A CORNER IX THE MUSIC ROOM. SHOWING ELABORATE DETAILS 

 IN WOODWORK 



A lot of that kind of thing may be classed as a freaky fad, but 

 it serves as a reminder that good hardwood is the thing that makes 

 the best kind of interior decoration, and it also suggests that the 

 people are ripe for some innovations in the way of inside finish. 

 Nobody really admires a plastered wall, and the wonder is that we 

 have not long since extended fine woodwork beyond the mere trim- 

 ming of openings. There was the old ceiling, of course, and there 

 is a lot of it yet, but that, like the plaster, is a thing of convenience 

 and necessity, and not a matter of desire and luxury. What we 

 need now is to develop the artistic in interior finish, and the thing 

 to do it with is good woodwork. 



There are many fine examples of woodwork in the form of interior 

 trim in the country now, and the habit of using hardwood in this 

 way is growing. The idea is to use the examples which do appeal 

 to boost the game and thus increase the volume of call for hard- 

 wood for this work. The examples illustrated herewith are taken 

 from the new home of G. W. Berry of Frankfort, Ky. They are 



VESTIBULE TO -MUSIC ROOM 1\ ijl AKTEK-SAWED OAK 



from only one room, the music room. Here we have an indulgence 

 in a form of luxury that appeals so strongly that it should inspire 

 more effort along the same line by others. There is not only a lot 

 of fine paneling in quartered oak, but there is a wealth of detail 

 in shaped and carved woodwork that makes one envious of the 

 owner of all this. The illustrations need no elaboration in the way 

 of explanation — they speak for themselves as an inspiring example 

 of modern luxurious home building. 



One can find here and there, and almost everywhere, other exam- 

 ples of attractive interior decoration with wood, some very rich 

 and costly, others less expensive, but all infinitely more attractive 

 than any other form of interior finish. Why not get busy, collect a 

 lot of these, and by exploiting them help create a more general 

 public desire for real inside woodwork, and through this means 

 make good the proposition that the best way to boost is to create 

 more business instead of trying to got some of the other fellows' 

 trade? J. C. T. 



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New Process for JMaking Sugar 



Editor's Note 



In eventualwoocl utilizatinu it may be a far cry to diseuf^s thr <(immi-rcial pi-dct ss hy means of which a substan- 

 tial food product I'ur live stncl^ may be secured from sawdust and wood waste. However, apparently it is within the 

 possibilities of the future. The article lierewith aopended on this subject is hy Di-. Leonard Keeiie Ilirshberg. .V.D.. 

 .M.A., M.D.. of .lohns Hopkins University. Erom the source from which it emanates, it should be authoritative and 

 worthy of consideration. 



Chemists are complaining bitterly of the effect upon their 

 research work which the lack of substantial support is having as 

 compared with the enterprise in this direction shown in Germany, 

 where it is announced that .$5,000,000 is being placed at the dis- 

 ]iosition of chemists for experiments in connection with synthetic 

 rubber, which will doubtless ultimately prove of vast benefit to 

 the German nation. 



The British chemists, however, find some consolation in the fact 

 that experiments in England have resulted in a discovery which, 

 it is said, may revolutionize the sugar refining industry. 



By a new chemical process the manufacture of sugar from wood 

 and sawdust has become an accomplished fact. Large quantities of 



the commodity have actually been produced, and it is said that 

 arrangements are in hand for the establishment of factories 

 throughout England for the exploitation of the process. 



"Sacchulose" is the term applied to the new product. The 

 results obtained are what are called "classed process," in which 

 sawdust is subjected in closed retorts to digestion with a weak 

 sulphurous acid solution, and under the pressure of about ninety 

 to .one hundred pounds to the square inch effective transmutation 

 takes place. Of the resulting product twenty-five per cent is 

 sugar. The constituent sugar so formed is dextro in part and fer- 

 mentable to an extent of eighty per cent. The rest is not fer- 

 mentable. 



Numerous experiments and demonstrations were recently made 



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