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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 1914 
Wolff Fixtures 
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from the moment our factory com¬ 
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A Court Painter and His Circle 
Francois Boucher (1703-1770) 
By MRS. BEARNE 
Author of “ Heroines of French Society.” etc. 
Francois Boucher, the celebrated Court painter of 
Louis XV, was perhaps the most characteristic of the 
distinguished throng of painters that arose in France, 
when, after the death of Louis XIV, the solemn and 
state and splendor which had oppressed and tram¬ 
melled the freedom of Art gave place to a reign of 
gaiety, license, and unrestrained worship of beauty 
and pleasure. Boucher painted in an atmosphere of 
romance, tragedy and excitement in the Paris and 
Versailles of the period. 
With a colored Frontispiece and 32 other Illustrations. 
8vo. Cloth. $4.00 net. Postage 30 cents. 
SHELF 
The Autobiography of Charlotte Amelle 
Princess of Aldenburg (1652-1732) 
Translated and Edited by her descendant 
By MRS. AUBREY LE BLOND 
This is the life story of a singularly attractive woman, 
written for the guidance of her son. Princess Charlotte 
left the country of her birth when a girl because of 
religious intolerance and retired to Denmark, where 
she was sought in marriage by three kings and an 
infinite array of German princelings. She was 
married to Anthony I., Count of Aldenburg only to 
have him snatched from her but six months after 
their marriage, poisoned by instigators of the heir 
presumptive. 
Illustrated with unpublished Portraits from Private Col¬ 
lections. $4.00 net. Postage 20 cents. 
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Put in a ventilating arrangement that 
will give you all the fresh air you want, 
minus the draught. That’s the answer. 
You come in from the fields, your pores 
open, dripping perspiration, and your 
shirt and clothes saturated with it. You 
sit down to dinner with a fine breeze blow¬ 
ing in on you through the open window 
at your back, and - but I don't need to 
tell you about the result; you’ve had that 
often enough to know. 
And it is the same old story spring, 
summer, fall and winter; a story full of 
colds and aches and pains, also the doc¬ 
tor, and, sometimes, the doctor's successor 
with his funereal air, accompanied by a 
fleeting odor of roses in the house, and 
after that the remainder of the family- 
go right on catching more colds. 
“Why don't you arrange a system of 
ventilation that will send the incoming air 
current upward.” suggested a caller. 
A simple and efficient ventilator attachable to any 
window 
We hadn’t thought of that before; but 
we did then, pretty seriously, too. 
The result was a scheme of ventilation 
which is best explained by the accompany¬ 
ing illustrations. It was such a perfect 
success that we later installed the same 
scheme on the windows of the kitchen, the 
dining and living rooms, as well as in all 
of the sleeping rooms, with the result that 
we got all the necessary ventilation and all 
the fresh air we wanted without the un¬ 
pleasant aftermath of a cold. 
It is just as serviceable during one sea¬ 
son as another, and is especially practical 
in winter and during stormy weather, for 
with this arrangement house or stable may 
be supplied with fresh air without letting 
in the rain or snow. 
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