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I ** " * V? ' f PRESENTS i the season's ] SENSATIONAL > success jtm i , W; ^TBS MFR*^^5A<3 SILVIO HEIW ^ f\ ANTIQUITY OF DECORATIVE ART j * | Strange Sources From Which ! : Pigments Used by Modern Painters Are Derived. m 1 * p ???? - J PRESERVATION OF SURFACES. Y |Crude but Effective Processes Employi | ed by the Egyptians and Greeks of I Pliny's Day?Noah Prudently ? Waterproofed the Ark. i i "* ?? 4 ; Whether pafnt was invented In an ?wer to a need for a preservative or to meet a desire for beauty is a question fully as knotty as the ancient one about | [the relative time of arrival of the ? 'chicken or the egg. It was invented, though, and it serves both purposes j equally; so whether it is an offspring ! of mother necessity or an adopted son; of beauty remains forever a disputed t question. j The first cowering under the fierce and glaring suns of the biblical .countries, constructed rude huts of j wood to shelter them. The perishable nature of these structures caused rapid decay, and it is probable that the oc- I cupants, seeking some artificial means ; of preservation, hit upon the pigments i of the earth in their search. It is per- ; haps natural to suppose that it was j * the instinct of preservation that led I men to the search, although the glories ' >of the sunsets and the beauties of t he | rainbow may have created a desire to j imitate those wonders in their own i dwellings. i The earliest record of the applica- J tion of a preservative to a wooden j structure dates from the ark, which was, according to rhe Hible, "pitched within and without." The pitch was a triumph of preservation whatever it j lacked as a thing of beauty. I Decoration applied to buildings first comes to light with ancient Ha by ion, whose walls were covered with roprej syntatlons of hunting scenes rnd of i | combat. Thoso wor<? done in red ami j [ the method followed was to paint the j I scene on the l?ri?*ks. at the time of I manufacture, assuring permanence by j | baking. Strictly speaking, this was | I not painting s?? much as it was rne I earliest manifestation of our own fa- j miliar kalsomining. I The first Hebrew to mention paint- J | ing is Moses. In the thirty-third chap- j [ ter of the book of Numbers lie in| structs the Israelites. "When ye have 1 [ passed over the .Ionian into the land of Canaan, then shall ye drive out all the inhabitants of the land from be. fore you and destroy all their pictures. ..." At later periods the Jew# adopted many customs ?>f the peoples who suck oessively ' obtained power orer them ^ and in the apocryphal book of the ^ Maccabees is found this allusion to the art of decorating, "For as the tuas- I ter builder of a new house must <-are for the whoie building, but he that , undertaketh to set it out and paint it, must seek out things for the adorning ! thereof." I Although Homer gives credit to a Greek for the discovery of paint, the j allusions to it in the books of Moses, i the painted mummy cases of the Egyp- ' tians and the decorated walls of Baby- ' L ton and Thebes fix its origin at a i W period long antecedent to the Grecian J ?ra. The walls of Thebes were painted 1,900 years before the coming of Christ and 996 years before 44 'Omer mote his bloomin' lyre." ! The Greeks recognized the value of I paint as a preservative ana maae use of something akin to it on their ships. Pliny writes of the mode of boiling wax and painting ships with it. after which, he continues, "neither the sea, I nor the wind, no*- the sun can destroy Xhe wood thus protected." I The Romans, being essentially a warlike people, never brought the dec *Y House Wfifl \ y-'" " - ,ff AND HER IH PERFECT ||??l "36" B CHORUS SpP oration of buildings to the high plane it had reached with the Greeks. For all that the ruins of Pompeii show many structures whose mural decorations are in fair shape today. The colors used were glaring. A black background was the usual one and the combinations worked thereon red, yellow and blue. 1 In the early Christian era the use of mosaics for churches somewhat sup planted mural painting. Still, during [ the reign of Justinian the Church of Saint Sophia was built at Constantinople and its walls were adorned with paintings. In-modern times the uses of paint have come to be as numerous as its myriad shades and tints. Paint is unique in that its name Jas no synoj nym and for it there is no substitute j material. Bread is tne stair or lire, out I paint Is the life of the staff. No one thinks of the exterior of a wooden building now except In terms I of paint coated. Interiors, too, from painted walls and stained furniture down to the lowliest kitchen utensil, all receive their protective covering. Steel, so often associated with cement re-enforcing, is painted oeiore ii goes to give solidity to the manufactured STOriO. 