May, 1919 
Good fo?' a hinidrecl yea?'s—a?id still good'" 
THE BEAUTY of a floor is known sooner than its other qualities. But—■ 
The “GOOD BEHAVIOR” of an Oak Floor after you get to living with it—and the 
number of good long years that it lasts —and what condition it is in after all those years— 
these things, when forming your judgment, are at least as important as its original beauty. 
OAK floors “behave” as well as they look. (That’s pretty high praise.) Of course they 
should be laid skillfully and finished properly—but you can easily attend to that. So, to 
start right with your floors-question—^just be sure they’re OAK. It’s worth insisting on 
when you BUILD. 
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT OAK FLOORS OVER OLD FLOORS^ 
Genuine OAK FLOORS can be laid right over old floors in the house you now live in 
AT (or even below) THE PRICE OF GOOD CARPET. 
The difference polished OAK FLOORS will make in the whole 
house and everything in it—a regular transformation—is out of 
all proportion to the low cost. And the housework saved is of 
almost equal importance. 
So call in any good carpenter and have him give you the price of 
oak floors laid and finished. But first—• 
SEND FOR THE OAK FLOORING BOOK. 
It tells all about the different kinds of OAK FLOORING and 
methods of laying (for it is quite possible for the amateur carpenter 
to lay OAK FLOORS himself) and it also tells how OAK FLOORS 
increase the selling value of a house by many times their cost. 
OAK FLOORING 
MFRS. ASSN. 
HOUSE & GARDEN 
MAY, 1919 
