In this number we present to our readers a class of advertisement
that cannot but prove acceptable, owing to the intrinsic interest
of the subjects published in it. The seven pages preceding our first
frontispiece show an attractive collection of country and suburban
residences by Boston architects. The fact that these residences are
stained with Dexter Brothers' English Shingle Stains, which constitutes
the advertising character of the illustrations, adds to rather than
detracts from their value, for each subject is remarkably satisfactory
for its color scheme, and while a photograph does not give the effect,
the selection was made very largely on the basis of good coloring.
No further word concerning the stains is necessary. The fact that they
have been used on these houses, let alone thousands of others throughout
the country, is sufficient.