Contents for August, 1918. Volume XXXIV, No. Two 
House & Garden 
CONDE NAST, Publisher 
RICHARDSON WRIGHT, Editor 
Cover Design by Elizabeth Betts-Bains 
Frontispiece . 
Sketch by Jack Manley Rose 
Collecting From Out of the Past. 
Grace Norton Rose 
Nippon in New Jersey... 
Concerning Collectors . 
The Ghost .. 
Harry Kemp 
Stone and the Semblance of Age. 
Walker & Gillette, Architects 
Quaint Color Prints of the Victorian Age. 
Gardner Teall 
Rooms in the Residence of John F. Perkins, Esq., Milton, 
Mass.• • •. 
Ripley & Le Boutellier, Architects 
The Use, Choice and Planting of Evergreens. 
Elizabeth Leonard Strang 
The Residence of Francis L. Hine, Esq., Lattington Road, ■ 
L. I. .. 
Walker & Gillette, Architects 
Samplers and Needlework of the American Colonial Days. 
M. H. Northend 
Old and New Doors in Philadelphia Homes. 
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A Restored New England Farmhouse. 26 
Sketches by Louis Ruyl 
The Hidden Things of Interior Decoration. 28 
Muriel Piers 
A Country House in the Italian Style. 29 
B. E. Stern, Architect 
The Wise Hostess Recognizes the Advantage of Candle 
Light . 30 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 31 
Dressing the Four-Poster Bed...... 34 
Eva Nagel Wolfe 
Views in the House of Mrs. A. D. B. Pratt, New York City. 36 
Outside Rooms that are Inside the House. 37 
The Colorful Touch of Brass. 38 
Two Livable Small Houses... 39 
How to Group Antique Furniture. 40 
Poplars and Aspens—the Trees of Gayety- •. 41 " 
Robert S. Lemmon 
Seen in the Shops. 42 
A Collection of Liverpool Ware. 43 
In Yol t r Own Berry Bed. 44 
The War Garden Department. 45 
The Gardener’s Calendar. 46 
Copyright, 1918, by The Vogue Company 
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autumn decorations 
T HERE never was a time when it was 
more important for all good Americans to 
keep the home fires burning. Morale in 
the home is as necessary as morale in the 
trenches, and home morale means a clean and 
orderly house, a garden well maintained, an 
atmosphere of crispness and freshness as evi¬ 
dence that American housewives are on the job. 
Being on the job in September requires a 
lot of fixing over for the house—new curtains, 
new rugs, a new chair here, new lighting fix¬ 
tures there. To help you in these autumn 
renovations we have designed and laid out a 
compact little issue of House & Garden— 
compact, because there isn’t anything in it 
that is not helpful, informing and inspiring. 
If you think we advocate a down-in-the-heels 
war policy for the American home, you will be 
disillusioned when this number arrives. 
Half the winning of the war is keeping a 
stiff upper lip, keeping the head up, the clothes 
in style and the house fresh and clean. Be a 
gloom in your home, and you’ll never be able 
to see peace ahead. So this is not an issue 
for glooms; it is a bright, crisp, fresh message 
Unusual doors will give character to a 
room. Types of them are shown in Sep¬ 
tember 
to American housewives, bringing them news 
of the latest things our shoppers have found 
in the New York studios and ateliers. In 
addition to the shoppers’ contributions are arti¬ 
cles by decorators, architects and practical 
gardeners who talk about everything from the 
despised Louis Quinze mode to the care of 
hot beds and cold-frames. Truly an interesting 
array, centered mostly, however, on the title 
topic, Autumn Decoration. 
The purpose of renovating our houses in Sep¬ 
tember is to put them in readiness for the winter, 
and if we are going to have another winter 
like the last, we might be wise in making them 
as attractive as possible. 
Doubtless we Americans will want to spend 
a good bit of our time at home this winter 
because we will have to face realities from 
“over there”—and your house is the place to 
give you rest in such moments of tension. 
Make no mistake about it—the purpose and 
trend of the war is toward the protection and 
betterment of the home. A magazine devoted 
to the practical application of these principles 
is an essential. 
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