HOUSE AND GARDEN 
504 
June, 
1914 
Bodies 
$1.50 up 
Carafes 
$3.50 up 
Jugs 
$4.00 up 
OUMMER DAYS 
^ mean Thermos 
days. A good book, a shady 
nook and a Thermos Bottle 
tinkling with icy-cold lemonade— 
or a Thermos Jar full of ice-cream, 
or chilled salad — here’s solid comfort 
and a snap of the fingers for Old Sol! 
Serves "You Right- 
Food or Drink-Hot i 
k.or Cold - When ~J 
_ Where -and As 
jyou like. 
Thermos plays an important part in your sum¬ 
mer arrangements. No yachting party, no 
woodland jaunt, no motor spin can be said to be 
truly complete without its Thermos equipment. 
In the home, it keeps Baby’s milk at an even temperature 
and out of the reach of disease-breeding flies. On the va¬ 
cation trip by rail or sea, you will find more real enjoy¬ 
ment in Thermos than in anything else you take along. 
Don’t commit the error of attempting to travel without 
Thermos. 
For the Bride-to-be there is no more acceptable present 
than the Thermos Tea, Coffee or Chocolate Jug. 
Be sure your bottle or carafe is stamped 
Thermos on the base. 
The Thermos Picture Puzzle Cut Out delights Kiddies. Free 
on request with a booklet telling all about Thermos. 
THERMOS COMPANY 
NORWICH, CONN. TORONTO, CANADA 
Japan Bamboo 
Stakes 
DO NOT DECAY like woodor 
Swamp Cane. East a longtime. 
Stake your Lilies, Gladioli, Her¬ 
baceous Plants, Pot-plants, etc. 
GREEN COLORED 
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$0 60 
$1 50 
$2 50 
$4 50 
3 ft. long. . 
45 
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3 25 
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4 ft. long. . 
60 
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2 50 
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NATURAL 
COLOR 
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6 ft. long. . 
. $0 60 
$1 00 
$2 50 
$4 00 
$7 50 
EXTRA-HEAVY BAMBOO STAKES' 
FOR DAHLIAS, young trees, POLE-BEANS, 
TOMATOES, etc. 
12 50 100 
6 ft. long (diameter % inch up)$l 25 $4 00 $7 00 
8 ft. long. 1 75 6 00 10 50 
H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren St , New York 
What You Should Know About 
Curtair s 
(Continued from'o^age 448) 
upholstery purposes. There are also 
damasks galore, and delightful velours 
and velvets and many r “-her materials 
which go by different names, according 
to the shop in which they are bought. 
The list is too long to mention all, but 
what I wish to make clear is that one 
should look the ground over very thor¬ 
oughly before selecting, for among some 
of the new weaves may be just the one 
tiling needed to carry out the scheme one 
has in mind. The style of furniture and 
the color scheme must, of course, be thp 
deciding voice in selecting patterns. There 
are beautiful ones to harmonize with 
Georgian or Colonial furniture (which 
are the same general style), many that 
harmonize with Empire furniture (which 
is incorrectly called Colonial by many 
people), French furniture, willow furni¬ 
ture, mission furniture, all have fabrics 
quite beautifully suited to their needs. 
There are many Modernist designs in 
the shops; many of them too dreadful in 
both color and design and quite impos¬ 
sible to use where harmony and beauty 
are valued. There are a few, however, 
of real worth which could be used in 
bungalows and camps and rooms where 
one does not have to spend much time, 
but the color scheme must be very care¬ 
fully thought out or you will find them 
jumping from the walls in a most alarm¬ 
ing way. If one can change hangings 
and furniture coverings often one could 
use them for the sake of a new sensa¬ 
tion, but I am certain that beyond six 
months one could not stand them. It is 
a fad which will be taken up violently by 
people who prefer novelty rather than 
good taste, and they will naturally choose 
the more startling designs rather than the 
few good ones. Among these last are 
some designs with lovely blues and orange 
and greens, colors which work in well 
with the dark tones of mission furni¬ 
ture and go well with the ever-useful 
willow. It is needless to say that they 
are quite out of the question with any of 
the great period styles of furnishing. 
In making curtains, care must be taken 
to have the measurements exact and the 
pattern placed so it will match in the 
different curtains around the room. There 
is nothing which will spoil an otherwise 
well-planned room more than the hap¬ 
hazard making of curtains. Very large 
designs are cut to pattern in the shops, 
and there will often be waste in the 
making. The left-over pieces, however, 
can he used for cushion covers. Small or 
medium designs are more economical to 
use. When the material is chosen, calcu¬ 
late the amount needed and allow the 
length of a repeat for each pair of cur¬ 
tains when there are only two widths 
used, and also for each valance. The 
curtains may be such a length that more 
may be needed. Allow a three-inch hem 
Song Birds Will Live 
In Your Garden 
My free illustrated booklet tells you how to 
attract and make friends of native birds. I 
have hundreds in my garden every year. Don’t 
you want bluebirds, wrens, purple martins, 
flickers, etc., living near you? 
Here in one garden—I’ve drawn a circle about 
each — are five Dodson Bird Houses, one Shelt¬ 
ered Feeding Table and one Bird Bath. Hun¬ 
dreds of beautiful birds live in this garden. The 
houses in the photograph are — 
The Dodson Automatic Feeding Table for Birds. 
Price, with 8-foot pole, $6 — all-copper roof, $7.50. Size, 
24x22x12 inches. 
The Dodson Great-Crested Flycatcher House. 
Price, $3, with all-copper roof, $4. Size, 15x11x8 inches. 
The Dodson Bluebird House — Solid oak, cypress 
shingle roof, copper coping. Price, $5. Size, 21 inches 
high, 16 inches in diameter. 
The Dodson Tree-Swallow House. Size, 12x14x9 
inches. Price, $3; with all-copper roof, $4. 
The Dodson Cement Bird Bath. 32 inches high; 
basin 34 inches in diameter. 
The Dodson Wren House. Solid oak, cypress shingle 
roof; copper coping. Price, $5. 
The Dodson Purple Martin House. Three stories; 
26 rooms and attic. Over-all. 44x37x31 inches. Price, 
$12 — with all-copper roof, $15. 
All prices are f.o.b., Chicago. 
I have 20 different Houses, Feeding Tables, Shelters 
and Baths—all for native birds — prices, $1.50 to $70. 
Have been building Bird Houses for 18 years. 
Get Rid of English Sparrows. They are ene¬ 
mies of our native birds. Set out a Dodson Sparrow 
Trap. 
The Dodson Sparrow Traps are catching thous¬ 
ands of Sparrows all over America. Get one; banish 
the pest that drives away song birds. The Dodson 
Sparrow Trap is of strong wire, electrically welded; 
needle points at mouths of two funnels. Price, 
$5 f.o.b. Chicago. 
If there is any question you want to ask about attract¬ 
ing and helping our native birds, write to me. I’m glad 
to help any one who loves the birds. 
JOSEPH H. DODSON, 
701 Security Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 
Mr. Dodson is aJDirector of the Illinois Audubon Society. 
HOUSED 
GARDEN 
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owners of country estates but 
to the better class suburbanites. 
These are the people who buy 
good dogs, the one for new blood 
in their kennels, the other for 
protection and sporting pur¬ 
poses. Advertise yours in our 
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well satisfied with results. 
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