HOUSE AND GARDEN 
5 °° 
June, 
1914 
McCRAY REFRIGERATORS 
Active cold air circulation—Sanitary linings. 
Send for catalogue. 
McCRAY REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, 
693 Lake Street, Kendallville, Ind. 
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Made to ordet—to exactly match 
the color scheme of any room 
TTAVE your fine rugs made to order, not 
•1 1 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. 
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THREAD 
AND 
THRUM 
RUGS 
Write us for color card—today. 
Thread & Thrum Workshop 
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Auburn, New York 
green and red, with the alternating 
stripes of white, and is much more 
effective than the narrow stripes or those 
of varying widths. 
After all, though, there is nothing that 
plays so important a part in the furnish¬ 
ing of the attractive summer home as 
cretonnes and printed stuffs 
This use of printed fabrics simplifies 
to a great extent the question of making 
a summer home out of the all-year-round 
house, for if willow furniture is not 
available or desired, cretonne slip covers 
can be put on most of the pieces, and the 
effect is almost as good as if willow 
were substituted. 
As for colors and designs in these ma¬ 
terials, one has only to decide on the 
style wanted, and it is easily found. 
Cretonnes and chintzes and printed linens 
show tiny flowers and enormous ones, 
dainty colors and colors ' that fairly 
scream in their endeavors to be unusual 
and conspicuous, conservative designs 
and strange-looking patterns that pro¬ 
claim the ideas of the more modern de¬ 
signers who are striving after something 
different. Some of these new materials 
seem frankly hideous to the majority of 
people, who admit that they are not as 
yet educated up to their appreciation. 
Others are not only striking, but decid¬ 
edly interesting, notably the black and 
white combinations, and some of the 
heavy linens that are printed in crude 
colors; but whether they would bear 
living with is a question, and the fact 
that only a master hand should use them 
is evident. 
The English glazed chintzes, with their 
enormous flowers in the brightest of col¬ 
orings in white backgrounds, are par¬ 
ticularly suitable for summer use, and the 
hard surface gives them the additional 
advantage of keeping clean much longer 
than other materials used for the same 
purpose. A new use to which these 
chintzes have been put is in the making 
of window shades of the ordinary roller 
type. On account of their large figures, 
they cut to good advantage for this pur¬ 
pose, and, as they lie flat against the 
windows, the light comes through with 
charming effect. 
The Summer Cottage 
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adjoining obstructions. This was done in 
one case very successfully at Gloucester, 
Mass. The house was built upon the side 
of a hill overlooking the harbor at East¬ 
ern Point. There were some fruit trees 
upon the site when work was started, 
and the writer found that by climbing 
into one of these trees a beautiful view 
could be had of the surf breaking against 
the rocks. Accordingly, it was decided 
to build an overlooking balcony from the 
stair landing near the third-floor level 
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Mill 
-M3 
Bronze 
Doric 
Model 
Precise and Kindly 
Counsellor 
in the ordering 
of your life 
The Seth Thomas Bronze 
Doric measures the fleeting- 
minutes with unwavering 
fidelity. Its simple design 
is representative of the at¬ 
tractive Doric type of archi- • 
tecture. Musical West¬ 
minster chimes, Westmin¬ 
ster and Whittington 
chimes or a single Cathe¬ 
dral bell announce the hour 
divisions. The movement 
boasts the name Seth 
Thomas—a pledge of honest 
merit for a hundred years. 
Your jeweler wdll gladly 
show you the Bronze Doric 
and other 
Seth Thomas 
Clocks 
They have been “for a 
century the national time¬ 
keepers,” by reason of their 
long and able service in 
homes and public buildings 
throughout the country. 
A booklet describing some of them 
will be sent to you upon request. 
SETH THOMAS CLOCK CO. 
15 Maiden Lane, New York City^ 
Established 1813 
HOME BILLIARD TABLES, $75 
and up. A year to pay. Mahogany, Oak, Circassian Walnut, Rosewood, etc. 
Hare all scientific playing qualities of our regulation tables. FREE — send a 
postal for catalog “Billiards — the Home Magnet,” in colors. 
THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO. 
Dept. YJ 623-633 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 
Her ri nglxne 
Metal Lath 
THE GENERAL FIREPROOFING CO., Young.town, Ohio 
Our NEW PROPERTY PROPOSITION 
will assist you in providing the proper setting 
for the home. If you have unplanted grounds of 
less than acre, write for it today. 
THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 
Box 40_Germantown, Phila. 
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