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House & Garden 
T HOSE who know the perfect 
privacy of the noiseless closet must 
consider the obsolete loud-flushing 
toilet an offense against good taste. 
THE TRENTON POTTERIES CO. 
SILENT 2[1 jfCf4)CLOSET 
operates silently. It cannot be heard outside the bathroom. 
It is self-cleansing and sanitary. It is designed to prevent 
clogging and constructed with a view to saving plumbers’ 
bills. Point for point it supersedes the best loud-flushing 
toilets made, being unequalled either in appearance or sanitary 
qualifications. 
Evenly glazed vitrified china is non-porous and immune to 
corrosion. Sediment will not adhere to its glossy, self-cleansing 
surface, and under ordinary conditions and normal care it 
will not discolor with years of use. 
The reputation of THE TRENTON POTTERIES COM¬ 
PANY’S ware for excellence in mechanical construction, quality 
and design entitles these products to first consideration. The cost 
of installation is no greater because of that quality; the plumbing 
maintenance is less. We are using the best materials as always, 
employing experienced and skilled workmen. Sanitation and good 
health require the best plumbing fixtures—not the cheapest. 
A copy of our book "Bathrooms of Character” B-8 will be of great help to 
those interested in home betterment or in building a new home. Write for it. 
THE TRENTON POTTERIES CO. 
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, U. S. A. 
SI-WEL-CLO SUPERIORITY 
One feature of the SI-WEL-CLO is the care taken to furnish only the finest quality seat 
no exposed metal parts. Either white or mahogany. Another feature is the china 
connection between tank and closet—never corrodes or tarnishes. Consider 
hese other features besides that of quiet operation. 
The SI-WEL-CLO Ordinary Type or 
Water Closet 
Water Surface 
Seal and Water Trapway 
(Represented by solid black) 
(Represented by solid black) 
The fouling surface in a water closet is but 
one difference between a scientifically con¬ 
structed bowl (the Si-wel-clo) and the or¬ 
dinary type. The bowl of the Si-wel-clo is 
always clean and free from soil. 
The Silent Si-wel-clo has other advantages 
besides its quiet operation. It has a much 
deeper water-seal—guard against sewer gas ; 
a much larger trapway, preventing stoppage ; 
and a syphon auxiliary, which causes the 
closet to flush more rapidly and positively. 
Jade—A Hobby for Discerning Collectors 
(Continued 
symbolism of Japan well worth the 
while for the interest and entertainment 
to be derived front it. In this way, too, 
there may often be added a knowledge 
of the significance of a piece that other¬ 
wise would escape attention and, of 
course, one of the chief delights in col¬ 
lecting is to know all about the things 
one collects, or, as quite as often hap¬ 
pens, if one is interested in objects of 
art in general it is interesting to know 
much or something of all such things 
whether one “goes in for them” or not. 
How to Tell Authentic Pieces 
Form, too, plays an important part 
in an understanding of oriental art ob¬ 
jects, and this is none the less true 
with jade. Large and extraordinary 
jades are luxuries that even rich mu¬ 
seums sometimes lack in plenty and so 
only the more materially fortunate col¬ 
lector can give thought to acquiring 
them. However, there are the small and 
again the tiny jades to be contented 
with,—and what contentment! 'Many 
things are sold as jade that are not 
jade at all or nearer related to it than 
glass! But a little familiarity with real 
jades soon sets one on the right path 
towards reasonably safe judgment. Re¬ 
liable dealers abound likewise and the 
various public sales of collections being 
dispersed present many real opportuni¬ 
ties to the jade enthusiast. 
Now reverting to this matter of form, 
we find bowls, pots, dishes, jars, boxes, 
tablets, amulets, jewelry, wands, scep¬ 
tres, in fact everything from tombs to 
toothpicks marvellously wrought in jade. 
