THE USES OF WOOD 



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passageways leading 

 from one story to an- 

 other as described by 

 Dante in the first book 

 of his great poem. 



The modern builder, 

 whether he plans a cot- 

 tage or a mansion, tries 

 to do something artistic 

 in his treatment of the 

 stairway. He is awake 

 to the opportunity to 

 do something handsome 

 with that part of the 

 interior. He selects fine 

 woods and gives them 

 harmonious grouping. 

 He is a stingy or a 

 stupid builder these 

 days who is unwilling 

 to spend some money 

 on his staircase, for he 

 knows that he will be 

 judged largely by that 

 feature of his work. 



A LOUNGE HALL IN REDWOOD 



It WOUld be an error Caljfornians are proud of their redwood, and they may well be. for they have the 

 entire world s supply and it comes from the largest trees in the world. The wood 



is popular both as exterior and interior 

 finish both plain and figured. The 

 illustration shows panels of natural red- 

 wood. The photograph was supplied by 

 the courtesy of the California Redwood 

 Association. San Francisco. 



to suppose that the high 

 class stairway is an in- 

 vention of the present 

 generation, or that the 

 immediately preceding 

 generation invented it. 

 There have long been 

 builders of attractive 

 stairs. Some who died 

 long ago were the peers 

 of any now living. But 

 those of former periods 

 were few and they liv- 

 ed ahead of their time. 

 We should not forget 

 the debt we owe them 

 or fail to feel thankful 

 that they lived at all. 

 The first man who con- 

 ceived, planned, and 

 built a pretty stair de- 

 serves a place of honor 

 beside the first man 

 who wrote an inspiring 

 poem, and the first who 

 drew a picture with a 

 good perspective. They 

 all three taught how to 

 see things in a better 



'IHK STAIRWAY'S PLACE IN ARCHITECTUKr 



,!,!". a a ; n r'""" US /'"'''' li,cct an ' 1 th <- competent builder do their , 

 L r. ff'. [ a '")"*)' may be made a building's most attract 

 ThJ ,,'. i sh " wn , ,"i 'he accompanying illustration is of red gi 

 inc wood is not hni v fiimred Ui ;. .i ; ;.. .;. 



best work 

 ive 



MANTEL AND BOOK SHELVES 



The fine appearance presented by red gum panels well displayed, is 

 apparent here in this fire place and its surrounding wood work. The 

 color of the wood harmonizes almost perfectly with the tones of the tiles 



