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HARDWOOD RECORD 



port, Pa., builders of woodworking machinery of 

 excellent reputation, sent a clever wall hanging 

 in black and white. The picture shows a pretty 

 basket ball girl attired for the game nestling 

 down among a bunch of sofa cushions. 



The J. W. Darling Lumber Company, Cincin- 

 nati, O., manufacturer and wholesaler of south- 

 ern hardwoods with yellow Cottonwood a spe- 

 cialty, showed its foresight in the selection of 

 a desk calendar which is good for 110 years, 

 from ISIO to 1920. The calendar has a good 

 strong frame and will make an attractive and 

 useful ornament on any desk. 



A handy little vest pocket book, containing 

 a veritable mine of useful information, maps oi 

 the various countries of the world, and ruled 

 pages for a diary, general memoranda and a casn 

 account, came from J. Arthur Meeks, manufac- 

 turer of handles, lumber, rivets and special ma- 

 chinery at iluncie, Ind. This is a valuable Uttie 

 book and will serve to keep in mind the diversi- 

 fied line of this Indisina concern. 



New Year's wishes from Henry C. Atkins and 

 Nelson A. Gladding of the prominent saw manu- 

 facturing house of E. C. Atkins & Co. of Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., came on a handsome embossed card. 

 Wistar, Underbill & Co., wholesalers of lumber 

 with offices in the Real Estate Trust building, 

 Philadelphia, send their regular weekly calendar, 

 well printed in red and black and mounted on 

 a stiff red cardboard. This calendar shows only 

 the six business days of the week and is ar- 

 ranged so that it is also convenient for a memo 

 pad. It is a very popular calendar in the Record 

 offices. 



The Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadel- 

 phia, the great builder of logging locomotives, 

 send a good standard calendar, clearly printed 

 and of convenient size, showing one of the com- 

 pany's famous engines. 



A handsome engraved card brought New Year's 

 greeting from C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, tire 

 )ig mahogany people of Louisville, Ky. 



A neat calendar bearing a reproduction from 

 the painting ''Here He Comes," by Carl Hirsch- 

 berg, brought annual greetings from Robert 

 Black & Co., wholesale hardwood, pine and hem- 

 lock lumber, with offices in the Shearer build- 

 ing. Bay City, Mich. This calendar is most 

 appropriate for the home, as the picture shows 

 a happy family of mother and three little ones, 

 as well as a fine collie dog, awaiting the return 

 of the father. 



One of the most artistic calendars received 

 came from George C. Brown & Co.. well-known 

 hardwood concern at Memphis, Tenn., which 

 makes a specialty of Tennessee red cedar. This 

 shows a picture taken from the painting by 

 Francis Day, entitled "The Critic," a quaint old- 

 fashioned young mother is playing on a harpsi- 

 chord and a little girl stands beside her, listen- 

 ing. The soft tones of the picture are well set 

 off by the green and tan watered paper and 

 green taffeta ribbon hanger provided. 



A weekly calendar pad of convenient size and 

 good printing came from Scatcherd & Son, whole- 

 sale dealers in hardwood lumber, with main 

 offices and yards at Buffalo and milU at Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



A large and attractive wall hanging showing 

 the picture of a New York belle driving in Cen- 

 tral Park, a reproduction of a painting by Her- 

 man N. Hyneman, was sent by the Williamson- 

 Kuny Mill & Lumber Company, manufacturer of 

 southern hardwoods and high-grade veneers at 

 Mound City, 111., with a Chicago office in the 

 lilonadnock building. 



C. I. Hoyt & Co. of Pekin, Ind., manufacturers 

 of Indiana hardwoods, with hickory dimension 

 stock a specialty, have a fine large calendar 

 printed in red and black, good bold figures, and 

 showing the moon phases. This is a sensible 

 calendar and more useful to keep tab on Father 

 Time than as a wall ornament. 



Barker & Co., Inc., wholesalers of pine, spruce, 

 southern pine, cypress and whltewood, with head- 

 quarters at Boston, Mass., and branch offices in 



New York and Philadelphia, sent their usual 

 calendar, the same style that they have used 

 for some time back. It is of convenient size and 

 has good strong figures. 



An artistic little calendar containing a picture, 

 "The Greatest Show on Earth," from a painting 

 by Karl Witkowski, came from the John Gillespie 

 Lumber Company of Chicago. 



A Harrison Fisher head in which blue is the 

 predominating color brought New Year's wishes 

 from John Dulweber & Co., one of the foremost 

 hardwood houses of Cincinnati. This calendar 

 is very artistically put up, the picture being sur- 

 rounded by an oval frame of white watered paper 

 with a blue border and a blue ribbon for a 

 hanger. 



Compliments of the Three States Lumber Com- 

 pany, big manufacturer of hardwood lumber, 

 with general offices at Memphis. Tenn., distribu- 

 ting yards at Cairo and Joppa, 111., and mills in 

 Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and 

 Louisiana, came with a neat little leather bound 

 blank book ruled to accommodate a diary, ad- 

 dresses, and memoranda. This company has made 

 this book of special value to the trade by in- 

 serting a deal of information, such as weights of 

 bardwood lumber, Doyle and Scribner rules, and 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association grad- 

 ing rules for oak, cottonwood, gum, ash, syca- 

 more, elm and cypress, as well as considerable 

 general information. 



A post card of quarter-inch oak in which the 

 following greeting was burned came from the 

 Cardwell Mill & Lumber Company of Cardwcll, 

 Mo. : "We wish you a happy and prosperous 

 New Year and remind you, we cut quite a 

 figure." 



