Show How Paint Preserves Most people paint their homes homel for forthe forthe forthe the sake ot of good looks But houses housel should primarily be painted for tor the sake cake of prese preserving ln the tha wood which Is II very ery porous When the wood was still In the t tree state the pores were vere filled with sap and when cut the sap lap died out leaving the pores open If It the wood should be left In the unprotected acted state minus Its mark fungi and would begin to rot and destroy It It Bo So when painted the paint penetrates the pores porel and forma tomu when dry a tough elastic coating which Is III anchored to the Uie surface by bi countless counties little hooks that extend Into pores of ot the wood and this coating or film preserves presents tie the e wood by protecting It from th those se things which otherwise would quickly and surely destroy destroy de de- stroy troy It |