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HO USE & GARDEN 
Co ver Your Porch 
Floors and Roofs with 
CON-SER-TEX 
Above all things you are in¬ 
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When properly laid it lasts longer 
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materials. It is much easier and 
cheaper to lay. It is mildew proof. 
It deadens the noise of the rain and 
stops the rattle of the wind. It les¬ 
sens work and the cost of repairs. 
The cold of the blizzard or the heat 
of midsummer does not affect it. 
It adds charm and neatness to your 
home because it lays flat—clings tight 
and does the work. Generous samples, 
price list and descriptive matter upon 
request. Write today for our inter¬ 
esting little booklet , ** Roofing Facts 
and Figures 
WM. L. BARRELL COMPANY 
8 Thomas Street New York City 
Chicago Distributor : 
Geo. B. Carpenter & Co.. 430-40 Wells Street 
California Distributors : 
Waterhouse & Price Co., Los Angeles 
The Pacific Building Material Co., San Francisco 
*-+ 
The Famous 
Cactus Dahlia 
Golden Gate 
T HIS dahlia was used in preference 
to chrysanthemums or other dahlias 
for decorations by the Suffragettes 
of Oyster Bay last fall. The best all- 
around dahlia in existence: a tried 
and true novelty and the most attractive gar¬ 
den dahlia ever introduced. 
Winners of numerous first prizes and cer¬ 
tificates of merit—caused a sensation when 
exhibited in New York and other parts of 
the country—Introduced by us in 1914, and 
is now considered, by leading dahlia spe¬ 
cialists and amateurs, to be the finest, 
largest and best blooming dahlia ever intro¬ 
duced. 3 to 6 giant blooms up to 10 inches 
in diameter will open at one time on each 
3 to 4 ft. stems. Your garden is not com¬ 
plete without this wonderful chrysanthe¬ 
mum-like dahlia. The beautiful, dazzling, 
golden yellow color of the flower will delight 
and attract everyone. This dahlia is 
drought-blight and insect-proof and will 
bloom when others fail, and is to dahlias 
what King Humbert is to cannas or Ameri¬ 
can Beauty is to roses. We have hundreds 
of testimonials confirming above claims. 
We grow all of the best of the newer dah¬ 
lias and are proud to boast that the Golden 
Gate is still the best garden dahlia. .Send 
in your order at once as we have an enorm¬ 
ous sale on this variety and may be sold 
out later. Send your order now and have 
Golden Gate blooming in your garden this 
year. One large field root for 50 cents— 
postpaid, $5 per dozen. Our dahlias were 
given three first prizes at the American dah¬ 
lia Show. We carry all the good ones of 
new and standard sorts, all free bloomers 
that have made good for florists' use. 
We handle all the new standard 
sorts of Holland Peony Dahlias that 
are so popular this year. They are 
free bloomers of large artistic flowers 
on long stems and are extra good 
for either cutting or for the garden. 
Send for prices. 
No shy bloomers listed in our 1916 
catalog that will be mailed free on 
application . 
LONG ISLAND 
DAHLIA GARDENS 
Hicksville, L. I., N. Y. 
* --+ 
Small, compact “cat” feet are 
among the points to look for 
The Gentleman’s Terrier 
(Continued from page 27) 
the best type of thoroughbred. 
In America the fox terriers out¬ 
number any other variety. The ca¬ 
nine population recorded by the dog 
license records of the cities show two 
fox terriers to one dog of any other 
breed, but most of these so-called fox 
terriers are of more than doubtful 
ancestry and very nondescript ap¬ 
pearance. Every small dog, mainly 
white, splotched with markings of 
black, tan, smutty brindle and what¬ 
not, whose tail has been docked, is not 
a fox terrier. Short, spindly legs; 
dumpy, shapeless bodies; thick skulls 
and snippy noses; large pop eyes and 
great, floppy ears are not the dis¬ 
tinguishing physical characteristics of 
the breed that has been well called 
"the gentlemen of the terriers.” 
There are thousands of these cari¬ 
cature fox terriers all over America. 
It is quite bad enough that such un¬ 
lovely looking dogs should masquer¬ 
ade under the name of a good breed; 
but it is far worse that their disposi¬ 
tion and character—or rather lack of 
character—should be charged up 
against their thoroughbred name¬ 
sakes. These counterfeits, to give 
them their due, are usually bright, 
but they are also usually yappy, 
snappish little dogs, lacking in cour¬ 
age and without any real personality. 
