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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1907)
n TTIE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 11. 1907. NEWS OF THE BUSY HOME BUILDERS PUSH BUILDERS TO LIMIT Many Projected Bailding Sold Before Foundations Are Laid. FOYER HALLS FAMED BY CUPID Lark of Priracr for Coolag Oiri til Ten Rmmii for Ahnndon ini Thtn for Old Stria rarlore. , And still th homti of Omaha Increase hy leaps snd bounds, at fact a the archi tects and builder ran 1o th work. The twli wss marked by a rt'-clslve ptep In thla direction taken by Hastings Hey den, who took nut permits for eighteen new house at a total cost of Hlv). These houses range In size from n four-room bungalow being built In Monmouth park J to. a splendid modern refinance In Kounts Place. The latter la built on the very latest architectural lines at a coat of $5,010. One of the houses 'will have a co mant plaster exterior. Thla tvp of house has long been In vn-ue In Europe and Is rapidly attaining; to popularity In the oast. It la juat being introduced In this part of the country. One of the number la a brick flat of two apartments, being built In Home Place addition, at Sixteenth and Inke etreeta. Bald on of the firm In speaking- of thla matter: "We find the demand for new houses to be greater then the upply Nearly all of the houses we have built have boen aold before blng completed. Buyers examine the construction of-thn houses and In a number o? raws we have old housea before the foundation wan completed. "It la very noticeable how much bet tar the houaea are being built at the pres ent time than they have been heretofore. Houaea today are almoat Invariably piped 'for gas, wired for electricity, have com bination fixtures and are modern In every reelect." Comes now a real estate man and lead ing builder and says foyer halla are "fro Insj out" and the old-fashioned narlor la coming In. Cupid, says this man, Is chiefly responsible for this change. Tho foyer hall la all very nice for the family all together. But when Jane grows up, puts on long dresses and receives young gentlemen callers then the foyer hall Is an abomination. It la too public and open to ba suitable and the entire family's presence, la not desired on all occasions. The stairway winds up from the foyer parlor In thla type of houce and tho grown-up alster and her beau were ap prehensive of smal! brothers or slaters hanging over the banister in tho evening. Thla openness of the foyer hall has brought It Into disrepute and the observing real estate man says the tendency now Is to do away with them and return to the old fashioned parlor. The Egbert residence on Twenty-fifth ave nue and Harney street has been bought by Mri. Martha Ish for 3,5"0. L. B. (lough has bought a residence Just completed In Bcmls Park for j,300. It Is located at Thirty-eighth street and Lincoln avenue. Jl'.e National Roofing cornrany has taken Re contract for slate roofs on the Chicago, Burlington A Qulney station at York and the Chicago Northwestern station at Nor folk. -" 'Fred Paffenrath la enlarging the grounds arour.d his home at Thirty-seventh avenue and Marcy street. He purchased an adjoin ing lot last week and will lay It out as a lawn. A handsome set of electric fixtures are being placed In the Moore apartments at Twenty-seventh and California. Amorlcon Electric company Is doing the work. ."People who are contemplating building houses of cement blocks should take care of the quality of the article they get," said an Omaha maker of the blocks. " There Is a vast difference In the material. The block which la made with the wettest mixture Is the best. There should be about one part of the best brand of Portland cement used to not more than four parts of sand. And the blocks, after they are molded and have Bet, require to be 'aged' for at least thirty days befoie they should be put Into a build ing. Inaurance companies do not give ce ment blocka a very high rating now for th reason that many people use them Ig norantly and the result Is that when there Is a little fire the blocks crack. Thla be cause the block la made too thick. The best brand la the thin Interlocking block, which la not much more than two Inches through, but Is provided with arms at each end Which lock Into the wall and give greater rigidity. If a wall la built with solid blocks they are bound t crack with tho applica tion of heat to on side. The block Is a slow conductor of heat and the or, side tends to expand under the influence of heat o rapidly that it cracks." Oeorg Brennan hns bought the farmer bom of George Sumner at "09 Georgia av. tiu, for tT.