Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1918 — Home Town Helps [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Home Town Helps

■ - ■ Liberal Use of Paint la True Economy Greater Value. **• y ■ .*.• The best way to sell a house is to paint It first. You can get higher' rent for a house by painting it The banker will lend nftre money on a weir-painted house. These are suggestions made in connection with a clean-up—paint-up campaign that have arrested a great deal of attention. A prominent banker said: “Of course, it is easier to get a loan on a well-painted house. This is not merely because the house is in better repair and holding its value, but because the very fact that a man takes good care of his property is proof to us that he is not shiftless, that he is provident and that.we have a reasonably certain prospect of getting the loan paid back. "A well-painted house carries its own recommendation, even as a man who is careful about the neatness of his appearance makes a much more favorable impression than one who is careless.” When nature takes on a new dress, why not be in harmony? is a suggestion for “clean-up—paint-up” that carries an appeal to most folks. It is; also pointed out that woodwork kilndried by furnace fire, in spring is actually parching and famishing* for refreshing paint. _ Again the suggestion is made?that when the east winds are high it is dangerous not to have your windows carefully puttied.