HOUSE AND GARDEN 
244 
October, igi 
EVERY ROOM 
should have its own individuality. The 
WOOD MANTEL 
as a central feature gives character 
to the apartment; furnishes as well 
as finishes. Here, for example, is 
one that combines chimney piece 
with cupboards for books or china, 
suitable for living or dining room. 
Ideas for every room in the house 
are contained in an illustrated book¬ 
let : 
“Why Wood Mantels?” 
that we’d be glad to send to every 
one who owns a house, or intends 
to build or decorate. 
Address 
WOOD MANTEL MANUFACTURERS’ 
ASSOCIATION 
H. T. Bennett, Secretary 
Room 1225 STATE LIFE BUILDING 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
Bungalows and American Homes 
Design No. 2, Built in California and Iowa —Cost $2800 
Our Handsome 112 page, 8 x 11 book of Bungalows, Mission, Colo¬ 
nial, English timbered and Concrete bouses for 1910 shows inte¬ 
riors, exteriors, and floor plans and actual cost to build, ranging 
from $1,000 10 $10,000. These designs are photos of structures 
we have built throughout the country — not theoretical pen pic¬ 
tures, jSpecial specifications and details of construction made to 
suit any climate. Priceof book $1.00 prepaid. Sample leaves free. 
BROWN BROS., Architects, 917 Security Bank Bide., Cedar Rapids, low* 
or in subdued wood tones are also found 
on the stained furniture. Eight hundred 
dollars is the price for these sets in some 
of the stores. It is also possible to buy 
the plain enameled pieces and have the 
decorating done to order. 
Beds during the early part of the 
Eighteenth Century were always four- 
posters, and a fine variety is now to be 
found carrying out the old ideas. Very 
elaborately curtained they used to be, and 
the embroideries made for bed-hangings 
represented many years of patient work. 
Double four-posters are made nowadays, 
but the twin beds, both plain and with 
elaborate carvings, are more in demand, 
and with bow canopy and valance are 
most inviting. The vogue of the brass 
bed is decidedly on the wane. 
There are rush chair seats in the 
enameled sets and in the mahogany as 
well. In many dainty new rooms wood 
mantels to match the furniture style are 
being made, and are decorated by hand 
with the same flowery designs that adorn 
the furniture. Separate hand-painted 
and stenciled rockers, large and roomy, 
are as low as twenty-eight dollars, while 
small side chairs are shown for ten 
dollars. 
An exquisite white mahogany bed¬ 
room set, hand-painted in graceful flower 
designs, modeled on the genuine Adam 
lines, is worth nine hundred and fifteen 
dollars; while a white mahogany desk 
alone, hand-painted, is procurable for 
three hundred and ninety dollars. 
The Eighteenth Century was so full of 
furniture suggestions, which have been 
brought to our Twentieth Century eyes, 
that the purchase of new furniture is 
quite a task, one’s desires so often being 
led astray by the beauty of other designs 
when a decision is practically already 
made. 
Flowers Indoors Throughout the 
Winter 
(Continued from page 219) 
in the warmest spot you have (it may be 
quite dark), and be sure to water fre¬ 
quently, removing to the light as the flow¬ 
ers appear. If they have been planted in 
a small box, this may now be covered 
with rough birch-bark. 
Another flower that should be better 
known is the Gladiolus, which during the 
last few years has been wonderfully im¬ 
proved. America and May are two of the 
best varieties for forcing. 
If you have no way of preparing your 
own soil, get some from a florist. If that 
is too much trouble, remember that Hya¬ 
cinths, and some of the Lilies, like the 
Chinese Sacred Lily, may be grown in 
water alone, using a bulb-glass, or peb¬ 
bles to keep the bulb itself nearly out of 
the water. But this method, while easier, 
will not give as good results as the real 
one. Be sure to buy and try a few bulbs 
this fall, so you will have bloom indoors 
when it will be most appreciated. 
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