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THE ARGOSY—ADVERTISING COLOR SCHEME FOR COLONIAL HOME, Main Hall—side wall beautiful reddish tan Alabastine with lighter tone for ceiling. Reception Room—charming and rich olive green Alabastine with greenish white ceiling, Large Living Room— warm cinnamon brown Alabastine side wall with colonial buff ceiling. Write us for Alabastine num- bers that will give these effects. A Home of Refinement The artistic success of a home depends upon the colors chosen for the walls. There is no material for tinting your walls as good as 2 Coating The colors are permanent and do not rub off ; they give that artistic soft velvety effect. COLOR SCHEMES FREE Send us an outline of your rooms, whether they are apartment, dwelling, office or church, and we will send you a correct color scheme free. Give the trim of your woodwork—the kind of a build- ing and the number of windows as well as the di- mensions of the rooms. Whatever the building, whether public or private, large or small, Alabas- tine will give a better colored wall at a less ex- pense for maintenance than any other material. Alabastine is more artistic than wall paper, more effective than paint, more permanent than kalsomine ‘‘Dainty Wall Decorations”’ is a richly printed and profusely illustrated book. The illustrations are in colors on heavy plated paper, beautifully bound with an embossed cover in colors and contains new designs for decorating every room in the home. If you are planning decorating or re- decorating any apartment in vour home, send 10 cents in silver or U.S. stamps for this useful and beau- tiful book. It isa complete course in wall decoration. FREE SAMPLES Send to-day for free wall and ceiling designs done in Alabastine and for color card and namie of dealer in your town, Alabastine is a dry powder and is to be mixed with cold water. It comes in 16 beautiful tints and in pure white. Alabastine is carefully packed in sealed pack- ages—it sells for 55 cents for any of the 16 tints, and 50 cents for a pure brilliant white. The best dealers sell Alabastine. ALABASTINE COMPANY 824 Granville Avenue, - Grand Rapids, Mich. RS Dept. 634, 105 Water St., New York City, N. Y. a In answering any advertisement on this page it SECTION. PIANOS The tone, touch and magnifi- cent wearing qualities of the vose Piano are only explained by the exclusive patented features and the high-grade material and superb workmanship that enter into their construction. ‘The vose is an ideal piano for the home. Over 60,000 sold. Delivered in the United States free of charge. Satisfaction guaranteed. Liberal allowance for old pianos and tinle payments accepted. FREE — If you are interested in pianos, let us send you our beauti- fully illustrated catalog, that gives full information. vose & SONS PIANO CO. 155 Boylston St. BOSTON, MASS. is desirable that you mention Turn. ARGOSY. COmiclbooks C©