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we will not take the space to detail them. 

 Now to paint the cottage: Select a 

 dry day and be very sure that the wood 

 is clean and free from all moisture. 

 With the small can of shellac, well 

 shaken up, cover all knots and bad, sappy 

 places, as the pitch from these is liable 

 to work through the paint. When this 

 has dried thoroughly it will only take 

 an hour or so apply the priming coat. 

 This is mixed from the two gallons of 

 gray prepared paint, thinned out with the 

 gallon of boiled linseed oil. Stir the mix- 

 ture until it is perfectly even and rather 

 thin. Use a 

 wide brush, 

 four inches or 

 over, and cov- 

 er the e n t i r e 

 structure, in- 

 c 1 u d i n g the 

 casings and 

 the porch floor. 

 The priming 

 coat should not 

 be heavy, but 

 it should be 

 brushed out 

 well. 



From four to 

 six days should be allowed for the first 

 coat to dry. Do not thin the paint for 

 the second coat, but stir it up constantly. 

 Apply the body color and go over the 

 second time with the trim. The black 

 sash paint is carefully applied with a 

 small brush, preferably flat, and is put 

 on before the porch paint. 



Finally, attach the wire screen cloth 

 around the porch and cover the window 

 openings. If the craftsman has the time, 

 and so desires, it would be a good idea 

 to build frames for the screen, which 

 would fit in between the posts on the 

 porch, also in each window. They could 

 then be taken down and stored inside 

 during the winter, which would greatly 

 prolong the life of the screen. 



This practically completes the struc- 

 ture as originally planned, with the ex- 

 ception of the curtains, as described in 

 the opening instalment. They are made 

 to slide on wires so as to be out of the 

 way in the day time. 



Of course, the inside of the cottage 



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Fig. 27. Details 



will have a rather crude appearance with 

 no casings or wall covering, so if the 

 craftsman cares to add a little more to 

 its comfort, and, incidentally, to its ex- 

 pense, it would be advisable to cover the 

 walls with wall board, and put on casings 

 of yellow pine. The additional expense 

 would be about $50, depending, of 

 course, on the kind of wall board pur- 

 chased. 



If Mr. Curtis's articles on the lighting 

 of the cottage are taken advantage of, 

 it would be advisable to wire it before 

 putting on the wall board. It might be 



a good plan to 

 wire it any- 

 way, even if 

 the cost of a 

 lighting 

 plant prohibits 

 the use of the 

 lights at first, 

 as it will be 

 much easier to 

 run the wires 

 when t h' e 

 framing is 

 open. 



of Exterior Finish. Furniture CS- 



pecially suited 



for making the summer cottage both 

 comfortable and attractive will be de- 

 scribed in the September issue of THE 

 WORLD'S ADVANCE. 



WHAT HAPPENED TO AN OWL 



One evening not long ago a great 

 horned owl alighted on one of a pair of 

 conductors carrying an electric current 

 of 20,000 volts in the neighborhood of 

 Montreux, Switzerland. He knew noth- 

 ing of what was passing under his feet, 

 and would have been safe had he not 

 idly stretched out one of his great wings, 

 more than two and a half feet long, until 

 it touched the other conductor. Instantly 

 all over the region supplied with elec- 

 tricity by this line people found them- 

 selves plunged in darkness. When the 

 cause of the short circuit was investi- 

 gated, the body of the big bird was found 

 with the head burning on one wire and 

 the wing on the other. 



