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House & Garden 
It Also Solves the Guest Problem 
The Modern Davenport Bed Provides Comfortable Sleeping 1 Accommodations for 
One or Two Persons 
Serves by Day and by Night 
T ONIGHT, to thousands of homes, will 
come unexpected guests. And in many 
instances limited room will make dif¬ 
ficult the problem of providing suitable 
sleeping accommodations. Is your home 
equipped to meet such emergencies ? 
If you have a modern Davenport Bed the 
arrival of overnight guests brings no worry 
or embarrassment. No matter how small 
your apartment or house may be, there is a 
full-size, restful bed with buoyant springs 
and soft mattress ready for instant use. 
One easy motion changes the handsome 
davenport into a luxurious, inviting bed. 
And in the morning, the room where your 
guests have slept — and rested— is quickly 
tidied. Mattress and bedding are com¬ 
pletely concealed when the DavenportBed is 
returned to its daytime duty as an unusually 
beautiful and attractive piece of furniture; 
the temporary bedroom is again an attrac¬ 
tively furnished living room, sun parlor, or 
library. The modern Davenport Bed gives 
no hint by day of its nighttime usefulness. 
In this way the Davenport Bed solves. 
The Davenport Bed, shown above, arranged for 
night. There are other types—long and short 
models—of equally good appearance and utility 
easily and satisfactorily, the problem of the 
overnight guest. 
But that is not all, for in appearance this 
remarkable piece of furniture meets the 
highest standards of home furnishings. 
There are eighty-three manufacturers build¬ 
ing modern Davenport Beds in a complete 
variety of designs — Renaissance, Queen 
Anne,William and Mary and otherauthentic 
fashions—upholstered in tapestries, velours, 
or leather. You can have a Davenport Bed 
to harmonize with your other furniture. It 
can be had with chairs and rockers to match. 
See for yourself how beauty and double 
utility—twenty-four hour service—are com¬ 
bined in the modern Davenport Bed. Go to 
any good furniture store, or any department 
store selling good furniture, and learn how 
the Davenport Bed will add to the comfort 
and appearance of your home. 
Send for our handsome brochure showing a 
great variety of Davenport Beds in a wide 
choice of styles, woods and covering materials. 
Davenport Bed Makers of America 
Standard Oil Building, Chicago 