Insignia of rank, too, were made of jade 
and one of the most important of the 
imperial Chinese posts was that of the 
Guardian of the Emperor’s Jade Treas¬ 
ury. Bushell tells us that for the im¬ 
perial funerals these officials had to pro¬ 
vide "food jade (fan yii ), a bowl of 
pounded jade mixed with millet for the 
chief mourner,” but what Bushell does 
not tell us is whether or not the mourner 
was compelled to swallow this delectable 
dish! However, we may rest our fears, 
for Dr. George Frederick Kunz, our 
greatest authority on jade notes in his 
fascinating volume, “The Magic of Jewels 
and Charms,” that the Chinese Taoist 
adept T’ao Hung Ching, who flour¬ 
ished A.D. 500, directs “that when pow¬ 
dered jade is prescribed by a physician, 
carved jade must not be used” and also 
that “taken regularly for a long period 
from page 27) 
it acted as a powerful general tonic, and 
had the special effects of strengthening 
the voice and rendering the hair glossy.” 
The wonder to me is that the chief 
mourner’s hair did not stand on end! 
In “The Curious Lore of Precious 
Stones” Dr. Kunz tells us much of jade. 
Of amulets he says, “One representing 
two men is called ‘Two Brothers of 
Heavenly Love’ and is often given to 
friends. A Phoenix of Jade is a fa¬ 
vorite ornament for young girls and is 
bestowed upon them when they come of 
age. To a newly-wedded pair is given 
the figure of a man riding on a uni¬ 
corn and holding castanets in his hand; 
this signifies that an heir will be born 
in due time . . . Fashioned into the 
form of a butterfly a piece of jade ac¬ 
quires a special romantic significance.” 
This is because of a legend which Dr. 
Kunz relates that has brought the but¬ 
terfly form to be regarded as a symbol 
of successful love. 
The Buddhist Emblems 
The eight precious Buddhist emblems 
—Wheel of the Law, Conch Shell, Um¬ 
brella, Canopy, Lotus Flower, Jar, Pair 
of Fish and the Endless Knot—all fur¬ 
nish the Chinese jade-worker with 
motifs for form and decoration. The 
larger objects are of nephrite and usually 
the smaller ones of jadeite. An old 
Chinese writer of a bygone time tells of 
melons carved of jadeite hanging amidst 
artificial leaves in the imperial palace 
gardens and of other fruits and veg¬ 
etables skillfully fashioned by the Chi¬ 
nese jade-workers of his time. We may 
well believe him, for of recent years 
American art dealers have shown among 
their wares wonderful dishes and vases 
of fruits and flowers, grasses and the 
like all carved of jade and other semi¬ 
precious stones. Some of these are to 
be seen in the collections of our mu¬ 
seums, perhaps among the finest in the 
world in the Bishop Collection in the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 
\ ork. Jadeite had the hardness of 
quartz, but jade is remarkable for its 
toughness and infinite patience is re¬ 
quired on the part of the lapidary who 
fashions it. 
A beautiful thing and one of endless 
joy indeed is a lovely bit of jade, and 
its possessor, unless he finds proof to 
the contrary, may take comfort in all 
the virtues Confucius found to reside 
in it and seek them there himself. 
Holm Lea 
(Continued from page 31) 
I which is not far from his residence. 
This tree-museum owes to him its name 
and fame as the greatest collection of 
woody growths in the world. It was 
through his efforts that the City of Bos¬ 
ton dedicated the land for this purpose 
for a period of one thousand years, and, 
when that time has been exhausted, for 
another thousand years, “and so on, 
from time to time, forever”—so runs 
the contract. Though the City of Bos¬ 
ton provides for the care of the Arbore¬ 
tum as part of its park system, and Har¬ 
vard University is responsible for the 
maintenance and development of this 
great outdoor museum, Professor Sar¬ 
gent is eager to secure, “for a thousand 
years,—and so on, from time to time, 
forever,” the renewal and growth of this 
garden of the people, by the establish¬ 
ment if a great endowment fund which 
will make its future certain. 
Spring is the season of glory, both 
at the Arboretum and at “Holm Lea.” 
The dogwoods at the edge of the lawn 
which rolls up to Professor Sargent’s 
door make a fairy-like curtain between 
the house and the drive. Down near the 
pond in the meadow the narcissi star 
the grass in so natural a way that it 
seems impossible they were ever delib¬ 
erately planted. Everywhere the vistas of 
bloom and the delicate veils of the trees 
form compositions of tempting beauty 
for the artist; while rare specimens im¬ 
ported from overseas give a scientific 
significance to this unusual country 
place. 
