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Any Tint. Any Effect You nay like peseta or dais walla. atencOed bor der* or all-over designs. Tiffany blende, marbled or ahaded effects. You can have any of then when yon paint your walla with Dutch Boy White-Lead and Dutch Boy Flattiaa-OQ. And you are not limited toatodt colore. You can eecure the exact tint to fit your noma and furalebind. and the combinatione that wilt reflect your pereonality aadtaate. Soft Finish--Wnahable Dutch Boy Flatting-Oil previdee a toft. velvety finiah and a depth ol time that five to your walla the aame richnem that Oriental non five to your Soon. But. unlike the ruga. the ceec of the fineet la no (renter This finiah can be wiahed Indefi nitely without Jniury _ Portfolio of Color Designs Personality and harmony are abowo in the portfolio at color anneatIona lor home decoratioo eridch we shall be giM to send you for ten cents Dutch Boy Products A trade mart la n manna |hm to the purchaser whereby he caa bur .again the thlag that pleaaed . him and-avoid the thing'that disappointed him. We piacr-ebe Oaten BaY on our prpdnrta with i confidence that tt 'xQLcnwe a haty-mark. not aa - avoid-mark.' LoOkfsr5 on artdtMead.red-lend. liaaeed oil, damaged.4>afehttt metaK aolder. etc. ..... ^ i*f> ^leyaiaaS tftB?- ^TEftrmriaea - i'.r T Law h Bans. OojYMiadaiphla - - - Bmmt LoanA On. Co. Httthatgh > -yi-trf 'z&izr* mi *> li I 0007-SWP-000008867 i ot a lilder." ShipJersey, le t ea, bim- re rtnm did trade more er of Govns of sed to war- msur>t red- most aches. i was imdeernaul a ship- ^ RED-LEADING by the use of steel wire brushes, scrapers and sandpaper. In cases By "BILLY" ROSS Kearny, N. J. where the rust is difficult to re move, -the chipping hammer is used before the red-lead is applied. Some plates are harder to dean off TO insure a first class job of than others. I find that if a coat of red-leading, the painter must paraffine is applied and allowed to use pure red-lead. And whenstIand for a time, it eats the rust say pure red-lead. I have in mind and makes it easier to dean off. Dutch Boy red-lead. The Federal The manner of applying red-lead Shipbuilding Company of Kearny, is similar to ordinary painting. New Jersey, where I am employed, The first boat built by the Fed used tons upon tons of Dutch Boy eral Company during the war was red-lead on ships built during the the "Liberty." It was launched war. Its covering capacity was June 9, 1918, and laid in tbe "wet satisfactory from every standpoint. basin" until October 3,-thai -Year. The old maxim, "cleanliness is next to godliness," applies well to red-leading. Every plate or piece of steel or iron must first be cleaned : *vr\"V-*<T V. ' A PAINT PLAYS BIO PART IN A'wort tr trtihal(fW - ' - Of tlx menu of red lead. WINNING WARv >> ' TN thia reproduasoa dt n-l JeS _________"_F_e_d_e__ra__l _S__h_ip_b_uilder." Whether applied to wood or net}. of the Federal Sh^> Fran the mm down to the kaat Bnt then, again, leu w forget bmlding Company of Kearny, New Jefaty, appear* a well-deserved tribute to the tad* leader from the pea- of "BiBj" Rom, hna- About tke man with braak aad pot self a painter. For kia Job n no u ij lot To scrape and brush and aerape Probably no product played a more no* portent part fat warning the war than did paint and it* alhed intereata, dtsd ho trade All tke nut from off tbe plates-- made greater sacrifices and met them more The Red Leader. cheerfully than did tbe Master Painter* of America. ' And then be appliea tbe firat coat Daring 1917 and 1918 the Federal Gov* Upon tke holla of oar boete Yon woald wonder .bow it coaid be eminent need over 20,000,000 gallons of pamt and varnish product*. Red-lead m large quantities was used to That anck * change ia made by he. protect Unde Stun'* merchant and war So don't Uagh and scoff, For be baa only began ships, which were built in numbers unsur passed in tbe history of the country Tbe red- leader, therefore, became one of the most To ahow yon what can be done mportant soldiers in the home trendies. With a pot o( red lead and a brush or two: Needless to say, Dutch Boy red-lead eras used extensively not only by die Federal You'd be surprised at what he can Shipbuilding Company, but by all tbe ship- Tbe Red Leader. /O . yards in the country.______ , - *fb* . A <?