The Evening critic., 1882-04-14
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-
spectfully presented.
BE ready always to give an answer to every man
that asketh you reason."

In accordance with, and in obedience to, the
above injunction. we propose to set before the
house olcner and the consumer Of paint good and
valid reasons with argument In support thereof,
why the Reddy-Ddde 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 as 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
dction, that the Ready made Colors made and
nomtcd,; meaning thereby that a house owner
can, by the use OF our paints in painting his
money than by any other mode of procedure:
and we submit that, all other things being equal,
that paints are more Durable than any and all
others ever offered for public favor and we can, il
written testimonials of five thousand responsible
and respectable men. Our colors fade less than do
things, colored pigments can be, and what is of
prime importance. IN fading they fade SO uni.
not fading at all, and we believe them to be, for
all surfaces exposed to external weather forces.
inherently the maximum OF all good properties
and qualities ana n the dra minimum Of all
and assertions here % presented may seem to one
exaggerated and not strictly in accordance With
sober TRUTH but when we shall have presented
fllness or exaggeration. We are older in this
The United States or elsewhere we believe. The he
paints herein particularly recommended have
Grafton, and tens of thousands of urban and Sub
urban and rural domicles pr esent themselves as
and the superiority Of our products. Country
houses, to The numbe,. of thousands. have been
to se entire Of her %
ers, and our paints are best appreciated and most
used and most severely tested. Therefore, we are
not asking the house owner to, try doubtful ex-
say as muchg In the business extensively of
manufacturing and preparing colors for the ready
Son is the Oldest in the United States and the
largest in the world, The senior partner and
practically, successfully and prospersusly in this
business for ALMOST half a century, and in view
what there Is in the business worth knowing he
posse possesses % AZ hsnoWiedge ot If the reader have any
| We refer him TO any and al OF our competitors
deprecaie or decry the products or or practices Of
any respectable maker of paints, but we do say,
| outcome is assured from the start. In putting
these color5 before the public we gladly avail
fishing and advertising them; but we cannot come
| down 10 the common practices of certain self
dead wall and outbnllding and rail- fence through
| out the rural districts with their cheap board
mo cure, no pay private medical consultation
| and liver pads. These quacks In the paint trade
bes of The business must resors 70 these more
than doubtful practices TO palm on upon the pub
| lie their worse than worthless trash. In theil
| own phrase, IL is ciedpg and they might add tho
| Ynaliiylng adjective nasty with @ good deal o
| pertnence. The purchaser of these paints should
| keep in mind the fact that somebody has to paA
| for the cord of signboards which is sent alonl
| with every twenty-dollar order for these fraud
| uleLt products
Theremarks foregoing commendatory of oul
| own colors, refer particularly to those of oul
paints which are presented 70 the public in til,
form Of colored white lead, called Railroad
| PAINTS, In paSte iOrm to sneak.
| with oil 10 proper consistency for application
| with a paint brush, but thick, like white lead
| requiring 10 be thinned with linseed oil or tur
| pentine, as the case may be. Now, we propose /,
| set forth the qualities and properties and merit
| OF our Liquid Colors ready thinned, which ar
| offered and recommended for the same purpose.
as are the unthinned paints but In more con
| yenlent form. These coloTs have not undergone
the test OF time TO the same degree have tn
| others, but they have been In common use 70
| some years and In all cases where the direction
| have been observed the result has been entirel,
| satisfactory. We say from our own experlenc
| seen any paint, after twelve months of exposur.
TO the sun and the storms, present so fresh al
| appearance-sO little evidence of exposure an,
| wear We commend these remarks In all SER
| BUSINESS TO the house owner about to paint, am
| ask a tIial of our products.
JOHN W. MASURY & SON.
For sale by
| JAMES H MCGILL.
| sole agent for the District of Columbia,
aplo ~ No. li2l New York avenue.