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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1934)
Page Four THE EEGISTEK-QUARD, EUGENE, OREGON Tl BETTER HOUSING IS The natural urge of young people for modern homes, where beauty anil charm predominate, la showing Itself In the Improvements and alterations bolnir made with JJedcral Admini stration Insured loans obtnincd from tho New York State League of Bav in and Loan Associations, President Fred W. Herendeen In a message to James A. Moffett, le dornl Hoiisinj! Administrator, mui.vs that reports from all parts of New York state stress the fact that ado lescent America Is supplying tho in centive in the modernization cam paign. "Examination of the thousand odd modernization loan applications made to members. of tho New lork mute League shows that more than 80 per pent came from families in which there were children In their lnte teens or early twenties," soid Mr. Herendeen. "The stories told by many of our association secretaries and 'managers are substantially as follows: "These boys and girls want the old place fixed up. '.1'hey want nil traces of anything out vt date about the house obliterated. They want the house painted and tho surroundings groomed, the bathroom done over, modern light fixtures throughout, new sliding doors put on the garage, and most frequent of nil, they want the basement remodeled so that n large, modernistic party-room will be at their disposal." "The Federal modernization drive Is undoubtedly giving Impetus to this natural urge of youth to mako home a more attractive place at the period of their lives when they begin to take their social activities more ser iously. Their Idea, apparently, Is thnt they want a place where they can bring their friends and feel thnt no upologies nre necessary. "It Is Interesting to note thnt they do not seem to tie so much Interested In modernizing the kitchen of the home, but we find that when they have sold mother and dad on the other phases of modernization, mother ge nerally thinks thnt while the work Is being done, why not hnve tho kitch en done at tho same time, and father decides that now would he Just as good a time as any to put in a brand new heating unit." SAFETY HEAT CONTROLS It la estimated that fully 05 per cent of domestic hot-water supply systoma lack safety control devices. In the city of Washington alone, last year, there .were 30 boiler explosions caused by uncontrolled temperature In hot-water tanks. The cost of a Iteseatlng tempera ture control valve Is small and will Increase the safety of the system. BUILD UTILITY FENCES Property owners who wish to build decorative or utility fences need not wait for delivery of seasoned wood posts. Records of the durability of fence posts show that there Is prac tically no difference in the length of life of seasoned and unseasoned posts. It la easier to dig post holes now, while the ground hi soft, than to do It after the ground freezes. LOFT BECOMES CLASSROOMS! A j n,.,,, , ! I Y r lh Tn' 1 If $6f& , Vfcf W3gJ Unused loft space In a 8t. Paul, Minn., building was converted Into classroom space and used by the University of Minnesota for Its Ex-. tenBlon Courses. The above photo shows the area before Improve ments were made. Below la pictured a portion of the apace after modernization. Proper Lighting Fixtures Important To "Eye Health99 in Everyday Life; Measurement of Light Power Explained By J. FORD NOUTHRUP (Elect rirnl engineer, Kiene Water Board) How much liuhfc did the Indian hnve? How much light do you have for embroiderhiB or reading your fn-f vorite magazine? How much light do you have in the Mtrhoen or on the floor whore the children play with their toys or rend tho "funnies'? The Indian had 1000 foot-cnmllcn In the' shade of a tree on a bright day and on days with an overcast sky (sun not visible) ho had a soft ened light of nt least 200 foot-candles. If you could measure your home lighting with the new sightmeter you "would find that your lighting Is than one-twentieth of whnt ho Indian used. Foot-Candle Defined The foot-candle Is defined as the amount of light which falls on a surfnee one foot away from a "stan dard" candle. The standard candle has a !wut the same light output as the ordinary paraffin candle. Less than 10 foot-candles are Inndequnte for critical seeing; 10 to 20 foot-can dles ar needed for rending normal print; 20 to BO foot-condlea are j needed fpr fine print or sewing. 50-foot-candlcs Ik about the amount of light on ft table next to n north win dow nt midday. Have you had the light in your homo mensured? Vou may find that you are forcing your self or your young children with im mature eyes to do close work under less than 3 foot-cnudles! Sight Important About 87 per cent of our learning comes through the, srnr.e of sin lit, the other 13 per cent being through hear ing, touch, smell ami taste, so it is no exaggeration to sny we must con sider tho use of the eye to be the mnht Interest in civilization today for the advancement of learning or bet tering the condition of living. Let us consider ways of using light more efficiently nnd with less eye strain, for it has been reported that 10 per cent of off persons 30 years of age have defective eyes. Outdoors with nn overenst sky we see objects most clearly nnd have the greatent eye comfort. The reason is that the whole sky is a source of light, with very low intensity of light rt'oming from any one point. This is ; what we call low brightness. The pupil or tne eye is tnus enaDiea to 'open widely and admit reflected light from object to enter the eye and re cord the image or picture of the ob