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House Garden 
From a drawing by M. Leone Brackbk 
The coal 
he shovelled 
in 30 years 
A true hed^time story for fathers 
J UST before you fix the fire at bed-time, let us tell 
you this story of a father in Evanston, Illinois. 
He has ha'd an Ideal Boiler in his cellar for 
thirty years; it cost him new, about $275 (with¬ 
out radiators and piping.) 
His house is large. In these thirty years he has 
shovelled more than 750 tons of coal which, at an 
average cost of $10 a ton, amounts to $7,500 or27 
times the original cost of the boiler itself! 
Now what can we fathers learn from this story? 
Three things: 
1 . How amazingly Ideal Boilers last. In 30 years there 
have been no repairs except a new grate, the old one 
having been “burned out through carelessness.” 
2 . How little any boiler costs in comparison with the cost 
of the coal it burns. Since the difference in the first cost 
is so small it is wisdom to buy the best. 
3 . There have been many improvements in Ideal Boilers, 
just as there have been improvements in automobiles. It 
would pay any father to take out his old heating apparatus 
and install a modern Ideal Boiler. It would cut his an¬ 
nual coal bill one-third, which would quickly pay for the 
new boiler. 
Moral: Every bed-time story has a moral. 
The moral of this story is contained in the free 
book that will come to you in response to your 
request at either address below. The book tells 
why you can take out your old heater and install 
a modern Ideal Boiler, and by doing so, put 
much less money into the fire and much more 
into the bank. 
AMERICAN RADIATOR COMPANY 
Ideal Boilers and AMERjCAJ^B^diators for every heating need 
11 I I ■ 
104 West 42nd Street, Dept.152 
NEW YORK 
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816 South Michigan Ave., Dept.152 
CHICAGO 
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