The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1906-06-01
GEORGE DAVID POTTER.
SUMMER COMFORT.

just think, you can make an extra
room of your porch-the coolest, most
serviceable room in your house, too
at cost of from So to $40. The VudOr
porch shades make this possible; they
keep out the hot sup, but admit the
cool, refreshing breeze. They give alb
solute privacy, for no one can look
through them from the outside; yet
they are so constructed that from the
inside, you can see all that goes on
without! They can be instantly raised
or lowered, with very little effort. A
practically indestructible device Top
Grating on the principle of a theater
curtain) accompliShes this. They are
light, but exceedingly durable, being
constructed of thin strips of Linden
wood fibre, woven with the strongest
seine Irvine. Vudor shades are artistic
in the extreme; stained in soft colOrS
that rest the eye and harmonic with
any style of architecture. The colorS
are absolutely indelible and will neither
fade nor crock off. Over 1000 homes
in the United States alone are now
equipped with Vudor porch shades,
among them both the city and country
residences of some of our nations
wealthiest families. Yet Vudor shades,
while they add to the appearance of
not a luxury for the rich alone. Their
moderate price puts them within the
reach of everyone who can afford to
have porch at all. The cost is insig-
nificant in comparison with their util-
ity and the added comfort and pleasure
they afford. Think of the many pleas
ant hours you can spend on your porch
during the hot, sitting days in sum-
mer if it is equipped with these shades!
Famed by every cooling breeze, seeing
every pasSer-by-yet secure against
the burning rays of the summer sun
and the inquisitive gaze of neighbor
and stranger alike! Think of this in
wiling, secluded, cool retreat where a
man may smoke and rest in freedom
and comfort; or where a woman may
entertain her friends at luncheon or
sit with her sewing in restful negligee;
or where the children may play with
out fear or danger of the often-fatal
sunstroke! Picture these things to
yourself-cOmpare mentally the small
cost of Vudor shades with their beau
ty, durability and the pleasure they
yield-and then ask yourself, can you
afford to be without VudOr porch
shades this summer? A step in ad-
of the canvas porch curtain, and still
a greater one by the importation of
the bamboo porch screen. Both gave
some advantage over the wholly I'm.
protected porch. But the canvas drop
curtain, while it excluded the sun, also
shut out all the breeze and left the
porch even more unbearably hot than
before. The bamboo screen, while 1T
admitted the air, owing to the round
irregular strips of which it was made
and the thick cord used in binding the
!1fr ~, ole LOT frof 1on hof ut
Of the sun. Then, too, it afforded lit
tie privacy from the gaze of the paSser
by. Nor was it capable of taking ar
artistic or permanent coloring, because
of it's glossy surface. The G. Ii. BOOtf
& Bentley Co. sell the Vudor shade.
The delegates to the hatters' con
vention in Meriden from the finishing
room are G. E. Wildman, Albert Brad
shaw and Fred Sherwood.
Mrs Thomas Bray is passing couple
of weeks in New York.
Mr. and Mrs G. Talbot Of Greenwich
r are guests of Mr. Talbot's parents.
Mr. and Mrs A. w. Peelen passe'
Decoration day in Bridgeport.
James Donnelly, Jr., counted the tie
night, during the rain, being too lat
to catch the last trolley car up tn
, line.
e The homemade bakery goods at E
H. Marcy's 60 like hot cakes. Try 'em
+ Robertson's Shoe store has just ha
telephone put in. Their number i
1854.
, The carefully selected Sun Kee tea
please everybody. E. H. Marcy sci
them.
Commencing June 5, Robertson
d shoe store will close Tuesday, Wedne'
day and Thursday evenings during tt
summer months.