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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 
1914 
Afford music lovers 
the ideal means of 
keeping music in or¬ 
der — every selection 
at your fingers’ ends 
when you want to 
use it. 
Made for Sheet Music, 
Talking - Machine Records, 
and Player - Piano Rolls. 
Graceful designs and 
beautiful finishes, $17.00 
up. 
Style “No. 1 , $ 32.00 
Write today for Illustrated 
Catalogue No. 6 
BOBBINK & ATKINS and Greenhouse Products 
AUTUMN PLANTING! 
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attractive EVERGREENS. Our collection is conceded to be the most complete and magnificent 
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proved hardy. Our plants are dug with a ball of earth and burlapped previous to shipping. 
Before purchasing, 'those'interested should not fail to inspect our collection. 
THE FOLLOWING PLANTS ARE AMONG OUR ^SPECIALTIES: 
Roses, Rhododendrons Ornamental Trees] Bulbs and Roots 
Boxwood and Baytrees Evergreens and Pines Hardy Old-Fashioned Flowers 
Hardy Climbing VinesJ Shrubs and Hedge Plants Fruit Trees and Small Fruits 
Our Wonderful New Hybrid Giant Flowering Marshmallow 
Our Illustrated General Catalog No. 40 and Autumn Bulb Catalog describe our products; mailed upon request 
“WE PLAN AND PLANT GROUNDS AND GARDENS EVERYWHERE.” 
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Wolff Fixtures 
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Manufacturers of Plumbing Goods Only 
General Offices: 601-627 WEST LAKE STREET 
Showrooms: 111 NORTH DEARBORN STREET 
Pottery: Trenton, N. J. CHICAGO 
Whether for the modest cottage or the 
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from the moment our factory com¬ 
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The Position for the Piano 
(Continued from page 289) 
are unsightly, inconvenient and destruc¬ 
tive. Music costs money and is presum¬ 
ably worth preserving. This can be done 
only by having a properly arranged place 
tor it, as one would for books. The most 
accessible and satisfactory method of 
keeping it is to have a number of very 
shallow drawers or else thin shelves set 
about two and a half or three inches apart. 
Cabinets constructed upon this plan can 
be purchased ready made, or, if they do 
not fit in with the decorative scheme of the 
room, it is a simple matter to have one 
made to order. A collection of music well 
kept is a lasting comfort and convenience. 
Turning to the purely decorative aspect 
of the piano’s position, it would seem much 
easier to place a grand piano so that it will 
both meet all the practical requirements 
aforementioned and at the same time fit in 
well with the furnishing scheme of the 
room. It lends itself to group arrange¬ 
ment and, the case being presentable from 
all sides, it does not have to be set at any 
particular angle to hide an unsightly back 
view. A little ingenuity and care in ar¬ 
rangement, however, will prove the up¬ 
right piano quite as tractable as the grand 
in this respect. There is no need at all of 
setting an upright piano against a wall in 
order to hide its unsightly back. 
Put it out in the room at whatever spot 
will best meet the instrument’s practical 
requirements and at whatever angle the 
best light is assured. You will then find 
that the piano sounds like another instru¬ 
ment when a large percentage of its tone is 
not smothered by a wall, and will also find 
enlarged possibilities of furniture arrange¬ 
ment. The ugly wire back can be com¬ 
pletely hidden bv a mellow-colored old In¬ 
dia shawl, a Chinese embroidery or a piece 
of Japanese brocade. Almost any sort of 
furniture group can thus be constructed 
with the piano as a nucleus. A settee, for 
instance, may be backed up to it, or a half 
round table or cabinet set against it. Then, 
again, if it is preferred, a screen can be 
used to conceal the piano back instead of 
a hanging of brocade or embroidery. Do 
not use the piano itself as a repository for 
a multitude of bric-a-brac. 
It is not the intent of this article to 
work out a scheme of sundry decorative 
treatments contingent upon the position of 
the piano. Its point will have been 
achieved if the general reader is brought 
to a keener realization of a piano’s physi¬ 
cal needs, which are largely met by judi¬ 
cious placing, and are not antagonistic to 
sound decorative principles. 
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present ? See December House and Gar¬ 
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