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Toy Dogs of Royalty 
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HOUSE & GARDEN 
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THE “HAWTHORNE” SET 
Jfor Cfjrtetmas; 
This charming set of Garden 
Furniture delivered in the 
U. S. within a radius of 500 
miles of Boston for $47.50. 
This set—including bench, 2 chairs and 
table — is made of the so-called eternal 
wood and is stained in beautiful weath¬ 
ered effects, light or dark green or gray. 
If you want to make a present of dis¬ 
tinction, as well as something useful and 
attractive, send M. O. or check and 
furniture will be sent by express pre¬ 
paid. We make this same style in 
children’s furniture. Write for any 
further particulars about this and other 
styles of garden, porch, sun-parlor and 
children’s furniture; also for price on 
The Hawthorne Set, delivered outside 
the 500 mile radius. Address H. W. 
Stanton & Co., Beverly, Mass. Dept. F. 
STANDARD 
Underground 
Garbage Receiver 
In Use 12 Years 
LOOK FOR OUR TRADE MARK 
Sold Direct Factory Send for Circular 
C. H. STEPHENSON, Mfr. 
20 Farrar St., Lynn, Mass. 
Have a Thriving Winter 
Cellar Vegetable Garden 
Grown By My Selected Forcing Roots 
Eat succulent Asparagus, Crisp Rhubarb, 
tresh “French Endive” or Witloof Chic¬ 
ory and Sea Kale during the winter 
months. My forcing Asparagus roots are 
7 years old. Rhubarb roots enormous. 
Chicory roots fine. Also roots of the 
“Orchid Lettuce,” forces a beautiful pink 
color. I sell these roots to all the lead¬ 
ing private gardeners. Prices quoted. 
WARREN SHINN 
Forcing Root Specialist 
Woodbury, N. J. 
“Seeds with a Lineage” 
Send for catalog “Garden and Lawn.’ 
Carters Tested Seeds Inc. 
127 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. 
Boston, Mass. 
TESTED 
SEEDS 
CARTERS 
Farr’s Hardy 
Plant Specialties 
a book — rather than a catalogue — about 
Peonies, Iris, Poppies, Phloxes, Hoses, 
Lilacs, and other plants for the hardy 
garden. Free on request. 
BERTRAND H. FARR, 
• 106 Garfield Ave., Wyomlsslng, Pa. 
KEWANEE 
Smokeless Firebox 
Boilers Cut Coal Costs 
York, representing a Pekinese with 
two puppies. Authorities date this 
piece with the Ming dynasty, 1368- 
1644, which, to one uninitiated in 
such matters, seems liberal enough. 
This was the oldest carving or 
painting Watson found, and, so far 
as I know, is the earliest date that 
can be confidently connected with 
the breed. The pet dogs of Henri 
III in the painting attributed to 
Jacopo de Empoli may be Pekinese, 
and then again they may not, and 
there is no proof of that other good 
story that Charles II received a pair 
of Pekes from some Jesuit Mission¬ 
aries. 
The Peice’s Mystery 
Whatever strange details in the 
Pekinese’ mysterious life in the For¬ 
bidden City are hidden from us, cer¬ 
tainly their official introduction to 
the bustling western world was 
romantic enough to please the most 
imaginative Peke owner. In August, 
1860, General Gordon at the head 
of his English and French Crimean 
veterans appeared before Pekin. The 
royal family fled, carrying with them, 
as one of their most precious pos¬ 
sessions, the “sleeve dogs.” The 
Emperor’s aged aunt, however, was 
unable to escape, and she took ref¬ 
uge, outside of the city, in the Sum¬ 
mer Palace. Upon the approach of 
the troops she committed suicide, 
and in her apartments, huddling be¬ 
hind the silk draperies, were five 
Pekinese. General, then Lieutenant, 
Dunne secured one of these, a pretty 
fawn and white. He very properly 
christened her Looty, and upon his 
return to England presented her to 
Queen Victoria. Admiral John Hay 
got two, a pair of biscuit-colored 
ones, while the remaining two, bright 
chestnuts with black masks, were 
brought back by Sir George Fitz- 
roy, who gave them to the late 
Duchess of Richmond. From this 
last pair have sprung the famous 
Goodwood strain. 
His So-Journ to America 
From time to time other Pekes 
have come out of China. About 1898 
Mrs. Guyer of Philadelphia received 
several from a kinsman living in 
Pekin. These were the first to be 
seen in the United States. Dr. Mary 
Cotton of New York, one of our 
earliest Peke exhibitors, first showed 
a charming little black, called Chaon 
Ching We, a present from the Dow¬ 
ager Empress. A number have 
found their way to England, but the 
supply has never been large. Mrs. 
Douglas Murray’s Ah Cum and Mr. 
George Brown’s Sirrah, both found¬ 
ers of important English strains, 
were direct from the Dowager Em¬ 
press’ kennels. In China it is—or 
was before the Republic—a capital 
crime for anyone except the royal 
family and the mandarins to own a 
Pekinese, but some of these precious 
dogs have been smuggled out of the 
Forbidden City and sold. Since the 
breed has become so very popular in 
England and America it is suspected 
that some illicit source of supply has 
been opened up, for it is commonly 
remarked that later importations 
have not had the quality of the dogs 
known authentically to have come 
from the Imperial Palace. 