The thoroughbred, on the other hand, 
fairly teems with terrier character. 
He shows his breeding, too, in every 
curve of his outline, in every move¬ 
ment of his lithe muscles. 
Rough Coats and Smooth 
In either wire or smooth jacket the 
fox terrier is a gentleman’s dog, but 
it is remarkable what a difference 
the two coats make in his appearance. 
The smooth fox terrier is a little 
patrician, a clean-cut young gentle¬ 
man of the beau mondc; his rough- 
coated brother is the young sports¬ 
man of the family, no less gently 
born, but fonder of the hunting fi Id 
than of the drawing-room. The 
smooth dog has a neat, trim, just- 
out-of-the-bandbox appearance. The 
wire seems preeminently rough and 
ready. Their expressions, too, are 
different. The former has a bright, 
keen, varmintv look, while the whisk¬ 
ers and rough eyebrows of the latter 
give him a fascinating, quizzically 
alert expression. 
Though the friends of the two va¬ 
rieties find in each their favorite 
characteristics which they cannot 
discover in his brother, there is really 
little or no difference in their dispo¬ 
sitions. The smooth’s supporters are 
pleased to consider their dog some¬ 
thing more of a gentleman than the 
wire, in whom they seem to notice a 
certain unseemly boisterousness. On 
the other hand the wire dog’s ad¬ 
herents find him more gritty, less 
given to barking, and not such a 
tramp as the smooth. These fancies 
are the offspring of imagination 
and prejudice. The dogs that are so 
very different may be full brothers, 
for breeders not infrequently mate 
the two varieties. If you like a 
smooth coat best, the smooth fox ter¬ 
rier is certainly more desirable and 
attractive; but if you prefer a rough 
jacket, the wire is obviously the bet¬ 
ter dog. There is simply no compari¬ 
son between the two. The smooth 
coat, it is worth while to remember, 
is trim, neat, attractive with almost 
no care, but it sheds badly in spring 
and fall, while the wire jacket, being 
a better protection against wet and 
cold, makes a hardier dog, which, al¬ 
though it does not shed, requires 
much combing and trimming. 
Points to Look For 
The points of the two varieties 
are identical. Both dogs to be typi¬ 
cal must have long, lean heads. To 
avoid any suggestion of a “foxy 
look,” the skull must be narrow, the 
cheeks clean, and the foreface must be 
well filled in. This gives the much 
desired “long, punishing jaw.” The 
ears must be small, V-shaped and 
placed quite high on the corners of 
the skull, for nothing spoils the keen 
terrier expression more than low, 
heavy ears. For the same reason 
large, yellow eyes are barred. The 
neck should be quite long, rising 
gracefully from the lines of back 
and chest, adding much to the dog’s 
aristocratic carriage. The “front” is 
an important item in fox terrier per¬ 
fection. It consists of smooth, slop¬ 
ing shoulders, like those of a thor¬ 
oughbred race horse; a pair of front 
legs as straight and even as a couple 
of pocket rulers, ending in small, 
compact “cat” feet. The back should 
be short and level, the chest and 
brisket deep, and the loin cut up, 
though an exaggerated “wasp waist” 
is a fault showing weakness. Strong 
hind legs, with straight, well let 
down hocks, giving him two power¬ 
ful springs to drive him forward at 
a racing gallop, are demanded by the 
critical judge. The dog is topped off, 
as it were, with a gaily carried tail. 
(Continued on page 90) 
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HEALTH HEAT 
Prescribed by 
Old Doc 
Common Sense 
The very first thing 
your own doctor tells 
you when feeling a bit 
laggy is, “Get out in the 
air, fill your lungs. 
Don’t sit around any 
more than you have to 
in the usual overheated, 
poorly ventilated 
rooms.” 
If it’s fresh air you need 
to get well —Old Doc Com¬ 
mon Sense says, its fresh 
air you need to keep well. 
That’s why the Kelsey 
Heat is called the Health 
Heat. It ventilates while it 
heats. The air in your 
home can be just as fresh, 
just as full of health giving 
oxygen, as the sunshiny 
outdoors air. And you can 
heat any room in any 
weather, no matter what 
way the wind blows. 
Burns less coal than any 
other heats. We can prove it. 
Send for Booklet—Some 
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NEW YORK CHICAGO 
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