&no. Land near Omaha and within the sub Urban home dlstrift Is selling now fir n acre Mary P. McArdle has bought from Claus Plevers ten acres of ground on th tode street road west .of th TC'khorn tracks for KW. There are extensive Im provements on the t.lace. which accounts to Borne degree for the price paid. Omaha home builders continue to turn their eyes and thoughts toward the sim ple life. Wltnes the number of housea being erected down on tl.e shores of Cut Off lake. The colony dor. ther. both en th Rod and Qun club side and on this Id Is receiving almost daily additions. Uoy Harberg and John and Walter Soren- Mineral Waters The mineral water buslneas iian f-vr miny vears been ;i specially nn o ir firm. W buy our waura direct lrom th Vi'inga or If fore.gn water, aired trom i importer. w ore mu io i gnun te lowest poBiblt prue. a:io to auJ luitly guarantre freshness and genuine re. W sell 100 kinds. Write for cata logue. BOMB miCIKAl. WATl XICES Manitou Water, dozen. t:.00; cas. 60 quart . T 00 Boro-I.lthla Water, doxen. tliO, catj, 10 Quarts, IS to. Nvk-rok l.lthta. dozen, $3 00. cas, 60 quarts. 14.50. Crystal l.lihla Water, S-gallon Jug, U. Itublnat Serre taln), bottl. J6c; doz en. Hit. ldanha Water, desen. $2. SO; caa. 10 fiiarts. SS.&O. Hat horn (Saratoga), dozen, 15.00; cs, 41 pints $7 r.o. Pur Distilled Water, cas. II H-galt., i: 25 t-H. Jug Crystal Llthla, J 00. Ail'isume for return of eniptlcs. IKMUI k KcCOTOSU 00 CO, Cor. lth and Dodge. owe DMva coKTAjrr, Co. Itih and Harney A Twentieth Century Cottage r?Aft?JL' vjtji e&vivr . a r i a TI.k picturesque home w hich we Illustrate this week Is one In which the architect has allowed himself to depart from the conventional designs and originates a home that presents some Interesting Innovations. After passing through the reception hall we enter the large living room, which la made doubly attractive by the corner bay window and the fine fireplace in the center of the room. The veranda at the end of the house would make an Ideal summer resting place If screened in. The library and dining room open off the living room direct and are connected with a good kitchen by a fine large pantry. A rear stalra to the landing from the kitchen sen are planning a house which they ex- poet to hulld on the Rod and Gun club I grounds In the near future. It will cost 1 upwards of $T00. It Is to be larger than any of the houses now on the lake side and will ho rectangular In shape, without I any additions on the outside. Blx apartments for the 8. D. Mercer com pany. Forty-second and Izard, are being fitted up with a fine line of electric fix tures by th American Electric company. "I think Omaha would do well to have what they have Introduced Into certain German and Italian cltlea," said an Omaha man who travela extensively and observes closely. "I refer to the "art Jury,' as they call It. This Is a city institution consisting of one painter, one sculptor, an architect and a member of the park com mission. When any building is to be erected the plana must be submitted to formlty with the civic beauty of the city, this Jury first and If they are not In Con or if a building of a certain plan would not fit Into the architectural scheme of any given spot, the Jury vetoes the plans and then th building cannot be erected. We havo illustrations in Omaha of places where a whol neighborhood has been spoiled by the erection of an unsightly building. It Is really a matter which should be regulated by law." George Palmer ' has bought a ninety foot lot on the west lde of Fortieth street, south of Harney street, for 15.000. This Is about $56 a front foot. Mr. Palmer will build a home on the lot next spring. Installation of fixtures for the Oeorgo E. Barker company at Nineteenth and Harney la being pushed by th American Electric company. INDUSTRY CF FLAG MAKING Thousands of skilled Hand Em ployed In Making; "Star Span gled Banners," Thsee-fourths of the American flags are made In New York City, where a great many women and girls are employed the year round making flags. It appeara that within the laat ten years great changoa hav come !n th process of flagmaklng. Before that time ten days' work went Into the making of a flag 18 by 24 feet; now It can be done In ten hours. Thousands of operatives, again mostly women, are bulled making the neceasary cloth; great presses print th flags of th cheaper kinds. In th construction of those of fin material the first thing Is to cut the utripes from the red and whit silk, or silk and wool bunting. This Is chiefly don by machin ery, though operatives with shears are em ployed In all factories, particularly In put ting together the most expensive, made of pur allk. It then passes into the hand of skilled sewing machine operatives, who sew these stripe together at the rate of S.KM stitches a mlnut. Th machines are run by electricity, tho task of the opera tives Is to guide the stripes so that they never vary and never skip stitches. Any one who examines a flag can't but