June, 1921 
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Only by Well Fitting Screens of Up-to-Date Make Can This 
Household Torment Be Eliminated 
ETHEL R. PEYSER 
iir I ' RY my glasses,” coaxed a 
X kind old lady, when her 
young friend broke her own bone- 
rims. And she did. But she was 
far from happy—in fact, quite 
miserable; and her eyes took a long 
time to recover from the ravages of 
the ill-fitting glasses. 
Naturally nobody should use 
glasses made for another. Glasses 
that have been more than carefully 
fitted to the individual’s eye are none 
too good if comfort and eye ease are 
desired. 
So it is with the installation of 
screens. It may sound queer to com¬ 
pare eye-glasses and screens, but 
nevertheless the analogy is nearly 
perfect. As the eyes vary, so do the 
apertures of the various homes. 
Therefore, unless screens are fitted 
carefully to each window, door or 
porch there will be discrepancies, and 
if one fly or insect can get in others 
can and there will be not only dis¬ 
comfort but probably disease dis¬ 
tribution. 
Swat the fly? No! Don’t give 
yourself a chance to swat it. Keep 
it out! 
Therefore if you have a house to 
screen do it the best way you can 
or the money spent will be a dead 
loss. They must be bug-tight even 
Roll screens are used with either sash or casement windows. The 
monel metal screen is clamped taut by teeth fixed along the edge 
and rolls up into a box attached beneath the head board of the 
window casing or set in the casing itself 
as a ship is water-tight; unless they 
are, you will be the host at con¬ 
tinual insect balls and chairman of 
the rust convention and store up for 
yourself an irritability unprecedent¬ 
ed. For there is no more annoying 
thing in the home than recalcitrant 
or obstinate screens. 
It is strange that any missionary 
work need be done about screens be¬ 
cause almost everyone agrees upon 
their uses in health prevention and 
comfort assurance, yet withal the 
purchasing of them is done ignor¬ 
antly and as carelessly as the young 
woman who uses anybody’s glasses 
for her own particular and peculiar 
eyes. 
To begin with, do not order 
screens to be made “right away”; 
they cannot be done in less than a 
thirty-day month and be made with 
any finish. Order early enough af¬ 
ter you have received estimates from 
the best screen makers; then take the 
estimate which gives you the best 
value after you have either seen, the 
models, actual installations, or are 
satisfied that you will get the thing 
that you need for your particular 
case. The skilful screen men treat 
your case as individually as the ocu¬ 
list treats your eyes. 
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Pivot-hung metal frame casement 
screens are especially made for 
houses that have fine wood or stone 
window frames 
The screen door to the left shows a 
decorative bottom guard which can 
be applied to almost any type of 
stock door 
A decorative guard permitting pas¬ 
sage of air and giving the house 
number can be attached to a wood¬ 
en or metal door 
