" wm.a b radforsl^ I Mr. William A. Radford will answer (questions und give advice FREE OE WOST on all subjects pertaining to the Wubject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience •a Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Ms, without doubt, the highest authority pan all these subjects. Address all Inquiries (to William A. Radford. No. 178 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, 111., and only •ncloue two-cent stamp for reply. .Almost perfect as regards comfort and economy, is the little house illus trated in the perspective view and Idoor-plans herewith. It Is a 6-room thouse, 27 feet wide by 38 feet long, ex clusive of the porch. It would be dilfl •cutt to put the same amount of build ing material together In any other lorm to make such a perfect arrange ment of rooms, and not exceed In cost the amount of money that this house can be built for. Prices vary so much In different parts of the country that It is Impossible to make an estimate »112 cost which will apply to every loca tion; but a range varying from $1,400 to $1,700 may be given as a rough esti mate for this cosy little cottage. The tastes of individuals in select ing materials has a great deal to do •with the cost of a house —In quality of finish and hardware. The cost of ex tra tine locks and hinges is not so much in Itself; but if the same grade of furnishing is carried throughout, there will be a great difference in the final footing-up of the bill. We have all heard the story about the man who ■was ruined by a pair of lace curtains. When the curtains were hung, it was ■discovered that everything else about tha house must be in keeping or the curtains would not look right. It Beems very easy to set a higher stand ard, but it is difiicuit to live up to it, because any high-ideal standard has BO many branches leading off in dif- Sferent directions, and it is the foilow- Sng-up of tlie different branches that Involves so much expense. This 1B a style of house that will never go out of fashion. We may have tfads about different kinds of entrance "ways and different arrangements of rooms; we may do away with the hall; -we may do away with the front room; but after we have experimented with •II the different arrangements possi cible to make, we shall come back to the front hall and the front stairway going up from it with a good, comfort able living room to one side, as an old standby for the most satisfactory end desirable entrance to a dwelling. Every woman likes to have a front Shall and a front stairway, and she does not care to have the stairway placed In some Inconvenient corner just be cause that happens to be a fud Some of the peculiar structures that are now being built will be considered Creaky and undesirable in a few years' fd: POBCM I R&OM I /ffBW.KV I I. /J o'a //i»>-w<rl JJWHC ROOM fMS-i. ST /J-©\K /<•/' [T( TIZL fX/ncH First Floor Plan. Oine. They may look very pretty when new, and the oddities worked in to them may appeal for a time to cer tain young folks who think they want something smart or a little different from the ordinary; but such" people usually acknowledge after a while that tbey made a mistake ip selecting the kouse plan they did. One of the most desirable features tli this house la the two ODen fireplaces —one lit the living room and the other in the dining room. It is Intended, of course, to heat the house with a small furnace in the cellar; but there are many days in the spring and fall when we do not want a furnace Are, and yet the house is too chilly and uncomfort able without some artificial heat. Then, too, there is a saving in the winter time by running the furnace low, and having a grate fire to keep one room warm enough to sit in. A temperature of 60 to 65 is warm enough for the whole house if you have the dining room or living room heated up to about 72. By managing this way, probabaly a ton of coal would bo saved during the winter. But there is a greater advantage than this. The open fire is not only the most cheerful fire that you can have, but it is the best ventilator that c£u| fyn nooM lizca I —| ft- 1 —r L I I W7V V\ d I 7 **"** \ \ Ben H « v '**'* q - /• CIOX I /sen I I -p ciO% 7 \ IZ_ A Second Floor Plan. was ever put into a house. You