notice how fine and close th stitching Is. While the tltchlng Is guided by hand, this Is not th case with cutting out the stars. The hand cannot be stir that every point will be cut alike, and accordingly the stars, even In the most expensive flags, are cut by dies. They are placed with necessarily great precision, by hand. The stars are arranged In six rows and their position must not vary the sixteenth of an Inch. One placed they are basted by hand and than stitched on th machine as solidly a th stripes. When all placing and sewing Is done the flag goes to the flnUhers, who head it that la, sew strong canvas band.i along the edge next the staff where th flag files. In th corner of theso bands are eyelets. When not attached to staffs or poles, rope Is run through these strong eyelets to lower or raise th flag. Th flax is now complete, and must be carefully cleaned and Inspected before It Is packed for transportation. Th smallest printed muslin flag Is 14 by t inches, the largest 40 by 70 Inches. One large establishment that makes a specialty of making th smallest aixed mus lin flag turns out 6T.0O0 a day. Th muslin from which they ar made comes In great rolls that contain from 4"0 to tOTO yards each. Th greatest demand for flags Is from New England, th central and western The .Minister la Texas. Rev. Abraham C. Rubusb, a Methodist minister. In Texaa, ib years of age, has Just become th father of a son. This Is th Rev. Mr. Ruebush's twenty-eighth child. He ha twelv boy and sixteen gtrla -Ph 1 1 Ins i m J could be provided, If desired. Three good chambers and a bathroom and a fine Jarge front chamber with child's room opening off of It are finished on second floor. One or mora could be finished In the attic, if needed, and ample room would be left for storage purposes. If you intend to build It will be money wel spent for you to send for the book, "Twentieth Century Cottages," as it con tains numerous Ideas and floor plans of up-to-date homes. It will be sent postpaid to any address upon receipt of 25 cents. Address all letters to Home Building De partment, care The Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb. CONCRETE COMES TO STAY As Building Material it Has Gained Permanent Place. INSURANCE ON IT IS WAY DOWN This 1 Only One AdTsntsge Wblch This Material Possesses Over Any Other In the Market. As a building material In fact, the ma terial of the future concrete ha mad remarkable stridea The construction t.f the Carpenter building, which is now neap ing completion, at Ninth and Harney streets, has been watched with mora than ordinary Interest. When Haarmann Broth era found their business Increasing so fast that larger quarters were necessary and a permanent home of their own desirable, they put the stamp of approval on con crete as the material most satisfactory for their purposes Th cost of concrete Is estimated at from 5 to 10 per cent over other kinds of build ing material. This, however, is offset in many ways the low rate of insurance being no small factor. One of the argu ments used against concrete, especially in the larger cities where real estate values are Increasing rapidly. Is the difficulty of tearing down the concrete walla and pil lars. As ground values Increase, smaller buildings must be razed to make room for the skyscraper. Brick buildings can be torn down with little labor and In many cases the brick used, again. Stone can be removed without much trouble, In fact, anything, which presents a grain or weak apot In any part. Not so with concrete, which has no grain or weak spot This, after all, la a strong argument for con crete. Building for Many Year. It Is not probable buildings now being constructed In Omaha will be torn down for many years. Another objection to con crete Is the cost of form work. No doubt hundreds of people who stop to watch th conatructlon on Farnam between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets marvel at the im mense quantity of lumber used for forms and for bracing. Heretofore lumber hns been used almoat exclusively. The facrt that forms must be left from two to three weeks and that the lumber must be cut to fit each floor makes It practically a dead loss. Recent material advances In the price of lumber makes it necessary to ae cure permanent or adjustable forma of other material. Thla problem of forms Is worrying the concrete contractor more than any other. Any new invention which will serve to reduce the cost of form con struction should be welcomed. It may be a matter of surprise to the people of Omaha to learn that the prob lem has been greatly simplified. If not actually solved, by an Omaha Inventor. W. E. Owens, a practical concrete worker, has conceived the scheme of making forms of concrete which will remain permanently as the exterior of the plPar or wall, en tlrtly eliminating