Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-17
fHolD Is Your
Porch Screened?
some Sheltered from the sun ara
Passersby Is Worth Considering
for Comfort and Privacy.

LOW is your yeranda sheltered.
II both from The weafher ana
from passersby2
II u isn't screened AZ all, yor a-s
losing half the pleasure you might
nave from II. Not screens for rans-
quitoes and flies. Those are usually
required or not. according 10 ne
locality IN which you live m mos.
quitoes abound, so do wire screens.
II mosquitoes are absent, then 40
usually are wire porch screens. for
the presence OF the ny can be con
troiied largely BY g-nifary mearures.
It's the screens that are fn-irdef
under the heading of ayffnes. barn.
Doc curtains. wood Fplint curfain-.
yines--aiI those methods az sivfn~
privacy and shade. from neighborr
ana SUM- as well as protection fsom
wind and rai1. that we mean.
These screens. moreovee. re-
decorative feature or the oufn.ae q
your house. They should aIwrya ~
considered in this light n you have
a green roof. for instance. and van'
green striped awnings. be sure 20 get
them in a green that harfnonizes with
the tiles or shingles of the roof IN
yon have a red brick house. don't
plant crimson rambler 70 shield
your south porch from the foo-ncar
neighbor's view. Choose your method
Of screening with an eye 10 the eTe~t
in the whole plan Of your house. an1
you will be calling into uso one ~
the most interesting pits or exterior
house furnishing
Just take. TO Drove this fact %
your OWE satisfaction. s~o photo
graphs Of house. before and af.er
r before and after aNninrE h.ys
been put on or planting les boon ar-
tabiished The house before l0o-s
care and desolate. often. and iu-f th.
addition OF the vines over the porch
or the awnings gives % a look %
nominees and welcome and comfort.
CoIored sail Cloth for Awnings.
You know one of the fads among
those who can afford to INDULGE n y
the use OF gay Venetian sail cloth
for awnings. II comes in an cs~e-
cially beautiful orange shade q color
that does not fade with sun ana rain,
and this is the kind most often uEed
In this country. Awnings or this
cloth stretched Hospitality out from
the veranda roof add character ana
charm
One thing TO remember IL this:
Awnings increase the apparent sizs
or your veranda. whereas ths
straight-han gings curtains decrease
It. The awnings. spreading out over
the lawn. seem 70 include a bit u
the outside world in your veranda.
Curtains shut it out. and shut you in.
II is, however. this point--that
curtains shut gou in-thaf MAKES
them 90 often chosen IA place %
awnings. They give more privacy.
So II you are near another house
or II your veranda Is toward a higi
road. y0u viii probably choose SONS
straight-hanging curtains OF so-as /
sort
These, Of course. keep out mere
air than do awnings. But II -
don't let them down 10 their %
length, and II you haag them a
couple Of inches below the ccbsaE
that Is under the veranda roof. yoa
will leave space for a current of Gsr
70 create adequate ventilation.
The Usefulness IL Vines.
Vines, Of course. when they als
used as screens may also have an
other use. For II they are Towering
vines. and if your garden is small.
they may be relied on for flowers for
the house. There are now some
lovely climbing roses. well worth
cultiYating Just for cut flowers. that
are also satisfactory because OF tas
screen OF branches that they prodrs~
Not long ago. too. the Department
OF Agriculture suggested that ~~
plant bean vines as a screen for or
porehes. At FIRST thought this seems
an odd suggestion. But why not try
il? We plant ornamental gour vines.
and gourds are no more dainty -
decorative, when you come 20 that.
than are squashes.
The objection 70 the plan q simply
one Of utilitarianism. We don't
really care 10 make our porch vinos
yield a crop Of vegetables. We Pre-
fer to have them purely ornamental