can not have good air in a dwelling with out some proper means of changing it, and this should be continuous. You can open the doors and windows once in a while, and let the foul aix out and the fresh, pure air from outside come in and take its place; but you can't be doing this all the time. On the other hand, a lire In the grate is drawing the foul air from near the floor all the time, and sending it up the chimney. Good air from outside comes In through the cracks around the doors and windows to take its place. Some people make the mistake of using double windows and rubber strips to keep this pure air out. I do not understand intelligent people do ing that way in these days of educa tion. Everyone knows that pure air Is absolutely necessary for good health, and I cannot understand the peculiar mental process by which peo ple can deliberately set themselves to work to shut out their greatest neces sity. 1 have acquaintances who never open a window If they can help it. [ notice they usually open their pocket books every little while to pay a doc tor's bill. There is, however, no law to compel them to breathe pure air if they don't want to. Another point of superiority about this house is the arrangement of the dining room, china closet, pantry, and kitchen. It would be difficult to Invent an arrangement better than this for a woman who does her own work. There is, in addition, a good closet off the dining room, to hold a hundred things which a woman likes to have near by, but which are not always in sight. The line, large dining room windows is a good place, for example, for the sewing machine; but a woman does not care to store a sewing ma chine in the dining room. With the ar rangement here given, the machine can easily be wheeled into the closet, and left there until wanted next time. A built-in back porch that can easily be screened against flies and mosqui toes, is another very good feature. It is impossible to keep flies ort of the kitchen when they are gathered In multitudes on the back porch. A screen door is not sufficient. It i s diffi cult and expensive to screen some porches, but this one la an exception. Screening can be done so easily that there Is no excuse for leaving the porch open aa an invitation for flJea and mosquitoe*. Advertising I Talks n | Jc oocoooooocooc dJ SUMMER ADVERTISING PAYS Helps Merchants Dispose of Seasona ble Goods and Keep Fresh Stock on His Shelves. August Is a month In which news paper advertisements are eagerly watched for and read very closely. Many people have deferred buying ar ticles of wearing apparel until the present times and they are watching the columns of the newspaper careful ly for the merchants' Invitation to them to come to their store and in spect their stocks and prices. There are many others who purchase nearly all of their summer's clothing and wearing apparel of all kinds during July from the simple fact that they know the modern, live and up-to-date merchant will during this month in augurate special bargain sales of sea sonable merchandise in order to make room for his fall and winter stock. August newspaper advertising is eag erly looked for and carefully read. The merchant who advertises reaps a rich reward and gets rid of summer stock at a time when there is a demand for the merchandise. The merchant who advertises in August is not the man who fails to sell his seasonable mer chandise and who is compelled to box it up and store it away to be dis played on his shelves and counters next season, when styles have changed and there is little or no demand for the goods he carried over and which he is then forced to dispose of for a trifle. Newspaper readers realize that the live merchant la the one who always has a nice, new, clean, fresh stock of goods to show customers each season during the year. The value that newspaper advertis ing is to any merchant depends on the kind of a newspaper he uses as well as the circulation the newspaper has. A newspaper that is read by the most people not only in its home city but In the cities and towns surround ing, is the best medium, through which to reach the people. The paid circulation that a paper has is what (he live merchant buys. He wants to reach the people and he uses the pa