THE EDITOR’S TALKS 
{Continued from page 65.) 
House and Garden 
'Standard Kitchen 
Standard ’ Laundry 
You must have healthful, sanitary Plumbing Fixtures 
to have a healthful, sanitary Home 
By Equipping 
with Genuine 
Green & Gold Label 
Plumbing Fixtures 
the health of your household is safeguarded for all time 
and the problem of home sanitation is solved for good. 
be not interfered with, and that ample 
passage ways be reserved behind the 
stands. 
Competitors will submit drawings as 
follows: 
A plan showing stands from the 
Peace Monument to Seventeenth Street, 
at a scale of 200 feet to the inch. 
An elevation of a typical stand, at a 
scale of eight feet to the inch. 
A cross-section of the Avenue and 
stands, at a scale of eight feet to the inch. 
Additional space on stretcher may be 
utilized to show any details desired. 
Drawings will be mounted on a board 
or stretcher, thirty inches by fifty inches. 
Plans will be delivered, prepaid, by 
December i, 1908, addressed to Mr. 
Percy Ash, The Octagon, Washington, 
D. C. 
Three prizes are offered: First— 
Three hundred (300) dollars. Second— 
One hundred (100) dollars. Third — 
One hundred (100) dollars. 
Each of these prizes will be increased 
if the funds available permit. 
Other meritorious plans will be given 
mention. 
Designs should be signed and should 
be accompanied by a brief description 
covering not more than two pages of 
type-written matter. 
For a clear understanding of the situ¬ 
ation, the Avenue and the entire route 
of the procession should be personally 
visited. 
Photographs of the Avenue may be 
obtained from local photographers, such 
as: Leet Brothers, 14th Street and New 
York Avenue, or Henry Farnham, 936 
F Street, N. W. 
In order to diminish the number of 
plans submitted, it is suggested that local 
clubs have a preliminary competition. 
Additional information, if there be 
any, will be given by circular letters to 
each registered competitor. This addi¬ 
tional information will not be given later 
than November i, 1908. 
Competitors will be registered upon 
payment of one (i) dollar to Mr. Percy 
Ash, the Secretary of the Washington 
Chapter A. I. A., The Octagon, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., and will each he furnished 
with a plat of the Avenue. Dotted lines 
on plat indicate outline of public reser¬ 
vations or parks. 
Committee on invitation: Jos. C. Horn- 
No other plumbing equipment provides the 
same thorough satisfaction in sanitation, ser¬ 
vice and actual use as genuine “Standard" 
“Green and Ciold ” Label Fixtures. No matter 
how much or how little you wish to invest 
in your sanitary fixtures, there is a genuine 
“Stattdard" equipment for you at that price. The 
genuine “Standard” equipment is the most sanitary, 
the most economical, and the most beautiful of all 
plumbing equipment made for household use. 
To protect yourself against prevalent substitution, 
and to make sure that the fixtures installed in your 
home are genuine “Standard” Ware, insist that each 
and every fixture bear the “.^taiidard" “Green 
and Gold’’ Guarantee Label. Look for this 
label and refuse any fixture without it. The 
“Standard” Label means a full dollar of value 
for every dollar you invest, and is a pro¬ 
tection you cannot afford to be without. 
We want every householder to have our beautifully illustrated 100-page 
book, “MODERN BATHROOMS.” This book will save you many dollars 
when purchasing the sanitary equipment for your home. Sent on receipt 
of 6c. postage and name of your architect and plumber (if selected). 
Address Standard 5anrtai3HOfe,., Dept. 40 , Pittsburgh, Pa., U. S. A. 
Offices and Showrooms in New York: ’’Standard” Ituilding, 35-37 West 31st Street. 
Louisville: 325-329 W'est Main Street. 
London, Eng.: 22 Holborn Viaduct, E. G. 
Pittsburgh : 
949 Penn Avenue. 
New Orleans: Cor. Baronne& St. Joseph Sts, 
Cleveland: 648-652 Huron Road, S. E. 
Actual Size 
Plant SOBER PARAGON 
The only 
Large, 8weet 
CHESTNUT 
The nuts are large in size, being from 3 to 4 inches or more in circumference, and have 
a sweetness of flavor equal to the native sweet chestnut. 
A iMCnnr A ■ For lawn or park its beautiful dark, rich waxy green foliage 
UKDIAnirinilAL makesitamost stately tree. 
DDC%l=:iXARI 13 The vToher Paragon Chestnut is a hardy, rapid grower and 
■ adle: begins bearing when two years old. 
Prof. N. S. Davis, Bucknell University, says: “ It is one of the most remarkable dis¬ 
coveries of this decade.” 
To every SoberJParagon Chestnut Tree, 
when shipped, is attached a metal seal upon 
which is impressed the words “ SOBER PAR¬ 
AGON ” as illustrated herewith. 
For full information, testimonials, etc., address 
GLEN BROTHERS, 
Sole Agents. ROCHESTER, N. 
Copyrighted 1908. 
In writing to advcriiscrs please mention House and Garden. 
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