66 
House & Garden 
^furniture 
of distinguished character, 
vividly recalling every his¬ 
toric epoch, is retailed at 
no prohibitive cost in this 
interesting establishment, 
devoted exclusively to 
Furniture and decorative 
objects. 
Two-score years of effort 
has developed our endeavor 
into an industrial art. 
Suggestions may be gained 
from de luxe prints of 
well - appointed rooms, 
which will be sent gratis 
upon request. 
J\ciuT|fork(Sa![epic^ 
Grand Rapids Rirnifure Company 
INCORPORATED 
34'36 West 32^ St.. New York 
Better heat at 
50% less cost 
with these patented, twin-con¬ 
nection logs, for natural or 
artificial gas. 
WADSWORTH 
Odorless Gas Logs 
are different from and superior to any other 
logs. They give the heat of a coal or wood 
Are, are. odorless, and burn 50% less gas. 
Natural looking oak or birch finish which 
beautifies the fireplace. Easy to install. 
Guaranteed to never wear out. Ask for 
descriptive circular and price. 
The Wadsworth-Adelson- 
Branning Company 
Andirons, M antelpieces, 
Screens, Coal Baskets, etc. 
6024 Euclid Ave., CLEVELAND, 0. 
Going to ( YALE) 
p *1J 7 i r 
DllllU e Then write for our in¬ 
teresting book written 
just for prospective builders. 
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., New York 
Canadian Yale & Towne Ltd., St. Catharines, Ont. 
YX7RITE for our book explaining in 
”an interesting way why your gar¬ 
age should be equipped with 
STANLEY 
.GaragE 
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HARDWARE 
The Stanley Works 
New Britain, Conn. 
¥710 ¥7 Climbproof chain link fencing, 
P I il |\ wrought ir( Jn and woven wire 
* fence, iron gates, lamp stand- 
« ards, grille work, fountains, 
T* H |\|f M vases - tennis courts and poul- 
^ JJll 1 V/JLl ^ ry yar d enclosures. 
Catalogue on request. 
J. W. FISKE IRON WORKS 
100-102 Park Place New York, N. Y. 
Persian Motifs in Furniture 
(Continued from page 29) 
white marble, and pearl and black mar¬ 
ble,” with hangings, “white stuff, fine 
linen and blue, being held fast with 
cords of fine linen and purple upon rods 
of silver and pillars of white marble.” 
The Persian Empire reached out still 
farther. It touched the Indus, and 
adapted the elephant to its decorative 
designs. It ransacked the cities of 
Asiatic Greece and, Pliny tells us, 
brought Telephanes back to be chief 
sculptor to Xerxes, most magnificent of 
all the Persians, with his Hall of a 
Hundred Columns, and his Harem of a 
Thousand Eyes. 
We wonder as we look at the frag¬ 
ments of this incredible art—“the caprice 
of an almighty dilettante gifted with a 
grand taste”—this official art, this art 
built of priceless stones and priceless 
woods and priceless genius—each equally 
and soullessly bent to the conqueror's 
whim—we wonder what the artists 
thought, those ironic exiles from Thebes 
who left us the portrait of stern old 
Cyrus in the tall headdress of an Egyp¬ 
tian bas-relief, those bitter Greeks who 
sunk Ionic temple-bronzes in the tyrant’s 
sun-baked walls. 
Persian art reached its gorgeous and 
unnatural zenith toward the end of the 
sixth century before Christ. It wasn’t 
an art that could grow, for it had no 
soul. So it just solidified. The temple, 
the palace, the tomb, had one cornice, 
one entablature, one column, one capi¬ 
tal. Tyre did an immense trade with 
Persepolis in—can you believe it?—in 
faked antiques! Persepolis was rich 
and Tyre—well, Tyre was progressive. 
Wrought Iron in the Garden Room 
( Continued, from page 15) 
candlesticks. Plain silk or painted 
parchment shades are provided to 
soften the light from the five lamps. 
There is also a very smart one light 
wall bracket. The shade should be of 
the “sconce” type—attached to the 
candlestick with a spring clamp. The 
fixture itself is left either in antique 
iron, or is touched up in color to match 
the furniture and hangings. 
A rococo wall fixture has two flower 
cups, fitted with candlesticks and 
shades as described above. The metal 
is either made “flame coppe r ,” which in 
The sconce can be made un¬ 
usually attractive when worked 
out in wrought iron. This 
simple design is 12" high, in¬ 
cluding candle, and has a pro¬ 
jection of 11". $8 
time oxidizes to bronze greens and 
browns, or is painted in full color. 
The very interesting Florentine hang¬ 
ing flower basket should obviously be 
placed in a room of considerable height. 
