HOUSE AND GARDEN 
62 
January, 
1914 
POSITIVE CAP 
ATTACHMENT 
HEATED WITH A KELSEY 
This house is over 100 years old. Here is what 
the owner says about his Kelsey Heat. 
' “I believe in Kelsey Heating because of its vital 
fresh air principle. Also because I dislike living 
with a lot of radiators. 
“The registers in my house are partly wall and 
partly floor openings. I have no difficulty in heat¬ 
ing any} room in any weather. 
“This house of mine is 65 feet long and over a 
hundred years old, it had always been warmed 
(not heated ‘warmed’) with stoves and fireplaces. 
The Kelsey heat ducts were run inside the wall 
without interfering with the structural timbers or 
disfiguring the wall surfaces in the finished work.” 
To which we will, add that this owner is art 
editor of one of the big magazines. He is perfectly 
willing that we should give you his name on request. 
Such a frank and fair statement must make you 
want to know full facts about the Kelsey. Send 
for catalog. Ask us “all kinds of questions.” 
Dealers 
in all 
Principal 
Cities 
WARM AIR GENERATOR 
For durable painting of all kinds use 
National Lead Company's Pure White Lead. 
(Dutch Boy Painter trade mark.) 
Ask for Helps No. 18. Sent free on request. 
National Lead Company, 111 Broadway, New York 
MADE-TO-ORDER RUGS 
To harmonize with any color scheme. “You select the colors — 
we’ll make the rug” Any length. Any width—seamless up to 16 
feet. Write for color card. Order through your furnisher. 
THREAD & THRUM WORKSHOP, Auburn, New York 
A CHARMING LOVE STORY OF THE 18 th CENTURY 
The Heart of Sally Temple 
By RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND 
Author of “The Count at Harvard,” “The Man in the Tower,” etc. 
The impersonation of Lady Pamela Vauclain by a pretty actress of Drury Lane 
furnishes the basis of this piquant and humorous novel of 18 th century London. Sally is 
an audacious heroine, but her audacity only intensifies the essential sweetness of her 
character, and she carries the reader with her from the first chapter to the last. And the 
author pictures the life of the times no less successfully than he does the heart of Sally 
Temple. 
$1,25 net; postage 12 cents. 
McBRIDE, NAST CO., Publishers, Union Square, New YorK City 
(6) The first coat shall contain not more than 1'/ 2 
parts of sand to one part of Portland cement by volume. 
If lime putty is added it shall not be in excess of one- 
third of the volume by cement. No hair or fiber or 
similar material of any kind or in any quantity shall 
be added to the mortar. 
For second coat, the proportion of sand to cement 
shall not be greater than 2J4 to 1 by volume, nor shall 
more than one-third part of lime putty be added. 
For third coat, the proportion of sand to cement 
shall not be less than 2 to 1, nor more than iy 2 to 1 
by volume, nor shall more than one-third part of lime 
putty be added. 
Waterproofing —When a special waterproofing is to 
be added to mortar stucco work, it shall be added 
in strict accordance with the specifications of the manu¬ 
facturers. 
Application — ( a) The first coat shall be applied 
to the outside of the lath and pushed through suf¬ 
ficiently to give a good key. Over the face of the 
studs the plaster shall be forced well through the lath 
in order to fill entirely the space between the lath and 
the stud. The backing coat shall be applied to the back 
of the lath and shall be thoroughly troweled so that 
the lath shall be entirely covered. The final coat shall 
be applied to the face of the first cost. 
(b) The first coat shall be applied to the lath and 
thoroughly pushed through against the inside water¬ 
proofing, so as to completely imbed the metal of the 
lath on both sides. Special care shall be taken to fill 
all voids around furring strips and where laths lap. 
The intermediate and final coats shall be applied in 
order and well troweled on to. 
Roughing — Soon after applying and before the in¬ 
itial set. has taken place, the surface of the coats which 
are to receive succeeding coats shall be roughened with 
a saw-toothed paddle or other suitable device. 
