﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XXI 
  

  

  Plaster 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  non-conductors 
  of 
  heat 
  

   in 
  existence. 
  

  

  But, 
  unless 
  it 
  rests 
  on 
  a 
  base 
  which 
  is 
  immune 
  

   against 
  swelling 
  and 
  shrinking, 
  unless 
  it 
  controls 
  

   the 
  foundation 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  placed, 
  unless 
  the 
  lath 
  

   is 
  perfectly 
  imbedded 
  in 
  it, 
  its 
  fireproof 
  qualities 
  

   count 
  for 
  nothing. 
  Any 
  combustible 
  plastic 
  sub- 
  

   stance 
  might 
  just 
  as 
  well 
  be 
  employed 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   fireproofness 
  is 
  concerned. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  chain 
  is 
  no 
  stronger 
  than 
  its 
  weakest 
  link, 
  

   so 
  a 
  fireproof 
  structure 
  is 
  no 
  more 
  unburnable 
  than 
  

   its 
  most 
  combustible 
  constituent. 
  

  

  Wherever 
  any 
  lath 
  but 
  wire 
  lath 
  is 
  employed 
  

   there 
  a 
  conflagration 
  is 
  invited. 
  

  

  "Clinton 
  Wire 
  Lath," 
  a 
  practical 
  and, 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time, 
  authoritative 
  treatise 
  on 
  lathing 
  and 
  

   plastering, 
  tells 
  why 
  you 
  should 
  use 
  wire 
  lath 
  if 
  

   you 
  intend 
  building 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  latest 
  and 
  

   most 
  approved 
  methods; 
  why 
  you 
  should 
  use 
  wire 
  

   lath 
  if 
  you 
  wish 
  your 
  walls 
  to 
  be 
  fire, 
  sound, 
  moisture, 
  

   heat, 
  cold 
  and 
  vermin 
  proof; 
  why 
  you 
  should 
  use 
  

   wire 
  lath 
  if 
  you 
  wish 
  to 
  be 
  assured 
  of 
  walls 
  free 
  from 
  

   sagging, 
  bulging 
  or 
  cracking; 
  why 
  you 
  should 
  use 
  

   wire 
  lath 
  if 
  you 
  wish 
  to 
  achieve 
  original 
  and 
  decora- 
  

   tive 
  plaster 
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  which 
  are 
  impossible 
  with 
  any 
  

   other 
  type 
  of 
  lath. 
  

  

  A 
  copy 
  of 
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  Lath" 
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   on 
  application 
  by 
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  and 
  men- 
  

   tioning 
  the 
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  and 
  address 
  of 
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  architect. 
  

  

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