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House & G arden 
If You Are Going to Build 
THE RIGHT to SURVIVE 
Achievement s are the crystalliza¬ 
tion of ideas. To endure these must be 
founded on the eternal principle of SER¬ 
VICE. 
In 1813 the United States was at war 
to maintain the principles established by 
the Revolution and to insure the path of 
empire leading west. Scott led at Lundy’s 
Lane, Jackson at New Orleans. From 
Lake Erie came Perry’s thrilling message 
—"We have met the enemy and they are 
ours.” 
I N that period men and purposes passed 
through the furnace. Genuineness alone 
survived. 
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It would not be just to the makers 
of interesting roofs to fail to mention 
j the heavy felt roofings. These are used 
{ both for flat and pitched roofs and 
1 they are made with shingle effects and 
in smooth sheets. The colors in this 
felt roofing are so fine, especially the 
green, that a smooth sheet of this, 
spread over a roof, gives much the effect 
of a rich bed of moss, extraordinarily 
lovely for a shingle house, for a log hut, 
for a clapboard dwelling, a bungalow, 
or a low concrete structure. These felt 
roofings are fireproof, sunproof and 
windproof. This roofing comes in rolls, 
and fixtures are furnished with the rolls 
including cement of the proper color. 
With such a variety of roofing it 
seems as though we had covered the 
whole ground, but this is not true. 
I There are still composition roofs, and 
various sorts that are used for roofing 
buildings designed for the more prac¬ 
tical purposes. 
Of the tin roofing, too, there is much 
worthwhile to be said. It is escaping 
from its old bondage of being the 
cheapest 3nd least picturesque roofing 
and its good qualities are constantly 
catching the attention of the really in¬ 
telligent and practical builder. It is in- 
creasingly popular, not only for schools, 
railway stations, institutions and its old 
j smaller activities, but is also being used 
j today for the covering of large and 
j small houses. The tin roof is easy to 
' apply, easy to repair, and clean if you 
want to collect rain water from it. It 
can be used for a pitched or flat sur¬ 
face and can be painted any color that 
suits your house and landscape. Moss 
green, Holland blue, and soft, old yel¬ 
low give delightful effects. 
I 
j A Partial List of Roofing Catalogs 
j “Johns-Manville Asbestos Shingles” —H. 
W. Johns-Manville Co., New York 
City. 
The “distinctive roof” is a phrase 
coined by the Johns-Manville Co., and 
is shown in all its marvel of beauty in 
this fascinating catalog. Tops of lovely 
houses are shown carrying an infinite 
variety of fireproof shingles in exquis¬ 
itely blended colors. There is a pic¬ 
turesque quality about these asbestos 
shingle roofs that is usually obtained 
only with the kind passing of many 
years. I would not like to start build¬ 
ing without first studying this catalog. 
“The Roof Beautiful ”—Ludowice Cela¬ 
don Co., Chicago, Ill. 
In this richly printed pamphlet a 
simple and concise story is given of the 
origin of roofing tiles. From the illus¬ 
trations, which are from wash drawings, 
pen and ink sketches and photographs, 
you gain a genuine appreciation of the 
beauty of these particular tiles, so 
closely imitating the picturesque quality 
of the old Spanish tiles, now almost im¬ 
possible to obtain. The history of tiles 
is as romantic as most fiction—the pic¬ 
tures prove this. 
“Copper, Its Effect Upon Steel for 
Roofing Tin ”—American Sheet & Tin 
Plate Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
The fact that the tin roof has an in¬ 
teresting quality, as well as rare capacity 
for service, is well set forth in this book¬ 
let. The illustrations are most practical 
and helpful, showing in cross-section the 
methods of laying tin roof, which give 
one a fine impression of shelter and se¬ 
curity. Lightness, durability, adapta¬ 
bility, lessened cost are among the good 
qualities claimed for the tin roof. 
“Ambler Asbestos Shingles ”—Asbestos 
Shingle, Slate & Sheathing Co., New 
York. 
These shingles are offered as a protec¬ 
tion against fire. They boast a quality 
that is equally well suited to icy cold, 
damp or boiling climates. Many pic¬ 
tures are given in this catalog, showing 
the use of these shingles on houses and 
public buildings all over this country. 
“Permanence and Protection” is the 
watch-word of this concern. 
“Thatch Roof” —Creo-Dipt Company, 
Inc., North Tonawanda, N. Y. 
This fully and beautifully illustrated 
catalog presents some of the most pic¬ 
turesquely roofed houses in America. 
The shingle thatch has all the homely 
qualities of the old rye thatch cottage 
of England, but is weather, insect, and 
fire-proof. According to this catalog the 
color is warm and variegated, the shape 
irregular. Details and information are 
given to those who contemplate building. 
Under those influences the Seth Thomas 
Clock Company began business. Since then four 
generations of Seth Thomas Clocks have meas¬ 
ured out more than fifty and a half million 
moments of this nation’s life. 
There are hundreds of old mahogany and 
walnut Seth Thomases, mellowed by time, still 
tick-tocking away in rhythmical release of sec¬ 
onds—declaring the principles of steadfastness, 
perseverance, reliability and industry. 
And it is not the mahogany cases or silvered 
dials or deep throated chimes that establish the 
worth of the Seth Thomas of today. Rather it 
is the continuous renewal of the spirit of those 
honest old clock men of ’13 who never learned 
how to slight their work. 
In all these 108 years the house of Seth 
T homas has found no finer investment than the 
measured, painstaking workmanship of the 
founders of this business. 
SETH THOMAS CLOCK COMPANY 
The Classic Homes of Old Georgia 
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and a feeling of Umbria-long stretches woods akin to the backgrounds Leo- 
of lowlands painted in the blue-green nardo loved. There are almost tropi- 
of cotton or the gold-green of corn— cal swamps with bay trees and jessa- 
sometimes a mountain blue edge to the mine and maples that flame in the 
background, always a rust-red soil va- spring and fall. There are the age-old 
riegated into white and gray. There oaks and the blackest of junipers and 
are dark enchanted circles of pine (Continued on page 74) 
McComb’s Mount, an unusual type, built in 1816. The superim¬ 
posed order of the two-story porches is unique. Great chimneys 
contribute much to its naive charm 