the cost of building and removing the lumber forma and of dress ing the concrete surface after the forms re removed. Thin Concrete Blocks. Mr. Owens has Invented a machine for the manufacture of thin concrete blicks to b tied together with a special reinforcement-manufactured by the same machine. Th blocks ar msda with the face nn the mould being filled and tamped with wet concrete. Th machine Is small but strdng and weighs less than ro pounds. On machine, without extra attachments, make l.alves, quarters, three-quarters, etc. and any kind of faceplate can he used! Blocks can be made as rapidly as thev nn b carried from the machine. The plan la merely to build a retaining wall of these thin blocks tied together with his special reinforcement, which is a piece of metal covered with concrete. Thla will give a smooth outside surface of any desired kind, smooth, rough or tooled, to be filled In the center with common slush filling. The side walls, together with th slush tilling and reinforcing, because on solid, compact mass. The advantage lies !n the fact that th retaining wall onata no more than the lumber form and can be buljt as rapidly. It will aim-ays present a finished appear ance and Is permanent, giving ample time for the filling to property set. Patents covering th machln and rein forcement hav been applied for and a working model Is now being constructed at the yards of th Nebraska ConcrU Rein forcing company ifjf r i L3 .-to IMPORTANCE OF RIGHT PAINT Perplexing Problems to Be Solved in Finishing House. SERIOUS ERRORS EASILY MADE Blistering, Peeling Off and Too Thick and Too Tkln Coating Blast Be Carefully Guarded Against. In the finishing of new houses, the painter today meets many difficulties that were unknown only a few years ago. and h is compelled to solve many perplexing prob lems In some of which he cannot be guided altogether by experience, because ha has had no past experience along these lines to guide him to the correct solution. Not the least of these difficulties comes from the quality of the wood and of the plaster that will be found In most new houses. Only a few years ago, a man who wanted to build himself a good house expected the siding to be clear white pine, free from sap and unsound, knots, and thoroughly seasoned. Such siding could scarcely be found In the market today, no matter what price one were willing to pay for It. In stead of this we get an Inferior grade of pin or of other lumber which was scarcely used at all a dozen years ago. The wood Is full of sap, Imperfectly seasoned, or at best only kiln dried to expel the moisture, leaving the sap acids In the pores of the wood. Hard In some places and soft In others, the planer does not make a smooth even cut, but In places merely compresses the wood, and practically burns the sur face till It becomes hard and non-absorbent, while In other places the natural tex ture Is left. On such a surface the paint will sink In and dry dead In spots, while In other places It will lay on the surface and retain Ita gloss. To add to the dif ficulty of the painter, the contractor Is so anxious to get the knots, dark streaks and other defects which the wood contains, covered up and hidden from his customer, that he Insists that the painter shall work upon the same scaffold with the carpen ters, and prim the house, bit by bit, as it Is erected. Serlona Mistake to Make. No greater mistake than this could be made, for the paint which Is usu ally applied . In an entirely too heavy coat through mistaken Ideas of economy serves to seal up the sap in the lumber, only to work, destruction to the paint later on. Moreover, painting th house before It Is plastered, especially In winter time, la almost certain to cause blistering or scal ing of the paint. If the paint Is of such a composition that It dries to form an elastic paint film, then It will blister; while If It dries to form a hard and brittle paint film. aa most mixed paints containing zinc white no, then It will crack and peel off. For In plastering, tons of water are carried Into the house. In order to dry the plaster quickly, stoves are placed In the rooms and often kept at a red heat. The moisture Is driven out through the clapboards and cannot well help raising the paint surface into blisters or cracking It off altogether. This could be largely prevented by waiting until the plastering Is entirely finished be fore beginning to paint the house. . Indeed, If the owner could be induced to let his house stand for at least two months before any paint at all Is applied, he would se cure a much better and more durable Job of painting, because the rain would soak out the sap acids and render them harm lees. Suppose some of the boards should split. It would do no harm, for putty will cure any cracks, or other defects. Many Use Too Much