Show C f builders must guard against fire monaco menace in making awards in tile the na national ion tire fire waste competition among ame larl cities it was developed that the are average r decrease in tire ore losses in the more than cities participating exceeded 20 per cent finally it seems america Is gradually awakening to th the e fire me menace tiace which has increaser increased annually tine ane for the last quarter century last year being the first to show a substantial decrease de creasa from the record of its predecessor future home construction Is certain to give more consideration then than ever before to fire danger and depreciation the two go hand in hand as the chief menaces to home ownership and both are being opposed vigorously the one ona by the various agencies seeking to reduce fire losses the other by the men who dictate to whom money shall bo be lent for the building of homes in their respective fields both are influential and powerful the rhe firo protection agencies are urging more ore bra safe construction declaring rightly that the place to provide against fire Is at the draught trig board the bankers and building and loan associations me are scanning with increasing care the plans submitted for the homes chomoa upon which they are asked to ti mako make loans they too are insisting upon re caution against fire alre and are urging more permanent types of con st ruction some suggestions for fire prevention week business men who hold a meeting of 0 their employees during clr fire prevention week find draw up rules rulea to guide the organization to greater safety from tire will benefit themselves as well as tho the community this should be followed by the use ilse of self inspection blanks which the bittl national 0 nal board of fire underwriters will provide on request at regular intervals a competent employee should inspect Iii the premises and record all hazardous hazardous hazar doul conditions disclosed by bythe the self inspect tion blank these blanka should be filed and the conditions corrected business men can also be of assistance by hanging fire prevention posters in their offices putting st stickers ickerson on packages and letters and inserting nn appropriate message in their advertising good use con can be made of display windows in one town several down town stores contained exhibits showing ali the causes of the worst alrea that have bare occurred in ih the last ten en yeas years rutt rust ravages costar the fact that rust costs home owners eis 0 of this country some a year or about flye as much an 1114 their loss lose through aliv la Is causing more and more people to seek protection against this drain builders and abd owners who ovet overlook look the ravages rai ravage ages which rust will wreak upon corrodible metals eventually ond themselves under tinder a mortgage not anticipated wise build era and owners are va on guard against what has been called balled the fourth mortgage that rust will create the present cost of a house will be proportionate to its size alie its material the cost of labor and its excellence of detail the ultimate cost by far the more important of the two depends upon the wise nise choice of the materials used in what may be termed the vitals of the home in the roof sheet metal work plumbing and heat beat ing plant garden city of future some day no doubt the garden city of tile the future will v be born in sonic somo american subdivision the streets will be wide and clean but they will be mere highways for lic the tha dwellers will turn their backs backi to tile the thoroughfare ough fare and direct their attention lou to the lawns the gardens the playgrounds the tennis courts the bowling greens tile lie putting greens of the cen aral park toward which the houses will face ace the garage will bo be where it ought to be on the street instead of beh behind ind the house this will help solve the parking problem the children walh no longer play in the streets ts the matter with such a scheme think it over kansas cit times town forest foreit bit asset in europe town forests have existed for many years in some instances the forest yields have been a material help in reducing the town taxes tal says sas the american tree association cia tion many eastern states have special legislation regarding municipal forests these include massachusetts minnesota new new jersey ne new york fork ohio ahto pennsylvania anti and vermont with the larre large amount of cheap land adjacent t many of the northwest towns which Is not suited for agriculture tile tha tint ties for foe establishing town forests are exceptionally good the wert idea of town forests Is just beginning to receive attention omune among the people of the west hedge always alway attractive where there Is a formal terrace te adjacent to the house a hedge planted alos the edge of this terrace rn e will greatly great ly enhance the appear ilace of this terrace often I 1 in th the e ciao case of small houses a terr terrace with li hedge edg planting la Is all that la a needed to tie the house lecuse to the grounds |