HOUSE AND GARDEN 
■July, 1910 
the dish-cloths are decorated with peasant 
embroidery and their real vocation is un¬ 
suspected. Arras cloth is harmonious and 
agreeable in coloring but must be kept out 
of the sun if used for pillows, as it fades 
in a bright light. Applique decoration is 
suitable for this material, sometimes called 
Craftsman or Handcraft canvas. Monk’s 
cloth, with its loose weave and heavy tex¬ 
ture, is effective, and is decorated by 
weaving brightly colored tapes in and out 
through its meshes to form a primitive 
Indian-like design. 
For seat cushions, to be used on porch 
steps, woven raffia is a dust proof cover¬ 
ing. The ends of the grass are left to 
form a fringe at the edges. 
The old-fashioned rag carpet method 
of making old goods into new is often 
adopted for pillow covers, but new goods 
are usually employed. While the weav¬ 
ing is done by a professional worker, the 
cutting and sewing of strips is done at 
home. 
Simple decorations, easily executed, 
are most satisfactory for porch use. If 
flower designs are used, they should be of 
extremely conventional character, as real¬ 
istic forms may come into close competi¬ 
tion with nature, to their disadvantage. 
The materials used are inexpensive. Mer¬ 
cerized cotton is employed for embroid¬ 
eries. Applique is done with scraps of 
material, and the use of Japanese stencils 
or wood blocks means only a trifling out¬ 
lay. 
As helps to the comfort of the modern 
porch, and adjuncts to a garden scheme, 
cushions and pillows play a small but im¬ 
portant part in the outdoor life of the 
American family. 
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(Water supplies installed complete 
and ready for use) 
We do the work, you turn the faucet. 
Our system relieves a customer of 
every detail. We install any kind of 
water-supply complete and ready for 
use. No matter where you live, if it 
be near a well, a spring, or running 
brook, and you feel that you could 
enjoy some of those comforts and 
conveniences which a bath and run¬ 
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doubt as to the expense involved, write us and we will tell you exactly the cost, and 
in case you purchase, we will take complete charge of the work, relieving you of every 
detail of installation, thus giving you a water-supply all ready for the turning of the 
faucet. Our business life covers an experience of seventy years. During this period 
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Showing pump in cellar connected 
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They’re equipped with our famous Hold¬ 
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Gardens Old and New. Edited by W. Avray 
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Cloth, gilt top, Crown folio. New York: 
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