August , 19 2 0 
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HOTEL VENBOME 
Coommomvealt/) o7(ve. ‘Bosfor ^ 
at ‘Dartmoutlj Street 
WHEN YOU VISIT BOSTON 
consider the Hotel Vendome, 
unique among the better 
hotels of the country because 
of its exceptional location— 
In the oen/ Center of the 
Fashionable Back Bay District 
C.H. GREENLEAF CO., Props. 
Everett B. Rich, Managing Director 
Franklin K. Pierce, Associate Mgr. 
Under same management 
Would You Like an 
ADVENTURE? 
rkO you want to turn the key 
” in the front door, and 
stroll out into the wide world 
without a single responsibility 
for awhile? 
Would you like to breakfast at Ar- 
menonville? Or golf in California? 
Or take guides and packtrain into the 
misty purple cloudland of the high 
Rockies? Or motor through the 
clam-chowder belt of New England? 
Or maybe just have a little simple 
peace and quiet and bass-fishing 
among the Canadian pine-woods? 
No matter where you’d like to go or 
do or see, House & Garden’s Inter¬ 
national Travel Bureau can tell you 
how to arrange it with the least ex¬ 
penditure of time, effort, and tem¬ 
per. Just simply 
Sign, tear off and mail 
the coupon below to the 
HOUSE & GARDEN 
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BUREAU 
HOUSE & GARDEN, 
19 W. 44 St., New York 
Yes, I’d like to take a vacation from 
my house. I’ve marked the ideas 
that sound best to me. Please tell 
me more about them. I expect to 
leave about . and 
be away about. 
Motor Tours Seashore 
..Ideal Tour ..New Jersey 
. .Transcontinental . .Massachusetts 
Tour . . Maine 
. .El Camino Real 
National Parks Canada 
. . Grand Canyon 
. . Yellowstone 
. . Yosemite 
. .Western Canada 
. . Laurentian 
Mountains 
. . Maritime Provinces 
Name . 
Street . 
City. State. 
H&G 8-20 
HODGSON HOUSES 
Whether you Summer in the mountains or at the 
sea you can take your home with you if it is a 
Hodgson Portable House. It requires no skilled 
workmen to erect. Simply follow directions and bolt 
the plainly marked sections in place. 
Hodgson Portable Houses come in many sizes. 
From time to time a room can be added and a little 
week-end cottage can become a house of ten or more 
rooms. Hodgson Portable Houses are wonderfully 
comfortable —and absolutely weather tight. 
Write today for catalog. 
E. F. HODGSON CO. 
Room 226. 71-73 Federal Street, Boston, Mass. 
6 East 39th Street, New York City 
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It's inexpensive and convenient to 
have your own Winter Garden 
S INCE the introduction of Sunlight Double 
Glazed Greenhouses, thousands of people 
are enabled to enjoy the pleasure and profit of 
Winter Gardening. These convenient and in¬ 
expensive Greenhouses pay for themselves by 
supplying you with an abundance of vege¬ 
tables and fresh flowers. 
SUNLIGHT DOUBLE GLAZED GREENHOUSES 
are shipped in perfect fitting sections, are easily erected 
by anyone, and as the patented Double Glazing does 
away with an expensive heating system, the cost of 
operating is negligible. 
Working Principle of Sun- is based ° n f w0 
light Double - Glass Sash Xch °endose 
an air space, §4 of an inch—forming a transparent blanket— 
through which the sun’s rays pass freely to the beds, carrying 
heat and light, but through which the cold from without and 
the stored heat from within pass very freely. Sunlight Double- 
Glass Sash are complete within themselves and need no cover¬ 
ing like ordinary sash. 
Write for Free Illustrated Catalogue 
It explains everything* in detail, contains price list and gives valuable in¬ 
formation on the use of hot-beds, cold-frames and greenhouses. Order 
early and be sure of having your outfit when needed. 
SUNLIGHT DOUBLE-GLASS SASH [CO. 
Division of 
ALFRED STRUCK COMPANY, Inc. 
Established 1860. 
944 E. Broadway Louisville, Ky. 
WHITE COCK 
WEATHERVANE 
A weather vane imparts a touch of rare 
individuality to private estate, kennel or country 
club. This is ail especially attractive subject 
—a jauuty white cock with his red wattles 
and proud eye seeming to bid defiance to all 
the world. Made of Auto Steel, weighted to 
balance perfectly. Paint raised to look like 
feathers, and so varnished as to make it 
weatherproof. Cock is life size and in natural 
colors. Arrow, stand, etc., in green. Sent 
carefully packed on receipt of 7 CA 
price. 
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WINDOW SHADE PULLS 
Three little birds to replace the ordinary un¬ 
sightly shade pull. Give a dainty touch to 
the room as they swing against the pane. 
Two designs—blue love bird or yellow summer 
bird.^ Set of three attractively <jj2 QO 
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Dealers write for discount 
and attractive proposition 
NATURE STUDIO 
523 Charles St. 
Baltn 
s, Md. 
| C. L. DuVaVs 
sunlight 
| greenhouse 
| Stockbridge, Mass, 
ifts from 
NATURE 
STUDIO 
Dy JVfail to You 
Butterfly 
Weather- 
Vane 
Attaches 
to Porch 
Railing 
You need not go out ill the weather 
To see if the pointing vane. 
Swinging aloft on your roof-tree 
Is promising sun or rain. 
For, perched on your porch's railing. 
This Butterfly vane will show 
Just as well as the other fellow. 
The way that the wind doth blow. 
Its strong clamp attaches firmly to window 
sill or porch railing. The butterfly is durably 
constructed of heavy metal and is painted by 
liaml In harmonious colors. An alluring touch 
to the porch or house it graces. Sent care¬ 
fully packed and durably boxed, C*o Cfj 
on receipt of price. 
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ICE SET 
A clean, easy 
method of pre¬ 
paring cracked 
ice for luncheons, 
teas and late 
suppers. Daiuty 
and practical. 
Bag is of finely 
woven canvas 
with the word 
“Ice" hand-em¬ 
broidered in blue 
cr red. The little 
ring to hang it up 
is also covered 
with hand em¬ 
broidery. Mallet 
is of substantial 
construction, 
beautifully fin¬ 
ished in walnut. 
Packed in neat 
green box, on the 
outside of which 
are clever verses, 
receipt of price... 
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Sent prepaid on $2.50 
