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House & Garden 
Modernize Tour 
Jftathroom! 
Here’s the new, glistening white bathroom fixture that 
every modern home should have. It’s not only appropri¬ 
ate—it looks sanitary—and it is sanitary. It's the 
Golco Toilet 
Paper Holder 
Convenient—economical—and will last for years—noth¬ 
ing to get out of order. Dispenses only one sheet at a 
time. Only the edge of the sheet is in sight. Quickly 
attached—fasteners do not show. Always clean and 
bright—“it’s glistening white.” 
Golco Toilet Paper 
Is of the finest quality, soft and pliable, absorbent 
on one side, moisture-proof on the other. Costs no more 
and usually less than inferior papers. Golco is used in 
the best homes and leading hotels. 
The attractive and convenient Golco Toilet Paper 
Holder is solid white china and sells regularly for $4.00. 
Mail the attached coupon, good for ~ ~ |' ' 
$1,50, and we will send a holder and 
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fifty packages of paper, (more than h 
enough to last an average family 
eighteen months). Charges prepaid 
anywhere in the United States for -|j 
$5.00. Regular price $6.50. Satis- Recessed holder, 
faction guaranteed, of course. s0 ^ only thru 
dealers 
GOLCO SANITARY SYSTEM, INC. 
618-620 Cherry Street Philadelphia, Pa. 
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Golco Sanitary System, Inc., 
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Enclosed Is $5.00 for which send me, all charges pre¬ 
paid, one Golco Toilet Paper Holder and fifty packages 
of paper. 
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Heating the House 
(Continued from page 110) 
in connecting joints. This is very im¬ 
portant. Repacking should never be 
necessary with your boiler. The nipples 
or valves must be easily closed and eas¬ 
ily opened and yet everlastingly tight. 
The best boiler is of cast iron. It 
will outlast the building, and will not 
rust or pit. It should be so built as 
never to need repair. 
There is no fire hazard in a boiler 
where the fire chamber is entirely sur¬ 
rounded by water and steam surfaces 
and when the boiler stands low and 
therefore well away from joists and 
woodwork. 
Boilers are generally tested for 80 lbs. 
pressure, but to operate them 2 lbs. 
ought to be enough, though one to five 
is the usual bill-of-fare. Steam boilers 
should have a relief valve. 
It is desirable that the boiler be in¬ 
stalled without digging a pit. This, by 
the by, would be a good way of start¬ 
ing your chat with the contractor. “I 
want a simple, fine boiler, for which no 
pits must be dug, or brick enclosures 
built.” The best boilers require only a 
brick base. The installation should not 
necessitate any alterations of the build¬ 
ing, because the sectional boiler, like the 
sectional bookcase, is made to fit in 
anywhere. Asbestos covering on a boil¬ 
er prevents waste of heat in the cellar. 
Thermostatic valves come with some 
boilers to cut off and “set on” heat 
automatically. This conserves fuel. 
Radiators are the translators. They 
are like the English writer who trans¬ 
lates the Russian novel. The radiator 
alone tells us whether the hot water in 
the boiler is being translated into heat 
for our comfort. They are a series of 
tubings which present a maximum of 
heat radiator surface. They have 
valves for controlling the heat. 
If you buy the right valves your 
radiators will not leak, “water-hammer”, 
bang, or flood. An air valve must let 
out the air to permit the steam or water 
to fill the pipes. If it doesn’t do this, 
it is of no use. Varying steam pressure, 
flooded radiators, forced firing of the 
boiler are overcome with correct valves. 
The right valve saves fuel, because un¬ 
necessary amount of pressure is not 
needed to force out air, the right valve 
copes with dirt and dust. 
The radiator which is recessed in the 
wall has the advantage of being less 
visible, but unless you employ heat re¬ 
flectors you will lose a lot of heat—and 
even with them you lose some. 
