Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1941 — Page 28
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Looks Into the Future
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1941 CORD LOOPS CHECK jSnops and brooms and hang them lon hooks in a utility room, or back BROOM, MOP FIRES | nan, or on the rear porch. If holes
. a _{are cut near the top of the door e& To avoid the danger of fire de a half inch is cut from the top and veloping from mops and oil rags rl of the door to allow for ven= | stored in a closet, it is advisable to |tilation, the mops may be safely fy cord loons ¢ on 1 the ends of the | kept in a closet.
CONCRETE NOW USED IN COLORS
‘Was Once y JIE a Greyish | Substance and Now Found | On Gay Patios.
For years the average person has thought of concrete solely as a | grayish material used in sidewalks, porch ficors and baserwent walls. |
But today you can think of it as| material of many colors—buff, yel- | low, red, green, blue, brown, slate and black. All are possible colors] for concrete and they are being used more and more. Gay colors for patio terraces and | front porches are finding favor with modern home builders who recog-| nize this device for enlivenigg an old material. On the technical side of the subject, concrete experts suggest that a color pigment suitable for use| must fulfill these requirements: me It must be durable under exposure! of sunlight and weather; and it| must be of such composition that] it will not react chemically with| the cement to the detriment of either cement or color. These requirements are said by many concrete experts to be best ful- | filled with mineral oxide pigments. will be made in mass production, | Mineral pigments vary in color val- | cutting costs in half and speeding |UeS; because of this, most architects | | up construction and builders depend upon the reputation of the manufacturer of pig-
“A house which costs $10,000 mts for assur that th 1 now, under standardization, would {chs lor assurance Lhal Lhe guality of the material is satisfactory
cost $5000 and so on down the for concrete work
| line.” Another point to r ber, ex In speaking of this future de- ok Wi JO I velopment Mr. Ayres had said that [Pele say, Is thal if the use of col this trend would at first embrace jored CORRrele Nf Yb t measure all materials accurately,
only the houses costing under J ) y E ~~ [particularly where the work requires $10,000 but later on even the more |overal batches.
OUTDOOR OVENS GAIN IN FAVOR
Should Be Constructed to! Avoid Damage to Garden and Lawn.
Somewhere in the psychological make-up of man is the desire to build a fire. A few simple rules, easy to .follow, will insure a backyard picnic, fire| (and all, with no damage to garden |and lawn or danger to surrounding | | property. In the past several years it has| | become increasingly popular to con|struct a permanent fireplace in the | | backyard. However, they are not] necessary for a summer's fun of] {cooking .in the open air.
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Much of the pleasure and success | |of the experience of outside dining {will depend on the place and man- | | ner in which the fire is made. | The simplest kind of outdoor | | cooking fire is one built directly on | {the ground in a space cleared of a vegetation and inflammable matter.
Upright sticks with forked ends are erected at opposite sides of the fire to support a green or sappy crossstick from which pots can be hung. To this idea has been added a ring of stones. If suitable rock is| available, it may be set up as a curb or low wall. If a large rock is not available, a masonry curb of smaller stones or brick may be used.
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Standardization Foreseen
For Home Show of 1961
Week in
IT 1S HOME SHOW Indianapolis, 1961. In the arena of the new Manufacturers’ Building under fluorescent lamps are grouped three prefabricated houses, samples of models which may be ordered by number.
The opening of the Show today marks the 40th anniversary of
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Paving Is Suggested
If the fireplace is set in a grassy area it is advisable to pave with flat stones an area not less than] three feet from in front of the fire-| place. |
When placing the fireplace, avoid excessively windy spots. Overhanging tree branches should be avoided so that the heat will not scorch the foliage. Allot adequate space for the storage of fuel, place for the cook to work and an area to enjoy the food and fire after the meal is prepared.
