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House at Chicago. Paul F. Olsen, Architect 
‘T he Utility, Strength and ‘Beauty 
of the House o/BRICK 
“The Story of Bric\” 
An artistic booklet with attractive il¬ 
lustrations and useful information for 
all who intend to build. The Romance 
of Brick, Extravagance of Cheapness, 
Comparative Costs, How to Finance 
the Building of a Home, are a few 
of the subjects treated. Your copy is 
awaiting your request. Send today. 
“The Home of Beauty” 
A book of fifty designs of attractive 
small Face Brick houses, selected from 
four hundred drawings entered in a 
national architectural competition. 
The houses represent a wide variety 
of architectural styles, with skillful 
handling of interior arrangements. 
Sent on receipt of fifty cents in stamps. 
Do you want to compete for the 
Face Brick and the full working 
drawings for one of these Home of 
Beauty houses? Competition open 
to young married women. Send for 
particulars. t<e The Home of Beauty ** 
will be sent free to competitors. 
T HE three basic requirements in building a 
home are utility, strength and beauty Utility 
depends on skill in interior arrangement; strength 
and beauty, primarily on the material employed. 
More and more, builders are coming to realise 
that the Face Brick home gives them the utmost of 
these qualities, at the greatest ultimate economy 
Face Brick offers almost limitless artistic possh 
bilities. Through durability and fire-safety, and 
by reducing repairs, depreciation, insurance rates 
and fuel costs to a minimum, it gives you, in the 
long run, the cheapest house you can build. You 
will find a full discussion of these matters in 
“The Story of Brickf 
The American Face Brick Association 
1121 Westminster Building * Chicago 