Paint. ' Many people attempt to paint a new house with two heavy coats of paint. On tho modern lumber thla cannot be done and get satisfactory or even half-way satisfactory results. Three coats are needed. It Is necesaary to us a primer that is mixed very thin with lin seed oil, with a little of the best turpen tine drier, and there should be a sufficient proportion of pure turpentine to carry the priming coat Into the wood and give It a clinch. The pigment should form a very thin film on the surface of the wood, and it should be well brushed Into the wood with a six-naught (6-0) round or oval brush to get beat results. Unfortunately many painters seem to think that It Is priming If they smear on a coat of any odds and ends of color that the shop may contain, no matter how long it haa been allowed to stand and grow fatty. No part of the whole work of the painter requires more careful attention than the priming, because It is th foundation upon which the paint superstructure Is to b erected. Unless the priming be right the whole of the painting will be wrong. Ochre for Priming. Ochre la largely used for priming, or at least we might say that a material sold to the painters aa ochre Is used. This stuff can be bought, by the barrel. In the dry state, for about 2 cents a pound. Such ochres ar obtained from the so-called paint mines that we ao frequently see mentioned In the newspapers as wonderful discoveries, but. In addition to being of Inferior grade, they frequently are adulterated with the cheapest grades of barytes. The painter will put some of thla stuff In a tub or barrel, pour oil over tt and allow It to soak for two or three days He then stirs the mass, as well as he can, with a paint paddle, puts Borne of it in a pot, adds more oil, stirs It around and starts to prime the cedar window frames. This same tub of ochre la allowed to stand all through the erection of the house. It Is drawn on from time to time for the ma terial for the priming, as It may be needed. Of course, this paint Is continually growing more and more fatty by exposure to th air, and when the porch columns are to be painted, usually about the last thing, they are smeared with a sticky mess that will never thoroughly dry, but will remain soft nd tacky to cause blisters. Every her and there little lumps of ochre that have not become Incorporated with the oil, will he brushed out upon the surface of th wood. It Is small wonder that uch a priming coat will surely cause subsequent coats of paint to peel, throwing off all the paint Jown to th priming. Good Result Impossible. Good results cannot possibly he obtained by the use of an ochre priming of this character, although some first class painters claim that a h'gh grade ochre ground. In oil, and prop erly thinned as wanted, will make a good priming coat on th Inferior wood that la now found everywhere. Neverthe less, we cannot recommend ochre In ny form and advise the painter to stick to a priming of pure white lead mixed with enough pure lamp black to produce a light lead color about one pound of lamp black to the hundred of white lead will usually be ample. A good ochre priming will cost ss much as a white lead priming, o there Is no economy In using It. Pure, raw llneseed oil, 'pure turpentine and the beat turpentine driers should be used as thinners. Painting may be done at any time of the year, provided the painter adapts his ma terial to the weather conditions. The best s.-sson, however, is the fall, because the sun Is not hot enough In the day time to cause the fresh paint to blister, and the paint film dries mor slowly and uniformly. MARVEL WROUGHT IRON FURNACE B LACCLSIOR all CAST IRON FURNACE We are now prepared to Install hot air furnaces complete ready to build a fire. If you have made up your mind to Install the Cheapest furnace nmnev will buy, don't figure upon a Marvel or fcxcel clor. If you w ant the very best that money can buy and which will cost only a few dollars more than the cheapest, let us talk furnace to you. W rn cut your fuel bills Into and save you enough In riv year to pay for your entire fur nace Job. One customer (Shenandoah, Iowa) says $16fl was all it coat him during winter of 19n-7 for fuel. For purely self ish reasons you cannot afford to let vonr entln; contract without further Investigating our line of furnaces. Furnace work of all kinds. We necesssry parts and If your furnace the past, consult us regarding It. OMAHA STOVE Tel. Botiglas tOO. Electric Light and S' If A. - ' 1 Our knowledge and experience of the fixture business Is at th service of our customers and the public always, at the same time we are quite willing to concede that our customer often haa plana and ideas, and therefore endeavor not to force our advice on our customers, nor do we Install fixtures with out the order from the property