per that the people read. The live merchant knows that the people read the newspaper they have confidence in and respect for, and they also know that an advertisement in a newspaper of that character is worth more than it is in a newspaper that has scarcely any circulation in surrounding terri tory. People have confidence in the paper they read and no one under stands this better than the really live merchant. CANDiD ADVERTISING NEEDED Deliberate Misstatement Regarding Goods Means Business Suicide In the End. Time was when even reputable mer chants lacked full candor in their art. vertlsing. It was argued-—by people with ridiculous ideas of the aims and purposes of advertising—that the poo pie would only believe a small part ot what an advertiser claimed, anyhow; hence it behooved him to exaggerate accordingly, so that after the reader's deductions for exaggerations had been liberally made, a basis of truth would remain. As this was always a false argument it has been exploded—to stay ex ploded! Self-respecting, thinking people are the people who read ads nowadays And to deliberately misstate a fact in advertising now is simply a species oi attempted business suicide. A store which would thus forfeit the confidence or respect of all honest people would soon find out that there were not enough dishonest people—oi people who would condone dishonest advertising—ln this town to support the smallest store in It. You may read the ads nowadays with the satisfying knowledge that ad vertlsers realize that falsehood Is busl. ness suicide—unfailingly! Candid advertising is necessary nowadays. vjnr* hihh'XK" wsxx* «■ H Jij Some men try advertising as " pi the Indian tried feathers; he jj |nj took one feather and slept on It jj -jjJ all night; In the morning here- H h marked: "White man say feath- « ijjj ers heap soft; white may big !! 1 f ° 01 " 1 Advertising Creates Wants. One of the proper functions of ad vertising is the creation of new d* sires and new needs among the peo ple. This makes for a higher stan dard of living. It pushes civilization along. Twenty years ago no one felt any need for a snapshot camera. To day it is almost as necessary as a guidebook to a tourist. If you have a commodity or even an idea of a commodity which would be a good thing for the people, you need not wait for them to ask for it You can by advertising make them want It and then reap tlie rewards that come to the pioneer, and in the business world pioneering paya.— Curtis Publishing Company. ODD ADS IN GERMAN PAPER Those Matrimonially Inclined Frankly State Their Desires In Big Display Type. Recent arrests and prosecutions of German "cupids" in the form of "mar riage brokers" for matrimonial frauds, have again called attention to the lucrative business on the conti nent of jo-nlng hearts, hands and pocketbooks u*,d a dip into the latter by the "cupid." Few days go by j that the daily papers do not chronicle ; the arrest of some man or woman for i misrepresentation or obtaining money j by fraud in trying to bring two hearts ■. and their worldly possessions togeth er, or leading some one to believe : that. The "marriage broker" is a fixed in stitution in Germany and Austria, in fact in most continental countries. There is the "square" kind and the kind that is not. The former usually will tell you that they have a "reputa tion" to uphold and the other kind ■ generally have none to lose. It is 1 the business of a broker or a "broker ess," for the most successful "cupids" ! are women, to find two hearts that are willing to attempt to beat in unison under the magnetic Influence of two pocketbooks united being larger and more Imposing than each by Itself and of being able to accomplish what one alone cannot. One has but to look into the adver tising columns of one of the big dail ies on Sunday to note that in mar riage, as in all other things, the av erage German is decidedly "practl- ; cal." It would be going too far to 1 say, as some have said, that love cuts no figure In marriages In Ger many. There are many love mar riages and the basis of such are often more lasting because of a sound finan cial foundation to start with. An American Is Impressed, however, with the idea that all things "practi cal," such as