THE USES OF WOOD 



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DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF WOODEN FISH BAIT 



The same kind of red cedar that is used in making lead pencils is in use by manufacturers of artificial bait or lures for fish. A fish is stupid 

 and is slow to suspect or detect a counterfeit. For that reason it is easily taken in by wooden minnows, beetles, crawfish, helgramites, frogs, 

 and nearly everything else that crawls, swims, flics or wriggles. 



pleasing contrast. The dark wood may be walnut, 

 mahogany, cherry, rosewood, or Spanish cedar. 



The remarkable differences in prices of tennis rackets 

 are not so much due to the differences in the cost of the 

 raw materials of 

 which they are 

 made as to the 

 kind and amount 

 of labor bestowed 

 on their making. 

 The best tennis 

 rackets are works 

 of art, and the skill 

 of the worker is re- 

 flected in the price 

 as much as in any 

 other article be- 

 longing to sport 

 and athletics. 



The game of cro- 

 quet does not de- 

 velop experts and 

 enthusiasts to the 

 extent that golf 

 and tennis do ; but 

 more people play it 

 and more wood is 

 consumed in pro- 

 viding the balls, 

 mallets, and stakes 

 than in the produc- 

 tion of golf clubs 

 and tennis rackets 

 combined. The en- 

 tire playing outfit 

 of croquet is made 

 of wood except the 

 arches, and some- 

 times these are of 

 bent wood. The 



PARAPHERNALIA FOR TENNIS PLAYERS 



The tennis racket is made of wood and raw hide, and several fine woods are com- 

 monly used in tlie production of the article. Ash, hickory, cedar and mahogany are 

 in demand. Wood is not wholly essential in the construction of tennis courts, but 

 posts and railings are often of wood. 



makers of croquet sets use more maple than any other 

 wood ; but the mallet heads of fine sets may be of 

 lignum-vitae or teak ; and the mallet handles may be of 

 beech and birch as well as of maple. The balls wear 



out sooner than the 

 other parts of the 

 outfit. They gradu- 

 ally go to pieces by 

 splitting, a chip at 

 a time. 



One of the old- 

 est games in Amer- 

 ica, in the playing 

 of which wooden 

 implements were 

 used, is la crosse. 

 It originated with 

 Indians in pre- 

 historic times and 

 was widely known 

 among the tribes of 

 the northern United 

 States and south- 

 ern Canrda at the 

 time of the earliest 

 exploration. The 

 redmen called the 

 game "baggatiway," 

 but the French 

 named it la crosse, 

 which name it re- 

 tains. It is not of- 

 ten played in the 

 United States, but 

 is popular in Can- 

 ada and is played 

 in most English- 

 speaking countries. , 

 It partakes partly 

 of the nature of 



