-VI ARCH, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
227 
“A Thing of Beauty is a joy for- 
ever.” A Greenhouse which combines "jk 
4iiif permanency with common sense practi- jijt 
'jjiii cal features and then is so built that its jjjF 
2 ::::: sweeping harmonious lines make it a 
4i!ii thing of beauty, is certainly a joy forever, ' jin 
KING § 
|j{ Channel-Bar Greenhouses ijjj 
are the result of years of experience in |Hj 
building for professional growers. This jjy 
jjjjij construction permits of great strength jp 
without the necessity of heavy shadow 
casting supports, gives the plants every 
"Hill bit of sunlight all day, and is at the same ill? 
time adaptable to the demands of the ii!L ; 
:djii: architect. Every King House is practi- rilh 
cal, permanent, productive and of rare ;ir. 
beauty. A joy forever. j'j.~ 
Send to-day for Bulletin No. 43 and 4? 
4jj:i let us tell you more about the various ;i4 
7:::: sizes and types. ; if 
111 King Garden Frames § 
Have many novel features. We are illustrating l-’r 
-•ill::; t ^ ie * King J r - —painted two coats, top and sides : f.i. 
glazed with double thick glass. Sash hinged to 
=jjj:j the ridge, making it easy for any woman to handle ::::: 
::::: and work. Shipped knocked down for $15.00. \.\F 
-T:::: Our Bulletin, No. 42, describes many kinds of 
garden frames L and gives valuable information 
about their use. Write for it to-day. a&A ^ 
- *.**& r '*~ ■ j£ 
11 King Construction Co. 
256 Kings Road 
M NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y. 
All the Sunlight all Day Houses 
THROUGH SIBERIA 
An Empire in the Making 
By Richardson L Wright and Bassett Digby 
The authors of this book crossed the breadth of Siberia with 
only one passport between them. They traveled by rail on the 
Trans-Siberian, by sledge across the frozen steppes, and by boat 
down the ice-choked Shilka and Amur Rivers to the Man¬ 
churian border. 
“The volume is so replete with human interest and thrilling 
personal incidents that the facts and statistics become im¬ 
mensely readable. The pictures are vivid and startling indeed.” 
—New York Times. 
“Abounds in adventure and incident.” — Boston Transcript. 
“The text is dependable for accuracy.” — Buffalo News. 
Illustrated. $2.00 net, postage 16c. 
McBRIDE NAST & CO., Publishers 
Union Square New York City 
keeping them from becoming dull on the 
one side or restless on the other. Life 
or vitality and repose are equally essen¬ 
tial. The background must give support 
and richness without being assertive. 
It must always be kept in mind that 
‘‘a wall is flat, solid and upright.” If the 
wall is to be regarded as a background 
it must be treated as a flat surface, and 
if it is to be consistently flat, all decora¬ 
tive patterns employed must be flat, and 
not realistic or pictorial. There must be 
no embellishment with perspective and its 
different planes to destroy the flatness 
and weaken the solid effect. It naturally 
follows that any decorative patterns in¬ 
troduced must be conventianalized. 
This is not as narrow a restriction as 
might at first appear, but leaves a large 
liberty in choice and treatment of design, 
and practically bars out only the “natu¬ 
ral” modes of expression that are gen¬ 
erally so offensive. As a very simple in¬ 
stance of what is meant, conventional 
treatment of flat, unshaded roses would 
be quite permissible, while a design of 
“natural” roses with shading and obvious 
attempts at perspective would not. 
At the other extreme we have the land¬ 
scape papers of the Eighteenth Century, 
which are distinctly pictorial and full of 
more or less successful attempts at per¬ 
spective. Such papers are sufficient deco¬ 
rations in themselves, and should be left 
in undisputed possession of the walls. 
Many of the old patterns are now being 
reproduced from the old blocks, and 
some, considering all things, are reason¬ 
able in price. In artistic technique they 
range in excellence all the way from the 
old French papers with classic cartoons 
by David and his contemporaries, through 
the forest, court, hunting and sea scenes 
to be found in the hallways and rooms 
of many ancient houses, down to the 
semi-Chinese treatments in which the 
element of perspective has approximated 
the Oriental idea and almost wholly dis¬ 
appeared. Indeed, many of these last- 
named papers are so “flat" and so closely 
approach conventionalized designs that 
they are not so exacting in the matter of 
draperies and ornaments as the purely 
pictorial papers. 
Unless a whole volume were devoted to 
the subject of papers alone it would be 
impossible to do more than indicate the 
possibilities open to the amateur or pro¬ 
fessional decorator. We must, therefore, 
be content in the present instance with 
stating briefly the wall-paper resources 
that may advantageously be employed 
under ordinary circumstances, at the same 
time setting forth several guiding prin¬ 
ciples. 
In additon to the landscape or scenic 
papers just noticed, nearly all of which 
are considerably more expensive than other 
papers, there is a vast aray of the ordinary 
run of papers, both plain and figured, to 
be found in any wall-paper shop at prices 
ranging from twelve or fifteen cents 
a roll to more than a dollar. Many of 
“The Baby Grand” 
Parents! 
Don’t Sit on the 
Safety Valve 
Jacob A. Riis, the New York settlement worker, 
says: “Every American boy is a little steam boiler 
with the steam always up. Sit on the safety valve and 
bang goes the boiler.” 
Parents who provide (or help him secure) a real 
billiard table, will go far toward solving their particular 
“Boy Problem.” 
He will find keen enjoyment and an outlet for boyish 
enthusiasm right in his own home. 
Live, Manly Boys Delight to Play 
on the Beautiful 
BABY GRAND 
The “Baby Grand” is a genuine BRUNSWICK, 
made with the same care and skill as our Regulation 
tables used exclusively by the world’s cue experts. 
Made of Mahogany, inlaid. 
Fitted with Slate Bed, Monarch Cushions and 
Drawer which holds Playing Outfit. 
Sizes 3x6, 3J 4 x 7 , 4x8. Our Brunswick “Convert¬ 
ible” styles serve also as Dining or Library Tables and 
Davenports. 
Let the Boy Buy the Table 
Your boy can easily pay for the table; it’s a good 
way to teach him to save. We offer very easy terms, 
as low as 20 cents a day. 
Playing Outfit Free 
The price of each table includes complete high-grade 
Playing Outfit — Cues, Balls, Bridge, Rack, Chalk, 
Markers, Brush, Cover, Rules, Book on “How to 
Play,” etc. 
Send the Coupon 
or a postal card for richly illustrated book, “Billiards— 
The Home Magnet,” containing pictures, descriptions. 
Factory Prices and details of Easy Purchase Plan. 
This book will help solve the gift problem. 
The Brunswick-Balke-CoIIender Co. 
Dept. X-A—623-633 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 
The Brunswick-Balke Collender Co., t (242) 
Dept. X-A — 623-633 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 
« Please send me the free color-illustrated book — 
J 
“Billiards—The Home Magnet” 
I Name. 
I 
I Address. 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
