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Show Paint Is Protection for Metals in Home The home of today Is made up of so many intricate mechanical parts that, in nn abstract conception, of It, It resembles nothing so much us u very complicated machine. A house is no longer four walls, with a few doors and windows, but a collection of devices for simplifying and lightening light-ening the responsibilities of modern life. Time was, for Instance, when windows wx're windows when the ashes were lugged out the cellar door and when the garbage was deposited de-posited In u refuse can by the buck door, but Ingenuity has evolved many devices which simplify the entire business of living. Many modern homes, for Instance, have metal coal shulos leading Into the coal bin, or u metal receiver for gni huge set In the floor and emptied from the outside, or a little compartment compart-ment In the foundations, called u package receiver, Into which delivery men put bundles. These highly specialized devices need very little care. Iteing made of Iron or steel they are subject only to rust, which, for all lis power, can be offset by the slinpUl process of painting, and keeping painted, all (lie lit lie Iron or steel parts of the house. The andirons or grate In I he fireplace, fire-place, for Instance, should be painted, the heavy door of the ash pit, the sleel window frames even the meter box, which Is part of nearly every cellar equipment should he protected against rust. |