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              THE OPEN DOOR
 ROM         both readers and patrons come cordial assurances to the Open
Door that
        its mission, as a home message-bearer, is appreciated by the advertisers
who
        are our patrons, as well as by the readers who are theirs.
    The purpose of this department has been, and is, to bring these two factors
into
closer touch with each other by freely extending to them the courtesies of
these pages for
brief but intelligent descriptive articles that may serve to explain or to
emphasize the for-
mal announcements made in our advertising pages, and especially to give emphasis
to all
subjects related to the home and its equipment. The topics from month to
month con-
tain facts and suggestions of real value to the reader and intending purchaser,
and when
supplemented by the trade literature of these representative firms, the Open
Door would
seem to be doing good work in what may be called a campaign of education
for the mu-
tual advantage of all concerned. As we have frequently suggested, most of
these trade
publications may be had for the asking, and they generally afford what the
late Horace
Greeley used to describe as "mighty interestin' readin'."
THE TIFFANY The Tiffany Blue Book for 1905 is a compact little volume of
490
BLUE BOOK           pages, containing concise descriptions and the range
of prices of the
                    celebrated Tiffany wares-jewelry, silverware, watches,
docks,
bronzes, porcelains and glass suitable for wedding presents or other gifts.
This useful
little publication is sent to intending purchasers without charge, upon application,
and it
greatly simplifies matters for people outside of New York who may wish to
avail them-
selves of the exact information which makes it possible to shop satisfactorily
by mail.
Tiffany & Co. are preparing to remove to their new building, Fifth Avenue
and 37th
Street, but letters sent either to Union Square or the Fifth Avenue address
will receive
prompt attention.
WOOD PANELS Architects, house builders and cabinet makers will be interested
READY FOR            in the announcement, made in our business pages by the
Allen
BUILDERS' USE Panel Company, Johnson City, Tennessee, of a new enterprise
                     for the manufacture of "built up" wood panels
for wainscoting,
doors and ceilings, which can be shipped direct to house builders and cabinet
makers
ready for use. The company's mills are situated in the heart of the timber
country, af-
fording the best material without extra cost of handling. The panels are
made of care-
fully selected figured wood and are "built up" of either three
or five "ply" cross-banded,
will not shrink, check or warp and can be made in any size and in any wood
desired.
The sketch accompanying the announcement shows the effectiveness gained by
the use of
broad panels in a wainscot, and the practical advantage and economy of having
them
ready for use will be appreciated by architects and builders.
    Their beauty and dignity will be readily acknowledged as well as the
further fact
that so wide a panel can only be made lasting when built up in this way.
Full informa-
tion in regard to prices, etc., will be given upon application to the company
direct.
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