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Any of the good standard perennials can 
be used here. If you are particularly 
fond of iris, I would suggest them for 
the boathouse path. 
Inquiry. You so kindly offer to help 
your readers with suggestions pertaining 
to the interior or exterior of the home, 
that I am enclosing a rough sketch of 
my house and lawn with dimensions of 
lot. Will you please make suggestions 
for planting of the beds across the front 
and side. I want it as attractive as pos¬ 
sible, with shrubs, evergreens and blos¬ 
soming plants, at a minimum cost. 
Would you also make a suggestion for 
a driveway to the garage. There isn’t 
enough room on the west. Do you think 
it would look better on the extreme east 
edge of lot or about half-way? Would 
a porte cochere add to the effectiveness 
of the plan if a driveway were built 
close by the porch? 
Ansiver. I have your letter asking 
about the planting of the beds in front 
and at the side of your house, but it is 
not entirely clear to me just what part 
of the grounds you have reference to. 
No beds are marked on the sketch which 
you sent, so I assume that you wish sug¬ 
gestions for the space along the front 
foundation of the house and on the east 
side between the wall and the pathway. 
In this event I am appending a list of 
flowering shrubs, which can well be 
used. Those marked ‘‘shade” should, of 
course, go on the north of the house. 
Berberis thunbergii {shade) 
Deutzia gracilis {shade) 
Forsythia intermedia {shade) 
Viburnum tomentosum {shade) 
Evonymus alata {shade) 
Kerria japonica 
Spiraea Van Houttei 
Syringa vulgaris 
Cotoneaster acutifolia 
and the following three evergreens: 
Juniperus virghiiana 
Jtiniperus sabina 
Thuya orientalis 
For ornamental and shade trees Mag- 
nalio soulangeana and Norway maple 
would be good. 
Along the west property line I should 
make a perennial border about two feet 
wide and including such flowers as 
hardy phlox, larkspur, monkshood, co¬ 
lumbine, sweet alyssum, grass pinks, 
Canterbury bells and Lilium tigrinum. 
As edgings for the entrance walk and 
its continuation around the side of the 
house, you can put in Japanese and 
German iris. 
The entrance to the garage, I think, 
should be along the east property line, 
with a right-angled turn to bring it up 
to the garage along the south line. In a 
place the size of yours you should do 
everything possible to avoid breaking up 
the grounds into small units, and this 
arrangement will accomplish it. 
I would advise you not to have a 
porte cochere. This is an architectural 
feature primarily adapted to large houses. 
MORE ELECTRICAL CONVENIENCES 
TOWHERE has the march of 
I ^ progress been more rapid than in 
the field of electrical develop¬ 
ment. Wonders have become matters 
of course and manufacturers are now 
devoting their energies to making these 
wonders as convenient as possible. 
Most of us are familiar with the vari¬ 
ous electrical appliances such as the 
electric iron, chafing dish, percolator, 
etc. We are all using them. But we 
do not by any means get the fullest 
amount of benefit from them. There 
are appliances on the market today, 
conveniences that do more than merely 
contribute to our comfort. They save 
time and money. 
One of these that is sponsored by a 
reliable electrical concern is a twin out¬ 
let, or receptacle, as it is called. This 
device is generally installed in the base¬ 
board. It is covered with a brass plate 
and presents a neat appearance. One 
is enabled, by means of this, to use a 
vacuum cleaner and an electric fan at 
the same time, thus operating two elec¬ 
trical conveniences from the same out¬ 
let. This can be used with plugs that 
are furnished with most appliances. 
This receptacle can be easily substituted 
where a single outlet type has been in¬ 
stalled. Its body is of the same size 
and it will fit into the opening. 
There is also another device which 
permits the use of four electrical con¬ 
veniences at the same time. This can 
be installed, for instance, under the top 
of the dining-room table. Thus can be 
used simultaneously a table lamp, toast¬ 
er, chafing dish and percolator. Or it 
can be used in other rooms with any 
devices up to four. It takes its current 
from any receptacle. 
There is also a twin outlet plug, in 
case there are no sockets in the base¬ 
board. This permits the use of two 
electrical conveniences at once from one 
light socket. Simply remove the light 
bulb and screw in the plug. This makes 
it possible to connect a portable lamp 
and chafing dish, or any other two de¬ 
vices, from one ordinary light socket. 
Another device that tends to conve¬ 
nience is a switch that is installed in the 
cord a few inches or more away from 
the appliance. This places the control 
at your finger tips. It saves unneces¬ 
sary consumption of current and the 
inconvenience of reaching to turn off 
the current or disconnecting either the 
cap from receptacle or the plug at the 
appliance. It is finished in nickel and 
is easy to install. 
We talk much about the high cost 
of living but in many cases we help 
make it high. This is the wilful waste 
of electricity that goes on in many 
homes. To overcome this, a device has 
been invented that stops the waste of 
electric current. It is a combined switch 
and buzzer that reminds you by a gen¬ 
tle, insistent buzzing that the cellar or 
attic light is burning. As soon as the 
light is turned on, the buzzing starts 
and continues until the current is turned 
off. This can be used with alternating 
current only and pays for itself in a 
short time by preventing the unneces¬ 
sary burning of light. 
We have come to associate the elec¬ 
tric fan with torrid weather and sleep¬ 
ing cars. Here we have been grateful 
for its cooling breezes. Now a well- 
known electrical firm comes forward 
and points out the many advantages 
to be derived from a fan in the middle 
of winter. First of all, the proper ven¬ 
tilation of a room can be secured by 
its use. An occupied room quickly be¬ 
comes filled with devitalized air which 
often contains dangerous germs. By 
means of a fan, air circulation is es¬ 
tablished; the foul air is driven out and 
a new supply of oxygen comes in. At 
the same time the layer of warmth al¬ 
ways to be found close to the ceiling 
is redistributed and the greatest source 
of ill health in winter—cold floors with 
warm air above—is overcome by an 
even circulation of air. In the same 
manner, heat can be distributed evenly 
by placing a fan in front of a radiator, 
allowing new masses of air to receive 
warmth in quick rotation. An addi¬ 
tional quantity of heat is obtained 
without the consumption of an ap¬ 
preciably greater amount of fuel. An¬ 
other use for an electric fan is to keep 
frost from forming on windows. By 
keeping the air in motion, the moisture 
is prevented from clinging to the glass 
long enough to freeze. 
