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“People Say —” 
<< 7 SN'T it shocking.. . . . my dear, it's an outrage . . . Have 
1 you ever seen anything so merciless—so infuriating? . . . 
Of course, if people will go to operas, dances, cabarets, midnight 
frolics—they deserve to be exposed ... I wouldn J t have it in my 
house . . . It’s scandalous” . . . What? Why that new book — 
HIGH SOCIETY 
hints on hotv to attain , relish,—and survive it 
A Book of Satirical Drawings, by Fish 
Precepts by Dorothy Parker, 
George S. Chappell, 
and Frank Crowninshield 
Did you ever see a duchess stripped 
of a life-time of pretense by one swift 
line? Did you ever read the whole 
horrid history of a bridge maniac in 
a skilfully placed eyebrow? Have 
you seen all the naive sophistication 
of a debutante expressed with a 
single clever curve? 
If you haven’t, then let Miss Fish 
introduce you to the original, amus¬ 
ing and truthful society which she 
has created on her miraculous draw¬ 
ing board. And, as Vanity Fair read¬ 
ers know, the drawings in this book 
are the work not only of a clever 
intelligence, but of a true artist. 
Miss Fish is one of the most dis¬ 
tinguished of present-day illustrators; 
her work shows mastery of line, a 
decorative and dramatic use of 
blacks, and a characteristic satire of 
men, women and events. 
"High Society” is a new collection of 
Miss Fish’s remarkable drawings of 
life in our upper circles. And, 
whether your name appears in the 
Social Register or in the minutes of 
the Dorcas Society, whether you’ve a 
box at the opera or a pass to the 
movies—knock at the title page, open 
the door, take off your tiara or your 
toque, and make yourself perfectly at 
home in—“High Society.” 
“High Society” is the smartest book of the season. 
It contains 156 of Miss Fish’s inimitable drawings and 
their entertaining captions; is attractively bound and 
beautifully printed. 
“High Society” is published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons 
and is on sale at all better class hook stores. Or—fill 
out the coupon below and mail it with your check 
to us for one of the first copies off the press. Price 
$5.30, postpaid. 
I want a copy of Miss 
Fish’s “High Society.” 
You’ll find enclosed my 
cheque for $ 5.30 to 
cover book and postage. 
Please send me one of 
the earliest copies off 
the press. 
VANITY FAIR 
19 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City, New York 
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House & Garden 
The oil system embodies a thermostat, an elec¬ 
trical control box, a blower, a combustion 
chamber with a pilot light, and an oil supply 
tank. Courtesy The Steam Corporation 
HEATING WITHOUT COAL 
I N this autumn of grace of 1920, sev¬ 
eral factors exist which complicate 
the all-important problem of heat¬ 
ing the house. Furnace tenders are 
scarce, independent and extortionate; 
coal prices have soared and supplies 
subsided; and a realization has come 
to the householder of the importance 
of cleanliness and freedom from fur¬ 
nace dust and ash below stairs as well 
as above. The trend of public demand 
is toward all possible simplification of 
heating methods and apparatus. 
Oil versus Coal 
Prominent among the devices cal¬ 
culated to meet this demand is a sys¬ 
tem which utilizes oil instead of coal 
as a fuel to heat the steam, hot water 
or hot air which circulates through the 
house. It substitutes for the coal fire, 
with its attendant ashes and labor, a 
smokeless oil flame which burns in a 
square combustion chamber within the 
furnace. It can be installed in any 
standard system which does not con¬ 
sume more than forty tons of coal a 
season, and consists principally of a 
thermostat; an electrical control box 
attached to a blower and connected 
with the thermostat; a blower or 
atomizer; a combustion chamber in¬ 
closing a gas pilot light which is always 
burning; and an oil supply tank. 
Thermostatic action causes the blower 
to operate, drawing up oil before a 
fan which blows it into a cool spray 
within the combustion chamber, where 
it is ignited by the pilot light. Thus 
it will be seen that about all the sys¬ 
tem requires, outside of the furnace 
and piping to which it is attached, and 
a 110 volt direct electric current or a 
110 volt 60 cycle alternating current, 
and a small supply of gas for the pilot 
light. 
One of the big advantages of this 
oil system is the elimination of fuel 
waste which it accomplishes. The fire 
is started by the action of the thermo¬ 
stat, which in turn is governed entirely 
by the requirements of the house. 
When no heat is required, the fire goes 
out. This cannot be done with coal, 
which calls for a constant fire through¬ 
out the heating season. 
An interesting comparison of operat¬ 
ing costs of one of these oil installa¬ 
tions and a coal system, in the same 
heating plant, shows that when thirty 
tons of coal were required at $12 a 
ton, the saving affected by the use of 
oil was $45 for the season. The coal 
figures included furnace-man service, 
which of course was eliminated in the 
oil installation because of the latter’s 
ease of operation and freedom from ash 
carrying. And to the credit side of 
the oil should be added those items 
such as absence of worry and time 
which can scarcely be set down in dol¬ 
lars and cents. 
Another System 
Another device which offers the 
same sort of freedom from dirt and 
labor as the foregoing, together with 
the advantage that it can be installed 
where no regular heating plant exists, 
embodies a gas Bunsen burner in¬ 
closed in the bottom of a specially built 
radiator, the whole being a complete 
heating unit which needs only connec¬ 
tion with a regular gas supply pipe and 
water in the radiator to make it ready 
for operation. It gives quicker and 
more economical heat than would a 
regular hot water system using coal. 
A specially con¬ 
structed radia¬ 
tor with inclosed 
Bunsen burner 
and gas connec¬ 
tion makes a 
complete heating 
unit. Courtesy 
James B. Clow 
& Sons 
