ORNAMENTING NEW HOMES. 27 



exorbitant charges are in some cases founded upon facts, 

 but there probably are as many honest men in the plumbing 

 business as in many other lines of work. To have a nice, 

 thoroughly fitted job of plumbing done requires time and 

 the best of material, together with skill on the part of the 

 workmen, all of which are expensive. 



