HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 
1914 
A NEWSPAPER rack is a useful ad¬ 
dition to the furnishings of a li¬ 
brary, particularly when one likes to keep 
papers on file for a time. Made in several 
different styles the rack is designed to 
hold newspapers that are folded once 
across the center, and has five sections for 
as many different papers, ft is only about 
eight inches in depth, and the partitions 
between the sections are graduated in 
height, making it easy to select a paper 
from any section. The racks are made of 
mahogany, some being perfectly plain, 
others with an ornamental inlay, and while 
one style rests almost flat on the floor 
another is on a stand that brings the papers 
to the height of the average table. 
D OWER chests for the bride that are 
also hall chests and make beautiful 
pieces of furniture for that particular 
apartment, are of mahogany, built on 
rather severe lines that make them look, 
however, like veritable antiques. They 
are massive in appearance and quite spa¬ 
cious enough to hold linen for any but the 
most extravagantly inclined bride. In ad¬ 
dition to the space for linen there is a 
sliding tray that may be used for silver. 
It is divided into two compartments with 
a handle in the center like the ordinary 
silver basket, and while entirely separate 
from the chest it can be slid from end to 
end and need not be removed when things 
are taken out of the lower part. 
F OR the person who is always in search 
of the unusual, the Russian dinner 
gong will serve as a novelty and a useful 
article as well. It is really a brass cup, 
just a bit crude in finish and of unusual 
thickness, larger at the top than at the 
bottom, and not unlike a loving cup in ap¬ 
pearance except that it has only two 
handles. The gong is rung, or rather the 
necessary noise is produced, by striking the 
sides of the cup on the inside, with a 
pestle-like arrangement that is part of the 
outfit and is kept in the cup. A peculiar 
ringing sound results that is very pierc¬ 
ing, but not at all unpleasant. The gongs 
are made in two sizes, one about two, the 
other six inches high. 
F LOWER racks for finger bowls that 
are among the novelties in the way 
of table accessories are inexpensive and 
quite an improvement on the custom of 
putting a few blossoms in the bowl to 
float on top of the water. The holders are 
narrow curved bars of silver about three 
inches long, with a sort of hook at either 
end which fits over the edge of the finger 
bowl. Attached to the bar are five little 
loops, in each of which a single violet or 
some other small flower is placed. This 
brings the heads of the flowers just on a 
line with the edge of the bowl, and when 
they are in place the holder is scarcely 
noticeable. One or two of the holders are 
used in each finger bowl according to in¬ 
dividual tastes. 
DO YOUR BRAINS 
INTERFERE 
WITH YOUR GOLF? 
Is it true — 
— that golf and brains don’t assimilate ? 
— that golf is a strictly physical and not at all a 
mental exercise ? 
— that the time you now spend in practice is 
absolutely wasted ? 
— that the veteran professional and the young 
lad just starting play essentially the same sort of 
game ? 
-—- and that their careless swing is fundamentally 
more effective than the system you have so care¬ 
fully studied out ? 
Marshall Whitlatch says: “Yes!” 
Mr. Whitlatch’s golf articles, outlining an 
entirely new theory of play are appearing in 
the current number of VANITY FAIR. 
See page 00 of the January issue for the 
second article — better still, send $1 for a 
special six months try-out subscription (Janu¬ 
ary to June), including the complete series. 
If coupon is received before January 20th 
we can also send you, without extra charge, 
a back number of the December issue, con¬ 
taining the introductory article. 
This coupon brings all the 
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