owner. We are not merely "dahbllng" In the fixture business hut are here to stay as long aa good workmanship, straight business dealings and first class material and honest prices are In demand. Before placing your order for fixtures, call and examine our stock; get our prices and advice If you wish it. We have always Insisted that our work was our strongest endorsement. If In doubt, ask any of the following: 8. I). Mercer Co., S apartments. Crelghton School of Pharmacy, 14th and Davenport. Geo. E. Barker Co., building, 19th and Harney. Miss A. D. Cook, 3 apartments. L. O. IOWBT AMERICAN ELECTRIC CO. 1403 Jackson tr4t ..Best Building Material.. ,Our Concrete Blocks are permanent; preeent an artistic appearance; require no paint; are not affected by weather; do not disintegrate, rust or rot; are made any color, any style facing; neatly finished; thoroughly seasoned. Get our esti mate. NEBRASKA CONCRETE RE-IIIFORCING COMPANY 4005 Leavenworth Street Telephone Harney 436 C. B. HAVENS & COMPANY BUILDING MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, CRUSHED ROCK, SAND, BRICK AND SEWER PIPE. Get Our Quotations Before Placing Orders Elsewhere. Phone Douglas 517 1805 Farnam St GOOD Carey's Flexible Cement Roofing; Asphalt Gravel Koof ing; "Barrett Specification" Pitch and Gravel Roofing. 'Phone Douglas 871 for Special Salesman to Call SUNDERLAND ROOFING AND SUPPLY COMPANY, 1006-8-10 Douglas Street. DELAY NOW. in In Ft ailing your furnace may mean serious inconvenience later on. We handle the "Perfect" line of furnaces built of beat boiler plate, rivited together air tight to prevent escapement of dangerous gases the most sanitary and economical furnace on the market. Oet our prices. COX THREE 'PHONES 914 FARNAM ST. nnVIN C. 13 23 NNH T T CO. Electric Steel Conduit and Raceway Experts ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING ENGINEERS Tl. Dcuilss 3S1S SPECIFICATIONS 10t Psrnsm St. Moreover, there is usually less dust in the fall than in the summer tlm and less chance for sudden showers that will. Injure the newly applied paint. In summer nights there is apt to be more or less dew and there is a mugglness in August that will often take the (loss off paint. The spring is the next best time next to the fall, but there is mor danger from showers or from dust. In winter painting can be done, pro vided the air is dry and there is no frost on the surface. At any time of year the surface of the woodwork should be abso lutely dry- The paint should be well brushed on, using three thin coata in pref erence to two heavy coats. Allow plenty o ftline between coats, especially in sum of time between coals, especially in sum mer, and proportion the quantity of drier tion. There Is then no difficulty in paint ing at any tlm of year. An extra coat of paint in summer tlm is no special advan tage. PellB Off of Brlrk. Ther Is sometimes difficulty with paint flaking and peeling off'from a brick house, as was the cas with one that lias been painted several times, always with good results, until two years ago some amateur gave it two coats of a mixed paint, which was reduced with boiled oil. Vour months later th paint began to peel off In large flakes. Th probability Is that the paint tilm had grown thick enough on the house to brgln to lose Its hold, or, at any rate, th oil had perished. If s priming coat tf whit lead with an extra amount of raw oil and some turpentine had been given th oil would hav given Ufa to the old paint and bound it to th brick. Instead of this mixed paint composed chiefly of sine white and Inert pigments was applied, the natural tendency of such a paint being to perish in th msnner described. This perishing was hastened because boiled oil was used for reducing t) pilnt. While boiled oil appear to dry quickly, it dries only on the surface, the body of tii film remaining soft and ta'ky. But tho rrobabillty ia that Instead of its being genuln kttl bulled oil thai was used, it cN . ws S2TTW9t si LTT - i a.fKi -ai k ., i. remodel and reset furnaces, supply all haa not given the best of satisfaction In REPAIR. WORKS la OA DOUGLAS IT. Combination Fixtures H. F. Curtis, Park Av. Apartment. J. J. Sherlock, 10th and Arbor. M. Kellner, S5th and Woolwortli. Walter Molse Co., 14th and Har ney Sts. And many others on request B. sruiini T)l Douglas 1481. ROOFS COX was raw oil overloaded with driers, which would hav added another tendency to crack. So It ia small wonder that the paint perished In the manner described. Indeed. It would have been remarkable If tt had done so. There Is but one remedy, to r mov the old paint with scrapers and wirs brushes, or If that Is not sufficient, us s paint burner, and begin all over again, using a whit lead and linseed oil priming coat. Or If the walls are to be painted red, use a good Venetian red, ground In