HOUSE AND GARDEN 
December, 1910 
Why tiles in your home? 
T ILE is one of the oldest building materials, and is today 
one of the most useful as well as beautiful. For all pur¬ 
poses to which tile can be put, it is the best material. It has 
two great claims upon your consideration, neither of which you 
can ignore. One is its sanitary cleanliness which nothing 
equals. The other is its unsurpassed beauty which supplies 
something that nothing else can give. 
William Morris said: “Don’t have in your homes anything 
which you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful. 
Don’t think of building a home until you have read our four 
books upon tiles and their uses, sent free to anyone on request: 
“Tiles for Fireplaces” “Tiles for the Kitchen and Laundry” 
“Tiles on the Porch Floor” “ Tile for the Bathroom ” 
THE ASSOCIATED TILE MANUFACTURERS 
Room 2 , Reeves Building, Beaver Falls, pa. 
Picturesque English Cottages 
and their Doorway Gardens 
By P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.H. 
With a preface by Ralph Adams Cram. 
There is no more picturesque and charming phase of 
architecture in all the ages than the small English cot¬ 
tage with its inevitable garden. Mr. Ditchfield tells 
something of the historical side of this evolution of the 
cottage, describes methods of construction, the various 
types of roofs and chimneys, the designs and the flowers 
of the garden, the whole enlivened with interestjng 
little bits of folk-lore. The book is full of inspiration 
for the home builder. 
A limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies, printed 
on heavy plate paper and bound in boards, half ooze 
leather. 
112 pages, 147 illustrations. Price, $2.00 postpaid. 
McBride, Winston & Co., Publishers, 449 Fourth Ave., New York City 
Silver Lake A 
Braided Sash-Cord 
(Name indelibly stamped on every foot) 
Have your architect specify it in his plans. 
It won’t cost you any more, but will save you 
loads of trouble. It is solid-braided of cotton 
(no waste); can’t stretch and is non-inflamma¬ 
ble. 
When the windows are being put in or when you have 
to renew the other cord, look to see that Silver Lake A 
Sash-Cord is used. Standard for over 40 years. Silver 
Lake is the accepted standard in U. S. Government 
braided cord specifications. 
Silver Lake Co., 87 Chauncey SI., Boston, Mass. 
Makers of Silver Lake Solid Braided Clothesline 
Residence, Morristown. N. J. 
( Hogyson Bros., Contracting Designers ) 
KELSEY HEATING COMPANY 
T* Main Office: New YorklOffice: 
66 East Fayette St., Syracuse. N.'Y. 154 C. Fifth Avenue 
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and any joinings that have been made are 
usually covered with galloon of gold or 
silver, which may be bought at any shop 
where upholsterer’s materials are sold. 
The galloon serves two purposes, that of 
a finish for the edge to define and empha¬ 
size the form as a whole, and a covering 
for the close sewing of the whole shade 
to its wire frame, giving the necessary 
firmness and stability. The shade is some¬ 
times enriched by using a gold or silver 
lace on the edge. Candle shades or even 
the smaller lamp shades do not always re¬ 
quire this finish, since they keep their 
shape without being sewn to the frames. 
Various modifications of material and fin¬ 
ish will doubtless suggest themselves to 
the inventive craftsman, and color and 
design will depend upon how much dec¬ 
orative value is required in the general 
scheme of the room. The making of the 
light-shades an integral part of the con¬ 
struction and decoration of the room will 
result in a combination of charm of detail 
with restfulness of general effect, and that 
beauty which lies in the subordination of 
each part to the whole. 
Putty-Color 
O NE of the newest shades for wall 
covering is known as “Putty-color.” 
The name, to be sure, does not attract 
one, but the color is soft and pleasing in 
tone. A putty-colored paper is undoubt¬ 
edly more effective on the wall than when 
seen in the piece, although the opposite is 
too frequently true of wall papers. Putty- 
colored paper is particularly useful where 
it is desirable to paper the first floor 
rooms alike throughout. In small houses 
this method of treatment tends to add to 
the apparent size of the home and to bring 
the rooms into harmony with one another. 
Putty-color, being nondescript, harmon¬ 
izes with almost every conceivable color 
scheme, and although light in tone, its dull 
effect does not throw into too strong con¬ 
trast poorly designed architectural lines, 
nor does it make furniture and well worn 
possessions appear unnecessarily shabby. 
The fact is being more and more appre¬ 
ciated that the walls of a room should 
but serve as a background and as such 
should be inconspicuous and a suitable 
setting for pictures and photographs. 
Birthday Trees 
Few of us indeed cannot remember 
with a thrill of pleasure some old tree 
which formed the background of many a 
childish adventure. It is, perhaps, not as 
stately and handsome as some now in our 
own grounds, still it is the best beloved of 
all. And why? Because of its associa¬ 
tions. 
Why not create pleasant associations 
around some tree by connecting with it 
the lives of our children? Why not plant 
birthday trees? Think of the pleasure a 
child will have in watching the growth of 
a healthy tree planted on his birthday. 
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