The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-18

r.,nhov may have created q desire 10
,nnitate those wonders In their own
dwellings.
The earliest record Of tho applica'
ton OF q preservative to . wooden
structure dates from the ark, when
vas according to the Bible. pitched
within and without" The pitch was
triumph Of preservation whatever II
lacked a. . thing Of beauty.
Decoration applied to buildings first
comes to light with ancient Babylon.
whose walls were covered with repre-
sentations OF hunting scenes ana OF
combat. These were done In red ana
the method followed WAS to paint the
scene on the bricks at the time OK
manufacture, assuring permanence by
baking. Strictly speaking. this was
not painting so much as II was the
earliest manifestation of our own ia
milinr kalsomlnin..
The hrst Hebrew 10 mention paint
ing In Moses. In the thirty-th!rd chap
ter OF the book Of Numbers he In.
structs the Israeiltes. when ye have
passed over the Jordan into the land
Of Canaan. then shall We drive out ali
the Inhabitants Of the land from be-
fore you and destroy all their pic
lures.
Al later periods the Jews adopted
many customs OF the peoples who sue
cessivciy obtained power over them
and In the apocryphsl book OF the
Maccabees Is found this allusIon 10
the art Of decorating. For as the mas.
ter builder OF . new house must care
for the whole building. but he that
undertaketh to set II out and paint II.
must seek OIL, things for the adjoining
thereof"
Although Homer gives credit to
Greek for the discovery Of paint. the
illusions to II In the books OF Moses.
the painted mummy cases Of the E:yp-
tians and the decorated walls Of Baby.
lon and Thcbcs AZ Its origin Mt
period long sntecedent to the Grcclan
era. The walls Of Th.bcs were paint.
I'd 1900 years before the coming Of
Christ and On, years before "'omer
smote his bloomin' Tyre
The Greeks recognized the value of
paint rs . preservat!ve and made us.
NJ something akin to II on their ships
Pliny writes Of the mode %! boiling
wax and painting ships with II. after
which. h. continues. neither the sea.
nor the wind. nor the sun can destroy
the wood thus protected"
The Romans, being essentially
wnriike people. never brought the dec.
Grafton Of buildings To the high pInnc
II had reached with tn. Greeks For
oil that the ruins Of Pompcii show
many structures who's. mural ,iccora.
lions are In fair shape today. TIL.
colors used were giaring. A black
background WAS the usual one and tn.
combinations worked thereon red. vel.
low and blue.
In the enrly Christian ern the Use Of
mosnics for churches somewhat sun.
planted murnl painting. Still. during
the reign OF Justinian the Church OF
Saint Sophia was built Mt Constantine.
pie and Its walls were adorned with
paintings.
In modern times the uses OF poin,
have come to be as numerous ma r..
myriad shades and ints. Pnin, I,
unique in tina. Its name las no syno.
nym and for It Their. Is no substitute.
material. Bread is the s,aff Of life, but
paint Is the life Of the staff.
No one thinks Of the exterior OF .
wooden building now except In term,
OF paint coated. Interiors. too. from
painted walls and stained furniture
down to the lowlicst kitchen u,en.II
all receive their protective COVERING