linseed oil, thinned with pur linseed oil and a Uttl drier as a first coat. After the priming has dried, putty up any defect with a pur whiting and linseed oil putty that ha been colored with Venetian red. for the second coat use one-forth pur white lead and three-fourths Venetian red, thinned with two parts linseed oil to one part of turpen tine, and aa much drier as may be needed, using th best grade of oil drier only. For the last coat use pur Venetian red, pur linseed oil and drier. This gives a gloss coat. For a flat brick effect buy one of the prepared Hat brick reds In past form, thinning tt with pur turpentine. It may be well to mention that should ther b any dampness in th brtcks, from any cause whatever, as for. exsmple, from a leaky gutter, there la nothing that can prevent th paint from scaling. How l.abonrhero Docked. Henry I-abouchere, the English publicist and parliamentarian, says an exchange, one day met a deputation of woman suf fragists In the lobby of the House of Com mons. His own version of the encounter runs as follows: "They all talked at th same time. After listening a few moments I said: 'Ladles, though your arguments may not persuade me, I am particularly susceptible to female beauty, and I am afraid this msy influence my Judgment If I stay longer.' The com pliment was enough, and they all, I think, felt that my heart was In the light place, if my Judgment was not." Pot)i4 Paragraph. Laslnes Is often mistaken for patience. Men may, be a deceitful a woman la tul W I J a n I U IHan E U .At Gas, Electric AND Combination Fixtures tn huytns; ftxtirs tnr ynnr horn It lir pf th utmnM Importsnce that you bay th sdvloe of persons ctlvly engaged In th fixture business. Pld you ever stop to rnnslder that th selection Of fixtures (usually rut off 1(11 the last) has mor to do with the appear ano of the home when finished than al most any other Item? Don't make the mletalc of waltlnr till the wiring Is agreed upon before seeing us. I'Kilny business on a lnrae scale, we car keep our stock up-to-date and ar In a position to offer lower prices than any other house In the city. MAKE BStEOTtOWS HOW! Oood Dllvrd Whan Ton Ar BAr A Thousand Artlstlo and Usfnl Flxtur Always on Hand Burgess-Granden Co. Tslepaou Douf. 881. 313 South 16th St, we remind you that It Is time to hesjln t save. Th "laid off' or "laid up" day 1 eomlnf and you will find yourself unpre. pared unless you now rrystallsa your thovifht Into action and open the saving account. We pay t per cent on amounts of 11.00 or mor. Shares are issued on which 11.00 or more should be paid each month or week and dividends are credited semi-annually on the account at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. No safer or better system of savin exists than ours. OMAHA LOAN AND BUILDING ASS'N. 8. E. Cor. 16th and Dodge Sts. O. W. Loom Is, Pres. Q. M. Nattlng-er, Secy, So. Omaha, Opp. Post Office. Don't experiment ENAMELS t wwaur on" Transparent Flow-Shine" for Hardwood Floors. ' Linoleums. and Faraitor. l ENAMELS Sa For Old or New Floors, Fnrnftwr and Woodwork. Wears Ilk Cement Dries rrvrt nlfht with Brilliant Oloes. Contains no Japan or Shellac. Writ at oao for rre Booklet, Color Card aaj Lift f Dealer. Trial Oan 3r (nd lo to say posta). Enough for a Chair, Tabl or Kitcbon Cabinet. Address I "Tiooa-ntrri" oo an. xmia, n. Sold In Omaha by Orchard W'ilhelm Carpet Co. national Roofing Co. - Ustlffiat rnrxdahad on SXkATX. TXXa AJTB OmATXX, BOOM ajt9 moornro xatztjuaxs. Jelatm CMsodt Sls)-U War Block, m ti OasAJsa , oo. nuncr. X. 1 Slams Cits. I. H. D. Frankfurt ARCHITECT Tslsstisfis Rod 37.1 Room 31 Dougl Blocfe HOT WATER HEATING ?-room house 1200 09 -room hous 1260.00 I to f-room hous ....$300.00 JOS. W. MOORHJ. Tel. Web. SKI 1841 N. ltth St Look (or tho Name On the Sidewalk It It's "Grant" Then It's Guaranteed. JOHN GRANT. tit Be Bldf. 'Phon Doug. T141. inMMtt iiiws crMmir AJTCHOE JTSCX CONTACT BD7 Kortn 17tH Bt Omibt some things, but no man ever pretends to be having a good time when he isn't. There is nothing more unsatisfactory than an unkissed kiss. No man is aa dangerous as hr thinks some woman thinks he is. If a man sleeps In church he does't necessarily dream of heaven. When th star boarder marries th land lady he becomes a fixed star. Perhaps faint, heart ne'er won fair lady because it Is partial to brunettes. When a mother tells the truth sbout her children she whispers It to herself. Many a men would rather lie when asked for Information than say "I don't know." When a married man doesn't find fault with his breakfast it a sign that his wlf is away from home. A woman's egoltam has reached th limit If when sh. wslks out she Imagines that all the men going In the same direc tion ar following hr. Chicago News. The Be Want Ada Ar th Best Buaiats Boosters, ill Use orUy m rma tnmz am