Income, estate and 1 of course birth and social standing, j come first, and are the grounds In which love is to sprout and grow 1 stronger. If he or she Is inclined to close their eyes to that, his or her parents are sure to open them. Under conditions that obtain on the continent it may be well that this isn't lost sight of. American newspapers have their matrimonial advertising columns also, but they are modest in size and read- j ing as compared to many advertise ments in the German papers. It Is not unusual to see a display "ad" two or three columns wide with a heavy black border, as Is used iu America around death notices. The qualifications for life compan ions sometimes are a bit queer. In a recent issue of a newspaper a man who advertised himself frankly as being "physically defective" says: "As only like and like can be en duringly happy, 1 desire a wife who has a similar physical affliction. Young woman who has one leg shorter than the other preferred. Artificial leg not excluded. Give age, descrip tion and a history of defect." An other advertiser, a mechanic, twenty nine years of age, wants "a wife with artificial leg and some means." What strikes an American as a lit tle too practical is the advertising of wanting to ''marry into business." Here is an advertisement out of one of the largest Ilerlin papers: "Widower, Israelite, 30, large, hand some, with son 14, seeks life compan ion with means. Would marry into some large undertaking as brewery, mill, grain or cattle business. Widows and guiltless divorcees not excluded." Another "ad" in display type reads: "Cultured gentleman is offered op portunity to marry into lucrative Ber lin machine factory." A priest advertises that he Is of fine appearance, Is dissatisfied witn Ilia calling and would like to marry a woman of some means that would enable him to take some other voca tion in life. A Jewess advertises: "I seek for my daughter, who Is musical and domestic, a proper hus band. She has a dowry of $10,000." A chief clerk in a hotel who is about to start a large wine restaurant would like to find a young woman with $6,000 to become his wife and business partner. A "relative." evi dently desirous of getting rid of a burden, wants to find a husband for a widow. A merchant, twenty-nine, of large elegant appearance, would like to "marry into a factory or large industrial enterprise." He doesn't mind if it's a widow that brings hiai the factory. In a large display "ad," two col umns wide, a young Jewess asks: "Are there still men whose circum stances permit them to follow the in clination of their hearts in the choos ing of a wife?" S'.ie is twenty, wants a husband in "good circumstances." and she will add $5,000 to the family fond. So rur the advertisements which cover two pages of a large Sunday issue. After every two or three "ads" is the notice of some detective or de tective bureau, with which Berlin is flooded, offering to look up the vari ous matrimonial candidates, appli cants, etc. It should not be assumed from this that every German, or even a large percentage of Germans, mnrry through advertising. That the material and practical phase of marriage, which gives opportunity for fraud through marriage brokers, is emphasized in continental marriages from working classes up to the highest society circles, none will dispute. Americans often express astonish ment that, as a rule, such marriages are happy, both feeling that they are partners In things more material and substantial as well as in love. OLD AND NEW WORLD BRIEFS FOR THE BUSY The plant o£ the Segura Sugar Co. of New Iberia, La., was destroyed by fire with a loss of siioo,ooo, partly cov ered by insurance. The Lnited States training ship New port arrived at Plymouth, England, from Sweden. All on board are well. Four men who went down in the Frontier lead mine at Benton, Wis., to bale out water were drowned when overcome by foul air. Barnet Missky, owner of a small grocery store in Passaic N. J., was blown to atoms by the explosion of a soda tank which he was charging. Dam No. 3, just completed by tha government in the Ohio River near Gallipolis, Ohio, at a cost of $1,000,000, was washed away when the concrete foundation let go. The American Retail Jewelers' Asso ciation