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HO USE & GARDEN 
THIS CATALOG FREE 
Almost 300 Art Subjects are illus¬ 
trated in our 1915 Catalog. A 
few of the many beautiful models 
are indicated by the illustrations 
below. The catalog shows a 
splendid variety and offers many 
interesting suggestions. 
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ARTBRONZ 
PRODUCTS 
BOOK ROCKS : ASH TRAYS 
BOUDOIR LAMPS 
PAPERWEIGHTS : STATUARY 
PORTABLES, Etc. 
ISTINCTIVE GIFTS 
Unusual Bridge Prizes 
and for 
Decorative Use in the Home 
ARTBRPNZ” represents the 
perfected development of a 
process that permits a scien¬ 
tific and heavy seamless de¬ 
posit of Government test 
bronze applied over a re¬ 
enforced baser core,—re¬ 
sulting in a finished product, 
the equal of cast bronze in 
finish, workmanship, and 
durability at one-tenth the 
prices. 
ARTBRPNZ" Products are 
for sale by the best stores 
throughout the country at 
prices ranging from $1.50 up. 
When buying anything in 
bronze insist that it is 
ARTBRANZ” which is guar¬ 
anteed and assures you of 
absolute satisfaction. 
Go to the leading depart¬ 
ment, jewelry and other 
stores in your city and see the 
complete line of ARTBRONZ - 
Products, we know you will 
be delighted with their rare 
finish and beauty and agree¬ 
ably surprised at their mod¬ 
erate prices. 
If, by chance, your dealer is out 
of stock write us and we will see 
that you are promptly supplied. 
KATHODION BRONZE 
WORKS 
501 Fifth Avenue, New York 
Price, $6.00 Pair 
Price, $6.00 
No. 1722 
Height 17 in. 
Price, $7.70 
No. 805 
Width 11 Ms in. 
Card Tray 
Price, $3.00 
No. 1702 
Height 19% inches 
Base 4x6 inches 
Griffin with Torch 
Price, $26.40—1 light 
In Cities west of Chicago add 
50 Cents to prices quoted 
The Finish and Care of Old Furniture 
(Continued from page 54) 
piece that has been neglected and 
seems, at first sight, to require refin¬ 
ishing. Furniture finished with a wax 
finish should be given a little brisk 
rubbing with wax and a woolen cloth 
every week or every two weeks. Sys¬ 
tematic weekly or bi-weekly attention 
of the sorts just noted will keep fur¬ 
niture in perfect condition. 
Do not use kerosene on furniture. 
Some people rub their old furniture 
every week with a rag moistened with 
a few drops of kerosene, but it is not 
to be recommended. The kerosene, 
it is true, cuts the dirt for the mo¬ 
ment, but it also leaves a moisture on 
which the dust rapidly settles and 
forms a gum that behazes and ob¬ 
scures the surface. Some of the 
much vaunted patent furniture pol¬ 
ishes are also of questionable efficacy. 
The simple methods are the best. 
Old furniture also needs fresh air. 
Without it the wood becomes lifeless 
and loses its lustre. When furniture 
has been stored away in a dry, un¬ 
aired place the mischievous effects of 
lack of ventilation may easily be 
seen. Furniture, and especially old fur¬ 
niture, likewise needs some moisture, 
and it is advisable to keep an open 
vessel of water in every room during 
the months when artificial heat is 
necessary. Evaporation will neutral¬ 
ize the extreme dryness. English and 
foreign furniture are apt to give 
trouble until they become acclimated. 
It is best to let such pieces go for a 
year or two after they have been 
brought across the Atlantic and then 
have them tightened up. Old painted 
furniture may be freshened up by the 
cleaning process noted in an earlier 
paragraph. 
Your Hunting Companions 
(Continued from page 19) 
tons,” in which the ticks are large 
and shaded into the white, as though 
to paint or dapple the coat in soft 
blue or orange splotches; and on this 
background is superimposed the 
standard solid colors of head, ears 
and body patches. In general, the 
black, white and tan ticked is well 
represented by the famous Gladstone 
stock, the orange and white by the 
Whitestone family, and the white, 
ticked over in orange, by the Mall- 
wyds, one of which won in his class 
in the Westminster Kennel Show in 
New York this year. Further than 
this it is impossible to go into the 
well-known blood lines of our setters 
in this country, within the brief limits 
of this paper. Any pup having one 
or more of the Gladstones, Dan- 
stones, Rodriges, Whitestones, Ling- 
fields, etc., in his pedigree, has good 
field blood in him, while the bench 
show type is represented by the Mall- 
wyds, Bloomfields, etc. 
For a long time the pointers in 
America stood below the setters in 
popularity. Time was, and not over 
a decade ago, when but one pointer 
to ten setters would make a field trial 
win. Then came Fishel’s Frank’s 
great race against Danfield and Count 
Whitestone II, and from that time to 
this the pointers have gained steadily 
in public appreciation until the trials 
of this year showed a superiority for 
the pointers of about 6 to 4. The 
pointer was developed from the 
hound, in Spain, as early as the 
Seventeenth Century, and since then 
has been making of himself a type 
more and more distinct from the 
hound, though he still looks some¬ 
thing like one. While the setter was 
developed from the spaniel, giving 
him his affectionate disposition and 
fearlessness of water, the pointer re¬ 
tains from his hound forbears a 
really wonderful nose and a more 
than human smartness in hunting 
that is bound to place him ahead of 
the setter in the long run as a field 
dog. But, for the present choice of a 
country gentleman endeavoring to 
decide between the two breeds, they 
may be said to be about equal in field 
qualities, the setter being better for 
northern shooting, particularly in 
marsh work, because of his coat, and 
the pointer better for the South be¬ 
cause his short smooth coat protects 
him from cockle burrs and enables 
him to withstand heat better. To my 
mind the setter is the handsomer and 
more affectionate and docile dog, 
while the pointer is smarter, easier to 
train, and has naturally the better 
nose. Not that the pointer is devoid 
of affection for humans; like the 
hound, the poor animal craves it, and 
loves a caress as well as any other 
dog, but he lacks that adoring affec¬ 
tion of the setter which causes the 
latter to follow you around wherever 
you go when at home, just to be 
near you. 
In general, I should advise, for the 
rich man who does not particularly 
like dogs and does not want them 
around, to buy a brace of fine pointer 
pups to take South with him on his 
annual quail shoot, send them to a 
trainer to be broken, and keep them 
at the country club or in a kennel in 
the yard the rest of the time. In 
selecting a pointer pup, look for such 
names as Fishel’s or Comanche 
Frank, Hard Cash, Rip Rap, Graphic, 
Jinge’s Lad, etc., in his pedigree 
(which is in essence the written rec¬ 
ord of the performance of his ances¬ 
tors). It is all we know about a pup 
at first; and a good one is pretty sure 
to have been fortunate in the selec¬ 
tion of his parents. These names rep¬ 
resent families, as it were, of dogs 
descended from winning ancestors, 
and are the best available guide in 
picking more like them. 
In this brief article there is no 
space to devote to the training of 
bird dogs. It is quite an education, 
but any one can put a pointer or set¬ 
ter pup through his university degree 
if he will but consult such authorities 
as Dr. Burette, Hockwalt, Haberlein, 
Lemmon, Haynes, etc., all of whom 
have written excellent practical books 
on dog training. We must, however, 
hurry on to a brief mention of the 
hounds, for if there ever was a dog 
misunderstood by the majority of our 
city and suburban dwellers, it is that 
same “Haoun’ dawg.” It seems to 
mean nothing to our suburban people 
that all over the South and central 
west, in rural districts, the hound is 
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