HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1914 
For Cleaning Day 
HERE seems to be an effort in these 
days to make everything as attrac¬ 
tive-looking as possible, and even the uten¬ 
sils needed for the most humble household 
tasks receive their share of attention. For 
scrubbing day, little square mats of lino¬ 
leum, on which to place the pail, are shown 
in a number of pretty designs. They are 
not squares cut from a large piece of lino¬ 
leum in an all-over pattern, but each has 
its own completed design, making a really 
pretty little mat, that is useful as well in 
protecting the floor from marks made by 
the bottom of the pail. There are also 
serviceable scrub pails, painted in various 
colors, and made with extensions at the 
side for holding a bar of soap and cloths 
for cleaning. 
Some Pantry Conveniences 
W HEN building a new house it is 
advisable to have a radiator with 
warming shelves put into the butler’s 
pantry, as by its use dishes for hot viands 
are always in readiness. If the butler’s 
pantry is sufficiently large, table shelves 
that hinge to the side walls will be found 
a great convenience when a large com¬ 
pany is to be entertained, since the dishes 
for each course may be placed on them as 
fast as prepared, thus leaving the kitchen 
tables free to accommodate the used dishes 
as they come from the dining-room. The 
shelves should, of course, match the wood¬ 
work predominating in the rest of the 
room. 
Many housekeepers prefer to keep the 
flat silver that is in daily use in the butler’s 
pantry, and for this purpose one of the 
shallow drawers is lined with black 
velveteen. Thin board partitions (also 
covered with the velveteen) are put in, 
that the various forks and spoons may 
The battery candle for dining-table use is attractively 
made in several designs 
easily be kept separate. Too much care 
can hardly be given the pantry, for it is 
here that many unnecessary steps can be 
saved the housekeeper if the place is con¬ 
venient in every detail. 
An electric bedroom candle, whose battery is en¬ 
closed in the porcelain tube 
Dry Battery Lights 
HE little electric flash light, with its 
dry battery, that has been in use 
for a long time has proved itself so service¬ 
able that it has developed into much more 
elaborate forms, with lights that will burn 
continuously and give the same service as 
a regulation electric light. 
Some of these dry-battery lights are in¬ 
tended especially for houses in which there 
is no electric wiring, and others are 
serviceable for general use when a mov¬ 
able light is required. Among the former 
are candles for the dinner table that have 
the appearance of ordinary candlesticks, 
except for a small electric bulb in place of 
the wick, and an inconspicuous push-but¬ 
ton inserted in the base, by which the light 
is turned on and off. 1 he candlesticks may 
be had in various designs of plain and 
chased silver, and also of ivory-tinted 
wood, with perforated silver shades, to be 
used with linings of any desired color. 
A bedroom candle that is less elaborate, 
but quite as useful, has a holder of nickel 
with the dry battery enclosed in a porce¬ 
lain tube made to resemble a candle, and a 
tiny bulb at the top. The light, which is 
turned on by means of a spring oyer the 
handle that’ is pressed down with the 
thumb, will not burn continuously, but only 
when the spring is pressed. 
For outdoor use there is a watchman’s 
lantern with quite a powerful searchlight 
reflector, made of nickel, with a swinging 
handle and a push-button at the top, so 
that the light can be easily turned on with 
the same hand in which it is carried. The 
lantern is small and compact, but capable 
of throwing a strong light over a consid¬ 
erable area. 
Everyman’s Window Pole 
AVE you often wished for a cheap, 
strong window pole that would 
match the trim of each room? Would you 
like to be able to make a few at less than 
ten cents each? You would not have to 
run up and down and through the house 
every time a window is to be raised or 
lowered, looking for a window pole, nor 
would you have to climb on chairs to reach 
the sashes. Here is the solution : Take an 
old broom-handle; paint it the color of 
your room; insert at one end a screw- 
hook. Screw into the upper sash of each 
window in the room a ring-screw for the 
hook on the pole, and your window pole is 
ready for immediate use. 
Glass Knobs 
N old fashion that has been revived 
recently is the using of ornamental 
glass knobs for fastening back long cur¬ 
tains or for supporting unusually heavy 
pictures. The knobs or flat discs are done 
in a convential design and are made of 
several shades of glass, one color predomi¬ 
nating, however, so that the general effect 
is of a single tone. 
The knobs are attached to long holders 
of nickel or silver plate, at one end of 
which is a substantial screw, the other end 
going through the center of the knob, 
which is held in place by a metal cap that 
screws on. Several different colors may 
be had, the lighter shades, with their 
opalescent tints, being particularly attract¬ 
ive looking. 
This electric hand lantern, with its powerful search¬ 
light, is small but very efficient 
