October, 1923 
137 
Have YOU Ever Been 
Trapped by Fire ? 
$5 for your experience 
E ach year adds to the number of tragedies of lives and homes 
destroyed by fire. And the pity of it is that so many of these catas¬ 
trophes could be prevented, as in this case—■ 
“The stairway was my only means of escape when our home burned 
last year. Providentially, we had followed our architect’s advice and 
made it safe with metal lath. 
“Alone at night with the baby, almost the whole of the first floor 
was ablaze before I sensed our peril. We probably owe my life and the 
baby’s to the fact that KNO-BURN Metal Lath had been used under 
the stairs and around the stairwell.’’ 
$5 for YOUR Experience 
We will pay $5 for accepted stories of 
actual experiences such as the foregoing 
It takes fire an hour or more to eat its way through walls or ceilings 
plastered over KNO-BURN Metal Lath. And it costs so little more 
to secure this protection for vour home. Our free book, “Home Build¬ 
ing,’’ tells you how easily and inexpensively you can make even a frame 
house “fire-proof.” Write for a copy today. 
Better Be Safe Than Sorry 
Make your home fire-safe and avoid unsightly 
plaster cracks by using KNO-BURN Metal Lath 
at these vulnerable points. 
1 — Over heating plant and 
at chimney breast 
2 — Under stairs and around 
stairwells 
3 — To fire-proof bearing 
partitions 
4 — To prevent corner cracks 
5— Around windows and 
doors 
6— On walls and ceilings 
under inhabited floors 
7— In bathroom to prevent 
cracks 
METAL CO. 
EXPANDED 
1237 Old Colony Building, Chicago 
Slate 
for Mansion or Cottage 
T he wise man whether building a large or small house 
protects the money he invests. He doesn’t put on a 
slate roof because his house is big or little but because a 
slate roof will protect an investment of $7,500 as well as 
one of $500,000. He knows that most deterioration comes 
through the roof not the cellar. 
Many people when building lose sight of the fact that 
“temporary construction” is wasteful. The greater the 
sacrifice you may be making to own your own home, the 
keener should be your desire to insure the permanence of 
your investment by having a roof of slate. 
There are many uses for slate. But slate in any form 
retains the protective, economical and beautiful properties 
which nature has given it. Its wide range of colorings and 
the fact that it is the most workable of all stones make 
slate adaptable to any architectural plan or electrical 
insulating material problem. 
Slate may be utilized in many ways both indoors and 
out but regardless of usage it will be permanent, beau¬ 
tiful and moderate in cost. 
Alay we show you a booklet showing the 
varied indoor and outdoor uses of slate? 
National Slate Association 
757 Drexel Building, Philadelphia 