> ** 'fliin 1Z**l Lin- "fhe- fliln R(4 Lead Lins. WHI Aylogics ttnr> use f. say p Ar (FosOeJLs^ few N 0007-SWP-000008869 and Water dome whea tittle t i&antd the belt* It or woodwork ? *d mi Dutch Boy Dutch Boy Fltu face can be emaily rlemned with soap, ife or eoft cJoch-- ece--mry. without lioratioa. ettm^-Oii Ilare or |i<m tting-Oif a* meed, e white lead, this product produce* , reatlul, Aat-6w*h 4oy Um pure leadmi are able to ex* Mir own ideas of ei and harmony--' pplies the exact hen he mixes the CokrDtdftAi ad harooey are xrtfotio d color * weabaO be glad r ten ceata. hwd /hfwtWir BAD COMPANY Bafth Chleapo Dealing with the Question of Using Sizes What They Are --When to Use and Why Formulas for Painting Various Materials and Interior Work MOST interior walls are of as saltpeter. This substance some plaster. There is no means times works itself thru paint coat of securing uniformity of plasitnegr.s. In order to secure proper Some spots are more porous than results the painting of plaster others. These the painter within a reasonable time describes as "hot spots." after the plaster is fin In some places the fin ished, it is often neces ishing plaster is thinner sary to use what than in other places, as known as sizes. the rough stuff under neath is not always of Sizes in. General an even surface. In some Some painters will not cases the plaster or the use rises at all.'and other rough stuff may contain painters claim that they salts soluble in water are always necessary*. In which force their way to the opinion of National `lie surface and appear Lead Company's practi- VA. 0007-SWP-000008870 cal men, sizes tn some cases ate necessary but not always. In view oj[ the unwillingness of building mmers to allow plastered surfaces to mature properly, they are needesjiU more frequently than they other1-5 wisewould. In addition to porous places in plaster, which can be corrected by't; sizes, a plaster often shows fine, * hair-like cracks due simply to the shrinkage of the plaster as it dries CrafUmu't Clob ot Ddswure Comity. Dimri HB1. out. These "fire cracks," as they . p. Interior pointed with Dutch Bcjr jUteked and lioectd-oU by T. R. Humphrey. Fhilmdelpbia. are often called, show up after, Pa. Club equipped ter Jimrmth^locture^ dnaam painting because they absorb oil from the paint adjacent to the crack, leaving a fiat line. Gen erally a size is the only remedy unless several coats of paint are applied. There are three particular classes of sizes: Glue sizes, varnish sizes, and starch sizes. walls are known to be very porous, glue sizes may be used directly upon the plaster. When applied over the priming coat, the glue solution should be very thin and should be well brushed out. The purpose of the glue sizes is to stop the suction. If the priming coat Glue Sizes shows no porous spots or hair cracks, it is safe to apply addi Glue sizes are mostly used over priming coats of paint. The reason for this is to save the sizing if found to be unnecessary'. Sometimes, if tional coats without the use of the size. Good glue should be used, and it should be perfectly dean and well strained Varnish Sizes A good varnish size should dry to a hard film after flowing on glass. If the film does not harden so as to be slightly brittle in three days, it should not be used. Shellac is a good spirit varnish size but is rather expensive. Boiled linseed oil, thinned with turpentine, may be considered in the vamish-size class and gives very satisfactory results, especially if mixed with the right quantity of white lead. 4 FouOScc and Court Ho twisted with Dutch Boy. by the Fairfax Cootrac Ambrose B. .Standard. Taylor,aupreriaiac archil Slarch In some instai which are roixtui mineral matter < boiled with watei a plaster surface, some painters to results. Other Tr In a different d; cal methods of walls to get rid o to some extent f< the surface. Solu phate in water h. mended for this pu of aluminum and have also been us however, discolors makes it more diffi paint. This pract ing the free lime ii good one, but it resorted to unless involves additiona great deal of wor! also applies to th< el Hill, elphia. xnciDg rous, ectly plied glue and The stop coat hair addi{the used, dean ! dry g on . irden. three lellac ut is lseed may. i-size. rtory h the-' -j f i f i ;.f 5 , - - "if:51 ^ ; ] -r Post-Office and Court House. Elm'ra, N.Y. Interior painted with Dutch Boy white-lead and linaeed-oil by the Fairfax Contracts* Co.. Geneva* H. Y. Ambrose B. Standard, contractor; James Knox Taylor, supervising architect--both of Washington* D.C Starch Sizes In some instances, starch sizes, which are mixtures of starch and mineral matter of various kinds, boiled with water and applied to a plaster surface, are reported by some painters to have given good results. Other Treatments In a different class are the chemi cal methods of treating plaster walls to get rid of the alkali, and to some extent for the scaling of the surface. Solutions of zinc sul phate in water have been recom mended for this purpose. Sulphate of aluminum and sulphate of iron