Most charming decorative effects can be 
obtained by weaving English ivy or 
.4 rococo wall fixture with 
two flower cup sockets comes 
in flame copper or is painted 
in full color. 11" wide, 15" 
high. $35 
similar foliage between the iron leaf 
work in the bowl and then placing a stiff 
central group of asters, zinnia or other 
sturdy bloom in the center. Ivy could 
also be trained up the three linked 
chains. It will be noticed that the 
bracket supporting the fixture is the 
same motif as is used in the single wall 
light illustrated. 
A novel scheme for partially screen¬ 
ing book shelves is also illustrated. The 
frame for the door is made of deli¬ 
cately modeled iron, with a simple 
Florentine Gothic screen covering the 
open space. The idea helps to solve a 
vexed question regarding open book¬ 
shelves. Without having the disad¬ 
vantages of glass doors, such a treat¬ 
ment gives a pleasant sense of security 
for one’s favorite editions and at the 
same time “ties in” with the decorative 
effect of a room in which ornamental 
iron is a feature. 
The Garden Possibilities of a City Back Yard 
(Continued from page 43) 
of the lawn than walks, and for this 
reason, as well as for their picturesque¬ 
ness, are preferable. Evergreens are a 
better choice for mass planting about 
the foundation of the house than decidu¬ 
ous plants or shrubs, as they afford 
more protection in winter. They may 
also be used to mass against the rear 
of the tea house. 
In the plan on page 42, the lawn is 
left unbroken except for the stepping 
stones through the center. The plant¬ 
ing recedes at the center of the sides to 
make room for two garden seats over¬ 
hung by trellises covered with vines. 
In the rear a little tea room or arbor 
is placed, and on each side two crescent 
shaped lily pools for lotus and water 
lilies are built. If preferred these beds 
may be planted with low growing plants, 
and tall shrubs or flowering trees are 
massed in the rear and corners of the 
lot. Dogwood, Cercis canadensis, flow¬ 
ering crabs and plums, and laburnums 
are all excellent selections for this posi¬ 
tion, while lower growths such as hy¬ 
drangeas, especially H. arborescens, 
deutzias, weigelas, spireas and the like 
may be massed along the side walls 
with lilies, gladioli and tritomas. 
™ e Glen 
Watkins, N. Y. On Seneca Lake 
Open All Year \Vm. E. Lefflngwell. Pres. 
A MINERAL SPRINGS HEALTH 
RESORT AND HOTEL 
Carbonated Natural Calcium 
Chloride Brine Baths 
FOR HEART AND CIRCULATORY 
DISORDERS 
Hydrotherapy, Electrotherapy, Massage 
The treatments under the direction of 
physicians are particularly adapted to 
FIEART DISEASE, Circulatory, Kidney, 
Nutritional and Nervous Disorders, Rheu¬ 
matism, Gout and Obesity. 
Send fQr illustrated Booklets. 
SAVES COAL 
Dry air requires overheating, 
and consequent waste of coal. 
Dry Air does not hold heat. 
Properly moistened air does hold 
heat and coal is saved. 
SAVES HEALTH 
Ordinary heated indoor air is un¬ 
healthy. It is too dry. It is contrary 
to Nature. 
Dry air causes sore throat, catarrh, a 
dry skin and falling out of the hair. 
It promotes bronchitis, pneumonia and 
tuberculosis. 
SAVES FURNITURE 
Dry air shrinks, cracks and ruins the 
furniture and woodwork of a house 
and kills plants. 
A HUMIRAD insures Nature's 
humidity indoors 
Send for Circulars 
HUMIRAD COMPANY Inc. 
15 E. 40th Street, New York City 
Cabot’s Creosote Stains 
in browns and grays to match the bark and 
rocks and weatherbeaten wood, greens to match 
the moss and foliage, dull reds for autumn 
elfects, etc., make the buildings blend with 
the landscape and look like a part of it. Low 
cost, easy to apply, lasting, and the creosote 
preserves the wood. 
You can get Cabot's Stains all over the country. 
Send for stained wood samples and name of near¬ 
est agent. 
SAMUIL CABOT, Inc., Manfg. Chemists, 
Smoky 
Fireplaces 
No payment accepted 
unless successful. 
Made to 
Draw 
Also expert services 
on general chimney 
work 
FREDERIC N. WHITLEY 
Engineer and Contractor 
219 Fulton St-, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
More Heat—Less Cost 
r SYSTEM OF HEATING 
saves coal—gives quick, even heat—regulates 
dampers automatically—eliminates knocking 
and pounding in radiators. Send for copy 
“Dunham Heating for the Home." It tells how. 
C. A. DUNHAM CO., Marshalltown, Iowa 
Branches Everywhere 
BAY STATE 
Brick and Cement Coating 
makes walls of brick, concrete or 
stucco waterproof and wearproof. 
Send for sample and booklet No. 2. 
WADSWORTH, HOWLAND & CO., Inc. 
Paint and Varnish Makers 
t*. n mi Boston, Mass. New York Office : 
The Bay stater Architects’ Bldg. 