A LACY PATTERN FOR THAT PARTY CAKE
To achieve an unusual and dainty effect with a party cake frost the] | sides of a round layer cake with [delicately tinted icing, and sprinkle | generously with cocoanut. Place a laree, lace paper doilie| over the top the cake. Sprinkle] generously wiua confectioners’ sugar, | then carefully remove the doilie. | You'll have a lovely lacey pattern | {of white on the delicate brown of
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the Indianapolis Home Show and brings to maturity a prediction of Leslie Ayres, local architect, whose houses have been displayed in Home Shows since 1933. It was during the 1941 Home Show, just 20 years ago today, that Mr. Ayres, while discussing
| “The 1941 Home,” the two-story
cinder block house he had on display at that time, predicted “sooner or later houses will be pre-fabricated and standardized.” This year’s Show illustrates how diction was. The houses, representing three price ranges, are of the type used almost exclusively in the United States today and are constructed t a fraction of the time and cost of comparable houses of the
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Urges Standardization
IN HIS DESCRIPTION OF future housing made just 20 years ago Mr. Ayres said “Some architects look with horror at any suggestion of standardized houses but sooner or later, and T hope sooner, we will achieve just that.” “The trend now (remember this was back in 1941 before the end of the Second World War and during the beginning of the housing boom) in smaller homes is toward standardization. The advantages of prefabrication and standardization are twofold. “First it will be much cheaper
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costly houses would be pre-fabri-cated and standardized. “Ordered,” he said, “by number so-and-so.” =
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"The Home of 1961"
SO PERHAPS it is more than a coincidence that the largest house on display at the Show this year “The Home of 1961” has been designed and built under the | supervision of Leslie Ayres. This model, No. I-A, Ameri- | House Corp. Indianapolis, will soon be produced in numbers and orders are being taken at the show. Many of the features of No. | with its wide use of plastics variety of washable pastels { termed “radical” by builders prospective buyers alike, The word “radical” is not un- | familiar to Mr. Ayres, who more than 25 years ago, introduced the square bathtub in Indianapolis, placed the living room in the rear { of the house and placed the garage in front | Even in those days his insist- | ence on planning the garden as | a part of the home was looked { upon as “a bit drastic.” It was even charged that he out-World-
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Chicago and that were “revolutionary.” While he is called an “off-the-cuff” because of his habit of planning some of his houses as they are
|using colored concrete in modern- |
Faired the Century of Progress at | the changes |
still sometimes | architect |
Many owners of older homes are! {izing their properties.
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and second, there will be much less waste, Waste is one of our biggest housing faults now.” There were many shortages in materials after the second World War and it was considered in the worst of taste to use any material unnecessarily. Instead of using an overabundance of material to gain individuality, standardization and simplicity has marked the homes built since 1920. In his description of the housing industry 20 years ago architect Ayres likened the coming | construction era to that of the ! automobile. |
being built, Home Show goers today are beginning to think that | even No. I-A’s glass screens and sliding walls perhaps will be accepted as readily as was the square bathtub and the garage-in-front innovation way back in |
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| your cake. He explained that a 1941 auto-
CO. mobile would cost about $10,000 | if custom made, but with mass | production and standardization the automobile could be purchased for about $1000. “It’s the old ‘flivver’ idea exactIv,” he said. “Some day houses
72 Degrees Is Best Home Heat
THERE HAS been considerable disagreement as to what temperature is generally thought best for a home. The effective temperature at which a maximum number of people feel comfortable is called the comfort, line. While at rest, 97 per cent of people have found to | be comfortable at 72 degrees F. | according to investigations con- | ducted by the American Society | | of Heating and Ventilating En- | gineers, the Public Health Serv- | ice, and the U, S. Bureau of Mines. Persons working at various rates | are most comfortable at effective temperatures below 72 degrees F., | it was declared in the report.
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INCLUDE RAW VEGETABLE Be sure and include a raw vege- | table in every school lunch—a golden vellow carrot or carrot sticks, jerisp celery, crunchy flowerets of} (cauliflower, a wedge of lettuce to be eaten in the fingers with salt, or a whole, raw potato.
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