have also been used.. The latter, however, discolors the plaster, and makes it more difficult to hide with paint. This practice of neutraliz ing the free lime in the plaster is a good one, but it should not be resorted to unless necessary, as it involves additional expense and a great deal of work. - This remark also applies to the use of sizes. When to Apply Sizes Some walls require no sizes, but it is hard to tell whether sizes are necessary until the work has been commenced. Many painters apply the priming coat to plaster walls first, after which they are able to decide whether it is necessary to apply a size over it or not. On the other hand, zinc sulphate solutions, if used, must be applied to the un painted plaster. Usually varnish sizes are applied to the plaster, aitho some painters claim to use a varnish size over the priming coat. Starch sizes are applied directly to the plaster. y. ( Fabric Coverings * ib avoid the disfiguring of painted Walls, due to the cracking of plaster, the walls are sometimes covered with muslin or a specially prepared fabric of some kind, the edges being butted together after careful trimming. Fabrics, applied in much the same way as wall paper, can be painted when dry, M- -'I1/w1'!.. i!iL'Jfit:. Albert V. l&sieiaam reeUiare. MlhreiiVee Wk. Exterior .tainted wtth Doteh Bor yrMte-kd by Barcee Brother*. Mllwmiikee. Btleoio end perm roof KriUro pointed with Dotck Bor *d-kod '.iL ~ b1-. i.i L 0007-SWP-000008872 iiinated. led may ose that tey may to the desired, rod need A Boy ad,and by the blazing ran be over urfaces il conamish, if this 1 is exthe air amish ecome in the binner It is. mporDutch .. j rich in oil, and a large amount of colors is required, some of the oil should be drawn off before the colors are added to the paint. Drier is sometimes needed where colors rich in oil are used. Formulas The formulas that follow repre sent what we believe to be the best painting practice to meet average conditions. New Piaster Walls (Inside) Priming Coat.--too pounds (2.81 gal lons) Dutch Boy white-lead; 7gallons pure kettle-boiled linseed-oil; I gallon pure tur pentine. Or too pounds (2.81 gallons) Dutch Boy white-lead; 7 gallons pure raw linseed-oil; 1 gallon pure turpentine; 3 pints drier. These formulas make about 11 gallons of paint, and wilt cover about 6,500 square feet, one coat. In dealing with porous or "hot" walls, it is well to modify the'priming coat for mula by replacing some of the linseed-oil with varnish. When varnish or sizing coat has been used, no priming coat is required. If the priming coat does not properly fill and seal the wall surface, the body coat for mula should be altered by replacing tome of the flatting-oil with raw linseed-oil and adding enough drier to dry the linseed-oil. Body Coat.--100 pounds (2.81 gallons) Dutch Boy white-lead; 2 to 3 gallons Dutch Boy flatting-oil. This formula makes from 5 to 6 gallons of paint, and will cover from 3,600 to 4,500 square feet, one coat. Finishing Coat (Flat).--Same as " Body Coat" formula. Has same covering capacity. Finishing Coat (Eggshell Gloss).--too pounds (2.81 gallons) Dutch Boy white- lead; If gallon light enamel varnish; ijf to 2 gallons Dutch Boy flatting-oil. This formula makes from 5 to gallons of paint, and will cover from 3,600 to 44*00 square feet, one coat. Two-Coal Work Three-coat work is recommended for all interior painting. However, the painter is often called upon for a two-coat job. In such cases, use the priming and finish ing coats herein given, making the first coat a little darker than the second. Special Finishes for Wood (Inside) White (Flat or Eggshell Gloss).--For flat or eggshell gloss finish over a suitable undercoating on woodwork, use proper formula for finishing coat as given under "New Plaster Walk (Inside)." Ivory Finish.--For ivory finish, tint last coat with suitable colors to give desired shade. Flat Finishes for Brick (Outside} Milwaukee Finish.--For flat Milwaukee finish for outside brick, stucco, or stone over a suitable undercoating, the formula for "Finishing Coat (Fiat)," given under "New Piaster Walls (Inside)," makes a paint which is superior to a turpentine flat paint. The paint is improved by the addition of a suitable quantity of raw linseed-oil and the necessary drier. Brick-Red Finish.--For Sat brick-red finish for outside brick over a suitable undercoating, the color thinned with Dutch Boy flatting-oil makes a better paint than when thinned with turpentine. .. Dutch Boy <UlHnf-o{|. " should be found is every dealer's or painter's store or shop. ItSUssloactdt want in interior palatine Repai*H%i Plaster Walls (Inside) Before repainting, wall should be care fully cleaned and repaired. If the work is to be done over old paint having a high gloss, the surface should first be roughened with sandpaper. No priming coat is necessary in repainting. For body and finishing coats, use same formulas as for "New Plaster Walls (Inside)." m .VtAa*-: *: ? .