jects of which notice is being taken. If indoors the ceiling and walls are illuminated with a lighting fixture Into which the lamps are not visible and the fixture itself 1b opaque, the lighting effect Is very similar to that found outdoors with an overcast sky. 1 1 ml own are exceedingly soft nnd eye comfort assured. Reflections from shiny book and magazine pnper arc i so softened that they are neither an noying nor do th-iy appreciably inter fere with vision. Reflection Annoying This reflection from glazed paper is one of the most annoying and harmful conditions found in home lighting. There is n continunl battle going. on by the eye muscles to keep out the reflected light by closing the pupil nnd nt the same time opening to get the picture of the printed page. Tho position of the render should be moved so thnt there is no reflection, or "reflected glare" as it is commonly called. If the Hjjht source can be seen In a mirror placed on the pnper there is "reflected" glare. This is npt to be the case with table, or stu dent lamps. A floor lamp 'which can be placed beside or slightly behind the student is preferable to the table lamp. Jn a study lamp never use n clear lamp; nlways use nn inside front lump which increases the size of light source with no loss of efficiency. Better lighting does not nlwnys mean greater cost. The proper selec tion of Jnmps will give more light at les cost. The lnrger lamps nre much moro efficient. Select a fixture that will use one large lamp rather than several small ones. For instance, one lHO watt lamp will give a little more light thnn five 40 wntt lamps combined nnd nt three-quarters ot the cost for current. Test Is Made The writer tested an nmber colored lamp recently and found it gave just half as 'much light as an inside frost lamp. Ho use these colored lamps for the purpose intended, strictly for decoration. Don't use them to gpe by or. let the children play under them. The blue (daylight), lamp is used where a whiter light is wanted. It gives only three fifths as much light as the inside frost lamp. The lending manufacturers of lamps ! have carefully balanced the efficiency! of lamps, the length of life, the cost: of current nnd the cost of manufac ture. The use of the best lamps put out by the most reputable and reliable manufacturers will give the most light nt the least cost. Direct Glare Bad It Is well known that driving to ward a setting sun is very annoying and objects in the direction of the sun are difficult to discern because of the "direct" glare of the sun. Si milarly lights In the home for gen eral illumination should he placed near the ceiling to get the in out of the line of vision. The proper selection of colors for painting or tinting wnlls and ceiling wilt give more economical lighting. White nnd the various light shndes of yellow such as cream and Ivory are tho best reflectors. All others are much poorer. Light blue, light green. pinkr nnd light gray, even though they i appear to be as brijrht as orenm, will decrease the room illumination to a considerable extent. In selecting a floor lamp for read me and sewing be sure the inside of the shade is painted white. This gives more light where tne light is needed. There should nlso be Borne general illumination of the room when floor lamps are in use. it not, mere is too much strain on the eyes in changing from the brightly lighted paper to the darkened room and back again to the paper. It Is particularly necessary to hnve good general illum ionntion for young children nt piny. This general illumination may be obtained by a ceiling fixture ot tne right kind, or by a floor lamp which throws all or part of Its light toward the ceiling. The illuminating engin eering society has certified a new type of floor lamp as being designed for correct lighting. You should lenrn about it from any electric deal er. In designing or remodeling your homo give the lighting problem your best thought for convenience, safety and eye comfort. ADDING BATHROOM A great deal of pleasure' has been added to many people's everyday rou tine by having both a Bhowcr and bathtub in their homes. After golf, bowling, or an afternoon In the gar den, nothing is moro delightful than to step under a gling shower. In the morning, when there isn't time to drnw a hath, then a; nin a shower comes in handy. At a very low cost it Is possible to partition off a cor-t ner of the bathroom, apply tile or composition wainscoting to the walls and install n sprinkler. Or perhaps there is some waste closet space which con readily be converted. APPLY BRICK SIDING Many houses dating from the "nightmare" nineties, with jutting gnbles and overstuffed bay windows, have been .change.1 into modern resi dences by applying brick siding, right over the old walls. Such siding com pletely transforms a house, and nt the same time the double thickness of old nnd new sidin.vs means added protection ngninst winter cold and summer heat. PAINT THE OUTLETS Convenience outlets placed 24 inches above the floor and painted to match the wall are more conveni ent and attractive thnn unpointed outlets locnted nenr the floor. IN LARGE HOUSES Br MODERN! There are thousands of large, sol idly built, but rundown nnd outmoded homes which, converted into attrac tive two-family houses, can quickly be turned from liabilities into assets under the modernization credit plan of the federal Housing Administra tion. The up-keep of these buildings would be prohibitive to one fnmily nnd as they stand they are virtually useless. In effect, with taxes ac cumulating nnd the properties de preciating in value through wont of repairs, many are