HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 
This floor plate is the only evidence of a door¬ 
checking device to prevent slamming of pantry 
or dining-room doors 
An automatic ash sifter from the kitchen range is an economy 
and makes it easy to carry out ashes without spreading dust 
The house telephone placed at the bedside is 
an incalculable boon. It is especially valua¬ 
ble for the invalid 
One of the designs of leaded glass which may be purchased for 
casement windows or to reproduce the leaded glass of other 
days; sections may be had for all sorts of windows 
Portable lamps are now capable of supplying 
light by the indirect method, casting it upon 
the ceiling for general illumination 
The built-in plate warmer assures hot dishes and makes 
it unnecessary for them to be sent from the pantry 
planned with the building such an arrange¬ 
ment as that shown above may be in¬ 
stalled. A sliding steel bar separates the 
coat-hangers and the clothes occupy the 
smallest amount of space. The rod sup¬ 
porting the clothes slides out into the room, 
so that the clothes may be easily reached 
and removed from the carrier. 
There are carpenter built-in conven¬ 
iences, which, though not exactly inventions, 
are mentionable here. For instance, there 
are the various uses of the dumbwaiter. A 
small one may be put in a shaft run¬ 
ning along by the flue for the use of 
carrying wood from the cellar to the 
fireplace. It can easily be operated 
by hand, and if an invisible hinge is 
used its opening is not discovered. 
Purchasable to be built in are 
various medicine cabinets planned 
to contain just the right space for 
the family medicine supply. They 
are built of steel and equipped with 
To prevent smoke scientific fire throat is pur¬ 
chasable; it also keeps draft out of the room 
A convenience to almost every house is a built-in 
wardrobe equipped with a hanging device that keeps 
the clothes in condition and makes them easy to get at 
shaving mirrors and add considerably to 
the attractiveness of the bathroom, as they 
are set flush with the wall. 
Electricity is constantly adding new helps 
in the home. The electric plate-warmer 
is one. Much of the success of a dinner 
and much of the tastiness of the food de¬ 
pends on the warmth of the plates. This 
plate-warmer is built-in in the pantry and 
the plates may be kept warm for the arrival 
of the food; they do not need to be sent to 
the kitchen at all in this case, and 
thus are saved the chance of break¬ 
age. The plate-warmer consists of a 
compartment electrically connected, 
so that the turning on of the current 
produces a sufficient heat to keep the 
plates comfortably hot, but will not 
crack them. Another electric help is 
the house telephone. It saves num¬ 
berless steps and keeps the mistress 
in touch with all parts of the house. 