* k 0007-SWP-000008873 *v'r ta`**f*` v*v*v-;C? . A*/, *J m- WILLIAM ORPEN & SON OMtMlo; z A Paint Store's Debt to the War By ALBERT B. TIBBETS IT was the morning after Sergeant old weather-beaten houses, same William Orpen, Jr., 328 Infan old stores--same old town. I try, A. E. F., had returned from a guess my ideas will work out here year's service overseas. He had all right." exchanged his uniform for "cits", Finding his father busy with a prepared to resume his place in customer when he reached the civilian life as junior member of the store. Bill continued his critical firm of William Orpen & Son, deal observations. What he had been ers in paint, wall paper and the like. thinking of the town he was soon "My, but you look fine!" ex convinced applied to the store, claimed his mother, as he emerged only to a greater degree. The from his bedroom and prepared to spacious show windows needed go to the store. "Army life certain washing badly. The merchandise ly did wonders for you, didn't it?" in the windows evidently had not "Yes, and I'm rarin' to go," re been changed for months. The plied the erstwhile sergeant (now, aisles were so cluttered with piles just plain Bill). "I've got some of white-lead kegs, racks holding ideas which army life taught me wall-paper samples and the like and which I hope to convince Dad that it was about as difficult to we should use in our business:" get through as a wire entangle With an affectionate farewell for ment before a German trench. his mother, Bill was off for business. Bill might have explored farther As he walked,Bill's thoughts turned with like results, but the approach to his surroundings. of his father put an end to his "Well, the old place hasn't observations. changed much," observed Bill to "Say, Dad," remarked Bill. "I himself. "Same old streets, same wonder--er, I--er, I'd like to have a 8 j 0007-SWP-000008874 ar ;es, same town. I out here ;y with a ;hed the s critical had been was soon he store, -ee. The needed rchandise - had not :hs. The with piles s holding the like ifficult to entanglei trench, d farther approach id to his I Bill, "I to have a talk with you--now, if you've got time?" "Why certainly, son," leading the way to an old desk at the rear of the store. "Sit down and tell me all about it." "Well, it's this way, Dad--I've been thinking a whole lot about this business. You know before I left about the only idea 1 had was to have a good time. I haven't the idea now that I know it all, but I can't help thinking that some of the things they taught us over there could be applied to this business with good results. "You know Dad, one of the big gest things in the army is system. Everything you do, whether it's brushing your teeth or bayoneting a Hun, must be done just so. If they hadn't had system, they'd never got anywhere, would they? Isn't the same thing true of busi ness? Of course, you can get along after a fashion, but I believe you will agree with me that a really successful business can't be built up without system. "In other words, think how much better we might do with this store if the stock were neatly ar ranged and neatly displayed and everything were easy to get at. And suppose we knew exactly what it costs us to do business. We could then price our merchandise at the lowest price possible and still show a profit, instead of guessing at costs and prices. Sometimes,'no doubt, we've been charging ,too much and other times too little. Isn't all this true,-Dad?" "Yes," admitted Mr. Orpen, after some moments of silence and thought, "perhaps you are right. 1 suppose I've suffered from what you might call small-town inertia. I've simply let things slide along in the old way without taking the trouble to change. With you back on the job, perhaps something can be done about it. Now then, go ahead." "Well, another thing the army taught me was that a force must be on the offensive to win. An army on the defensive may hold its own but it can't win territory. Dad, this business hasn't been aggressive enough. We've been on the defensive, holding our own, perhaps, but not getting ahead. I think we ought to go after busi ness more, instead of waiting for it to come to us. "We've been doing business sole ly on your personality. Because a lot of people in this town like you, they have continued to trade with you even though they can get bet ter service, have a larger selection from which to