Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1917 — HOME TOWN HELPS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOME TOWN HELPS

GOOD SCREENS CHEAPEST Expert Says Copper Wire, Although More Costly, Will Outlast Iron • Many Times. That it does not pay to use cheap iron screens on any building morg. valuable than a chicken house. Is the opinion of Dr. J. D. Walters, professor of architecture and drawing in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Persons erecting new dwellings should equip them with screens that dviil last many years, he says. “An average two-story house contains upwards of two dozen openings that should be screened,” said Doctor Walters. The best screens are made of a strong white pine sash and a coppel wire, screening. Another grade is made of fir lumber and a screen material* made of a composition called white metal. The cheaper grades are made of yellow Southern pine and covered with common Iron wire screening. “The first screen named is rather expensive on account of the high price of copper, but It does not need to be painted, and should last 12 years. The iron wife screen, onthe other hand, will rust out the first season and rarely lasts more than two or three years. “A screen door should be made with a hardwood sash and should be provided with the test hind of spring hinges and a knob lock. There should be sufficient cross rails and cross braces in It to prevent sagging. The window screens are usually fastened at the top by cheap black varnished butts and are hooked at the bottom with a cheap hasp and staple.”