Show SOME HINTS FOR BUILDERS gre great 0 t care should bo be taken in selection of tho the most substantial robbing material it if you acro without preparation or plan rudely placed in a wilderness your first thought would bo be at 0 food supply and your next ot of shelter for those are tile tho two most vital necessities of mankind it Is therefore natural that tile tho bost best thought and study are put upon these two essentials more forward stops steps havo have been taken in tho the building industry in tho the past fifteen years na as regards comfort service and architectural beauty than in tho the fifty beare previous loua only in recent years yeara has ban tho the handling oy of cement tn in building work been understood properly and progress is 15 still constantly being made with it modern hotels and ofelea buildings aro are being equipped with shoot sheet metal moul dIngs and steel Yoe voon ered doors doom no nearly arly every important change in building construction is away from the fir fire a hazard of wood ono of tho the most significant developments of recent years Is the crushed slate slata surfaced asphalt shingle which Is 8 on now new construction and old rapidly y supplanting the wooden article thero are many reamona for this tho the elata 0 surfaced a RM add 90 a uty to io any bullying build ingIn ld tact fact thora there to la really no comparison from on an architectural 8 standpoint tand point crushed slate of pleasing tints of rod red or groon green to Is employed as a surfacing the shingles aro are uniformly eight inches wide and aro are exposed tour four inches to tho weather won thor no paint ing la Is necessary as tho red or green crushed slate Is natural and cannot fado fade the purchaser however should guard himself against buying a slate surfaced shingle that oat ts Is not guaranteed by a reliable roll ablo and responsible manufacturer there aro are so BO many kinds binds of roofing and shingles on tho the market today each claiming to bo be tho the best that it t becomes necessary for the buyer to got get somo some satisfactory assurance that the roofing or are u b ri presented honestly |