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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1914 
Residence of Ralph Peters, Esq., President Long Island R . R. 
Aymar Embury, II., Architect, New York 
Shingles stained with Cabot's Shingle Stains , stucco stained 
with Cabot's Waterproof Cement Stains, and lined 
with Cabot's Quilt for warmth 
Build Beautiful Houses 
They are just as cheap as ugly ones. Your 
reputation for taste depends mainly upon 
the outside of your house—most people 
never see the inside. You can make the 
outside artistic, harmonious, a joy to your¬ 
self and a pleasure to your neighbors, by 
staining it with 
Cabot’s Creosote Stains 
The colors are soft, deep and velvety, and 
they make beautifid houses more beautiful, 
commonplace houses attractive and redeem 
ugly houses. The colors are last-ing, 
they can be applied by anyone at small 
expense, they cost 50 % less than paint, and 
the Creosote thoroughly preserves the wood. 
If there is any cement stucco on your house 
the same coloring effects can be obtained on 
that with 
Cabot’s Stucco Stains 
which tint the surface in warm, natural 
effects and at the same time make it rain¬ 
proof. 
Build Warm Houses 
It costs less than trying to heat cold ones, 
and is more comfortable and healthful. A 
few dollars spent in the beginning will make 
your house wind and frost proof. 
Cabot’s Sheathing Quilt 
is a “comforter” that warms the whole 
family. One layer is warmer than 28 layers 
of cheap paper. Mr. Collins, whose resi¬ 
dence is shown below, says: “The Quilt is 
certainly a good investment, as the house 
is in a very exposed position, and after the 
hardest winter for years without a frozen 
pipe or any difficulty in heating, I feel that 
the small additional cost over building paper 
has already been saved in coal and comfort.” 
You can get Cabot’s goods all over the 
country. Send for Samples, catalogs 
and name of nearest agent. 
SAMUEL CABOT, Inc. 
Manufacturing Chemists 
11 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. 
Residence of Walter M. Collins, Builder, Bayside. 
the opening into the dining-room; a sim¬ 
ilar bookcase built to the outer wall is its 
mate, the tops of both being enough to 
make cabinet-like places for ornaments. 
Besides this built-in furniture and that in 
the dining-room, the living-room has, 
above the oak wainscot that bands the 
walls, a ledge which serves as a sort of 
running curio cabinet. The mantel shelf, 
eighteen inches wide, gives additional 
depth to the chimney-piece by projecting 
over the hearth. Beneath the wood cas¬ 
ing the fireplace is lined with bricks and 
into the center of these is set a Persian 
tile, while Chinese tiles ornament either 
upper corner, the varied yet harmonious 
colorings in all of these setting ofif the 
brown of the woodwork and the tones of 
the bricks. 
Another feature that undoubtedly en¬ 
hances the look of space in what is really 
a small house are the wide panels made 
in the beamed ceiling. These beams are, 
of course, oak like the other woodwork. 
Facing the entrance from the living- 
room is the dining-room west window, 
with its commodious buffet built in be¬ 
neath it. To the right a swing door, set 
cornerwise, opens into the butler’s pantry. 
There is space between this corner door 
and the mantelpiece, also set cornerwise, 
for a side table. Over the mantel is a 
diamond paned china cabinet, and a wide 
plate rail skirts the room at the usual 
height. 
By making Indian baskets and orna¬ 
ments conspicuous on the walls of this 
room, Russian brass and copper and 
Persian utensils of use as well as orna¬ 
ment seem to be pleasantly thrown into 
contrast and the Oriental treatment of the 
living-room is not demeaned, but rather 
enhanced. It seems to be the character 
of the house’s architecture that makes 
possible a mingling of different styles of 
furnishing that are yet harmonious. 
From the bedrooms the balcony win¬ 
dow-boxes are not so well seen as from 
the garden, though they bring the out-of- 
doors almost into the rooms. There are 
four bedrooms on the second floor and a 
bathroom. Each room has two windows 
and a closet, one has two closets and 
there is a linen closet at the end of the 
hall which, as the plan shows, runs 
across the house. The northwest room 
has a balcony, large enough for a ham¬ 
mock or cot bed. Stairs that ascend as 
does the lower flight reach the attic where 
the hall and one large room are finished 
off and the sloping roof affords two large 
closets, one really big enough for a room. 
Vine planting is the delight of the 
householder and for a new house the 
quick growers are naturally sought. The 
window boxes bloomed so luxuriantly 
that such vines as they held were tried in 
the garden, but the morning glory was the 
first to respond, though Boston ivy, 
honeysuckle and climbing nasturtiums did 
well. It is fortunate when a new place 
has had a well-grown tree preserved by 
the builders and as a screen for a back 
Set a Dodson Sparro w Trap 
Now is the time to help us in getting rid of 
that Pest, The English Sparrow. The Dodson 
Trap is catching thousands all over this country. 
Do you love our native birds? Will you help 
bring back Bluebirds, Wrens, Purple Martins, 
Tree Swallows, and dozens of others to live in 
your garden ? Get rid of Sparrows, set up Dodson 
Bird Houses, and you will have birds! 
This trap catches as many as 75 to 100 sparrows 
a day. Works automatically all the time. Remove 
sparrows once a day. 
This trap has adjustable needle points at 
mouths of the two funnels — sparrows readily 
go in—they can’t get out. 
Price $5.00—complete with receiving box—f.o.b. 
Chicago. Made of tinned wire, electrically welded, 
strong, durable — size 36 x 18 x 12 inches. 
Save Native Birds From Starving 
Set out a Dodson 
Bird Sheltered Food 
House or a Dodson 
Sheltered Feeding 
Table. Many dear na¬ 
tive birds stay with us 
all winter. Give them 
shelter and food. 
This Sheltered Food 
House is of clear white 
pine with frosted glass 
enclosure. Size 24 x 
24 x 18 inches. Price 
$8.00 complete with 8- 
foot pole, f. o. b. Chi¬ 
cago. With all copper roof, $10.00. 
The Dodson Sheltered Feeding Table (different 
design) costs $6.00 (with 8-foot pole) or $8.00 if 
all copper roof is desired — f. o. b. Chicago. 
A Dodson Feeding Shelf for $1.50—six for $8.00— 
with all copper roof $2.00 each—six for $11.00 
f. o. b. Chicago. A Dodson Feeding Car, $5.00— 
with all copper roof, $6.00, f. o. b. Chicago. 
Dodson Bird Houses 
These Houses Have Won Thousands of Native 
Birds. Built on the Experience of 18 Years’ Loving 
Service to Birds. Write for Mr. Dodson’s Book 
About Birds—Free. If You Want to Know Any¬ 
thing About Attracting and Keeping Native Birds, 
Write to the Man the Birds Love — Address 
JOSEPH H. DODSON, Chicago"" ill.' 
(Mr. Dodson is a Director of the Illinois Audubon Society) 
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Flowering trees and shrubs require but little space in the 
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etc. These, in connection with groups of Dwarf Shrub¬ 
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make a beautiful lawn and attractive, homelike surround¬ 
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