"HOT ART" HEATS HOME 

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL SAVING ON YOUR WINTER HEATING BILL? IT CAN BE DONE. NOT WITH OLD TECHNOLOGY BUT WITH A DEVICE THAT MARRIES TECHNOLOGY WITH ART. WOULD YOU BELIEVE "HOT ART"! AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STOLEN GOODS.

"CHEATER HEATER" IS ITS NAME AND KEEPING YOU WARM AT HALF THE PRICE IS ITS GAME.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO DURING AN ESPECIALLY COLD WET FALL DAY IN PARIS I WAS PLEASED TO NOTICE, AT ONE OF THOSE DELIGHTFUL OUTDOOR CAFES, THAT I WAS NO LONGER COLD, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL RAINING ON THE UMBRELLA OVER MY TABLE. THAT WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO INFRARED HEATING. I HAVE BEEN A FAN EVER SINCE.

NOW A TORONTO ENTREPRENEUR, GORD HAMILTON, WHO HAD A LARGE COLD AND DRAFTY HOUSE, HAS MARRIED ART AND THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE A PRACTICAL AND INEXPENSIVE WAY TO HEAT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. APARTMENT OWNERS WHO INCLUDE THE HEAT IN THEIR RENTAL CHARGES SHOULD LOVE HIM!

HE IS MANUFACTURING INFRARED HEAT PANELS AND HAVING VARIOUS SCENES PAINTED ON THEM. WITH FRAMING THEY LOOK LIKE WHAT THEY ARE: A WORK OF ART. BUT THEY ARE ALSO A LOW-CONSUMPTION HEATER THAT KEEPS "THINGS" WARM. THINGS LIKE YOUR BODY, YOUR CHAIR AND TABLE BUT NOT THE SURROUNDING AIR. IF YOU DON'T HEAT THAT AIR YOU DON'T PAY FOR IT. THE AIR CAN BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER IN FACT THAN YOUR BODY, BUT YOU WON'T NOTICE IT BECAUSE YOU ARE WARM.

THE COST IS ABOUT ONE-THIRD THAT OF NORMAL COMMERCIAL HEAT SUCH AS OIL, GAS OR ELECTRICAL BASEBOARD HEATERS. THESE "CHEATER HEATERS" COME IN THREE SIZES. THE LARGEST USES 420 WATTS OF ELECTRICITY AT A COST OF ABOUT TWO CENTS AN HOUR. THE SMALLEST COSTS ABOUT THREE- QUARTERS OF A CENT AN HOUR TO OPERATE. IF THAT SAVING DOESN'T INTEREST YOU, YOU MUST BE INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY.

THESE PICTURES CAN BE MOVED FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER ANYTIME. ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS A 110 VOLT WALL OUTLET.

BUDDING ARTISTS CAN PURCHASE THE HEATER PANEL BLANK, APPLY THEIR OWN ARTISTIC TALENTS, AND SAVE A BIT MORE ON THE PRE-PAINTED PURCHASE PRICE.

SOME HEATING ENGINEERS STILL FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT GORD HAMILTON IS PRODUCING THESE "FINE PAINTINGS" ON CSA-APPROVED PANELS AND THEY WORK.

I PURCHASED TWO TO HEAT MY OFFICE. NORM ELDER, PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN EXPLORER'S CLUB, PAINTED ONE WITH A JUNGLE SCENE WE EXPERIENCED TOGETHER DURING TREKS THROUGH THE STEAMING KIKORI RAIN FOREST IN PRIMITIVE PAPUA NEW GUINEA. HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR 'HOT ART'. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: GLOBAL STAR PRODUCTS LTD., #3100, 3300 BLOOR STREET WEST, TORONTO, CANADA M8X 2X3.

TEL 416/239-7901.

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