HOUSE AND GARDEN 
J 
ANUARY, igi2 
We are often asked why we do not 
charge more for them. 
The answer is obvious—it is better 
business to sell a million roofs at a fair 
price than to charge double the money 
and sell only a hundred thousand roofs. 
As the matter stands, two hundred 
million Asbestos “Century” Shingles 
were sold last year at a price that brings 
us a conservative profit over the cost of 
making them. 
It will pay you to look into Asbestos 
"Century" Shingles. You can get them in 
shape to suit any architectural style—m 
several sizes—and in three colors: New¬ 
port Gray (silver gray), Slate (blue 
black) and Indian Red. Ask your rep¬ 
resentative roofer about this indestruc¬ 
tible roofing—or write us. Send for 
booklet, “Points on Roofing.” It will 
settle your roof problems to your great 
satisfaction. 
Keasbey & Mattison Company 
Factors 
Ambler, Pennsylvania 
Branch Offices in Principal Cities of the United States 
Asbestos "Century” Shingle Roof—^nintard Estate, Portchester, New York 
Asbestos “Century” Shingles 
“ The Roof That Outlives the Building” 
YOU will pay just about the same for an Asbestos 
“Century” Shingles roof as for any other roofing 
that is ordinarily put on first-class buildings. 
But consider their durability — their immunity from 
fire risk — their freedom from repairs and painting— 
You find that Asbestos “Century” Shingles are the 
cheapest roofing known to the building trade. 
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start with the largest stock that can be secured. It takes over twenty years 
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We do the long waiting— thus enabling you to secure Trees and Shrubs that give 
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WM. WARNER HARPER, Proprietor 
The Casement Window Problem 
(Continued from page 33) 
chance to protect the windows by over¬ 
hanging porches if one is using casement 
windows opening from the dining-room, 
conservatory, or sun room on to a veranda. 
If the veranda is made wide and the roof 
is only of moderate height this will pro¬ 
tect it against in-blowing rain so that 
there is not much likelihood of severe 
damage. 
There have been many efforts to solve 
this problem of making inward swinging 
casement windows weather-proof by spe¬ 
cial devices. Many of them are unique, 
but it seems that only a few of them are 
really practical. The one method that is 
recommended by architects as being about 
the most practical is that of using what 
is called a lift hinge. It is a patented bit 
of hardware designed especially for hang¬ 
ing casement windows with two hinges 
and a mechanism engaging one of them 
with a lever that raises the window up 
over the inner stool or stop and when it 
swings into place it drops down over a 
grooved rest, which effectively shuts out 
the rain and wind and locks the sash. 
When it is desired to open the window 
a little lever attached to the lower hinge 
is operated and this lifts the window up 
off its bearing and it can be swung inward 
just as any hinged window. Of course, 
the window sash and frame are made to 
allow this lifting up to swing out and the 
hardware itself is a little more expensive 
than the ordinary hinges. The retail cost 
of the haixhvare runs from a minimum of 
about $2 to a maximum of $12 for a set 
of these patent elevating casement win¬ 
dow hinges. This may be an item to one 
having to economize in home building or 
planning a great number of hinged win¬ 
dows, but it should not be an item to hesi¬ 
tate over, if one is building a good home.- 
A little additional cost is a small matter 
compared to the satisfaction that will be 
had from the windows. It makes a safe 
clean-cut job of hinging windows to swing 
inward. Then, one can put either hinged 
screens on the outside or attach permanent 
screens covering a series of window open¬ 
ings and the screening is out of the way, 
the room is more sanitary, and it is more 
convenient. 
And now to take up the natural and 
most Important question in connection 
with casement windows, of why they 
should find favor and where they should 
be used. 
The casement window should find more 
favor because by having hinged windows 
you can open the entire window space, 
whereas with sliding windows yon can 
onl}'- open half of the window space, either 
the top half or the bottom half, and al¬ 
ways there is half of it obstructed with a 
double sash. In other words, it is im¬ 
possible to eliminate the sash from the 
window and let the air through in the 
summer time unless, of course, a hooded 
frame should be made and both sash slide 
entirely out of sight. This would be 
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