October, 1910 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
193 
Prize Offers from Leading 
Manufacturers 
Book on Patents. “Hints to inven¬ 
tors.” “Inventions needed.” “Why 
some inventors fail.” Send rough 
sketch or model for search of Patent 
Office records. Our Mr. Greeley was 
formerly Acting Commissioner of Pat¬ 
ents, and as such had full charge of 
the U. S. Patent Office. 
Greeley & McIntire 
PATENT ATTORNEYS 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
COUNTRY HOMES 
may enjoy city comforts and conveniences at 
less cost than kerosene, electricity or acetylene, 
with None of their dangers, by using 
Economy Gas Machine 
Produces gas for light and kitchen fuel. May 
be lighted the same as electric light, without 
batteries or wires. Call or write for list of 
satisfied customers. 
Economy Gas Machine Co. 
437 Main Street 
Rochester, N. Y. 
HOGGSON BROTHERS 7 E ^t th vo S rk eet 
DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS 
UNDER A SINGLE CONTRACT WITH THE OWNER, 
LIMITING COST AND PROFIT 
YOUR BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 
must bear the cold, critical scrutiny of a busy 
man. If a Peerless Patent Book Form Card 
has been sent in as your representative, you have 
submitted to his attention a card that will com¬ 
mand his admiration, compel his acknowledge¬ 
ment that a man of quality waits for an audience, 
and create an impression that the man who sent in that 
card is worth seeing and his business worth hearing. 
Peerless Patent Book Form Card 
stands out as the one great card improvement of the cen¬ 
tury- 1'he marvel of it is that when the cards are de¬ 
tached all edges are absolutely smooth. Your cards are 
always together, always clean, unmurred, perfectly flat, 
and elegant. You cannot appreciate 
their uniqueness without actually 
seeing them. Send for a Sara, 
pie book today and de¬ 
tach them one 
by one. 
The John B. Wiggins Company 
Engravers, Die Embossers, Plate Printers 
44-46 East Adams Street, Chicago 
New York Officer 350 Broadway 
Heating for delicate women 
The width of a window-sill sep¬ 
arates fierce Winter from gen¬ 
tle Summer—that is, if your 
heating outfit has been rightly 
chosen. The most delicate 
women and the frailest flowers 
thrive and bloom in the whole¬ 
some warmth and ventilation 
brought about by 
The cleanly, genial warmth these 
outfits produce enables your wife to 
dress in light-weight, becoming cloth¬ 
ing, to appear at her graceful best, to 
work and exercise unrestrictedly; and relieve her of all back-breaking 
drudgery that is a part of old-fashioned heating methods. 
IDEAL Boilers and AMERICAN Radiators are sure aids to domestic happiness 
and economy. They keep the house cozy and healthful in all kinds of bad weather. 
By saving much coal and doing away with repair bills, as well as giving long life to 
furnishings and decorations, they more than earn their cost. In fact, they are in 
every way an investment — not an expense. 
r - ADVANTAGE 21 . All IDEAL Steam Boilers are 
fitted with Sylphon Regulator, which is the greatest im¬ 
provement made in a century, for giving perfect control 
over the draft and check dampers. This regulator keeps 
the steam steadily at the right point for economical 
heating and insures uniform heating of the rooms. Saves 
running up and down the cellar stairs during quick¬ 
changing weather. (If you have a boiler without this 
regulator be sure to write us for full particulars.) Ask 
also for our new edition of “Ideal Heating ” ( free) which 
A No. 2118 IDEAL Boiler and A No. A-241 IDEAL Boiler tells all the advantages of the WOrld-famOUS IDEAL Boil- 
57 0 f'- of 38-inch American and 461 ft. of 38-inch amer. e rs and AMERICAN Radiators. 
Radiators, costing the owner ICAN Radiators costing the 
$135, were used to Hot-Water owner $215. were used to Hot- If you want to make your home a haven of warmth, don t 
heat this cottage. Water heat this cottage. wait until you build, but comfort your present house 
At these prices the goods can be bought of any reputable, com- with an outfit of IDEAL Boilers and AMERICAN Radi- 
petent fitter. This did not include cost of labor, pipe, valves, ators. Put in now without disturbing your old heaters 
freight, etc., which installation is extra and varies according to ujilfl ready tO Start fir© in th© n©VV. 
climatic and other conditions. 
Showrooms in all 
large cities 
Write to Dept. 10 
CHICAGO 
American radiatorpompany 
COMBINE 
Varnish and Stain of the highest quality and you have 
“MONOVAR” 
A perfect finish in imitation of popular woods secured by 
using 
“ Monovar” 
Rub with pumice stone and water for antique finish, with 
pumice stone and oil for egg-shell gloss or half-flat finish. 
Manufactured only by 
SAMUEL H. FRENCH & CO. 
Paint & Varnish Manufacturers 
4th & Callowhill Sts., PHILADELPHIA 
Open Fireplace Fixtures 
Andirons, Fenders, Firetools, 
Fire Screens and Smokeless Gas Lotfs 
We display a large selection of Period 
Andirons; also an assortment of reproduc¬ 
tions in Old Colonial Andirons, Hob Grates 
and English Settee Fenders in Brass, 
Bronze and Wrought Iron. 
FranK H. Graf Mfg.Co. s F ^ r £o"o n » 
323 Seventh Ave., Cor. 28th St., New York 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
