The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
THE PROPER WAY TO
SCREEN YOUR HOME

With the first warm days there is
a rush of insect immigrants attempt
ing to land within the home boup-
Diary. Flies. mosquitoes. moths, cock
chafers and others even more unde-
sirable swarm from alien chimes to
storm through the windows and thus
gain access to food and furnishings.
And the housekeeper must be her
own immigration commissioner and
refuse them admittance.
A we'll screened home is the best
! means of keeping out insect pests.
who carry on their legs the danger
! Gus germs of summer complaint,
| typhoid and even infantile paralysis.
Flies breed in filth and bring harm
| full bacteria onto every bit of food
! or surface that they touch. Flies in
/ the home are sign of careless
| housekeeping. They are positively
dangerous and not fly should be al
| lowed inside the house or rooms In
rooms where heat and odor are great
est as in kitchen and bath, the top
/ of the window should always be
! screened for greater ventilation.
Always purchase the best quality
! of metal screen CLOTH as nothing
I rusts so easily as cheap wire. Before
putting up screens, treat them to one
or two coats of either black or green
| special screen paint. This preserves
the wire and prevents it from rust
ing.
Copper screenings or that OF monad
| metal costs more, but is worth the
| added price where screens are used
! on a permanent home. Special wood
| panels to fit each window or porch is
real economy in the end over the use
of loose screen cloth tackled direct
onto window or porch supports.
| If last years screens are partially
/ rusted away it is really an easy mat
ter for the housewife herself to put
in new wire cloth. Measure the width
! of the door or window screen and
purchase screening by the yard in
nearly this exact width. You will
find that all bought screens are made
| by lacking two flat strips of wood on
/ each side of the screen cloth. Pry
up these strips with the claw of the
hammer, being careful not to break
them.
Do the work on the floor where
! there is plenty of room. Fit the new
-, screen cloth on the underframe. re-
/ place the top strip and put new small
nails in the old holes. 1t takes about
| two hours to make an entire new
screen door, for example, and is we'll
worth the trouble.
Every porch where little children
play or which opens on to the kitchen
or dining room should be screened. A
pantry window should always be en-
| tirely screened or have a small
screen at the top for very necessary
ventilation. There is simple and
inexpensive window ventilator or fan
/ which can be adjusted to such a
screen and which by the mere action
of the summer breeze will make a
current of air and thus remove heat
and surplus odor.
Many small rear porches can be
! made into healthful summer sleeping
quarters if protected against insects
| Purchase Ia -inch thin stripping by
the foot in quantity to make the
necessary supports on which to tack
| the screen cloth. Select very fine
mesh. Mount on the supports and put
in place. Slate or other porch screens
! of wood may be used for added pri-
vacy and shade.
Every home should be we'll pro-
| tected against insect undesirables
! during the summer months AIDE
quate screening should be considered
a necessary step to protect health and
i prevent annoyance from the many
winged visitors anxious to settle in
our homes.