The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1936, Page 7

8. iamneRn | STUDYING WHAT'S BEST IN FIXTURES Trend in Modern Home Con- struction ls Toward Indi- rect Illumination Architectural Artificial lighting has undergone, and is still undergoing, a radical change. The tendency has been first from wall and ceiling fixture to lamps! and now, with the influence of mod- ern design, indirect lighting is com- ing into greater prominence. It is difficult.to say what the. ult- mate solution will be. All have their uses and it is probable that a com-| ~ bination of the three will be the idea: ent. In the purely utilitarian tooms, such as the kitchen, laundry, utility room, etc. ceiling lights for general illumination will stay. In special places, like over the kitchen sink, possibly some indirect, or semi- indirect lighting may ultimately be- come standard, but where work is to THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. M Areas in U. S. Lillian, Gillette, Justine Bohmer, Alice | Hamery, Winifred W. Hall, Margaret M. Hall, Abigail Welliyer, Florence Taix, Frances Bergland, Adeline My- ers, Jeanette Davis, Kathryn Sever- son, Marion Porter, Josephine Ed- mundson, Jane Dixon, Ethel Fisher, Elizabeth Balzer, Vera Neideffer. Lil- lian Hanson, Hilda Nelson, Helen tor; Nell Byrne, traffic supervisor, and Opal Elness, in charge of special operators. Shields Is Busy Man Louis G. Shields, the debonair rep- resentative of the advertising agency who sets up the telephone arrange- ments for handling the votes on the Program, thinks he has been Ameri- ca’s most traveled man the past year. Shields goes from one honored city to another as fast as transport agen- cies can carry him. From Bismarck he hopped clear across the nation to Mobile, Ala. Church Delayed Welford Gov. Walter Welford was one of the late arrivals at the telephone office Sunday night. Told he had missed the program entirely and the operators at their busiest, the governor replied: “I couldn’t let pleasure interfere with my church duties.” Waldo Is Heftier Housing Hints | Tips on How and What | | to Improve | sole cia Daal a at la The use of coal for the home kitchen range was thought to be more, i Showalter; Anna Erbe, chief opera- {0% less passe, but @ model has been/inen spaces between. The surface of developed that offers remarkable per- | formances both as to its cooking} qualities and economy of operation. It offers & hot surface of over 700 de-| grees F. at all times as well as a sim- mering plate to keep things warm Tt is highly insulated and gives off little heat to the room, so that even Pad it can be used with com- If you do any outside painting, be sure you wait for a dry spell. Paint Put on damp wood will not hold. [t is worse than a waste of good ma- terial to paint on such a surface. Not only will a good deal of the pain: Deel, but to repaint and make a good fob of it the paint that has not peeled should be burned off. Other- wise the edges of the peeled places will show. The watertightness of a brick wall depends on the type of brick used, the mixture of the mortar, and the work- manship. The last item ts by far the most important. Good bricks and good ONDAY, APRIL 6, 1936 : |lumber, 4 inches wide by 1% inches | substantial increase. These figures in- thick with rectangular cells in multi-|dicate that 283 buildings have been ples of 6 inches, thus blocks 6 by 6. /figured on during December and 6 by 12, 6 by 18, 12 by 12, and 12 by | January this year, involving 775,000 18 can be cast of concrete, and the whereas @& top surface trowelled smoth. These! blocks are then placed in the lawn | either as individual stepping stones! or put together in a pattern with 2- the stones shouid be slightly below the | Surface of the ground so that a lawn mower may pass over them without hitting. If variety of color is desired, | @ little lamp black can be added or different colored sands used in the individual blocks, TIMES CHANGE Building anid loan associations re- corded 84,000 new accouhts in Janu- ary, 1986, compared with 50,000 during January, 1935, according to L. W. Pel- lett, president of the United States Building & Loan League.. Mr. Pellett describes this as one of the more forceful indications that times have definitely changed for the better. = | | LOTS OF LIMESTONE | Car loadings from the limestone district of Indiana show an increase of 51 per cent for the months of De- cember and Jariuary, over the similar period a@ year ago, according to the Indiana Building Stone association of that state. Plans for buildings involving the use of Indiana limestone also show a be done a strong direct light will be wanted. In the living room, library, and other rooms of general social uses a combination of lamps and indirect lighting will be used. Some general fl- Jumination will be needed and the softness of indirect light will best serve this purpose. For reading and for. Nua Hatd home use lamps are preferable. The