Evening star., 1941-12-13
By DOROTHY DUCAS and
ELIZABETH GORDON.

Now YOU can make your own sign
for the lawn, marking your home
with your full name in rejecting
letters discernible in the light of au-
tomobile headlamps at considerable
distance. You can buy plain metal
frame for 10 cents and the letters
spelling your name at 10 cents each.
Such a sign would make an excellent
Christmas gift for child to give the
family, doing the letter-setting him
self.
The letters are made of plastic
material which has a rejecting sur
face, but produces no glare. This is
the same material which used to be
available only in numbers for use at
doorways 1t is white, smooth and
shiny, contrasting with the black OF
the frame. Each letter measures 2
inches high by IA to 2 inches across.
The letter-holding frame can be
nailed to the side of your house or
attached to a stake for placing on
the lawn.
The use of plastic has reduced the
cost of rejecting letters consider
ably. The standard frame holds six
or seven letters, but it can be ad-
justed to accommodate any number
by cutting with shears or by placing
two frames end to end.
Tests by the United States Testing
Laboratory. Inc, show that legibility
has, if anything, improved with the
use of this plastic material. Viewed
at a sharp angle of As degrees at
night, by light reflected from auto
mobile headlamps. the letters are
visible at rs feet, only 10 feet less
than their visibility by direct view
In the daytime they are legible,
viewed at 45-degree angle, at 125
feet and by direct view they can be
easily seen 130 feet away.
Electric Water Heater.
If heating domestic hot water has
been a household problem, an auto
matte water heater is a prize you
will cherish. Nothing is more re-
liable from the point of view Of
service, cleanliness and safety than
an electric water heater.
Such heater can be conveniently
installed in the kitchen, where it
looks as we'll in its white baked
enamel dress as the refrigerator or
the range, or it can go into the base
ment or in a closet. 1t should be
placed nearest the point Of most fire.
llyr tho Hitnl1nYo SiYDk
to reduce heat losses through piping
and to reduce the length of pipe re-
quired. Piping brings you into con-
tact with the bugaboo of shortage,
so this is an important point.
Such a heater. having no flame
and being equipped with delicate
controls and pressure valves, is safe,
and requires no flues to dispose of
products of combustion. The con-
trolled heat never allows water to go
above a certain temperature. assures
correct water temperature and pre-
serves the life of the metal in the
tank and pipes.
One of the largest makers of cleo
tric water heaters offers a line
ranging in size from 2-gallon
auxiliary tank, to be installed just
above or beside the sink, to ITO and
140-gallon sizes. If you live in
community which has an "off peak"
load rate, large storage tank is
advisable Then you can heat
enough water during the "off peak"
hours casually at night at much
lower rates, to take care of your
needs during the next day. Thor
oughly insulated tanks prevent heat
loss during the storage period.
Family sizes, beginning with the
30-gallon, start at about $50 to $85
for a 3O-gallon round model with
galvanized tank; the round no.
gallon with galvanized tank costs
about S166 to $176. All are COM
pletely automatic and except for the
very small auxiliary tank sizes can
be purchased with single or double
immersion units for rapid heating
of the water.