HARDWOOD RECORD 



17 



III M.i:i:ii VAitii HASH for men. 



rRf:SIDENT BROWN OF THE EXCHANGE AT 

 BAT IN THE "INDOOR" GAME. 



to limit liis eft'ort to various aimising L-apei-.s 

 at the starting point.' 



Tlie ladies were much in evidence in the suc- 

 ceeding contests, Mrs. Darlington being the 

 particular shining light, with first prizes in the 

 25-yard dash and in the ball throwing con- 

 test. 



The shoe race proved to be highly enter- 

 taining. The various contestants piled their 

 shoes together at one end of the thirty yard 

 stretch and the object was to see who could 

 find his shoes and put them on and get back 

 to the starting point in the shortest time. 



The events were wound up by a hundred- 

 yard dash and the girls' race. The entire at- 

 tendance adjourned to the outdoor pavilion 

 and restaurant, where they enjoyed a most 

 delightful luncheon under the shade trees. 



One of the features of the day's entertain- 

 ment was a concert by the Damrosch New 

 York Symphony Orchestra, which took place 

 in the open pavilion. The performance was 

 as finished in every particular as could be 

 hoped for only from this famous body of 

 musicians, and those who were fortunate 

 enough to attend probably never listened to 



such good music under such ideal conditions. 

 The majority of the lumbermen and their 

 families left for home on the five o 'clock 

 train, satisfied with themselves and the day, 

 and with the ability of those in charge of 

 local lumber affairs to put through in a most 

 successful and finished manner anything at- 

 tempted. It is to be hoped that the outing 

 will be the cause of bringing the lumbermen 

 of Chicago into a greater spirit of working 

 togetlier for the benefit of all. 



Violin Making in Gennany 

 Consul Agent W. Bruce Wallace ot Markneu- 

 kirchen treats interestingly of the sources, cost 

 and demand tor curled maple in the construction 

 of German violins, in a recent communicatioD. 

 He states that the- principal wood used in their 

 manufacture is flamed or curled maple. Blrdseye 

 mapie is used only to a slight exient. being em- 

 floyed more in the manufacture of guitars. The 

 principal source of supply of flamed maple is now 

 tlie movintamous district of ea&tern Austria, 

 where it is found growing in rugged places, the 

 flame seemingly being more conspicuous the more 

 barren the soil and the more rigid the conditions 

 of exU'tence. 



In order to most fully utilize the wood and at 

 the .same time to saw in a manner which will 

 best brin? out the flame, the wood is brought 



to the market, where suitable labor can be pro- 

 (iircd to work it satisfactorily. The trees are 

 first sawed to a length of about 3.2.S feet. These 

 lengths are of course in meters, and must be 

 divisible by 40, so as to allow the proper length 

 for the violin. Extreme caution is necessary to 

 avoid in any way defacing the wood, as every 

 mark detiacts from the value. Only those trees 

 cut after the falling of the leaves in autumn 

 and before the sap begins to flow in spring are 

 suitable for violin wood. After cutting, they are 

 transported as quickly as possible. Inasmuch 

 as the plain wood is not of sufficient value to 

 pay for the transportation, it is not cut, only 

 the flamed part of the tree being sawed out. 



When the tree has a sound heart it is merely 

 sawed in the lengths convenient tor transporta- 

 tion. However, if the heart is unsound, the log 

 is split and the decayed section cut away, thus 

 effecting a material saving in transporfatlon 

 charges. Experienced supervision is absolutely 

 necessary to profitably accomplish this work. 

 I'rices for the wood vary according to its charac- 

 ter, and range from .$250 to $750, freight to desti- 

 nation prepaid, for ten metric tons. 



There is a considerable demand, one firm alone 

 using $13,000 worth every year. Several firms 

 Lave been interviewed and have expressed a desire 

 to communicate with concerns in the United 

 States who could deliver American maple having 

 a flame or curl similar to that of the Austrian 

 variety. 



RACE FOR MARRIED LADIES. 



LADIES' BALL THROWING CONTEST. 



