The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-18

lhe Nuoicf OF Eut"ts
Fifty years ago we,l-paiuied house
was a rare sight; to-day an unpaiutcd
house IL rarer. II people knew the real
value of paint q house In need OF paint
would be "scarcer than hens teeth"
There was some excuse for our fore
fathers. Many of chem lived in houses
hardly worth preserving; they knew
nothing about paint except that II was
pretty: and to get house painted was
a serious and costly job. The differ
ence between their case aud ours is
that when they wanted paint II had to
be made for them: whereas when we
need paint we can 20 to the nearest
good store and buy 1t. in any color or
quality ready for use. We know, OF
ought to know by this time. that 10
let house stand unpaiuted is most
costly. while good coat of paint. ap-
piled in season, Is the best OF invest.
ments. IL we put of the brief visit OF
the painter we shall in due time have
the carpenter coming to pay us long
visit at our expense. Lumber Is con-
stantly getting scarcer. dearer and
poorer, while prepared paints are get
ting plentlcr, better and Less expensive.
II Is short-Slghted plan TO let the val
liable lumber Of our houses 90 to pieces
for the want of paint
For the man that needs paint there
are two forms from which TO choose:
one is the old form. still favored by GER
tain unprogressive painters who have
not yet caught mp with the tlmes-lead
and oil; the other is the ready-for-use
paint found In every up-to-datc store.
The FIRST must be mixed with oil,
driers, turpentne and cOors before II
is rea.y for use: the ether need only
be stirred up i'm the can and Il is
ready to 90 on. TO buy lead and oil.
colors. etc. and mix them into a paint
by hand is, in this twentieth century.
about the same as refusing TO ride in
trolley car because ones grandfather
had 10 walk or ride on horseback
when he wanted to 90 anywhere.
Prepared paints have been on the mar
ket less than fifty years. but they have
proved on the whole so inexpensive. so
convenient and so good that the con.
sumption to-day Is something over six.
ty million gallons q year and still grow.
Ing. Unless they had been In the main
satisfactory. Il stands to reason there
would have been no such steady
growth in their use.
Mixed paints are necessarily cheaper
than paint Of the hand-mixed kind. be-
cause they are made in a large way by
machinery from materials bought in
large quantities BY the manufacturer.
They nre necessarily better tbDn noints
MIXED nv bond becouse tbev arc moro
Nnalv Ground onJ ,roro tboro,,Siy
miyed and hecorsa thcre is losS cSence
Of tho INV rno+orioiS 4, ,hoD, boi,,,
adulterotod Vo rojntar bovvover cnre,
fnl ts rnov no co, o,.o, La s,,ra do.
the materials bo buve are NOT odrIter.
ated hnt tba Iarra 1nint rnonncontrrer
does Know in ovcrv cnSo bcca,,se
everv.bing ba buvs zoos +hrorcb tbe
cbenist's bonls before Lo occonTs e.
Of conree there ore noor ndjrts o,
the marker (Which orc renoraIiv cbaon
nainteI So thera is ,ioo, eo,;r 80
cIoth noor soon. hnt bacorso oe tbot
do we On hack 70 tbe bondeynjiI t5o
band.Ioom and the soan-tettIo of the
bacl,woods9 No v.o ,,sa orr coror1oo
sense in choosing Goods We Ana ont
tbn ranrtotion oS fho differon+ hroSGs
of aonr cloth ond soon. we toke ac.
count of ,ba st,rIiro 81 .bo dooinr +,,o.