VOL. XIV 
NO. 4 
CONTENTS-OCTOBER, 1908 
An Historical House of the West. 
Treatment of Colonial Halls. 
Decorative Indian Jars.. 
Soil for Potting Plants. 
The Small House Which is Good . 
Artistic Curtains for the Home . 
Rugs for the House. 
A House of Six Rooms Furnished for $1,500 
Part I—^The Living-Room. 
Typical Lighting Fixtures of the Twentieth Century 
Some Treasures of a Collector 
From the Collection of Mr. J. L. Schwartz. 
Modern Wall Coverings. 
Automobiles: Repairs by the Roadside. 
The Editor’s Talks and Correspondence. 
.Catherine Robertson Hamlin 
.Myrtle Hyde Darling . 
.Charles Francis Saunders .. 
J. W. H . 
Rev. George H. Ottaway . . . 
.Mira Burr Ed son . 
H. James Johnston . 
A Decorator . 
Elizabeth Foster . 
Louise King . 
Fred D. Faylor . . 
Margaret Greenleaf 
An Inexpensive Drapery Material Doing Over Old Furniture 
Suggestions for the Month. 
The House. Leila Mechlin . 
The Garden. J. JV. Hall . 
Garden Correspondence. W. C. Egan . 
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