Some manufacturers are doing their 
super-level best to build radiators which 
are not unsightly. But, again like the 
upright piano, they can only be made 
comparatively beautiful. Gratings can 
hide them. 
One company is manufacturing radi¬ 
ators consisting of a series of columns 
that resist high internal pressure. The 
internal area of its tubes in relation to 
the heating surface has been reduced to 
one quarter of that run in general use. 
This not only greatly increases the pres¬ 
sure resistance, but in reducing the in¬ 
ternal area, the water or steam contents 
are likewise reduced. There is more 
heating surface in this type, too. The 
water content is one-half the content of 
other radiators. This means quick and 
positive venting for steam, vapor, or hot 
water and causes the radiator to heat 
up more rapidly. 
To take the heating of your home out 
of the area of dreams and out of the ex¬ 
pensive realm of “fueling”, some sort of 
heat regulating device is recommended. 
The perfect thermostat not only tells 
you the temperature in your house, not 
only keeps the house evenly heated, but 
in doing so saves you fuel and expense. 
By simple mechanical means the ther¬ 
mostat opens and closes the door of the 
furnace as the heat needs to be lowered 
or increased. If less heat is required, 
the door closes and less coal is used. 
The thermostat can be set to do these 
things at any time you wish them to 
be done. If you want the damper 
opened at 7 a.m., it will be done. 
There are two or three excellent ther¬ 
mostats on the market and many not 
so good. Be sure to investigate them 
before buying. The best thermostats 
have no corroding or wearing parts, 
look well and prove themselves thor¬ 
oughbreds. Ethel R. Peyser. 
How to Measure for Curtains 
(Continued from page 78) 
14" deep, particularly if the curtains are 
simple and hang only to the sill. 
You may have a window which seems 
too narrow. A splendid way to obvi¬ 
ate this difficulty is to place wooden 
blocks out on the wall, and fasten your 
overcurtains and valance board to them. 
One may gain from 4" to 8" at each 
side in this manner. This also holds 
true when you have a deep radiator 
box underneath the window, which 
would ordinarily prevent the use of cur¬ 
tains to the floor. You can block out 
your curtains far enough to escape this. 
When you measure for portieres, see 
that you have the heading touch the 
top of the opening, so that no ugly 
streak of light mars the effect. They 
should be finished to hang 1" from the 
floor. For glass doors take the width 
and length of glass size. Allow a 3/\" 
heading and a casing for rod both 
top and bottom in addition to this 
measure. The net or gauze should be 
almost double fullness. The brackets 
should be placed as close to the glass 
as possible, so as not to break the line 
of the door. 
It is often desirable to use upper and 
lower sash curtains. To measure for 
these, take the upper sash length from 
the top of window to the bottom of 
sash bar, and the lower one in just the 
opposite way,—from the top of sash bar 
to the sill. This over-lapping assures 
you that your lower rod will be cov¬ 
ered even when the lower curtains are 
drawn apart. Place the lower rod so 
that it is on a line with the sash bar, 
and will be hidden from the outside. 
Curtain trimmings may be a pitfall to 
the amateur, as one is apt to think this 
an unimportant item, and allow almost 
no material for it. For single box- 
pleating allow three times the measure. 
For simple ruchings, which are gathered, 
twice the amount is ample. When you 
use fringes or braids on the edges of 
curtains, buy a little more than the ac¬ 
tual amount needed, as it takes up in 
sewing. Ruffles may be a snag also. 
For ruffles of muslin curtains, sixty to 
seventy-five per cent fullness is suffi¬ 
cient, but net ruffles must be double the 
amount of fullness. 
Try to acquire the habit of measur¬ 
ing in feet and inches, instead of inches 
only. For instance, if you put down a 
measure of 67", after it is cold and 
you are away from the new house, it 
may look like 6' 7", and you make 
your curtains accordingly. Also be sure 
to put down your widths first. Then 
you are never in doubt afterwards as 
to which measure is the width and 
which the length. 
