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Oni y 15 per cent of the homes of the United States are in sucb good shape that they need no remodeling or repairing or refurnishing of any kind. .A national survey shows that fully. 85 per - cenît. of ail the homes in the count 1ry need new plumbing -or paint- ing or, re-decorati ng or. re-sinitgling or some- kind, of a 'bettermIfent job., Therefore if you, are flot- in'the. lucky 15, per cent. it wil pay you to folwthis page closely and obtain ail the information'possible as to the best ways of keeping your home Young. If you enter the .Bet ter Homes con- tes yu wllreceive, an excellent. any of thé items on the followin-g h Give your house a possible Scoreg 100 per cent, taking off five per cei for each deficiency. Then seh your home ranks. 1 Needs repainting, exterior, 2 Needs repain ting, interior. 3 Needsnew plumbing. 4 Roof leaks. 5 N"o insulation,. 6,- Furnace 'grates burned outc heating plants needs- repair- replacemient. 7 Wall-paper toriio r disicolored.. 8 Window, shades wom.n....11 9Plaster cracked or fallen out. 10d Baclectric wiring. MORTACE OA We are ini the market for conservative first mort 1 gage boans on residences, apartments and office buildings. Qumn ion &'Tyson, Imc. 1 N. La Sale Street Chicago Central 0227 1571 Sherman Avenue Evenst Univ~ersity NU lst. of ent lw or or rooni tor famly- 14 Not enough windows, or window s badly placed. 15 Bad architecture. 16: Need closets and .buit-iii fea- tures. 17 Exterior wall deteriorated. 18 Framnework. sagged, broken or out -of place. 19 Floors need replacemient or re- pair. i0 .%eed weather-stripping,. Copyright, 1934, Better Homes and.i Gardeîis. TOI Explaià Fertilizers at Garden Center Meet- Ademons.tration of fertilizers' and inionmation concerning theni will be given.as a special feature Monday, j une. 2,, at the i\orth Shiore. Gardenx center at innetka Communîty Ilue "ihe center's activities during the -past two weeks have been very 1 teresting. The members are reniodeling the smiall garden in f ront of Communi ty House, und have se- cured the cooperation of al north shore towns and Barring ton, in a çamipaign to eliminate poison -i vy and ragweed. A meeting of the board of direc- tors was held Monday in the garden center headquarters, with Mrs. Hial- lett Thorne presiding. The prograni for j uly was arranged, with the gar- den department of the Winnetka \Vonan.'s club in charge. 1893 1934j I I \~I 80>8 Oak St. WInn.tka. 145 M ad e A vailable to Garden Clubs s The educational service division of *the McLaughlin Gormley King coin- pany recently 'announc-ed the release of. two talks- for a limited number of garden clubs. The talks have been written by garden expertsý who have 7given them ma.ny times in the past to garden clubs and, over the radio. The talks were so enthusiastically received tha.t McLaughilin Gormhley Kinig.company decided to niake theni available for ail -garden clubs, One of the talks is called "The Big Bug Hunit in the G ar dýe n' and'it, tells in ain interesting way the story of the comtmonest insects found in flower gardens. It.describes their appearan.ce so that they cati be easi- ]y identîfied. It tells of their habits,* the kind of flowers tlîey attack, the nature of the damage thev (lo, aiù the methods of controllîng7 them., There is a second talk called "Spray Your Vegetables." Ini much the saine way, it tells of the com- monest insects that attack vegetables. their appearance, the damage they do, and the methods of controClling them. Lanteru Suid.., To WNit h eachi of these talks there i a n excellent set of lantern slides pic- turing the insects lin their tiatural color. They have been donie by ant artist who is an expert on this sub- ject and they illustrate the iinsect vividly. . 'he educational. service division is offering these primarily to. gardeti clubs. flowever, any other grôup ini- terested in gardening May obtain theni. Thiere is no charge for èither the talk or the slides, and there is no advertising in *ithér talk. The talks Mnay be revised to, fit the occasion or season, or inany way that mray'seemi rlecessary, it is explained. Informa- tion May be obtain ed1 about . these :alks by addressing the educa tional service division, McLaughlin Gorni- ey King conlpany, 1590 Northwest- eri National Banik building, Minnie- apolis, Minn- LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN SERVICE Phone Winetka 79 J I I il