House and Garden 
the market which 
automatically 
regulate th'e 
boiler. Most heat¬ 
ing contractors 
have illustrated 
catalogues which 
explain these fuel 
saving devices, 
riiey are influ¬ 
enced by either 
the temperature 
of the water in 
the heater, or in 
the temperature 
of the air in a 
room in which the 
degree of warmth 
is made the stand¬ 
ard f o r adjust- 
m e n t. h h e s e 
regulators can he set and maintained at a stated tem¬ 
perature and subject to changes without going into 
the cellar. 
d'he water warming method is the acme of safety— 
its normal condition is one of great assurance in this 
respect, d'he fire in the heater being surrounded by 
water, there is not even a remote possibility of damage 
from this source, while the connecting pipes or mains 
are heated to a point many hundred degrees less than 
the degree of temperature at which wood or other 
materials would fuse or ignite. With ordinary care 
explosions cannot occur, for in the most approved 
methods there is no confinement of the water or 
pressure excepting the mere hydrostatic pressure 
(the weight of the water standing m the pipes). 1 he 
same can he said of modern steam methods, for the 
compounded reserve strength of the metal used and 
the provisions for self-acting relief at a very low pres¬ 
sure cut out all insecurity or hazard. 
Many people seem to think that the house must be 
connected with city or town water pipes running 
through the street in order to have a water heating 
outfit. This is not so. I'lie outfit can he filled with 
water by a hand forcing pump (costing a few dollars) 
connected to the supply pipes in cellar, if the house 
has a water storage tank in the attic or cellar cistern. 
If not so supplied, the outfit can he filled by the pailful 
through a funnel on the expansion tank, and when so 
filled it is not necessary to refill for several years. In 
case the house is vacated in the winter the water can 
all be drawn off' and this will prevent freezing up. 
Recent years have witnessed a very noteworthy 
evolution in the desio-n and construction of the radi- 
O ^ 
ators utilized for the distribution of warmth. Old- 
fashioned radiators (a few of which are still m use and 
creating very poor ideals of the true aspect of modern 
productions) were none too welcome to persons of 
particular taste. 
Many of such 
were made almost 
solely with a view 
to the radiation 
of heat. Orna¬ 
mentation if at all 
regarded was 
crude and inele¬ 
gant. They were 
o ft e n made of 
wrought iron 
pipes combined 
with cast iron 
heads, tops and 
bases—or of very 
poorly moulded 
cast iron through¬ 
out. They were 
very inartistic in 
design a n d very 
difficult to keep in tidy appearance. Often these 
radiators were capped with tops or surrounded by 
iron or brass screens which mitigated the unpleas¬ 
ant visual effects at an expense of their efficiency, 
lyy retarding a free circulation of air around 
and through them and making them difficult to 
clean. 
riiere are highly finished patterns of radiators in 
the market to-day which please the most particular— 
free from dust lodging surfaces and in form so grace¬ 
ful in outline and so artistic in design that they har¬ 
monize with and decorate any apartment m which 
they may he placed. Some of the best of these mod¬ 
ern productions are finished as smooth as bronze and 
are highly perfected works in iron. Radiators five 
times as handsome and attractive as those made 
fifteen years ago can he purchased in the market 
to-day at two-thirds of the price. 
A TYPICAL OHIO HOME 
Warmed by a Water Plant costing ;^300 
RESIDENCE OF A. D. I3RANDE1S, OMAH.V, NEB. 
Warmed by Hot Water System 
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