Notes.

The new office building of the Chicago Varnish Company, now in the course of erection at the corner of Dearborn Avenue and Kinzie Street, Chicago, from the designs of Mr. Henry Ives Cobb, covers a plat of ground 45 x 90 feet.  It is in the style of the brick architecture of Holland, which has been recently adopted in several instances in New York and Philadelphia, notably by Mr. Frank Miles Day and Mr. R.W.  Gibson.  It is to be built of St. Louis red pressed brick with Bedford stone trimmings, and will be a noticeable building even in Chicago, where there is so much of architectural interest.  The interior will be handsomely finished in natural woods.  The company will occupy a considerable part of the building, but a portion of it will be rented for other office purposes.

[Illustration:  LXXIX.  Manoir d’Ango, Normandy.]

[Illustration:  Building of Chicago varnish Co., Chicago.]

Many a new building that is approaching its first winter will be found lacking if its architect forgot the specification of the Folsom Snow Guard.  A great many buildings do not need this device, but where one does, it needs it badly.  It is so cheap, so simple and so perfectly effective that it should be used where there is the least chance of danger or inconvenience from snow sliding off the roof.

The development of the kitchen range has been along certain well defined lines, the ornament changed, new parts nickeled, dimensions varied, etc., but it has remained the same old stove.  The Walker & Pratt Mfg.  Co., of Boston, have made a move towards an entirely different style, in their “Culinet,” which is illustrated on this page.  It presents many good points.  The cooking surface is at the same height as an ordinary table.  The oven is about the height of the elbow, making it convenient of access, and greatly lessening the danger of burning the arms in using it.  The fire, broiler door, clinker door, and ash-pan door are all in front.  All holes are hot, and the oven is heated on six sides, making it not only an even baker, but a sure baker on the bottom.  One damper does the whole regulating business.  A guard rail to keep the clothes from contact with the heated surface and convenient towel driers are also provided.  There is no nickel finish, but solid bronze instead.  These are features which should recommend it to architects; besides which it is compact, and occupies little floor space, durable, and made with the same care in every detail that has characterized the Walker & Pratt goods for forty years.  It is a kitchen ornament, as well as a kitchen help.

[Illustration] [Transcriber’s Note:  Lady using “Culinet.”]

“The Making of a Range” is a cleverly prepared little pamphlet, fully illustrated, that was issued primarily for distribution from the Mechanics’ Fair (Boston) exhibit of the Walker & Pratt Mfg.  Co.  It is well worth sending for, if one is interested in details of manufacture.  The “Culinet” was the only stove which was awarded a Gold Medal at the Mechanics’ Fair.