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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1914 
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the brown woodwork, picture molding and 
finish between the tiling and cement, 
which is used as a support for narrow 
shelves. 
The bars of glass on which the towels 
are to be hung are set about five inches 
from the wall so that the heavy bath 
towels may be accommodated and just 
below the glass shelves on either side the 
large window, which is back of the marble 
basin and at the right of the bathtub. 
There is a corner for the clothes hamper 
and a clothes rack on the back of the door, 
as well as on the wall at the right of the 
door as you enter. Of course, a glass 
door knob adds to the sanitary treatment 
of the closet and a medicine closet, high 
enough above the bathtub to prevent a 
collision between it and the head of the 
bather. The wainscot in the bathroom is 
of tile, and the floor of hard wood oiled. 
A small Turkish rug and a standing towel 
rack finish its equipment. 
And now to those who have never 
built and want to do so, I would say: 
Buy your land only from a responsible, 
honorable company or parties, and employ 
a competent lawyer to examine all titles 
and papers connected with the deal.' Have 
your second survey made by a different 
surveyor from the one employed by the 
company. Be sure your architect will be 
personally responsible for the contractor 
lie employs and that he will examine the 
building from time to time to see that all 
the provisions of the contract are being 
carried out. Last, but by no means least, 
do not build until you can look after it 
yourself. Then having done your level 
best, be prepared to find that your house 
has cost you at least five hundred or a 
thousand dollars more than you expected. 
Building Constructions that 
Resist Fire 
(Continued from page 21) 
Steel Company, Cleveland. 
In a large laboratory specially equipped 
for the purpose, the Committee had speci¬ 
men walls of six different kinds built into 
steel frames lined with fire brick. After 
about six weeks’ time to allow the plaster 
to set, these “doors” were swung in 
against six huge concrete furnaces ar¬ 
ranged in the form of a heptagon with one 
side open. 
Kerosene compressed to 125 pounds 
pressure was heated and the heated oil, 
forced through a small orifice in burners, 
produced a fire intensely hot and easy of 
control. 
The specifications of the American 
Society for Testing Materials were fol¬ 
lowed so that all of the specimen panels 
received about the same treatment. As 
our investigation has particularly to do 
with the stucco wall, a description of the 
test of that specimen, which was known 
as Panel 14, will serve our purpose. 
In preparation for the test, a device to 
show the temperature was placed at the 
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