dining room will also be lighted indirectly for general. illumination, but the use of candles on the ‘table will doubtless continue as nothing is so flattering as their soft light. Bed rooms, too, may go to indirect light- ing for general tlluminating purposes. with strong direct light—either in the form .of.a ceiling fixture or a lamp—at the dressng table,.or.a single bulb rosette center ceiling light for general purposes. Multiplicity of ‘wall receptacles for attaching lamps and other devices 1s @ certainty. The downward tendency of electric rates, which is likely to continue for some time, and the re- duction in the cost of equipment that its increasing use will bring about, will tend to multiply the number of lights used in the average home. Pt ERNE SRS ROTA. owen Q—I am greatly disturbed over my kitchen floors. I just can’t keep them clean. How can I best finish them to make’ them easy to care for? A—If the floor is of wood, get some of the best spar varnish, and after cleaning the floor thoroughly, and let- ting it dry completely, put on two coats of the varnish. Three coats would be better, but two will do. The alterna- tive is to cover it with lnoleum. Q—Our chimney stands up alone for about 12 feet; is there any way to brace it? A—Yes; anchor it with an iron tie tod, fastening one end to the chimney and the other to the rafters of the roof. If not possible to pierce the chimney, you can put an iron band around the chimney to which the rod may be attached. Q-—J read somewhere that it. is dangerous to keep oil rags and mops in a closet; where is it safe to keep them? A—Put cord loops on the ends of the mops and brooms and hang them on hooks in @ utility room or back hall, or on the rear porch. If you cut holes near the top of the door or cut off a half inch from the top and bottom of the door fo allow for ventilation, they may be safely kept in a closet. Q—During the spring thaw the wa- ter fills up the areas around our cel- lar windows and comes in over the sills. What remedy would you sug- gest? A—The water probably comes up through the bottom of the area. Put & concrete floor in the areas, about 8 inches below the. sill. Waterproof the entire area, sides and bottom. Of course, you will‘have to bail them out on occasions. Q-—Is there anything I can do to stop the cold-water pipes in the cellar dripping all over the floor? A—This is caused by condensation, 80 if you have the pipes covered with insulation covering it will stop the dripping. GOING UP Consumer spending yin retail and wholesale markets continued at the best rate in five years last week, ac- cording to the Dun é& Bradstreet Weekly Business Review. The sum- mary explained that the volume ex- panded in spite of floods and rain- storms, though in ail districts weath- er conditions tended to curtail retail distribution. Women’s and men’s ap- parel, house furnishings, electric vefrigerators, radios, hardware, paints, ete. continued substantially to boost total sales, the Review states. A gain| of up to 20 per cent in total sales was noted. SESS Master Loaf and Energee Bread, 12c per loaf at all grocers. R. C. FORSYTHE “The One-Trip Plamber” Plumbing—Heating—Gas-Fitting Estimates furnished work PLUMBING Expert Care For Refinishing Floors If wood floors have lost their finish and have become stained and soiled, then washed off. Unless care is used, it may burn the hands, ~ If after it is cleaned the surface reasonably smooth, the finish may put on. If there are ridges or places, they should be scraped down. Various finishes may be looking room and gives it more depth. | tion. Bt aunsrions1/C ONTINUE D | angers __| [4935 Votes Cast For Bismarck’s Amateur heart and the warmth of her feeling toward the rest of the world. His description of Chester getting into the horn and lifting it up as he prepared to play was both friendly and amusing. There was much friend- ly laughing audible on the radio as the huge instrument hove into view ot the New York audience and Ches- ter was given a rousing ovation as he completed his number. "$k Operators on Job Twenty-four experienced operators were on duty at the Northwestern ‘Bell Telephone company switchboard here.as the familiar “Good evening, friends,” blared forth from radios, For two days the complete staff of the Bismarck office had done prac- tically nothing but prepare for the tremendous traffic certain to come. Every man and woman on the local force, supplemented by four officials from the Fargo plant, were on the alert. Under the direction of Clarence Gunness,. plant superintendent, two engineers had worked practically al! Saturday night removing 3,800 lamps from the boards in order to ease the power load and to prevent as much confusion as possible when the boards would begin to flash as practically every phone subscriber in the city called to vote. At 7:10 p. m. the work began. Hardly had the last deep note of Johnson's sousaphone died away when red, yellew and green lights .began