Evening star., 1941-12-13
Godgets
Removing Leaves From
Cutters Will Suve
Home Owners Money
By HILSON MUNSEY.

II Is important for home owners
10 remove fallen leaves from house
cutters for they clog up downspouts
and back up rain water until it pene-
trates under the shingles and onto
the interior walls. The water will
cause the cutters to corrode If 1t is
left standing in them.
A special screening can be clamp
ed into place over the gutter which
will keep out the leaves IN the fall
and the squirrels and the birds il
the spring The screening is a form
OF expanded metal lath cut TO fit
over the gutter.
This screening will reduce the
damage to cutters in many ways.
In the winter it will reduce the
formation of icicles that appear
when the cutters overflow. These
icicles break down the cutters With
their weight and necessitate replace
ments-a costly operation. 1t will do
away with the damage to lawns and
flower beds caused by the overflow
OF water and the consequent erosion
Of the earth.
Device Is Money Saver.
Another money-saving feature is
that the cutters do not need clearing
periodically. When the leaves are
dry they will blow off the top Of the
screening.
The screening is made for all
types and sizes of cutters. OF course.
zinc mountings should not be used
on copper cutters or copper SCREEN
ing on zinc cutters. If that is done
an electrical reaction occurs due to
the presence Of acid in the air and
In the result is a badly cor:oded
gutter and the destruction of the
screening.
The screening is attached by special
clips to the outer edge of the gutter,
while on the other side goes an ar
rangement which offers perfect pro-
lection for the gutter, and the
screening Is so designed that each
small space in it has point at the
lower edge of each diamond shaped
opening that sheds the water di-
rectly into the trough while at the
same time the leaves are left on the
outside.
Signs Help Find Homes.
It Is difficult in many suburban
communities for the stranger max
ing an evening call on a friend to
find the house. The street lighting
often is inadequate and the un-
fortunate visitor has to call at the
nearest house to ask for directions.
To prevent this it is possible to
erect sign that will show up very
clearly when the headlights of
car are flashed on it and that can
be seen from a distance of 80 feet
when the sign is straight ahead or
IS feet when it is placed at As
degree angle to the road. The letters
are similar to the road signs that
warn the car driver of dangerous
turns ahead. They are nodded out
OF lucite, which Is weatherproof, and
they are backed by a metal plate
painted black.
The stand upon which the name is
mounted is made of cypress so that
1t will resist rot. and to make even
more certain that the woodwork
will stand up against the weather it
Is lmpregnated with creosote. The
letters are 2 inches high and Il.
inches wide. These signs cost 90
cents letter. with minimum of
10 letters. That price includes the
letters. panel and stake; in fact,
the whole sign complete, ready to
put in the ground and enable your
city visitors to find out where YOU
live with the minimum of trouble.
These signs are waterproof and
they should last for years. This
company also makes house numbers
OF the same type. These can be put
on the door. or on the riser of one
OF the steps Of the front porch.
where the motor headlight will find
them easily.
Note: For further information
about any Of the products de-
scribed above write Mr. Munsey.
IN care Of The Star, and inclose
q stamped. self-addressed enve-
lope.