The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

fore be coated with light tinted paints or
enamels.'
The Bureau also maintains "A number
OF paint test fences in various parts of
the country where the behavior OF various
types of paint for different purposes l.
under constant observation.
h conclusion OF the Bureau as to the
superiority of paints containing several
rather than one pigment il corrOborated
by the American Society for Testing Ma
terialS. which in its report on the wed
of paints tested on its " fence al
Arlington, Virginia, states that
None of the paints composed of a
single primary pigment Is equal 10 the
paints made mp with composite pigments
except Zinc-lead white, which is actually
"A composite pigment.
"In the binary and tarnary 1.-TWO and
threel series the groups containing zinc
oxide show less cracking and checking
and a whittier and cleaner surface than
those groups in which It l. absent.
The present conditions also seem 10
warrant the statement that the quatcr-
nary -four pigmentI series is in the best
condition Of any Of the panels included IN
the test"
Present Day Paints the Best.
II may Ice confidently stated that the
Dtlltt ~ dItN "a ltblSf IHiliil~ are i"lt'l
to-day than ever before a. "A result Of tic
serious study that has been devoted IL
the subject by technical men IN reccnt
years.
Among the conclusions of the fducG-
tional Bureau noted above, that regard
ing the sanitary value Of paint j. impOr-
tant. 1t has been found that paint IL
driving gives Off. among other Things
formaldehyde, and thar germs canuot
live in tn" presence of pant vaporS
Consequently one of the best posslhl,
ways To disinfect Il roo or Il house * t'
paint the walls.
Fortunately fat wall RANTS were in
troduce | just before this discovery wa
made; and the consumer II given
highly satisfactory material with whicI
TO decorate and di-infcct at tn" sam
time.
This same fiat wall paint is another q
the romances of the iudustr IL dc
ponds for its flatnesS upon two ingre
dents China wood al and hthopone
which together produce cheaply AM
easily a fiat dryin solid RANT, which ca
be wtshed. Lithoponc. a compound q
zinc. barium and sulphur, was intro
duced to the trade less than twenty year
ago, nd China wood oil at about ia
same time.
The consumption of both has grow
enormously and the fiat finishes produce
from them have ma ic seriolS inroad
into the wallpaper business.
Periodically during the past three year
there has swept over heGountry, III cor
stantlv growing intensity, Il wave of ct
thusiasm for cleanliness and SAINT tiui
so that the annual Cleanup We"k" hid
fair 10 become a national in-titN'ioi
The inevitable accompaniment and -
Olcl TO n s~cloan-uD" CAMPAIGN IL
1paint-u1" carnival. The results q
cleansing and disinfection are made Ni'
ible and permanent hv putting on n Goa
ing Of beluty or protection where the
ar n eded.
Paint Also u Disi 'cct'n,.
Paint, of itself, rs has been shown, l.
o slight degree a disinfcctant, III
Assistant Director of the Institute of II
dustrial Research, at Washington, u.
Henry A. Gardner, clearly demonstrate
this some time since by prcpari - ~
cultures of. typhoid bacillus IN gelatin
One he placed Cvernight in M unpalnto
room an I the other in o that la
cen freshly painted, The next morniI
the cultur from the ainted oom VI
dead. while that from the unpaiutcd roo
had grown throughout the mass OF gel
tine.
!, Nothing is 30 clean "a fresh paint al
nothing looks so clean. Furthermor
, the paintin Ia its of a proparty own
are taken by the banks and financial /
! situations AZ a fair index of personal cha
acter and general habits. Some of I.
leading agricultural papers have he
making inquiries on this subject, vi
the unexpected result that the banke
: state that they are always willing to le