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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1924
Page
7
Advert describes brick homes as lasting, safe, and cost effective with lower insurance and upkeep. Notes higher resale value and overall best value, inviting readers in Greater Washington to build with brick through Your Home Should Be Built of Brick.
A feature urges built in furniture to economize floor space and reduce cleaning drudgery. It argues permanent, well designed built ins fit all homes, with emphasis on architectural harmony, durability, and cost efficiency.
A guide urges treating outdoor turf as a living room carpet. It covers questions on moisture, drainage, humus content, and soil texture. It details steps to improve sod by regrading, removing and re laying sections, adding decayed matter and fertilizer, and using clay to improve structure.
Landscape expert Sirus Border explains rear yard seclusion and privacy in compact lots. He recommends border hedges and vines to create visual screens while preserving lawn space for outdoor use. The article discusses yard proportions, proportional borders, and aligning features with the house plan for practical, attractive outdoor living.
Tips on staining and finishing woodwork to harmonize with architecture. Discusses wood types, colors beyond the common whites and grays, including grayish greens and violets, and how built in furniture should blend with walls. Emphasizes paints, stains, varnishes, and enamels as protection and ease of cleaning to extend wood life. Mention of The Wishledon Post Insurance Protection Plan Forte subscribers in today’s issue.
An appeal notes that a human life is lost every forty minutes in automobile accidents and that hundreds of thousands more die in various accidents, offering free protection and directing readers to page 4 for details.
A Shoreham hotel chef presents a home friendly lobster recipe from behind the scenes kitchen. The method uses live lobsters court bouillon, peppers, mushrooms and sherry, finishing with a cream sauce, buttered crumbs and Parmesan baked to a hot brown.
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