August 1927

On Choosing a Roof-tree

Our Home and How It Grew

WE had always wanted a home, one that we could call our own with a garden and everything Even in our honeymoon days we drew plans for several little houses that we would like to build but never did. or rather never could.

Build a Friendly Garden Wall

THE Old World is as yet a more devoted lover of the garden wall than is the New, but we Americans are beginning to appreciate to a much greater extent than ever before the outdoor enclosure. It is interesting to note that to one young Englishman, accustomed to concealed grounds, America's many open gardens appeared to be designed principally for "show." Whereupon, an American promptly admitted to the Englishman that the high-walled gardens he had seen abroad invariably gave him an impression of selfishness and unneighborliness.

How to Fertilize the Home Garden

IN these horseless days it is an increasingly difficult problem for the suburban gardener to procure enough of the needed humus or organic matter to serve as fertilizer for a successful garden, a garden of satisfaction where shrubbery maintains a bright green, well-manured appearance, and where acceptable crops may be grown year after year without diminution.

Homes of Outstanding American Women

THE first time I ever visited the home of a President-General of the Daughters of the American Revolution was when I went, as a plump, round-eyed child of seven, to see Mrs. Harrison at the White House. It was a very great occasion in the life of a little girl, this reception given to the visiting "Daughters" at one of the earliest of the "Continental Congresses," to which my mother took me, in the rather casual and informal way with which delegates included their children in those "salad" days of women's organizations.

When you Buy Your Davenport

ONE can always select a davenport more intelligently if he knows something of the construction. This knowledge may be gained m various ways, for most of the large manufacturers put on annual demonstrations at the various fairs and industrial exhibitions showing how their goods are made.

Garden Reminders

AFTER removing summer beets, turnips or other early crops, cultivate thoroly and work in a little well-decayed manure; a little bonemeal added to the manure is a lasting plant food. Rake the soil very fine where the furrow for peas is to be drawn and plant the seed three to four inches deep in a trench.

Self-Help in Music Study

SELF-HELP is, and always has been, the foundation of all permanent success. The old adage that "God helps him who helps himself" is as true in the study of music as it is in any other endeavor. That individual is indeed in a lamentable condition whose fund of knowledge is based solely upon information obtained from others.

You will like These New Salad Dressings

NO one need sigh for variety in meals when salads are so plentiful. These combinations of vegetables and fruits, rich in the vitamins and mineral elements required for good health, are universal favorites. Serving them wins the approval of the family and guests.

Savory "Made Dishes" for August Dinners

I THINK that everybody appreciatively interested in affairs gastronomic will agree with me that a well-made savory "hearty" is more attractive and really delicious than the ordinary roast, broiled or fried meat, with the usual accompaniments.

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Nature Lore for Youthful Readers

IN the May issue of this magazine you will remember that a set of ten questions was given entitled, "What Do You Know About Birds?" Evidently the readers of this department know a good deal on this subject for the answers received were splendid. After much consideration the prizes were awarded as follows

Needlework Instructions

CURTAINS are a sort of keynote. Someone has said, "Show me the windows of a house and I will tell you what kind of people live in it." And this is to a great extent true.

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ACROSS THE EDITOR'S DESK

NEXT month Better Homes and Gardens will celebrate its fifth birthday-- only five years old but a million families will observe the occasion by reading the anniversary number of the magazine. We have been planning for a long time to make this September birthday issue the most helpful, the most practical, the most attractive number we have ever published. There will be a wealth of gardening material applicable to early fall; there will be suggestions for furnishing and decorating the home for the winter months, and all of the departments which you may have been missing during these summer months will be resumed with added attractions.