House and Garden 
'They are therefore in accord with old medical 
writers who term these lovely flowers Herb 
paralysis. Some of the country-folk think 
far more of these old-fashioned remedies 
than we do of all the doctors’ medicines. 
They still love to hang old horse-shoes out¬ 
side the cottage door, in order to keep out 
witches, and bring good luck, but you must 
be careful to hang the horse-shoe with the 
toe downwards and heel upwards if you 
would secure good fortune tor your house 
and home. 
A DRINKING FOUNTAIN 
M OST’ ot the work of Miss Lucie Fair- 
field Perkins, one of the founders of 
the Brush Guild, has been in the modeling 
ot pottery. Several examples of her handi¬ 
work were reproduced in “ House and Gar¬ 
den ” in the issue of June, 1903. She has 
ranged freely through innumerable shapes 
and patterns of small pieces of a black ware, 
suggesting the Etruscan, to large garden 
vases and jars in red, buff, and white terra¬ 
cotta. Recently, in what may be called a 
departure from this minor sculpture, Miss 
Perkins has modeled a small garden fountain 
for execution in marble. In this she has ad¬ 
hered to the simplicity and severity of design 
which characterizes her pottery, 
but, contrary to her custom, 
has introduced the human fig¬ 
ure. It is seen in the decora¬ 
tion of the upright panel. 
Above the massive basin is 
shown in low relief a typical 
Greek wayside scene,—a mere 
sketch, on the sunken plane, of 
two men with a hydria giving 
a cup of water to two women. 
I he details of the drapery, of 
the head dress, of the water ves¬ 
sels, are all carefully classical; 
the posing and grouping of the 
four figures conventional, as the 
space requires; and the model¬ 
ing of the figures the barest ad¬ 
justment of the flattened round 
to the clear-cut outline; yet 
from beginning to end the inci¬ 
dent is so charmingly told that 
it clings to the memory. 'Phis 
drinking fountain is designed 
to be attached to a wall. It 
stands about six feet high and is approached 
by two or three low, broad semi-circular 
steps. 
T hree and a half years ago House 
and Garden was started by the Archi¬ 
tectural Publishing Company as little more 
than a rash experiment, in the opinion of a 
small circle of friends,—a unique and enter¬ 
taining scheme which might run its course 
possibly in a year at best. . . . Once 
upon its way, however, the project aroused 
not only curiosity but real interest; and the 
significant subject matter, a certain originality 
of illustrative content and the manner of pre¬ 
senting both were soon found acceptible. Be¬ 
set by many serious difficulties, and, at the 
outset, with scant means at hand 
for the active work conceived bv 
J 
those directing it, the magazine 
steadily made its wav to an as¬ 
sured success, winning unex¬ 
pected friends in every locality 
and receiving more than enough 
approval to establish it on a firm 
basis. Thus surely has House 
and Garden grown ; and now 
there has come another change 
in its affairs. The present pro¬ 
prietors, having determined to 
discontinue their general pub¬ 
lishing business and to retire 
therefrom, the magazine passes 
by a merger of interests to The 
John C. Winston Company of 
Philadelphia. The magazine 
will take up its abode in a new 
and modern printing plant where, 
over 78,000 square feet of floor 
space, is spread all the means, 
both human and mechanical, 
for transmitting ideas to paper. 