choose and shop in a cleaner, more inviting store by doing business with either of our competitors. It seems to me that if we fixed this place up, and it needn't cost much, and put in an up-to-date stock for whiab these is a demand and do a little.adver tising, we would not onlyiiold the trade we now have but before long would be getting a lot of business that is now going to our two friends down the street. What do you say, Dad?" - "It's a go, my boy; that's all I've got to say about it," declared 1i Painters' Wages Increased SECRETARY A. H. McGHAX and 80 have none. No return on of the International Associa this point was received from Wau tion of Master House Painters andsau, Wisconsin. Decorators has issued an interest The eight-hour work-day pre ing report on the wage scale and vails in 132 of the cities listed; other working conditions that pre the nine-hour day in nine cities; vailed in the painting industry in and the ten-hour day in two 143 cities of the United States and cities, Altoona, Pa., and Manning, Canada on May 1, 1919. la. In Milwaukee, Wise., and The average wages paid painters Winnipeg, Canada, both the eight- in the 143 cities listed is 64 to 663 hour day and the nine-hour day cents an hour, as compared to 54 prevail. to 57 cents in 1918--an average Of the cities which made returns increase of nearly 10 cents an hour. on the amount paid for overtime, The lowest wage is 43K cents an 101 pay time-and-a-half and 20 hour, paid in Parkersburg, West pay double time. Virginia; the highest is 90 cents, On May 1 painters were on strike paid in Salt Lake City, Utah, and in 11 of the 143 cities listed, name in Washington, D. C. The wage ly, Fall River, Lawrence and New scale in Tacoma, Wash., is 75 to ton, Mass.; Pittsburgh, Reading 90 cents an hour. and Scranton, Pa.; Toronto ana Of the 143 localities tabulated, Winnipeg, Canada; Atlanta, Gd.; 62 have an agreement with unions Jacksonville, Fla.; Syracuse, N. Y. View of Albina En*ine and Machine Work*. Portland. Ore. Built ten hip* for United State* Government line* Aufuat 1. r#r; five more on way* when war ended. About 3.000 men employed; pay-roll (300.000 monthly. Many ton* of Dutch Boy red-lead and Dutch Boy white-lead uwd AUehipaehmraoatheeepagm built for Federal Government. 0007-SWP-000008877 Fyy, at stake, as a basis for lead and boiled linseed-oil, mixed * ing the cost of inspection and on the basis of not less than twenty- .jeering service, these com- five pounds of dry red-lead to the sjg can seldom afford to take gallon of oil. No painting shall be insurance. done out of doors during wet or he Inspection Department has freezing weather. All steel work of the engineering details. before shipment must be thoroly i issued specifications for cleaned of mill scale, rust and tanks and towers to be grease, and then be given one coat gfor fire protection. These of the specified red-lead paint. Bcations were prepared only After the tank has been erected, it k';thoro investigation of the must first be caulked and made pi.subject, requiring struc- watertight, and then a second vidch are strong and reliable coat of red-lead applied. This evolving no is followed by tes which |te radiages in Dutch Boy Red-Lead and the Irishman a third coat of the same paint on the inside of ^ shop requip- ABOUT three years ago the A Summers Liner Company of Port Huron, Michigan, painted their steel building with Dutch Boy red- lead. When ashed recently as to whether or not the product was giving satisfaction, Mr. Summers replied: "I'm like the Irishman who fell oiit of a twenty-story building. When he passed the fifth story, he was heard to say 'I'm all rant so far.' And that goes for the Duutch Boy red-lead." the tank,and by a finishing coat of the desired color on the out side. The inside of the tank should be exam ined at leastonce in two years, and should tc repainted, pro vided the pair.t aes listed in the film is broken and the plates _Jlire Protection Appli- show indications of rust. Before nphiet, after obtaining repainting, all loose paint should j&betr product. It is be removed with scrapers and makers of ap- wire brushes, and the surface Ifus will follow not thoroly dried. ` jut the spirit of the These insurance companies have chosen red-lead on a dollars-and- j$e-of keeping the cents basis, after the closest study to -insure their of the subject. Their experience nidable operation will probably suggest like practice : supervision. to alert owners of steel structures }uire that the who are not averse to saving money [fie-pure red * as weUfis making it. 0007-SWP-0000088 79 Five Peace-Time Campaigns `gAVE the Surface," 'Clean Up--Paint Up," "Spruce Up," "Build Now," and "Own Your Own Home"--these are the slo gans of five peace-time campaigns which should be actively supported by' every live paint dealer and painter in the country. To get behind the two govern ment building programs, "Build Now" and "Own Your Own Home," is merely a good business principle. Any movement that will help to revive or increase building activi ties will benefit the painting trade. So'also will the "Spruce Up" cam paign, another government move ment, help the painting business. But especially should the "Save the Surface" and "Clean Up--Paint Up" campaigns receive the atten tion of the paint trade. They be long to the paint trade. They are fundamental and direct in their bearing on the permanent pros perity of the paint industry. When the public has been educated on the economic and artistic value of surface protection and beautifying, no building program or boom will be required to make painting bus iness brisk. The regular and fre quent renewal of the painted and varnished surfaces of old property will keep business good. Recognition of the importance of these campaigns to the trade should cause painters and dealers to give considerable thought to plans for making them successes. Probably the best method of pushing the campaigns in the average community is thru some land of a town improvement dub. The five campaigns could be made the dub's program or platform of activities. Committees could im port speakers for public meetings, arrange publiaty, and in other ways push their respective cam paigns. The Federal Government has an excellent plan for encourag ing private capital to build. This can be secured by writing the De partment of Labor at Washington, D. C. >6 0007-SWP-000008880 paigns idion and beautifying, program or boom will to make painting bus- The regular and freal of the painted and jrfaces of old property isiness good, on of the importance mpaigns to the trade painters and dealers nsiderable thought to aking them successes. the best method of ie campaigns in the mmunity is thru some own improvement club, mpaigns could be made program or platform of Committees could imers for public meetings, ublicity, and in other j their respective camhe Federal Government client plan for encourage capital to build. This :ured by writing the Deof Labor at Washington, "T- _ _ r- . The individttal effortSiOf dealers^ every 'psla{e^/and:',dsler 'Should ' and paJnters, , |jowever, should be make, a strenuous effort 'to wive, concentrated on the "Save the There are many suggestions that Surface" campaign. There are can be made, but each dealer and several reasons why precedence painter - is in the best position should be given to this campaign. possible to know what methods Several master painter associations should be employed to most effect are financially, interested, having ively localize the national cam contributed to the campaign pub paign. licity fund. By emphasizing the Newspaper advertisements, win economic value of preserving sur dow displays, circulars, personal faces with paint or varnish, the letters, and personal solicitation campaign is no doubt greatly are the recognized "follow-ups'* of assisting painters and dealers in any national advertising campaign. their efforts to combat "high price Th e Du t c h Bo t Pa in t e r and the talk," which is heard so frequently Educational Committee of the nowadays. "Save the Surface" campaign. While beautifying is a powerful Room 632, The Bourse, Philadel motive for coating surfaces and is phia, Pa., stand prepared to assist therefore not neglected by the cam painters and dealers in every way paign, preservation has been se possible in their efforts to localize lected for the keynote because it is and push the campaign. Advance so timely; it helps to convince the - copies of campaign advertisments consumer that regardless of high can be secured by writing Th e prices of materials and labor it is Du t c h Bo y Pa in t e r . The cam wiser economically to paint than paign follow-up booklet, thoroly not to paint. In other words, the illustrated and presenting in detail consumer is brought to the con the surface-saving idea, and any clusion by reading campaign ad other information about the cam vertisements that the deterioration paign that may be desired, can be of his unprotected property will had from the Educational Com represent a loss greater than the mittee. Posters for window dis increased cost of protecting the plays, master painters' booklets, surfaces with paint or varnish. consumers* booklets, and advertis This drive on the consumer is ing electrotypes can no doubt be costing the contributors $500,000, secured by writing manufacturers at the rate of $100,000 