HOUSE AND GARDEN 
412 
May, 
1914 
‘Just the shade 
I needed!” 
Interior decorative schemes, no mat¬ 
ter how carefully planned otherwise, 
can be marred seriously by a single false 
color-note in your window shades. 
And that is one important reason why interior 
decorators everywhere use and recommend the 
famous Brenlin Unfilled Window Shade. Among 
its many beautiful colors you will find just the 
exact tint you need to add the final touch of perfec¬ 
tion to any room—perfection in tone-harmony, 
perfection in lighting effect. 
A no less important reason why you will be de¬ 
lighted with the Brenlin Unfilled shade is this: It is 
in the end the cheapest shade you can buy. It lasts 
much longer because it is made of closely woven 
cloth without that "filling” which, in the ordinary 
shade, so soon falls out in unsightly streaks and 
'‘pin holes.” 
UN FILLED 
Window Shades 
See them at your dealer’s today. Ask particularly for the 
prevailing new color—-Van Dyke Brown. See also Brenlin 
Duplex—-light on one side, dark on the other. 
Write for the Brenlin Book today 
With it we will send you the name of a nearby dealer, or 
tell vou how to order direct. CHAS. W. Breneman & Co., 
2088 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Genuine Brenlin Unfilled Shades have this mark DQC*f\)| |KI 
perforated along the edge. Look closely for it. Dr\Ll tL.1I N 
For less important windows there are two cheaper grades of 
Brenlin---Brenlin Filled and Brenlin Machine Made. They are 
by far the best window shade values at their prices. 
Oriental Weaving 
Badly Corrupted_ 
Formerly weavers worked for themselves, 
with the joy of creating a work of art. Such 
are the rugs I handle. Modern demand for 
exact sizes and colors has commercialized 
parts of the Orient. 
Thousands of rugs are now made by the 
square-foot wage, “washed and ironed” or 
not, as the need may be, and sold to people 
who do not want the best. 
If you are not in that class, let me send you my 
'monograph and list. 
L. B. LAWTON, Major, U. S. A., Retired 
181 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls, New York. 
duce some friend who knows pigeons to 
visit with you the loft from which you 
intend to purchase. The birds themselves 
will soon tell the story in all except the 
matter of age. For that, you must trust 
the breeder. Active, healthy stock will be 
large, full-breasted, walking with head 
erect and quick, watchful eyes, constantly 
on the move, as though attending to most 
important business. They are exceedingly 
nervous creatures, startled by the slight¬ 
est sign of anything unusual, and at the 
approach of a stranger will stand straight 
and motionless, ready for instant flight 
at the least sign of danger. Inside the 
pens, the condition of the squab will fur¬ 
nish further proof of strong or weak 
constitutions. The nests ought to show 
fat. contented-looking youngsters in all 
stages of development, and a goodly num¬ 
ber of eggs, though, of course, it hap¬ 
pens somtimes that most of the hens will 
lay so close together that a poor week 
will intervene between broods. But if the 
squab look thin and hungry, and every 
here and there cold eggs proclaim a de¬ 
serted nest, or if the parent birds seem 
droopy and listless, show watery eyes or 
canker swellings about the head, wish 
the owner a very prompt good day, and 
visit another loft. 
The question of mating is much more 
difficult to answer, and can be positively 
settled only after the birds are estab¬ 
lished in your own loft. Even the most 
conscientious breeder may make a mis¬ 
take unless he takes the pair of birds 
from the nest one by one, and even then 
it is no easy task. Both parents take part 
in the seventeen days of incubation, 
changing about ten in the morning and 
four in the afternoon, but as long as you 
are in sight every bird in the loft will 
watch your slightest movement, and if 
two or three particularly nervous ones 
rush out into the fly as soon as you open 
the alley gate, the others will probably 
take the alarm, and you will have to try 
again. To complicate matters still fur¬ 
ther, it is often impossible to tell a cock 
from a hen bird with any certainty, either 
from appearance or from general be¬ 
havior. Either one may be the larger of 
a pair, and a hen-pecked husband is by 
no means an unknown condition. Both 
share the responsibility of nest-building, 
incubation and feeding, so that catching 
them right on the nest is the only sure 
way. But in putting new birds into the 
quarters described above, get twenty-five 
pairs at a time, and put them in the small 
pen; then, as they begin to lay, remove 
one pair at a time to the larger pen, and 
if any odd ones are left, report at once 
to the breeder that he may remedy the 
mistake. This work demands time and 
patience, and may seem unnecessary to 
the beginner, but the infinitely better re¬ 
sults far more than justify the trouble. 
If it is desired to increase the stock from 
your own birds, take the young ones out 
just before they are ready to leave the 
pen, band them, and remove to the 
You Can’t Dodge the Income Tax— 
The Decay Tax, Yes! — 
The decay tax is high. A 
worn out paint coat results 
in rot, repair bills, run-down, 
hard-to-sell houses and a bad 
neighborhood spirit. That’s 
a heavy tax, but you can 
dodge it. Paint in time and 
paint right. 
Dutch Boy White Lead 
and Dutch Boy linseed oil 
preserve and beautify houses 
enduringly. Lead and oil 
make a waterproof elastic 
coat which expands with the 
wood and won’t crack. Dutch 
Boy made-to-order paint 
saves dollars. Your painter 
will mix it to your house’s 
needs and tint it any color. 
Write for Paint Adviser No. 144 
A Group ol Prac- PDFri 
tical Helps—Sent F JKIjIj! 
Tells many useful things for house owners; I 
how different wood surfaces need different 
paint combinations; how to choose attract¬ 
ive colors that go together and wear best; 
how to estimate amount and cost; how to 
test paint for purity. Write now—this book 
is yours for the asking. 
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 
New York Boston Cincinnati Cleveland 
Buffalo Chicago San Francisco St. Louis 
(John T. Lewis & Bros. Co., Philadelphia) 
(National Lead & Oil Co., Pittsburgh) 
k___' 
GRAND, NEW 
AND STAND¬ 
ARD VARIETIES 
Dahlias 
PRICES VERY 
LOW, SEND 
FOR PRICE LIST 
Chas. W. Redding, Grower, Bournedale, Mass. 
THREAD 
AND 
THRUM 
RUGS 
Made to ordei—to exactly match 
the color scheme of any room 
H AVE your fine rugs made to order, not 
cheap stereotyped fabrics, made in unlimited 
quantities; but rugs that are different and sold 
only through exclusive shops. We are only too 
glad to submit sketch in color to harmonize with 
surroundings of the room. Woven in selected 
camel’s hair in undyed effects or pure wool in 
any color tone. Any length, any width—seam¬ 
less up to 16 ft. Order through your furnisher. 
Write us for color card—today. 
Thread £? Thrum Workshop 
Auburn, New York 
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