AN EASILY KEPT HOUSE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 135, 10 June 1907, Page 3

AN EASILY KEPT HOUSE.

An idea has taken root in the brain of some genius, which, if it is realised, should enormously lighten the burden of housekeeping. This idea is to line houses with what is called sheet porcelain. It is said to have been made practicable by the invention of a method of making large sheets of porcelain about an inch thick, which has the strength without the bulk of a brick wall.

This porcelain is manufactured from a mixture of clay and stone with French flint boulders adjusted to their proper proportions. The mixture is carefully worked by specially designed machinery into a liquid state, when the surplus water is extracted by means of filter presses. Afterwards it is pressed again and rolled into the requisite size, sheets averaging from onequavter of an inch to one inch in thickness. This is carried into the drying rooms and fired.

The internal decorations and coloxirings of the jointless walls give the greatest comfort and cleanliness for the least manual labour. All that is required is the hose and the washing cloth. The cleansing of the room from any nauseous gases or bacteria in the least time with the least trouble and expense should also be easy. For artistic effect disque coloured paintings can be, with the aid of machine printing and coloured glazes, made to replace wallpaper—blue and gold designs can by these decorative processes be produced at a ridiculously small figure for a higher grade of dwellings.