Dampening — Before applying mortar the surface of 
the preceding coat shall be thoroughly wetted to pre¬ 
vent absorption of water from the fresh mortar. 
Thickness of Coat—( a) The first coat shall be at 
least 54-inch thick, over the face of the lath and will 
project through behind the lath about 54-inch. The 
backing coat will increase the thickness behind the lath 
to not less than ^-inch. The final coat shall be not 
less than 54-inch thick. 
( b) The first coat shall have a minimum thickness 
over the lath at any point of not less than y-inch or 
more than 54-inch. The final coat shall have a thick¬ 
ness of )4-inch when placed over an intermediate coat, 
or of 54-inch when placed directly on the scratch coat. 
Drying Out —The final coat shall not be permitted 
to dry out rapidly, and adequate precaution shall be 
taken, either by sprinkling frequently after the mortar 
has set hard enough to permit it or by hanging wet 
burlap or other material over the surface. 
Freezing —Stucco should never be applied when the 
temperature is below freezing. 
FINISHES 
Smooth Troweled —The finishing coat shall be trow¬ 
eled smooth with a metal trowel with as little rubbing 
as possible. 
Stippled —The finishing coat shall be troweled smooth | 
with a metal trowel with as little rubbing as possible, 
and then shall be lightly patted with a brush of broom 
straw to give an even, stippled surface. 
Sand Floated — The finishing coat, after being brought 
to a smooth, even surface, shall be rubbed with a cir¬ 
cular motion of a wood float with the addition of a 
little sand to slightly roughen the surface. This float¬ 
ing shall be done when the mortar has partially set. 
Sand Sprayed — After the finishing coat has been 
brought to an even surface, it shall be sprayed by 
means of a wide, long fiber brush—a whiskbroom does 
very well—dipped into a creamy mixture of equal parts 
of cement and sand, mixed fresh every thirty minutes 
and kept well stirred in the bucket by means of the 
whiskbroom or a paddle. This coating shall be thrown 
forcibly against the surface to be finished. This treat¬ 
ment shall be applied while the finishing coat is still 
moist and before it has attained its final set—i. e., 
within three to five hours. To obtain lighter shades, 
add hydrated lime of 5 to 15 per cent of the volume 
of the cement. 
Splatter Dash or Rough Cast —-After the finishing 
coat has been brought to a smooth, even surface and 
before attaining final set, it shall be uniformly coated 
with a mixture of one part cement and two parts of 
sand thrown forcibly against it to produce a rough 
surface of uniform texture when viewed from a dis¬ 
tance of 20 feet. Special care shall be taken to pre¬ 
vent the rapid drying out of this finish. 
Pebble Dash —After the finishing coat has been 
brought to a smooth, even surface, and before attain¬ 
ing initial set, clean round pebbles or other material 
as selected not smaller than J4-in<5h or larger than 
54-inch shall be thrown forcibly against the mortar so 
as to embed themselves in the fresh mortar. They 
shall be distributed uniformly over the surface of the 
final coat and may be pushed back into the mortar with 
a clean wood trowel, but no rubbing of the surface 
shall be done after the pebbles are embedded. 
Exposed Aggregate — The finishing coat shall be com¬ 
posed of an approved, selected coarse sand, marble dust, 
granite dust or other special material, in the proportion 
given for finishing coats and, within twenty-four hours 
after being applied and troweled to an even surface, 
shall be scrubbed with a solution of one part hydro¬ 
chloric acid in four parts of water by volume. After 
the aggregate particles have been uniformly exposed by 
scrubbing, the wall shall be thoroughly washed down 
by spraying with a hose to remove all traces of the acid. 
Mortar Colors — When it is required that any of the 
above finishes shall be made with colored mortar, not 
more than 6 per cent of the weight of Portland cement 
shall be added to the mortar in the form of finely 
ground coloring matter. 
A predetermined weight of color shall be added dry 
to each batch of dry fine aggregate before the cement 
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