and then 
crocheted tightly with a coarse needle. 
They are durable; and a shrewd eye for 
color combinations may lead to truly artis¬ 
tic results. 
The illustrations show some interesting 
floor arrangements and rug selections in 
line with prevailing taste. The hall, living 
room and bed room as pictured reveal the 
possibilities of a nice arrangement of 
smaller rugs than have heretofore been 
used for such spaces. The disposition of 
furniture and the wall conformations may 
be considered to divide the floor, so to 
speak, into so many panels, each of which 
may be treated with a rug of appropriate 
size. Such arrangement presents greater 
variety, reveals pleasing lines of a good 
floor, and the smaller rugs are not only 
less expensive, but easier to handle. If 
there is any disadvantage, it is that they 
are more likely to slip and less disposed to 
lie flat than the larger ones. The dining 
room shown is treated more convention¬ 
ally, with the new, square type of rug, 
showing perfectly uniform lines of floor. 
The rug itself, with Oriental motif, is on 
the order of the replicas above referred 
to. The sun-parlor floor shows the charm¬ 
ing placing and effect of two interesting 
grass rugs in the new round shape. The 
idea of roundness seems a happy one for 
an object to be associated with the sun. 
Growing interest has been manifested of 
late in the decoration of nurseries. It 
would be a dull child whose eyes would 
not brighten at the genial procession of 
geese which wends its way across the ends 
of this nursery rug. 
A question that has, doubtless, arisen in 
the minds of many householders is, what 
effect will the unfortunate war have on rug 
supply in this country? We are assured 
that unless the war is greatly prolonged 
there is little likelihood of any scarcity of 
Oriental rugs. At present the warehouses 
are practically full of such rugs. If any¬ 
thing, there is an over-supply. Until this 
surplus is worked off it is not expected 
that there will be any advance in price. 
Some regard it as an advantage to have 
importations temporarily checked, so that 
the present large rug assets may be real¬ 
ized on. 
WITH ITS BACK TO THE PUBLIC 
—that’s the way one architect built his 
house. Particulars in November House 
and Garden. 
fgPHOWT 
Fair Play in Telephone Rates 
I T is human nature to resent paying 
more than any one else and to 
demand cheap telephone service re¬ 
gardless of the cost of providing it. 
But service at a uniform rate 
wouldn’t be cheap. 
It would simply mean that those 
making a few calls a day were paying 
for the service of the merchant or 
corporation handlinghundreds of calls. 
That wouldn’t be fair, would it? 
No more so than that you should 
pay the same charge for a quart of 
milk as another pays for a gallon. 
To be of fehe greatest usefulness, the 
telephone should reach every home, 
office and business place. To put it 
there, rates must be so graded that 
every person may have the kind of 
service he requires, at a Bate he can 
easily afford. 
Abroad, uniform rates have been 
tried by the government-owned sys¬ 
tems and have so restricted the use 
of the telephone that it is of small value. 
The great majority of Bell subscrib¬ 
ers actually pay less than the average 
rate. There are a few who use the 
telephone in their business for their 
profit who pay according to their 
use, establishing an average rate 
higher than that paid by the majority 
of the subscribers. 
To make a uniform rate would be 
increasing the price to the many for 
the benefit of the few. 
All may have the service they re¬ 
quire, at a price which is fair and rea¬ 
sonable for the use each makes of the 
telephone. 
These are reasons why the United 
States has the cheapest and most 
efficient service and the largest number 
of telephones in the world. 
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 
And Associated Companies 
One Policy One System Universal Service 
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WHAT WE GROW 
for either Fall or 
next Spring’s plant¬ 
ing is fully de¬ 
scribed in our 
latest Fruit Book 
and Planters’ 
Guide. Copy free 
upon request. Or¬ 
ders for fruit and 
ornamental trees, 
small fruits, shrub¬ 
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and Bulbs, filled 
promptly upon receipt. Stock reserved for those 
desiring late shipment. 
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