Show AND MATERIAL FOR HIP SHINGLE no necessity for fancy kinds as ordinary shingles last long enough and look better by A 0 STEIN minnesota there are many fancy hip shingles to be had some use tin or galvan iced iron cut to suitable length and width have y you ou ever tried using ordinary shingles cut to a level at the butt to conform with course line I 1 use the hip shingles four and one half inches wide on the root roof of a house if lower down tor for w window I 1 adow hood porch roof etc I 1 use the shingles narrower about two and a halt half to three inches wide after laying the double course a on both sides of the hip you lay shang shingles les b and e the dotted position of hip shingle lines above a indicate chalk lines which to make plain are not spaced right but too tar far apart you may shingle by straight edge I 1 never do the dots represent nail nalla which should be just tar far enough up on shingles to be covered by the next course the second course Is laid over c and b then d is laid on the sec see ond course e shows ordinary course cut to conform with hip shingles laid along the hip with the grain of wood nearly straight do not have the tendency to split like the three cornered pieces but rather help to hold down those underneath in trimming trimming off the three cornered pieces of the regular courses I 1 use a sharp chisel about one and one halt inches wide and to finish off I 1 use a smooth plane with handle having iron set quite coarse Is easier and quicker than paring all with a chisel getting the edges of shingles straight and a better fit As the hip shingles will be of the same quality as the rest of the root roof they ought to last as long and they certainly look right too MEASURING TOOL IS UNIQUE feature Is series of gauges of vary ing pivoted together in an encasing handle an unusual measuring tool has been designed by a new york man the feature Is a series of gauges of vary ing that are pivoted together in an encasing handle one part of the handle Is marked off into an ordinary rule and the other has perforations of varying diameters each gauge Is numbered according to its thickness and one tapers and has a graduated scale along its length k 9 ap 1 9 91 measuring tool As will be understood this tool is for ascertaining the depth of open ings such as slots and the like one or more of the gauges can be brought together until a thickness Is formed that will lust just fit the cavity to be measured the device folds up artif caal sponge it Is said that the germans have recently succeeded in making arti sponge which takes the place of the genuine ar icle in many respects pure cellulose and zinc chio chlo ride make a pasty mass which Is mixed with coarse rock salt A quantity of this Is then placed n a mold and then pierced with needles penetrating into the interior in all directions the salt is then removed by a prolonged washing and the result has the appearance and qualities of sponge absorbing wate in the same manner and drying when its In intel lor Is freed of the water it may also be used foi filtering pur poses excellent whitewash ten parts of slaked lime to one 0 I 1 hydraulic cement mixed with salt we ter makes a whitewash that will not amily wah or nib rub off A A |