flashing on 16 boards. The -fingers of 13 operators began flying. Plugs were grabbed from the base of the beard and flipped into sockets on the face or vice versa. . Practically All For One Almost 100 per cent of the caile were for one number—8000, One thousand was the big room be- There, in three rigged up which were little white cloth flags. When the flag waved, the receiver knew a tall was coming. ‘ Assisting a wire that was continuously open. No Emergencies There was no confusion, no sud- den emergencies to be met. If there had been, the the complete wirin: system of the plant. Trouble could be located in a minute by @ comparison of meters. Where in other cities the sudden perience and preperation here obvi- =jated the necessity of making any re- pairs. For a few brief minutes Gunness imagined there was trouble on one of Frank H. Waldo, out of his home after a seven-weeks illness, made his first public appearance looking hale, hearty and heftier. The Bismarck manager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company acquired weight during his enforced stay at home. It’s a Small World Bert Dunn was given the job of handling the Bismarck end of the di- rect wire to the NBC studios in New York over which the Bismarck vote was conveyed. ;, Bert, a former radio operator aboard Pacific liners, found that the as- sistant to the message-receiver at the other end of the loop was an old friend of his, an acquaintance formed through technical journals of the radio field. Needed If the flooring is edge grained, the stain can be combined with a-filler. After the filler, wax may.be applied direct. It will take about three coats, as the wood will absorb some of it, but once brought to a glossy finish, it is easy to maintain as new wax can be applied at any time when needed. Shellac may be applied over the filler and then waxed, or floor varnish can be used if the floor is to have parti- cularly hard use. Floors may be refinished in this manner when modernizing your home | amateur. under the Modernization Credit Plan] Vote tabulators were puzzled Sun- of the Federal Housing Administra-|day night when a vote came in for “Red” Thorberg. “Who is Red Thorberg?” inquired the counters. Finally someone iden- jcentrated peak during the space of | tified him. one hour and 40 minutes. Informed that he had received one During the voting period, the oper-} vote for keeping the telephone equip- ; ators were able to complete 6,270 local | ment in A-1 order, Red said: jealls, 4,934 of which were for 8000./ “What! Only one vote! Not bad, {More than 300 calls were received from{though. That’s one more vote than Mandan and long distance calls sur-jany of the rest of youse guys got.” Passed 100. —_— All calls received were impossible} SEEK BENT FOR HOME SHOW to count. Small meters had been! Valley City, N. Dak.—So great is placed in front of each operator. As|the interest in National Home Shows & call came in, the operator was sup-|being held throughout the country, Posed to record each call, an impos-jthat even though there is no audi- sibility if the speediest service was to|torium or municipal building avail- be rendered to impatient subscribers.|able in the city for housing such a ‘Waldo estimated that at least 10 per| display, plans are under way for a cent of the calls were not recorded.| building show here. Interested per- In other words it is believed that at|Sons are trying to find a tent large least 7,200 calls were placed. enough to house the exposition. Speaking well for the patience Of | _eeeeneeeeeeeeneeenneeeee the voters was the fact that only two i complaints were made. 422 Calls an Hour The operators handled an average of 422 calls per hour, three times the | normal volume. On hand to lend assistance in case of an emergency were W. R. Thomas, commercial engineer; Warren Dun- ham, district traffic superintendent; |= L. E. Keith, plant supervisor, and L, E. Kremers, traffic superintendent, all of Fargo. In addition, Sam Waters of Kan- sas City, representative of the sales department, listened in on the whole! program in order to see that the 40 vote takers received the proper spell- ing and pronunciation of each enter- tainer. More than 150 guests watched the exchange operations during the hour {including members of the city com- missions of Bismarck and Mandan, state officials and other citizens, Operators were Madge Register, Red Gets One Vote R. V. (Red) Thorberg, testboard chief at the Bismarck telephohe of- fice, knows what it means to be an Phone 1326 for Ashmore and Ellingson For estimates on painting, pa- pering and decorating. Best ma- terials used. Work guaranteed. When You Are Buying Washable Wallpaper Be Sure It's WASHABLE We Handle Imperial Proven Washable Wallpapers in a va- riety of modern patterns and colors. Vantine Paint & Glass Co. 313 Main Bismarck Phone 544 For thirty years this organization has been assisting Bismarck people to.acquire their own homes. If you ave plannitig on buying, building or modernizing, talk it over with-us. We are offering a new low interest rate plan in which you will be in- terested. mortar will fail miserably unless cubic feet of limestone, year ago 227 buildings, involving 375,- 000 cubic feet, were *planned. Gladiolus Show Set - For August in Mandan The Missouri Slope Gladiolus so- ciety will conduct its annual show here Aug. 21 and 22, it was decided at a meeting Saturday. Re-elected were Charles Pruefert, president; John Bowers, vice president, and J. C. Gould, secretary, RELIEF THEFTS PROBED Minneapolis, April 6.