a year. of paint materials. The money is being carefully spent Dealers and painters are offered for advertisements in magazines of in this campaign an opportunity national circulations, follow up to increase their business material booklets and other campaign ne ly. Will they seize it by localiz cessities. ing the powerful appeal back of the How to cash in on this campaign "Save the Surface" campaign? of education is a problem that We believe they will. 0007-SWP-000008881 : V y. . >' . m i^John Upton, ANY man will do better and The white, bleached bristles cost more work with the right more and are not any better. tools. The painter is no exceptionNo brush should be rejected just to the rule. because it has some short bristles; Brushes are <the most important they are there for a purpose. It is tools used by the painter. Given the ends of the bristles which hold a poor brush and there will be a rite paint best and so if all the loss in quantity and quality of his bristles were of the same length work. A good brush will last the paint holding power of the enough longer than a poor one to brush would be materially reduced make up the difference in cost, as soon as the ends were worn off. besides resulting in better work. By buying brushes with bristles of Yet when we go to buy good varying lengths, the painter will brushes and find that the price have new ends coming into use has about doubled there is con until the brush is worn down short. siderable temptation to try the For outside work, perhaps the cheaper article. best brush is the round one, known The best way is to get the best as the "pound". There are some brushes posable and then take painters who do not like these and good care of them. Brushes bear prefer a flat brush. They should ing the name of some reliable maker not be over five inches in width and are the safest buy. those for trim should of course be Genuine bristles taper and are smaller. On inside work, a chiseled split at the ends. If a loose one is brush set in rubber should be satis pulled out and burned, it will curl factory. but not flame. Imitation bristles New brushes often have loose bum like cotton. hairs and dirt in them and should Horse-hair bristles do not taper, therefore be thoroly cleaned be have square ends and are lacking in fore using. spring. They form a brush that is Some painters "swell" a brush soft and flabby. before using it, but the only part <6 ' or of a brw the ham held wi spread, dropped New soaked i in paint, used the by conti of water not be bristles 1 wire or c of the I coiled sp the paint in the coi to be usee dean th< and was! iss'.r [ 0007-SWP-000008882 n. ristles cost stter. jected just rt bristles; >ose. It is which hold if all the me length >ar of the lly reduced e worn off. bristles of ainter will ; into use lown short, erhaps the Dne, known e are some these and hey should i width and f course be a chiseled lid be satis- have loose and: should leaned be- 1" a brush only part of a brush that should be treated is the handle. The brush should be held with the bristles up and spread, so that the water can be dropped on the handle. New bristles should not be soaked in water before being used in paint. After a brush has been used the bristles can be kept soft by continuous soaking in a bucket of water or oil. The brushes should not be allowed to rest on the bristles but should be hung on a wire or on hails driven in the sides of the keg. I often use a long coiled spring which reaches across the paint pail, placing the handles in the coils. Where brushes are not to be used for some time,it is best to clean them in benzine or kerosene and wash out with warm water. But with all our care we may have a brush dry up and get hard and then it becomes necessary to use heroic measures. A pocket knife is the first remedy. The short, hard, outside bristles should be trimmed off, unless the painter wishes to spend the time in soften ing them. Then turpentine or gasolene should be used. After soaking them for some time the bristles should be rubbed on a rough surface. If warmed, benzole will soften hard brushes; also ammonia water, benzine, hot linseed-oil, paint and varnish remover. The latter should not be used on good bristles as it will make them soft and flabby. To harden and stiffen the bris tles, turpentine should be used. pony, a pteasant surprise at a recent dinner of die Cleveland Paint, Oil and Varnish dub, which was given in his honor as President of the National Paint, Oil and Varnish Association. She was lifted to die table in front of Mr. Cnmish and sang "Come on Papa," tight "ad* die guest of honor. When Mr. Cornish showed his appreciation, she sang "Everything is Peaches Georgia." The litde singer is Gladys Briggs, the nine- ' _* iter ofMr. and Mrs. S. Briggs of Cleveland. The stunt was staged by H. L. Grand, Q Truazall and M. & Fisher, Af rtf Cleveland * 0007-SWP-000008883 . f'-'t X Sr.