in convention in Kansas City voted to abolish the time guarantee on gold plated watches and jewelry. THE MARKETS. (New York Wholesale Prices.) MILK. —The wholesale price Is 3Vic. a quart, in the -tic. zone, or <1.71 per 40- quart can. Butter. Creamery extras 26 1 U027 Firsts 25Vi02614 Seconds 23 <6-25 Thirds 22 4*23 State, dairy, tinest 026 Good to prime 24 025 Common to fair 21 023 Eggs. State, Pa., and nearby hennery white fancy, new laid 30 @3l State, l'a.. and nearby, selected white, fair to good 27 029 State, Pa., and nerby selected whites, common to fair 23 ©2# Brown, hennery fancy 24 025 Gathered, brown, mixed colored 20 024 Western, gathered, white 20 <y.2a Freeh Killed Poultry. Chickens—Barrels. Phila. A other nearby squab broilers, per pair 50 055 Phila. & L. 1., fancy, per 1b....25 ©2O l'a. broilers, fancy 22 02S Western, dry picked, milk fed. .. fe>2s Western, <lry picked, corn led .21 022 Turkeys— Old hens and toms. mixed ....16 @l7 Fowls—Dry Packed. Wn. bxs, 60 lbs & over to dz d p @l7 Wn. bxs., 48 lbs & under to dz Up 14V4015 Fowls—lced North'n & Cen west'n 4 to 4V4 lbs and over @l6 Southern & southwestern av best 15 @ 15V4 Ohio & Mich, scalded choice... 10 Vi'o-15'n Other w'n scalded, 4 to 4>/£ lbs., small @ls other Poultry- Old cocks, per lb It @lll4 Spring ducks, L. I. & east'n Hf-lk'/t Spring ducks, Pa 018 Sqbs, pr white 10 lbs to dz per dz @3.50 Sqbs, pr white ti fa 6 lbs to dz 1.5001.75 Vegetables. Beans, western N. Y , per bskt. .1.2502.25 Jersey, per basket 1.0001.75 Long Island, per bag 1.0001.60 Baltimore, per basket 1.1201.87 Beets, per barrel 1.2501.50 Carrots — L.l. and nearby, per barrel . .1.5001.75 Per 100 bunches 1.0001.25 State, per basket 5001.00 Cabbages— -1.. 1., per 100 4.00 0 5.00 Nearby, per bbl 8501.00 Baltimore, per crate 750 .. Cauliflowers, state, per bbl ... .3.0U06.00 Celery, per dozen 150 20 Corn, Jersey per lOu ears 500 75 Cucunioers, pickles, per bbl ....1.25 02.25 Cucumbers, per basket 6ohj> 75 Per box 400 60 Eggplants, per crate 1.5002.00 i'ur basket 7561.00 Per carrier 1.0001.25 Horseradish, per barrel C.50i(7.u0 l.ettuce, per basket or crate.... 2501.00 l.iina beans, per basket 50 02.25 Okra, per basket 6001.50 Onions — Orange Co., red, 100-ll> bag. .1.0001.25 L. I. yellow, per bbl 1.75 0 .. Jersev, per basket 0001.00 \ a. and .\ld., per bbl 1.50 0 2.25 I'eas, per basket or bag 75^2.50 Parsley, state, per crate or basket 30 0 60 Peppers, bbls, boxes or carriers. 4U01.50 Honiaine. per basket 30 0 60 Squash— While, per bbl or bbl crate.. 1.2502.00 White, per basket so@ 75 Crooked neck, bbl or bbl crate. l.Oo&f 2.50 ('rooked neck, per basket .... 500 75 Tomatoes, per box 5u«.2.00 Per carrier 400 85 Hothouse, per lb 60 10 Turnips, rutabaga, per bbl .... 750 .. Turnips, white, per bbl 7501.00 Potatoes. Southern, white, No. I bbt ....1.5002.25 Southern, culls, per bbl 1.0001.25 Jersey, round, per bbl or bag ..2.004/2.25 Jersey, long, per bbl or bag... .1. i50>1.85 Long island, per bbl or bag ....2.2502.50 Sweets, Virginia, yellow, per bb1.3.u004.00 Fruits and Berries. Apples, new, H. P.— Ductless 2.5003.25 Astrachan 2.2503.00 N. Pip 2.2502.50 Sour B 2.60 03.00 Sweet B 2.25 02.50 Windfalls 1.0002.00 I 'ears, bbl— lveifier 3.0003.50 l.e Conte 5.0006.50 Currants, per qt— Fancy Small 4 0 5 Raspberries, qt— AV. N. Y 80 19 Up K 60 10 N. J 60 8 Blackberries, qt— I'p River 70 11 N. J 80 12 Huckleberries, per qt— Pa 6© 12 N. J 50 10 Cherries, per 8-lb. basket— Up R black 60 0 80 Up R red 600 70 Gooseberries— Green 90 10 Green small 60 7 Beaches, per crate — N. J 25 01.25 Md .....' 2501.25 Del 25 roil. 25 Ga., fancy 1.0001.50 Muskmelons, crate — Va 7501.25 N. C., 45s 60 01.00 Live Stock. BEEVES. —Poorest to best steers, ss® 9.25; bulls, $405.75; cows, $2.5006.35; tall ends, $2. Dressed beef steady; native sides, 13@15c.; Texan do., 11013 c. CALVES. —Common to prime veals at $7.60010.75 per 100 lbs.; culls at $5,500 7; grassers and buttermilks at $4.7506; yearlings at $404.50. City dressed veals, 14(fi16'4c.; selected, 17c.; country dressed, HVioloHc.: dressed grassers and butter milks, 10@12c. SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Common to prime sheep at $304.50 per 100 lbs.; culls, $2 0 2.50; common to choice lambs at S6O 8.25; culls. $4.50136; yearlings, $5<U o. Dressed mutton at 709 c.; wethers at (si 10c ; dressed lambs at 11013VsC.