slipping gradual ly into the hands of mortagees. In some Instances boarding house keepers hnve taken them over- but the income derived has been small and precarious. Others have been turned into schools, small sanitari ums, ets. Since they had been built for the convenience of a single family they usually were found unsatisfac tory when put to this semi-public use. Almost without exception the inte riors were laid out in lavish style with lurge hall, wide stairway and spacious, high ceumged rooms. At the rear of the house is usually to be found smaller rooms originally built for the use of servants. Except for the wide' and usually winding stairways these houses pre sent no serious problems to the archi tect in charge of the job of remodel ing. One such home remade into an attractive two-family building and promptly rented, upstairs and down, had a large foyer hall, front and back parlors, dining room and kitchen with large pnntry. On the second floor were four large rooms with a bath room of extrn size. A bock stairway led to a semi-finished nttic. The architect altered tho front stnir at its base so that it led to a separate vestibule. The stairway was enclosed nnd each apartment was given its own entrance from the porch. The back parlor and dining room were converted Into bedrooms and the kitchen become a dining- room. The kitchen pantry became n fully equipped kitchenette and the butlers pantry became the bath room. On the second floor, the old bath room was made Into a kitchenette and the adjoining bedroom became the dining room. The large attic was converted into bath and extra bed room. The new bath was tiled and the latest fixtures were Installed. A heat unit at the rear of the second floor supplied independent hot water. The rent now being obtained for each apartment Is more- than the owner hod received for the entire house before renovation. , Many sturdily built old homes now A . ; Perfect Gift for the Family The I. E. S. Lamp - Every one will enjoy their beauty and con its beauty and conven ience. . See Them on Display Here. Expert Electrical Service H. W. White Electric Co. 55 W. Broadway Ph. 254 vcant becauseT? they entail would , hJ ulty and invoke teration process, Z, U C verted into revinu. ! JT j "tie. under the mLe" 3 Plan ot the Fede 1 H atio 9 '"ration and rente"' Dad Will Approve Of The I. E. S. LAMPS- Long has he suffer J from those "beautiful creations" that . querade under the nam. of Lamps. We are 'wire I that tho sound pmetic ability of these new lamps will appeal to the j man of the house, and invite him to eome in for a demonstration, Eugene Home Appliance Co. 856 Willamette Ph. 14 Yes, we have them! Z) The New LAMPS designed by the Illuminating Engineering Society. They prove that a lamp may be Sight-saving as well as "sightly." "When You Need an Electrician You Need the Best." CASTELLOE and STOCKER 1027 Willamette Phone 234 A See These New I. E. S. Lamps Any Evening At LIGHTNING SERVICE Open Evenings Until 9 1133 Willamette See Them Here The New I. E. S. LAMPS Designed for SighuSaving Just in iimo for Chris! num. We have nn attrac tive line of these beautiful, now Lamps. Come in for a ' demonstration. Eleericnl Supplies and 3ervice. SIGWART ELECTRIC CO. 056 Willamette Phone 718 RCA VICTOR MAGIC BRAIN Radio Performance Made Llfo-Mko With Astounding Exclusive Development RCA Victor develops the Magic Brain of radio ... for world-wide reception. Governed by this uncanny, almost human master unit, radio reception enters its final phase of perfec tion. Tone as true as life itself. Programs from distant points in the four corners of the world, brought to you with the speed of light. And razor-sharp selectivity that gives you the one station you want and holds out the others, smoothing reception, reducing interference. Free Demonstration All Weekl CASTELLOE and STOCKER (Formerly Ballsy Electric) 1027 Willamette - Phone 234 The RCA World-Wide Antenna Insures Best Performance They Are Here! The Finest Lamps Ever Designed for Study and Reading SPECIFICATIONS BY: The Illuminating Engi neering Society. CERTIFIED BY: The Electrical Testing Labor atories. . ENDORSED FOR LIGHTING EFFECTIVE NESS BY: The Lighting Committee of the Edi son Electric Institute, and the National Better Light Better Sight Bureau. No Other Lamp Like It Never before has a study lamp been designed in full cooperation with important branches of lighting and optical science to make read ing and study easy and safe for the. eyes. It is designed to conform strictly to the principles of easy seeing established by the new Science of Seeing. An optician will tell you that inade quate light produces nervousness, headaches, and both physical and mental unfitness. Notice this scientifically designed diffusing glass reflector. Lamps without this reflector built to cer tain specifications DO NOT meet the I. E. S. stand-rrds. Have This Healthier Better Light ing in Your Home NOW! Look For This Tag On the Lamps You Buy This is the guarantee of a scientifically correct lamp certified by Illuminating Engineering Society. A handy Study and Reading Lamp, 19 V, Inches high from bottom of shade to top of desk. Ideal for children's rooms where there is lots of studying to do. Have one for your reading table too. It aves eye strain. ....... A.-ftnnfd flOOf Beautiiuuy pi"' . lamp for read.ng or bridge. 19-Inch parchment shade . snd .-. j i according v specifications. Vses 64-inches I. E. S. 100 or 150 watt bulb. Jhese Lamps Are Now On Display at Your Dealers The limp, pictured here win give you tome lde thf sty?,." available. There i many more of a mors orn.te type to choose from.