The Cypress Lumber Company, manufacturer 

 of gulf cypress and other cypress lumber at 

 .\palachlcola. Fla., sent a striking little calen- 

 dar mounted on red board and tied with red 

 cords and showing a picture of a young girl in 

 a flaming red coat. 



From Young & Cutsinger of Evansville, Ind., 

 manufacturers and wholesalers, dealers in hard- 

 wood lumber, with fine figured quartered oak 

 a specialty, came an attractive calendar showing 

 a picture of a young girl seated before a dressing 

 table. 



The American Wood Working Machinery Com- 

 pany's calendar has several features which make 

 it especially valuable. It shows, besides the 

 current month, the month previous and the fol- 

 lowing one on each sheet, gives the moon phases, 

 and is clearly printed in black and red, the 

 figures of good size. The location of the com- 

 pany's many branches offices is given, also pic- 

 lures of a number of its important machines and 

 views of its plants. 



The R. E. Wood Lumber Company of Balti- 

 more always sends out handsome calendars, and 

 this year's is no exception. This one is of large 

 size, the picture being a reproduction from a 

 painting by W. Verplanck Birney, "Where the 

 Fox Ran." It shows a number of gentlemen 

 in red coats gathered after the hunt to listen 

 to an explanation of "where the fox ran." 



The compliments of Louis Wuichet. shipper of 

 California white pine and Arizona soft pine, with 

 office In the Railway Exchange, Chicago, were 

 sent in company with a neat little pocket blank 

 book bound in red leather and bearing the edi- 

 tor's name In gilt letters on the cover. 



"Just a Song at Twilight" is the title of the 

 picture which adorns the calendar of the Pioneer 

 Hardwood Company, manufacturer of wagon 

 woods at Wagoner, Okla. This is a reproduc- 

 tion of a painting by Albert Herter, and, after 

 his usual style, light effects are used to heighten 

 the beauty of the subject. The picture, which 

 is in very soft, suggestive coloring, is set off by 

 a stiff buff pasteboard mount. 



The R. S. Bacon Veneer Company of Chicago, 

 importer and manufacturer of mahogany 

 crotches, Circassian rosewood, .\merican wal- 

 nut, quartered oak. birdseye maple, curly birch, 

 bay poplar, red gum, yellow pine, red oak and 



birch veneers, sent its holiday greetings with a 

 vest-pocket book bound in black leather, and 

 containing, besides the blank pages for diary, 

 addresses and memoranda, considerable useful in- 

 formation such as rules for computing interest, 

 weather bureau signals, brief business laws, 

 postage rates, etc. 



An artistic calendar containing a picture of 

 the head of a young girl, from a painting by 

 Albert Lynch, with a double mounting in two 

 shades of brown, and tied with brown cords, 

 came from the Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chicago, manufacturer of mahogany and 

 veneers. 



The Rigbter Lumber Company, wholesaler of 

 ash, oak, chestnut, poplar, maple, beech, birch, 

 cypress, gum. basswood, cherry, hickory, hem- 

 lock, pine and spruce lumber, with offices in the 

 Land Title building. Philadelphia, sent a large 

 wall hanging, having a picture entitled "Off the 

 Coast of Devon," from a painting by A. J. 

 Warne-Browne. The calendar pad is printed in 

 good bold figures and the picture is well repro- 

 duced in artistic colorings. 



The New Heimance Iiine 



At Williamsport, Pa., is located the plant 

 of the Hermance Machine Company, builders 

 of high-grade woodworking machinery. This 

 plant is a model of efficiency and up-to-date- 

 ness ; it is fitted in all departments with the 

 best equipment that money can buy and all 

 manner of labor saving devices are in use. In 

 addition shipping facilities available at this 

 factory are excellent, so that the company can 

 give its customers not only some of the finest 

 woodworking tools on the market today, but also 

 quick and reliable service. 



Hermance machines are built to satisfy par- 

 ticular buyers ; they have an enviable reputa- 

 tion among the trade which has not been 

 achieved without meriting it. 



The Hermance line includes various sizes and 

 styles of planers and matchers, carefully built 

 of the best material throughout and embodying 

 a number of special features which make them 

 particularly valuable : single and double sur- 

 facers of different styles and uniformly excellent 

 quality, a pony planer, the famous "Double 

 Quick — Wide Open" moulder, having so many 

 special features as to put it in a class by itself; 

 G" moulders and sash stickers of various styles, 

 tenoners, mortisers, door and sash clamps, rip 

 saws, swing saws, and a combination saw and 

 dado machine. All of these tools may be depend- 

 ed on for quality, speed and efficiency, and with 

 a concern like the Hermance Machine Company 

 purchasers can be assured that they are getting 

 the kind of equipment they want, and that they 

 will get a square deal. 



The Hermance Machine Company has pre- 

 pared a substantial and artistic booklet entitled 

 "New Hermance Line" which gives all the details 

 in regard to its machinery and is illustrated with 

 numerous fine engravings. This the company will 

 be glad to send to Interested persons on re- 

 quest. It is a good book for users of woodwork- 

 ing machinery to keep on hand for future use, 

 as they cannot go wrong by purchasing any one 

 of the Hermance line. 



The Porter Woodworking Machines 



Users of woodworking machinery will find 

 among the Porter tools some of the finest and 

 most effective machines on the market. This 

 concern, whose large and varied line of goods 

 is manufactured in a model plant at Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., has forged its way through the 

 production of uniformly excellent tools to a 

 place among the recognized leaders in the wood- 

 working machinery business of the country. 



Among the well-known machines made by the 

 Porter Company are : The Porter, Jr., 5 inch 

 bench jointer for jointing small stock In pat- 

 tern shops, carpenter, wagon making and Job 



