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RETTER HOMES EDITION Painting the Radiators to Match Walls of Room (By Phyllis Fiela Cooper) €qquestion: We are planning on reâ€" decorating our entire home this spring and as we have radiators, we have been wondering whether we should hav» them finished with gilt or aluminum waint, or should they be painted to match the walls? . Answer: Where radiators are exposâ€" ed it is always preferable to paint them to match the walls The least eonspicious one can make them, the CHAS. PIERCE & SONS LTD. 16 Third Ave. Attention Carpenters‘ GYPROC OUR STOCK OF BUILDING HARDWARE AND CARPENTERS‘ TOOLS IS COMPLETE. MAKE THIS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL SUPPLIES. This attractive home is the residence Avenue, South Porcupine. We carry one of the largest stocks in the North. WINDOW SCREENS SCREEN DOORS Painters Supplies BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL TYPE FENCING _ GATES, r C ’:' ‘\‘“!J ‘ ‘= +.: M «s ~> WE/ a* 7 \i,g/\ w HARDWARE JOBBERS CEMENT better it is for one‘s decorative scheme. Are any of your radiators so located that they could be covered and built into a bookease:; window seat. or wardâ€" robe unit? This often proves a very excellent way of concealing unsightly radiators and adding to the decoration and convenience of rooms. Ornamentâ€" al covers of metal and enamelled to match walls or woodwork offer anâ€" other solution to your problem. More homes are needed in Timmins. The demand for homes is greater than the supply. of Mr. and Mrs. Shields, Bruce THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, T!IMMINS, ONTARIO Phone 16 NAILS ‘There is no doubt but that the public of today judges a house by its conâ€" veniences, points out the Canadian Inâ€" stitute of Plumbing and Heating, and many of the conveniences we enjoy toâ€" day were undreamed of even a decads For instance, an indication of the better plumbing conveniences available today is the fact that more innovations have been made in the bathtub in the last five years than in the previous five hundred, says the Institute. Other bathroom fixiures have likewise unâ€" dergone amazing transformations. A féew years ago, when a home was being built. the home builder told the architect just to "put in a bathroom." The result was the average oldâ€"type ibathroom still seen in thousands of Canadian homes, with its high tank closet, tub on legs, tiny wall hung lavaâ€" tory and conspicious hot water tank, drab in appearance, awkward in arâ€" rangement and difficult to keep clean. Gay ago Greater utility and more beauty in less space have now become the keyâ€" notes of the modern bathroom, says the Institute. The flatâ€"bottomed castâ€"iron enamellâ€" ed bathtubs of today are available with wide ledges or bathâ€"bars for toilet articles. They are streamlined for safety as well as beauty, have grabâ€" bars either on the tub or wall for emerging and entering, and are built wide to provide a good footing. Being of the "builtâ€"in" type, which will ft conveniently into the end or corner of a room, they eliminate all problems of keeping underâ€"surfaces clean and free from dust. Porcelain lavailories have graceful words:â€""And don‘t forge pedestal bases or slender chromium neighbour, Canada. She legs, are built with wide shelf backs beautiesâ€"and American â€" for convenience in placing toilet artiâ€" mean much there this sur cles, or with matching underâ€"cabinets on ronmna nnrmnmate t which provide ample space for storing Sometimes a new "dre soaps, brushes, medicines, linens, etc. home is as necessary as ; If it hasn‘t a showersit isn‘t a modâ€" . for the lady of the house. Bathroom Conveniences Set Standard For Home House Is As Old As Plumbing Says C.LP.H. ern bathroom, says the Institute. Modern showerheads are small in diaâ€" meter, but improved in design to preâ€" vent clogging. The overhead shower, however, like the tub on legs, is dofinâ€" ilely passed. They are now insialled in a side wall and can be placed conâ€" veniently over the bathtub or in a separate shower stall. In the hbathâ€" tub shower, a conveniently zlaced transfer valve in the spout diverts the flow of water either to the tub or shower. Shower stalls, which a few years ago had to be built on the johb, much the same as a clothes closet, are now obtainable prefabricated and casily installed. Furthermore, the presentâ€" day metal shower cabinet is enliroly leakproof, points out the Institute, due to that fact that it is a selfâ€"contained unit which is not affected by the shrinkage or settling of the building. Many owners of older type homes, as well as new hbome builders are benefiting by today‘s low plumbing prices to improve their proper:y by replacing oliâ€"fashioned inconvenicnees with attractive, modern, conveniont fixtures, points out the Institute. Advises Visit This Year to Good Neighbour Carada Atiractive new wall and floor maâ€" terials, and accessories such as tfowel bars, glass and soap holders and intorâ€" esting new lighting fixtures have also found a high place in the general deâ€" sign and colour harmony of the tathâ€" room. s The home magazine, "American Home‘"has twenty pages in the curâ€" rent issue on ‘"‘Family Vacations," pointing out places of interest and Mtâ€" traction in the United States And boldly displayed in large type are the words:â€""And don‘t forget our good neighbour, Canada. She, too, hag beautiesâ€"and American Gollars will mean much there this summer. Sometimes a new "dress" for the home is as necessary as a new dress ~THURSDAY, MAY 29TE, 1941