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House & Garden 
A Home to 
be Proud of 
W HEN passers-by stop to 
admire a home, the owner 
has reason to feel proud. You 
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a street with one or two appli- 
cations of Bay State Brick and 
Cement Coating^. 
It beautifies and waterproofs all build¬ 
ings of brick, stucco, or cement. It pro¬ 
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hardest rains. It is impervious to sun or 
storm, heat or cold, rain or snow. 
This super-coating comes in white and 
a large choice of colors. Write for 
booklet No. 2. It is 
profusely illustrated 
with photos of Bay 
State Coated Homes. 
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WADSWORTH, HOWLAND & CO., Inc. 
Paint and Varnish Makers 
Boston, Mass. 
New York Office: 
Architects’ Building- 
The Plumbing in Your Kitchen 
{Continued from page 84) 
(of self material as part of the sink). 
If the integral drain board is not of 
wood or metal, it can be rendered kind¬ 
lier to china by a rubber mat. Some 
sinks have a S' 2" back, some just have 
a porcelain back behind the faucets. 
A small sink a little over 3' can be 
had with or without integral drain 
boards on either side, and a vent at the 
right end, so as not to interfere with 
the dishes. 
Speaking of drain boards, it is very 
often expedient to have them hinged to 
the wall, or so attached to the sink that 
they can be let down and out of the 
way. 
Patented Materials 
Sinks of patented materials, with 
trade names, which are often metals 
with a porcelain-like covering, also come 
in many sizes and in many designs, and 
are, as inferred above, quite as valuable 
in usefulness and beauty as solid por¬ 
celain, with one exception, of course, 
that under some remote circumstance a 
chipping off of the material may occur. 
But the makers of solid porcelain sinks 
make a metal-coated slop sink where an 
extra heavy thudding, by pails and 
cleaning instruments, is apt to occur. 
This precaution speaks for itself. The 
solid porcelain certainly gives you a 
feeling that you have the best, yet some 
of the greatest houses in the country 
use the other types of sinks. 
Although we have touched upon the 
subject of drain boards, there are a few 
more words to say about them. 
The sink with a double drain board 
is, of course, the most convenient, but 
this is not always possible. They are 
made of metal, such as copper and zinc, 
and also of wood, either oak or ash, 
preferably ground ash, hard enough to 
prevent absorption. Sometimes they 
are of metal over wood. The porcelain 
drain board is easiest of all to clean, 
requiring only a moist cloth passed over 
the porcelain or metal under porcelain, 
while the others need scouring and 
scraping. The grooves in any of these 
boards must not be so deep as to re¬ 
quire digging to remove lost particles. 
Most pantry sinks have the wooden 
drain- boards and the wooden enclosed 
solid porcelain sinks, just to save break¬ 
age. “Boards”, of course, should always 
be slightly tilted toward the sink. 
It is wiser to have sinks 36" high, or 
have them on adjustable standards. 
If 36" happens to be too high, a long 
wooden step can be provided. It is 
better to step up than to form a crack 
in one’s back. 
However, any plumber will alter the 
standards, no matter what sink you 
buy. Sinks are purchaseable with from 
one to four standards, depending upon 
what space ia the kitchen is to harbor 
said sink. 
The standards of sinks are made of 
glass, brass, nickel plate, or porcelain, 
or a porcelain coating over metal. Some 
of these standards are supplied with ad¬ 
justable bracelets, making it possible to 
raise and lower the sink to desired 
levels. The nickel standard is very de¬ 
sirable, as is the brass, but they require 
cleaning and polishing. The glass and 
porcelain families need just to be rubbed 
down with a moist cloth. 
Slop sinks are made to set lower than 
other sinks in order to obviate lifting 
up heavy pails of water, etc. 
Outlets 
The question of outlets in the sink is 
simple. The outlet should not be per¬ 
forated so minutely as to prevent rapid 
exit of the water, and yet the holes 
{Conlmued on page 88) 
Arrange your kitchen equipment so that it saves steps and labor. 
This is half the battle. The sketch shows a disposition of equip¬ 
ment for pantry, kitchen and butler’s pantry designed to meet all 
modern requirements. Courtesy of Bramhall Deane Co. 
