The Evening critic., 1882-04-15
ITO ALL CONSUMERS OF PAINTS.
TO THE HOUSE OWNER,
AND TO THOSE WHO ARE BY TRADE AND CALLING
CONSUMERS OF PAINTS,
The following plain and pertinent truths are re-
spectfnlly presented.
BE ready always TO give an answer to every MAI
that asketh you reason"

In accordance with, and in obedience to, the
above injunction. we propose to set before the
house olcI,or and the consumer Of paint good and
valid reasons, with argument i'm support thereof,
why the Reddy-mddo Paints manufactured by
John w. Masury & Son should in exterior house
painting be preferred before any and all other
material offered or presented for such purpose.
First, we hold up in terms brief and concise
as possible the facts in the case, and afterward
give the reasons for the hope that is within u.s."
We assert, without fear of reasonable contra
diction, that the Ready-made Colors made and
sold by are all things considered, the most eco
nonicdl; meaning thereby that o house owner
can, by the use of our paints in painting mis-
house. realize a better result for given sum of
money than by any other mode of procedure:
at o% se Ne 0eag eaq too
that our paints are more durable than any and all
we choose so to do, snbstantiate this claim by the
written testimonials of five thousand responsible
others; they are permanent as, in the nature of
things, coored pigments can be, and, what is of
Jo,nty that the result Is almost the equivalent of
NO n9t fading at all a1d i, we believe them to be- for
anS Ssats s1$ Ss S I'll
features possible IN colored paints. The claims
not acquainted With the merits of our sr proaaets % @
exaggerated and not strictly In accordance with
fear of being charged with a disposition of boast
the United States or elsewhere, we believe. The
nse r an
Grafton, and tens of thousands of urban and sub
attesting monuments Of the truth Of our claims ms
a.o and the superiority ,,p Of our products; Country
painted again and again IN AL these years years with
and our r. paints are best apprecaed and mos
highly commended where they have been most
not asking the house owner 10 try doubtful ex.
per periments m for our profit. Can the new claimants
manufacturing and preparing colors for the ready
use Of the painter the house of John w. Masury &
largest in The world The senior paTtner aa and md
present sole proprietor has been continuously,
| business for almost half century, and, In view
OF .ne5e lae1 II Is feaSions6s to suppose that
possesses knoWledge Of II the reader have any
| throughout the country. We do not propose To-
any respectable maker Of paints, but We do say,
| and with reason that in using our paints good
these coors before thepublic we gladly avail our,
selves Of al reputable ways and means of pub
| down TO the common practices Of certain self
dasd CALI d of paint who cover every
| out the rural dlstriets with their cheap board
no cure, no pay private medical Consultation
and liver pads. These quacks in the paint trade
| Ho recognition Dy tile Respectable mem
bers OF the business must resort 10 these more
Than doubtful practices 10 palm of upon the pub
lie Their worse than worthless trash. In their
own phrase, II is chcop, and they might add the
VuAiiiylng adjective nasty with a good deal OF
peflinence, The purchaser Of these paints should
keep IN mind the fact that somebody has to pay
iof the cord OF sign-boards which is sent along
with every tweniy-dollar order for these fraud
ulert products.
Theremarks foregoing, oommendatory OF our
own colors, reier particularly TO those of our
paints which are presented TO the public III the
form Of coored white lead, called Railroad
| nj ad
win oil 70 proper consistency for application
with paint brush, but thick, like white lead
| requiring 10 be thinned with linseed oil or tut.
| pehiihe hs the case may be. Now we propose Ia
: SCI iofth the qualities and properties and merits
| OF our Liquid Colors ready thlnned, which are
otered andTecOmmended for the same purposes
AS are the unlhinned paints, but In more con
| keniehl iorm These cOlOis have not undergone
| me test OF time 10 the same degree as have the
| othelh bul they have been In common use fOI
some years, ana In all cases where The directions
nave been observed the result has been entirely
satisfactory. We say from our own experience
| seen any paint, amer twelve months Of exposure
70 the sun and the storms, present so fresh al
| appeaIanoe-So lille evidence Of exposure anC
wear, We commend these remarks IN ali seri
| ousness 10 The house owner about TO paint, ant
| ask a trial Of our products
JOHN W. MASURY q son.
| JAMES II. McGIIL
| ~. sole agent Tor the District OF Columbia,
! apes NO. lazl New York avenue.