2 
House & Garden 
The Architect Took No Chances 
— No Cracked Walls or Ceilings — 
Mar This Fine Home 
T he stucco and the interior plastering are firm, smooth and beautiful. 
For the builder was careful to specify that Metal Lath be used as a base. 
He knew that its small, diamond-shaped meshes hold the plaster in a 
vise-like grip—the strands of steel reinforcing it in every direction. 
He knew, too, that there would be no excretions from the metal to stain 
the plaster—that the walls and ceilings would never have the disfiguring, 
“streaky ’ appearance so often seen. And there was another reason why he 
specified 
IKno-^urn 
METAL LATH 
—it is fire resisting. Thus the house is literally 
sheathed in unburnable steel and cement. Every 
•wall and ceiling is a fire stop, the metal lath 
•which supports the plaster forming a veritable 
“heart of steel." 
Every frame house urgently needs the protec¬ 
tion of Metal Lath. And it increases the safety 
and durability of any structure. Ask any well- 
informed architect about KNO-BURN and send 
today for our free Builders' book-“FIRE¬ 
PROOF" CONSTRUCTION. 
NORTH WESTERN EXPANDED METAL CO. 
937 Old Colony Building Chicago 
