| June, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
505 
/4s Good as a Vacation! 
Burlington Venetian Blinds 
will make your porch a shady, airy summer resort with such 
perfect privacy that you can eat, sleep and live in the health- 
giving open air. The upper slats can be adjusted to admit 
light, while the lower slats are closed to shut out sun and 
gaze of passers-by. Easily lowered and raised. 
When you install Burlington Venetian Blinds, you will 
need Burlington “First Quality” Window Screens (inside and 
outside) and Screen Doors with Rust-proof Wire Cloth. 
Burlington Patent Inside Sliding Blinds take the place of 
old-style folding blinds. 
Write for Interetting Free Booklet 
Burlington Venetian Blind Co., 355 Lake Street, Burlington, Vt. 
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Sparrow proof Automatic Food 
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Government Sparrow Traps, 
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and a six-inch turnover at the top if 
they are to have French headings. If 
they are to run on a rod, make an allow¬ 
ance sufficient to slip with ease. De¬ 
signs are not always printed evenly, so 
the curtains cannot be cut by a thread 
or the pattern would go uphill and down 
dale. When the curtains are cut, the 
hems at the si^’es and bottom should be 
turned and pressed. If the curtains are 
not to be lined they can be hemmed at 
once, but if they are to be lined and inter¬ 
lined the hems should only be pressed 
at first. A very large table makes cur¬ 
tain making much easier, for one can 
mark off the length of the curtain on it 
and so get the bottom, sides and top at 
right angles, so the curtain will hang true 
and straight. If the curtain is to be 
eight feet long when finished, a line eight 
feet from the top of the table must be 
drawn across it. To this line the bottom 
of the curtain is pinned, face down, the 
side edge running close to the edge of 
the table. The curtain must be carefully 
smoothed and the top turned over so it 
comes exactly to the top of the table and 
pressed. This gives a true size for the 
curtain, and if care has been taken to 
have the measurements correct the cur¬ 
tain should be true. When this is done 
the interlining should be put carefully in 
place on the curtain. It should fit close 
to the creases for the hems and be cat- 
stitched around the edges. It should 
also have four rows of knot stitching 
through the curtain, the rows to be about 
ten inches apart and the stitches about 
six inches long. The stitches must not 
be drawn too tight. When this is done, 
turn the side and bottom hems in place 
and cat-stitch them. The side hems 
should be narrow. 
Have a piece of lining, hemmed and 
put in place, the hem an inch from the 
bottom of the curtain, and then blind- 
stitch the lining to the curtain along the 
side. Put a row of pins about ten inches 
from the edge of the curtain, turn the 
lining back to them and knot-stitch the 
lining to the interlining. Turn the lining 
back, put in another row of pins, and 
continue the process until the other edge 
is reached, which must be blind-stitched 
to the curtain. Turn the top hem and 
baste. If French headings are to be 
made, the top edge must be divided into 
even spaces, leaving a margin of two or 
three inches at both sides. French head¬ 
ings are groups of three pleats sewed 
about three inches from the top on the 
back of the curtain, caught through the 
center at the front, and again at the top 
at the back. The hooks, or rings, should 
be sewed on at this time, the right calcu¬ 
lation for their position being made, and 
there should be plenty of them to keep 
the curtain from sagging. Valances 
should be made in the same way. If 
there is not a large table one can use, 
the next best thing is the floor, but that 
method is hard on the back and knees! 
The bottom of the curtain must be 
A Skeptic Convinced 
N OTHING is more convincing than the 
frank testimony of the man who “gives 
up to the logic of actual experience.” 
The picture above shows the residence of 
Mr. John W. Slauson, of Middletown, N. Y. 
It speaks well for the strong points of 
Vapor-Vacuum Heating 
Trade Mack. Regmerea 
KvichclW System 
that Mr. Slauson should install this system 
in his new home, even though unconvinced 
that it would do all we claimed for it. His 
experience is given in the following letter. 
Middletown, N. Y., 64 Grand Avenue 
Feb. 28th, 1914. 
Vafor-Vacuum Heating Co., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Gentlemen: 
I want to express to you my entire satis- 
facti n with the operation of my heating 
plant this winter. It has “stood the test” 
and comes out winner. I took nothing for 
granted and I am free to say that I did not 
expect it would do some thin s claimed for it. 
But I give up to the logic of actual experience. 
The absolute noiselessness of the system is 
also a great factor and is highly appreciated. 
I will say that if I had been disappointed in 
the outfit, the disappointment would have 
been great and you would have heard from 
me in no uncertain way. Now that I am 
greatly pleased, it is only fair to say so, as 
I am glad to. without any reservation what¬ 
ever Yours very truly, 
(Signed) John W. Slauson. 
One feature Mr. Slauson does not happen 
to mention in his letter is our guaranteed 
25% saving in coal. 
Our book on heating explains this and all 
other features of V. V. Heating in simple, 
non-technical language. Tell us where to 
send this book to-day. No obligation, of 
course, so write before you forget. 
VAPOR-VACUUM HEATING COMPANY 
1211 Walnut Street Philadelphia 
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THE GARDENS, Dayton, Ohio 
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