—(4)—Joseph A! Hadley, assistant city attorney, said Monday more arrests were ex- pected in the widening probe of relief | j Order embezzlements at the south side} hese of the public relief department. | Chinese laborers in the fourteenth century used sauerkraut to combat beriberi, a disease caused by an ex- cessive rice diet, Master Loaf and Energee Bread, 12c per loaf at all grocers. ° OO i Today’s Recipe | —_— OO Deviled Creamed Eggs Three tablespoons butter, 3 table- spoons flour, 1% cups milk, % tea- spoon salt, % teaspoon paprika, one tablespoon chopped green peppers, % teaspoon finely chopped onions, three hard-cooked eggs, diced. i Melt butter, add flour and when blended, add milk and cook until creamy sauce forms. Stir constantly. add rest of ingredients and cook two minutes. Serve poured over hot hrt= tered toast bars, An “airscape” is a coinéd word used to describe a picture taken from |an airplane, The word may displace « ;the old term, “bird’s-eye view.” PHONE 62 | for Black Earth, Fertilizer, Ash Hauling, and Garden Plow- | ing. Call us for gravel for your | driveway. Wachter Transfer Corporation 121 South Fifth skillfully used, but a careful and ex- perienced bricklayer can do wonders with even inferior material. Bricks that are slightly absorbent and a mor- tar that has the proper proportions of -ingredients can be made into an excellent wall that will give reason- able watertightness. The use of a fairly heavy asbestos paper between the subfloor and finish floor will give a considerable amount | of fire resistance. A room lined with plaster on metal lath or other. fire resistant material, with asbestos paper under the floor will hold a fire , for many minutes without allowing it to spread to other parts of the build- ing. An efficient fire department should be at the door in pienty of time to extinguish the fire before it gets out of the room in which it started. An easy way of building an at-| tractive garden path or a string of | stepping stones is to make a form oi/| You Let AUNE Build Your New Home Will Be Assured that all of the millwork which can be done at home will be done in Bismarck. We are experts at built-in features which will make your home more efficient, more beauteous, more enjoyable, Why not let right away? us check over your outside screens Aune Glass & Carpenter Shop —WE ARE GENERAL CONTRACTORS— We Can Handle Your Whole Job for You 614 Broadway R. G. Aune, Prop. Bismarck Phone 205 | Sthike a miileh-Uhen betlen | HERE'S geod reason also for the greater effi- Bismarck Building & Loan Ass'n Phone 915 Room 11—First Natl. Bank Bldg. Community Service Since 1906 SILENT And this noiseless operation of Electrolux is evidence of its basically different refrigerating method—no machinery at all. It’s the key to every one of the famous Electrolux fi @ No moving parts to wear @ Lasting efficiency © Continued low operating seek cost Hlaw lr. Goled ELECTROLUX © Fullest food protection THE SERVEL Gas Xipteposarte © Savings that pay for It My “et S JUST AS For, parts that do not for the silence—the move cannot wear or cause permanent silence—of trouble! Electrolux. It hasn’t a sin- Remember, too: the con- gle moving part! A tiny stant, steady cold of Elec- gas flame does all the work. trolux—-24 hours a day, This simplicity accounts winter and summer—keeps perishables and left-overs of Electrolux... fresh for days. Owners find pry the ever-growing that eavings on food bills See the beautiful new 1936 models for yourself. “By Men Who Know Hew” Consult us on all ealls from { ri Heating, Gas é d umabing, | Heating Appt: anee, 4 fire Heaters, Fire Sewer Tile Requirements. H. A. THOMPSON & SONS Plumbing - - Heating Gas Equipment 205 Seventh St. + Phone 64 | severe stormy weather of the past }{winter, but never before has the volume of traffic reached such a con- Se Bismarck has bad busier days in the exchange, explained F. H, Waldo, district manager, notably during the Electrolux runs fer only a few pen- Inspect the many worthwhile Elec- a larger percen' of allre nies a day... and this cost will trolux conveniences that speed rol sold are Electrolux never be increased through the inef- kitchen work. Get the facts about frigerators. i ficiency of worn or wearing parts. _our liberal purchase plan. Come in! Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Bismarek - - Mandan - - Hebron - - Dickinson