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The Shirkmere, Wichita, Kansas, and some of the newspaper comment re garding its interiors, which were dec orated with Dutch Boy white-lead and Dutch Boy flatting oil. i . ... . aa Sixteen families on the waitiw list V V apartment house for Wichita, Kansas, he had one idea that he was determined to carry out. He was deter mined to give Wichita an apartment with every modem convenience, regardless of cost. He was taking a chance, for as he himself said, "A good many persons told me they were afraid I could not keep the apartment filled. I was not so sure myself. But I went ahead and built. Today the Shirkmere Apart ments are all filled and there are 16 families on the waiting list." Mr. Shirk spent over a million dollars on the Shirkmere and its decorations. He did not stop with the usual appointments of an apartment house, but included a spacious lounge, a solarium, ballrooms, and spacious roof gardens. An outstanding feature of the Shirkmere--and one that doubtless had a great deal to do with its success- 1S its charming inhArinr These "??: ,Vcd cciuiViua uf favuiaine comment in the local newspapers. Mr. smrk himself, who owns other apartment houses in Wichita, pronounced the deco rating of the Shirkmere as having "more than L*c terms o. uui cimnauL c u ik a my cApeciations. It is a 100% job." These effects are the work of Edward Spangenberger, a prominent decorator of Wichita, who used five tons of Dutch Boy white-lead mixed with Dutch Boy flatting oil in decorating the Shirkmere. Dutch Boy white-lead and flatting oil make an ideal paint for work of this kind, whether it be in an apart ment house such as the Shirkmere, or a commercial building or an office building. This paint gives a beauti ful flat finish which is not only extremely durable, but is perfectly washable. With such a finish repainting is not required so often because the interiors can be cleaned again and again with soap and water without destroying their beauty. If you want to plan a decorative treatment that will not only please your tenants, but will also be sensibly economical, write to our Department of Decoration. This dcparliuciil made a practical study of Duilding problems and places a wealth of experience at your command. There is no charge for this service. Just write our nearest branch. NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY New York. Ill Broadway; Boston, 131 State Street; Buffalo, 116 Oak Street; Chicago, 900 Weat 18th Street; Cincinnati, 6S9 Freeman Avenue; Cleveland, 830 Weat Superior Avenue; St. Louia, 733 Cbeitnut Street; San Francisco, 485 California Street: Pittsburgh, National Lead & Oil Co. of Pa., 316 Fourth Avenue; Philadelphia, John T. Lewis & Bros. Co., 437 Chestnut Street. This advertisement appears in the following publication: N 1628