San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
Betty Broadway
Goes A-visiting
Betty Goes to H. E. Holl-
man Paint Company
and Finds Out What
Wonders Can Be Ac-
complished With a Lit
tie Can of Paint.

Betty Broadway mad never been
in paint shop in her life until
last week when she visited the
H. E. Holman Paint Company,
successors to Lurie & Holman
Company. But now she thinks
paint stores are the most fascinat-
ing, most brightly colored, spick
and span places in the world.
She spent a pleasant half-hour in
the shop Of the H. E. Holman
Paint Company with its shelves
which held rows and rows OF
brilliantly labeled tin cans, which
appeared to Betty as if they con-
tanned enough paint and varnish
to brighten up all the houses in
San Antonio.
H. E. Holman, manager of the
. company, told Betty that during
his many years of experience in
selling paint he found out that
paint not only makes homes and
buildings look more beautiful,
but it also protects them against
decay. Mr.. Holman stated that
if buildings are properly painted
at regular intervals they will last
almost indefinitely. Mr.. Holman
explained that if people would en-
gage a painter as soon as the
house shows signs of needing
renovating, they will not have to
hire both a carpenter and painter
later. According to Mr.. Holman
there is no better example of the
proverb, "a stitch in time saves
nine" and that people should no
more postpone necessary painting
than they would postpone calling
the doctor when member of the
family is i'll.
Well painted buildings are an
evidence of thrift and good judy
ment, declares Mr.. HOLMAN, be-
cause the price Of painting the
entire house when it first becomes
necessary, will not amount to
more than the cost of re-flooring
the porch, or repairing the siding
after neglect has resulted in de-
cav Of the wood. Mr.. Holman
explained to Betty that good paint
is made with pure linseed oils,
white lead, and zines of the
proper proportion, and that this
preserves the wood, and at the
same time puts it in a sanitary
condition.
Mr.. Holman declared that paint
makes everything look different, =,
and keeps the whole family in
good spirits. Mr.. Holman ad-
vised Betty to try painting and
renovating little things around
her house, and find out what
difference and what wonderful
improvements can be made in the
furniture and woodwork by the
judicious use of paint, Varnish,
and enamel.
The use of paints is one of
the oldest customs of civiliza-
ton. Indeed it began in the dim
ages before any written record
was made so that no one knows
just how long ago, mankind be-
gan manufacture and use of
paints But never in all history
has painting been reduced to the
scientific exactness of today. The
manufacturers of standard paints
have worked out the process to an
infinite degree taking into con-
sideration, weather, sun, heat and
cold and other problems. Hence
each locality has faint best
suited to its particular needs both
for outside and inside work. 1t
takes a much superior grade of
paint in the climatic conditions of
South Texas to the quality that
can be used in the northern states
and Canada, yet the paints used
up there must be compounded to
withstand intense cold and ac-
companying tests rather than heat
; and light such as they must with
stand here.
In colorings, too, scientific re-
search has again demonstrated the
best materials so that standard
prepared paint or a standard
grade of lead and zinc are GER
tain to give long service and to
be economical when used proper