The typical Peke fairly teems with 
quality, and there is no dog to which 
the adjective “quaint” can be so apt¬ 
ly applied. His Chinese name, Shih- 
Tzu-Kom, little lion dog, fits him 
well, for his splendid mane and his 
large head make this little mite ludi¬ 
crously like the king of beasts. Very 
distinctive, too, are his stout and 
bowed front legs and his perfectly 
flat skull. An unfortunate inclina¬ 
tion to Anglicize the type was for¬ 
tunately nipped in the bud, and the 
Chinese ideal of the flat skull, high- 
placed ears and deep, square foreface, 
together with the short legs and com¬ 
paratively long body, has been pre¬ 
served. The Peke’s coat is not so 
silky as the toy spaniel’s, in fact, the 
mane is quite coarse, while the feath¬ 
ering along the legs and the plume 
of the tail is very light and fluffy. 
Chestnuts and biscuits, both of which 
should have black masks, are the 
most popular colors, but brindles and 
solid-colored blacks, and blacks and 
whites are all perfectly orthodox 
shades. In China all these colors, 
and white, also, are esteemed, “so 
that,” the Empress herself is quoted 
as saying, “there may be dogs ap¬ 
propriate for every costume in the 
Imperial wardrobe and for every 
ceremony and function.” 
Old-World Mannerisms 
The- Peke’s quaintness extends be¬ 
yond his looks to his disposition 
and his habits. Having, so it seems, 
inherited some notion of the punc¬ 
tilious etiquette of the East, he is 
the very pattern of all a little house 
dog should be. He is clean in his 
habits, very obedient, clever and re¬ 
markably affectionate. Cathay being 
on the opposite side of the globe 
may account tor the Peke’s very un¬ 
dog-like trick of washing his face 
with his paws, and having been bred 
and reared among a people who ex¬ 
press affection by rubbing noses, it 
seems very proper that he should 
not lick, but rub his face against the 
hand that feeds him. 
Should you make a Christmas pres¬ 
ent of one of these little dogs, you 
will do a very kind thing if you will 
write on the back of your card of 
greetings which you tie to his collar, 
“Sweets are very bad for me, and 
I like very much to be brushed.” 
It is the saddest kind of mistaken 
kindness to give any dog candy, and 
but two meals a day — one of them a 
very light lunch—should be the rule. 
Care of Toy Dogs 
A veterinarian has confessed that 
when he receives a fashionable 
patient he puts the pampered mite 
in a runway with a bit of old shoe 
and an onion. When the patient 
chews the tough leather word is 
sent to his mistress that “Your dog 
is improving,” and when he tackles 
the onion she is notified that a cure 
has been effected. Ninety per cent 
of toy dog ills come from over¬ 
feeding. Nor is too much bathing 
good. A bath once a month is 
enough, but a good brushing with a 
long-bristled, stiff brush should be 
given at least once a week. Upon 
these two simple rules depend the 
health and the happiness of the little 
house dog. 
This Christmas shop early and buy 
only useful presents. One of our 
Bird Houses may be the means of 
instilling a love for Nature in the 
minds of your children. Or what 
more suitable for that friend with a 
place in the country ? 
Wren House No. 17 for $1.00 
The above Japanese design 
for $3.00. 
Wire Sparrow Trap, $4.00. 
Our famous three Bird 
Houses, $3.50. 
Send for new free Catalog. Parcel 
post prepaid within third Zone. 
A. P. GREIM, 
“Birdville” Toms River, N. J. 
Befriend the Birds 
Wild birds are our friends and neighbors. 
Feed them suet—one of the basic foods for 
supplying their organic matter. Do it the 
best way with 
WHITE’S 
Suet Basket 
(Patented April 17,1914) 
Made of strong brown 
Japanned Metal — 
| will not corrode or 
rust. Fits any tree 
or post and lasts a 
Have a heart lifetime. Get some 
of these baskets and keep the song birds 
home. By mail postpaid, $1.00. Send for 
illustrated circular and price list of “Bird 
Devices." 
Charles E. White. Box 50, Kenilworth, III. 
I I II I H 
Charming 
Bed Room 
Furniture 
for 
APARTME NTS 
Made in beautiful 
old English Wal¬ 
nut or painted in 
harmonious com¬ 
binations — espe¬ 
cially built in the right scale 
and to economize space. 
Write for booklet “A” and 
we will send our valuable 
Danersk Color Folder. 
ERSKINE-DANFORTH 
CORPORATION 
York 
A bed popular in 
England. 
One of our comfortable _ , .... Pl Vl 
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Water Supply. Electric Light, Sewage Dis¬ 
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and Gasoline Power. 
Bulletins on request 
KEWANEE PRIVATE UTILITIES CO. 
(Formerly Kewanee Water Supply Co.) 
122 S. Franklin St. Kewanee, III. 
CHARMING WALL EFFECTS 
Perfect harmony should prevail in the general color 
scheme of an interior. The most charming effects 
are obtained where walls are covered with 
FAB-RIK-O-NA WOVEN WALL 
COVERINGS 
made in many colors to harmonize perfectly with 
woodwork and the general color scheme of any 
room. Send for samples. State for what rooms 
desired. 
H. B. WIGGIN’S SONS CO. 
218 Arch Street Bloomfield, N. J. 
ANTIQUES! 
Superb collection of Antique Furniture. Mir¬ 
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Prints, Brasses, Needlework, etc. Tell us 
what you want. We have it, or can got it 
for you. 
Tell us what you have. We collect and buy. 
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272 Hillside Ave., Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y. 
On the main thoroughfare from N. Y. to L. I. 
