September, 1920 
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HE old idea that it is never really safe to 
decorate the walls and ceilings of a new 
house until a painful but unavoidable 
period of cracking and settling has passed 
is out-of-date. Bostwick Truss-Loop has 
made it wholly unnecessary. 
Cracking and chipping is not a fault of the 
plaster—it’s a fault of the plaster-backing. 
T HE attached gar¬ 
age—a problem of 
economical fire-safety. 
Let Truss-Loop guard 
the fresh, trim, new 
beauty of your home. 
The garage built into the 
house is a highly convenient 
modern development — but 
it must never become a fire- 
peril to your loved ones. To 
make your garage fire-safe 
at lowest cost, use Bostwick 
Truss-Loop for the ceiling 
and Bostwick Truss-V-Rib 
Bostwick Truss-Loop is a metal lath which is 
formed in long sheets with myriads of rigid, un¬ 
yielding steel trusses and gripping loops. Once 
the plaster is trowelled into its triple-locking 
grip, the plaster cannot bend and crack. It 
actually takes a hammer to loosen plaster from 
Truss-Loop. 
Let us send you a pocket-size sample 
of Truss-Loop cut from an actual 
sheet. With it will come complete 
directions and advice as to its use. 
for the wall-partitions, a 
construction enthusiastical¬ 
ly comjnended by building 
inspectors. Full details 
gladly furnished on request. 
TRUSS-LGDP 
‘‘Makes plaster permanent 
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THE BOSTWICK STEEL LATH COMPANY, Niles, Ohio. 
Originators of metal lath. 
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