The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06

100 pounds. slices OF the thin veneers
IA II II Were cutting Chsc. -. these are
put on edg. IN rack, t. dry out and finally
a" piled like bolts of silk on shelves IN
III" wa--house.
reas wood inst sai or being nj canned il
actually boiled. T-aS bv the way. IL full
81 surprises to the uninir ia'e d who know
~ only III the form of dark brown or
slackish stands bases and furnIt ure.
Naturally Weak - very light IN color.
vell"wish. gre"rish white. In frrni-
,-rra /. became known to the OcCiden,
through the Oriental pieces which had
been darkene,l with Use through hun
drei- - years Weersrners demanded
dark teak therefore and il was stained 20
sat thai demand
III. most conspicuous mr." TO which
teak ~ put 10 IN the Const r1ICt IOn Of battle
shipS. All decks are made Of II The
soors 81 gun turre's are OF two LAYERS Of
heavy teak timbers. one layer at nght
angles with the other. and covered with
armor plate All the wood which IL TO go
into the two Argentinian bnttleshIp- now
building in his country ia to come from
the Staplet on mill and some 81 II viii he
such wood never went into any other
haftlee1ips either.
You soc. the Argentine men are not
onlY a gallant 10, with the accent on the
first syllable. hut also a gallant LOT with the
accent on the last SYLLABLE. and they are
determined thai IN. ladies quart orr
shall "" da2Zingly beautiful even II
few inch gllns have ~ be omitted from
n. armament for lack Of room Just
what IN" ladies quarters may he I-n'i
cutie clear hui, they're going 10 b" lovely
anyway They re- going to have satin
wood and tulip wood and amaranIh and
sundry other woods which the Argent Inc
Enthusiasts admire.
Tulip wood not OIr own rslp trees.
but exotic ~ .wrh- from the West n les
is slICsd up into ribbons OF punk and white
lDve!in"ss more suggestive ~ nilIin-r :
or a candy factory than oi a -1v mill
And IN" creamy -,rlpa q, satin wood
look good enough to eat as Il they were
aalt water tafv An6 anna ranth. Which
- old ro-.. will dout "ss make the greatest
Lind of hit with the sweeIh"artS and
wives % the Argentine. navy
Most Of 'he finest woods seem TO com"
from the tropics They are Of all Colo-s
from white 10 bIa x and Of all textures
from tgnum vi'P 20 African cottonwood
L,gnum y,tR u the heaviest Of them all
A cubic foot - u will weigh ~ Or -
pounds ana a. wst". weighs only -
pounds TO n" cube foot n piece OF lignum
vita would sink ike a ston" Mahogany
weighs from ~ 10 20 BOUNDS. a rare per"
will weigh aud wall sink IN water our
white pine. with only - pounds 10 III"
cubic foot bohS around like a cork while
~ for the African cot onwoOj: We'll
-ays the super, ntendsnt ~ the mill
i believe that's minus quantity IN
weight IL would almost 20 up in the
air For this reason Afr'ran coitor-
wood is us.d somewhat IN alrshiI con
strIc'ion
The Philippines promise to be a reas III"
house OF rare woods. though it'll" ~ vet
known OF the hiIndre OF variet les that
grow there We are getting some ma
hogany from there and there is a pile Of
koko logs Ut Stapleton. n brownish wood
from the islands for which ther. is som"
demand But as vet our Philippine timber
resources are prac' icallv unit o,,cheh
The logs. which are imported IN their
natural shape round with the bark still
on show an amazing tenacity OF life
Huge trunks Of English pollard oak which
have been lying in tbs. Stapleton yards
for months. and in some caa"s severa !
years, will put ont aprouts IN the most
hopeful manner. Some Of these sprouts
have been planted and have fourished
There seems 10 be only on. wav IL really
killing these logs. That IN. to saw them
into boards You cant season" all the
life out Of them even though you leave
them lying out in the weather for years
They will still be aIive inside.
Although French and Gircassian vain at
are the leaders of fashion Just now our
own black walnut " slow in returning 70
public favor, And yet Il ~ IA wood with
excellent possibilities: good ~ texture
, and il only decently treated by the cabl-
, not maker. M. to be Sco-ned. ~ 1t has
been so long. The trouble With black
walnut was that II had it, day when most
Of the designs were fundamentally ugly
II Will y" raiiscovered in a happier period
and will come into its own.
Df course the misunderstanding of
vene"rs is. ~ above remarked on the
wane Yet even now II comes -ome-
thing of a shock To find that the bea uiiful
panelled walls IN orr costly publiG build
ings and private houses are generally not
roiid wood AN inch or sO thick. but
yeueered with thin sheets about three
Z @ixteenths Of an inch in thickns@= How
/ ever. this - not ANYTHING Ia he h"plored
after all Vene.r"d panels II properly
made will ouiw"ar solid one with its
! tendency 10 twist and 10 crack Df course
there are -till thinner vsn.srz II isnt
10 rnuch III" thickness OF tho wood that
7 matters a. tn" way IL 10 put on And
by the way. foreign made furnitur" rarely
becomes acclimated to our steam heated
houses without showing deplorabla signs
~ the pruc"-S The hest American made
furniture IL he hest furniture for A fnerica