| hog dressed selling up to H%c. HOGS.—Market steady at $8.6508.80 per 100 lbs., roughs, $7.5007.80; stags, 'HAY AND STRAW.— Hay, large bales, timothv, prime, 100 lbs., No. 3 to No 1 90c.051.30; shipping, ?o09Oc.; clov er mixed. Tight, $1.054t1.15; heavy, 80c.® $1- straw, long rye. 80#90c.; oat, 36040 c. Spot Markets at a Glance. Wheat. No. 2 red. to ar 1.07% Oats, No. 2, white 60% Flour, spring patent, barrel 5.35 Corn, steamer, yellow nom. Lard, prime, 100 lbs 10.95 Tallow, city hhils 66^0 Pork, mess, barrel 20.00 Coffee, Rio No 7 lb 14c.. Tea. Formosa. II) 14c Sugar, tine, gran., lb 610 c P. utter, extras 27 Cheese, specials 15^4 Eggs, extra llrs.'s 22 Cotton 12.90 c Tobacco— HnviMina. R D 60 Conn, wrapper M WMtemore's ft Shoe Polishes Finest Quality Largot Variety GILT EDGE," the only ladies' shoe drawing that posi - ti'oy contains OIL. Blacks and Polishes ladies and children's boots and shoes, shines without rubbing, 25c. French Gloss," 10c. "STAR" combination for cleaning and polishing all kinds of russet or tan shoes. 10c. "Dandy" size 25c. "QUICKWHITE" (in liquid form with sponge) and whitens dirty canvas shoes, " ALBO"cleans and whitens canvas shoes. In round white cakes pscked in zinc-tin boxes, with sponge, 10c. In handsomejarga aluminum boxes, witnsponge,2sc. If your dealer does not keep the kind you wsnt send us ths price in stamps for a full size package, charges paid. WHITTEMORE BROS. A CO. 20-26 Albany St., Cambridge. Mase. Tht Oldtrt *nd Largat Manufa turtri tf Ptlithtt in tht Wtrld The Wretchedness of Constipation Can quickly be overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Purely vegetable —act surely and gently on the liver. Cure MmEm? W J TLE Biliousness, MKbßw IiVEK Head- l^ 5 * ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature gTffi £ HAROLD fiOMERB. 160 Dekalb A. vs.. Brooklyn, A. t KEPT HER WORD, She would not wed the best of men, 'Twas what rhe said at first. She proved her strength o£ purpos# when She wed about the worst. Wanted Minute Evidence. Orfla, the celebrated doctor, being examined as an "expert" 011 a capital trial, was asked by the president whether he could tell what quantity of arsenic was requisite to kill a lly. The doctor replied: "Certainly, M. le President. But I must know beforehand the age of the fly, its sex, its temperament, its condition and habit of body, whether married or single, widow or spinster, widower or bachelor. When satisfied on these points I can answer your question." HOW MANY OF US Fall to Select Food Nature Demand* to Ward Off Ailments? A Ky. lady, speaking about food. Bays: "I was accustomed to eating all kinds of ordinary food until, for some reason, indigestion and nervous prostration set in. "After I had run down seriously my attention was called to the neces sity of some change In my diet, and I discontinued my ordinary breakfast and began using Grape-Nuts with a good quantity of rich cream. "In a few days my condition changed in a remarkable way, and 1 began to have a strength that I had never been possessed of before, a vigor of body and a poise of mind that amazed me. It was entirely new in my experience. "My former attack# of Indigestion had been accompanied by heat flashes, and many times my condition was dis tresswig with blind spells of dizziness, rush of blood to the head and neural gic pains in the chest. "Since using Grape-Nuts alone for breakfast I have been free from these troubles, except at times when I have Indulged in rich, greasy foods in quan tity, then I would be warned by a pain under the left shoulder blade, and unless I heeded the warning the old trouble would come back, but when 1 finally got to know where these trou* bles originated I returned to my Grape- Nuts and cream and the pain and dis turbance left very quickly. "I am now in prime health as a result of my use of Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and it Is ex plained in the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs. Ever read the above letter* A new one appears from time (® time. They •re senulae, true, aad full ®f hnmaa la teres t.
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