-t DUTCH BOY BOOK SAVED THIS DOUGHBOYS UFE lltllf. HIS Dutch Boy memorandum I book, JL stained battle-scarred, is a war trophy that is highly prized by Harry T. Mitchell, an advertising writer of Washington, D. C., because it saved him from suffering a ripped lung during the American drive on the Hindenburg Line. The grim tragedy of war, the glory of American bravery and a bit of humor, all woven into the following account of the incident by Mr. Mitchell, combine to make a tale that grips: ; "My uncle, William P. Scho field, a National Lead Company salesman of Philadelphia, gave me the Dutch Boy memorandum book several years ago. I still had it when I enlisted March 23, 1917, in the old Seventh Regiment of New York. I carried it with me when 1 went to France. "When I was wounded Septem ber 29, 1918, 1 was a Sergeant in Company L, 107th Infantry, were in the front wave of tack launched that me' Sunday morning against one'of \ most formidable strongholds of.1 Hindenburg Line, in the vicinityTM of Bony. "Our chaps seemed to go dc like grass under a lawn mower f the very outset. I had eighty men under me at the go-off.'jmi: this number had been cut .dc pitifully. The Boche was put__ over a devastating enfilade but the advance swept on as' if, heedless of everything but the goal, ahead. The 'lads knew what^i meant to straddle that last redoubt. "We had just finished taking 1 enemy's front line and were 1 ing toward his main support when I felt a smashing wallop the chest, just as though..] stepped in front of Ty Cobbj that worthy was driving ou" home-run. It was a Boche mac gun bullet, and the impact spuri| off my balance and into a shdl I 30 |kndthru?Tv ?dead. Anot. - the same sh ^ one ride of b ?,had struck I 'in going thn Jand bits of j ' even smoke. it* misfortune "I imagine :soon would looked as time drag tus showed sif Kwaxd, we bot aged each t 'then I disco that got me .one of my S-inches. You a relief this fellow who h . pectation of i ihage any mi ; "But it w fthe hospital, 'five aid statii ' the part play 0007-SWP-000008884 ntry. We of the atnemorable one of the olds of the te vicinity ) go down lower from 1 eighteen jjo-off, but cut down as putting Slade fire, : on as if at the goal v what It last Boche taking the 'eresweepippqft line wallop on Sough I'd f Cobb as ing out a ie machineictspimme a shell hole. ST* a,l thought I was plugged thru and thru. My chest felt numb and dead. Another chap toppled into the same shell hole with most of one side, of his face gone. A bullet had struck him in the cheek, and, in going thru, carried with it teeth and bits of jawbone. He couldn't even smoke a cigarette, which was a misfortune. "1 imagine we both thought we soon would be angels. I hadn't even looked at my wound. But as time dragged on and neither of us showed signs of winging heaven ward, we both got busy and band aged each other's hurts. It was then I discovered that the bullet that got me had followed across one of my ribs for about five inches. You may appreciate what a relief this discovery was to a fellow who had been in dismal ex pectation of an internal hemor rhage any moment. "But it wasn't until I reached the hospital, after passing thru five aid stations, that I discovered the part played by the Dutch Boy book. That was the next night. I had to go thru my pockets before they took away my clothes and pre pared me for an operation. I had carried the book in the upper right hand pocket of my tunic. "The book was ripped and tom and gore-soaked. Even the little pencil that was part of it showed a trace of having encountered Jerry's speeding token of Kultur. After a week in a hospital at Etaps, I was shipped toTommyAtkin's `blighty.' There I was slowly mended and strengthened for further grips with Jerry, but before I was well enough the Boche quit cold. I didn't get back to my outfit until the day before New Year's. "To give you an idea of the havoc Frit* wrought among us in that fracas of the Hindenburg line, my company went in with two officers and 140 men. Two days later it emerged with no officers and only 22 men." Mr.Mitchellisthe27-year-old son of Mr.and Mrs. GeorgeS. Mitchell, 310 Pennell Street, Chester, Pa. --S /*~\ TheDutchBoy on the RioGrande" Iswhat they all thi, HttJe painter in Del Rio.Tcxaa. His sane It John Aittagtoo.Faribault, tba three-yeair-otd atoo tf W. V. Faribault, i cf oar painter friends. He was ben an Galveatoo Island. October to. ion ' ik ~- 0007-SWP-000008885