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House & Garden 
A boon to travelers in Great Britain and 
France will be the new American Express 
Travelers Cheques, issued in Pounds Sterling 
and French Francs. At your home bank or 
express office you can buy Travelers Cheques 
good for a stated amount of British or French 
money, paying for them in dollars. Thus you 
are protected against mulcting by unscrupu- 
The new Cheques, like the American Express Dollar 
Travelers Cheques, are the safest form in which to 
carry travel funds. They are self identifying; you 
sign them when you buy them, you countersign in 
the presence of the one who cashes them. Your 
signature identifies you. The value of lost or stolen 
countersigned Cheques is returned to you upon 
filling out certain protective forms. 
lous money changers and fluctuations in the 
rates of exchange. You receive a certain, 
deflnite number of Pounds or Francs—there 
is no doubt about the value of your Cheque 
—whether cashed at hotel, shop, restaurant, 
or tourist agency. There is no telephoning to 
banks for exchange rates, no guess work, for 
theamount to bepaid is printed on theCheque. 
These Cheques are issued in handy amounts, the 
Sterling Cheque in five and ten pounds; the French 
Cheques in 200 and 400 French Francs—amounts 
equal in spending convenience to a $20.00 bill. 
Outside of Great Britain, France and their Colonies, 
the regular American Express Dollar Travelers 
Cheque still offers the most valuable method of 
carrying travel funds. 
The cost is fifty cents for each one hundred dollars 
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY 
“The Gem” 
Lawn 
Sprinkler 
and Stand 
A sturdy brass, non-corrod¬ 
ing sprinkler that will last 
a lifetime. 
Prepare now for Summer Lawns 
To insure beautiful velvety lawns this 
season you should start sprinkling the 
very first warm day. The grass must 
catch an early start for a thick, even 
growth. The “Gem” is adjustable, sprink¬ 
les evenly over a wide area, is $ *1 3 for 
wear-proof, not expensive. $2.50 
Price including stand. 
Your Radiators Give Trouble 
Especially in the Spring 
When warm days are mixed with cold, 
causing irregular heating, your radiators 
annoy with banging and hissing. The 
SPECIAL LOCK SHIELD VALVE 
prevents this. Special adjustment lock. 
Condensation without leakage. Easily 
attached. Guaranteed and $ ^ 
inexpensive. Immediate de- I 
livery . $10 
A Radiator Footrail ! 
A new thought in home comfort. The rail is 
attached to lower part of radiator. Assures 
foot comfort—draw up your chair for reading 
or sewing and see! Made in nickel Standard 
or oxidized finish. Easily attached. Length 26" 
Will be sent for only. $5.00 
BEATON & CADWELL MEG. CO. 
New Britain, Conn. 
Manufacturers of all kinds of Plumbing 
Specialties 
Halve Your Paint Bill 
Halve Your Labor Bill 
by using 
Cabot’s Creosote Stains 
P AINT costs more than ever before, 
or is poorer in quality. These stains 
cost half as much and can be put on 
twice as quickly, halving the labor 
cost. They are infinitely softer, rich¬ 
er and more artistic in their color¬ 
ing effects, and are adapted for 
shingles, siding, boards, and other 
exterior wood-work. Made of Creo¬ 
sote, “the best wood preservative 
known,” and the strongest and finest 
fast colors, ground in linseed oil. 
You can get Cabot's stains all over the country. Send 
for stained zoood samples and name of nearest agent. 
SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Mfg. Chemists, 11 Oliver St., Boston, Mass. 
24 W. Kinzie St., Chicago 525 Market St., San Francisco 
Walker & Nichols, Architects, Rochester, N. V. 
Stained with Cahot*s Creosote Stains 
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BIRD-BATH 
O NE of the most artistic designs ever 
constructed. In addition to its un¬ 
doubted beauty, it is rendered 
unique by having a graduated bottom 
also 
PERCHES 
on which our feathered friends may stand with 
shallow water on one side, deep water opposite. 
The center-piece serves as a food-tray, or if 
connected with running water, forms a water 
spreader making an appreciated 
SHOWER BATH 
Illustrated circular stnt upon request, 
J. C. Kraus Cast Stone Works, Inc. 
Cast Stone Garden Furniture of every variety 
373 Lexington Avenue New York 