1 lie uuj;t* Riniere ?m mr >kjscrapers are daubed an ugly hut efficient red underneath the surface coat of black. Perhaps the best example of the value of pain, on steel is found in the venerable Brooklyn bridge, <ui which a gang of painters is kept going continually. It is scarce possible to think of a single manufactured article waic'j does not meet pawn soniewheiC '.i tiu course of its constructio:;. So has pain! grown into the 1 verv marjv.v of our lives. PAST AS AH ASSET. ; i i Bankers Say They Lend More Money on Property When Riiilrfinns Ara Well Painted. X AN INDICATION OF THRIFT.! j i " ! I One Concern Advances 25 Per Cent. ! , I\"ore if Repainting Is Done i tverv Pive Years. ' f , i 1 | Docs it pay to paint carefully farm ; | buildings? Does it add to the selling!j value of a farm when buildings ?rej | properly kept up and regularly paint-j t]? A enrcful inquiry of a number of! ; leading bankers in the Mississippi val- j ! lev, including such states as Iowa, II1 i- ( j nois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Mis-J | sonri, reveals the fact that in nearly) every case the bankers di<l not liesi trtie to say that they would lend all the way from 5 to "?() per cent, more on , land where farm buildings were weil i ' painted and kept in good condition. | They maintain that well kept-up and , ; well painted buildings and fences are an indication of thrift and that the . thrifty farmer is a good client, and 10 j liirv. r>r< n ho All ! average of the returns from these . i hankers shows that The increased loan ! value because of painted buildings is ; around 21! per cent. | Some of These bankers make inter- ^ , esting comment. A Michigan concern I says that, while not especially pre- j I pared to advise definitely in response | ! to this inquiry, the officers would loan , ! more money on farms \vhere buildings were painted than where they were not so treated. This bank also finds I that where houses, barns and fences j are well taken care of the fann is a ! profitable proposition, and bankers in ! general consider the fanner a good client. Another Michigan bank says "fann buildings out of repair and needing paint indicate that the owner ; i is slow pay." Such farms are rated at about one-third of the assessed value for loans. Where the fann building? 1 are in good shape the rating is one- j lialf. The president of a middle west- j ern bank says that when real estate j loans are considered, painter, buildings j are always taken into consideration in making an estimate. The ,reneral ap- i i i Mm /k?k 5LITY / ( \X "% no furious n fesL <f ~T"-~ ? ?J pea ranee of ihe property surrounding the house and i)arn and also the fields and fences would be carefully observed. He further says that he has no hesitancy in saying that he would absolutely refuse a loan on farms whore the buildings wepe not kept up ::n/l i wpII nijintori In his 1iuT?rmpnt. tin painted farm buildings would reduce j the loan value at least 25 per cent. A Minnesota banker says that he is r much more willing to loan money j where the buildings are well painted. ' In his particular case he believes that j he would loan 20 per cent, more than i ff the buildings were not properly j taken care of. A farmer who will I keep his buildings painted takes a \ much deeper interest .n his work' than \ one who does not. Another Minnesota bank says that wpll painted buildings have resulted in securing from his bank sometimes as high as 25 percent. more money than where the buildings are not painted. An Ohio concern says that it will loan 25 per | c&nt. more money on a well kept farm j where buildings are painted at lenst j once every five years. A southern Illi- ! nois bank says that it has no fixed j rule about this, but it does make a de- ! cided difference when owners of farm j lands apply for loans. If the buildings j are well painted and thus well pre- { served the loan ra?e would not only j he cheaper, hut the amount of money j borrowed would be larjjor. A northern J Tllinnic hnnk flnps not lo sjiv I that it would loan fully HO per cent, j more on a farm where buildimrs were J well painted and ir good order than \ where they were not. The vice presi- j dent, who answers the inquiry, goes j on to say: "There probably are many : farmers proof I financially and mor-all.v ! napinif thoir liii il #11 n rrc In romoin I ??IIW |ltl mil .. .........I.-... .. ........ , ?npointed. but as n rule the most sub- I stantial people who live in the conn- j try keep their buildings well painted." j An Iowa bank, through its vice pres- i ident, states that it would make a dif- j ference of at least 2"> per cent, in fa- ! vor of the farm with painted build- 1 ings. Another Iowa concern says that ; it would make a difference of at least j 20 per cent. All this being true, it is perfectly 1 evident that it is a sood business prop- ; osition to keep the farm buildings well { painted. They not only look better i and are more plearng to the owner, ; hut the farm would sell to better advantage, the loan value of rhe property would be greatly increased and the j buildings themselves would last much I longer and need less repair.?The American Agriculturist. nniiT i nrv II i irrnmu rAIIM I ANU ILLI I LnAUT. ! i Curious Fact Comes to Light That Lo- | calities Least Using Books Avaid Paint Also. j j Washington, D. C.?A curious fact hn? been brouirht to Ii<r!:t bv I he Erin- I rational I'ureau and the bureau of In- j dust rial Iieseareh h^re. li is that in i the states whore illiteracy is most j prevalent paint is least used. The ! paint referred to is the common or barn variety, of course, for the baek- ' woods eoun tries have no nee?i for the j finer pigments or facial adornments. . It is irue, tho'ugh, that in the sections ; itf all states where wtnte illiteracy is highest painted homes :.re rare and j painted outbuildings and barns are j practically unknown. Probably the ? illiterates do not use paint on their ! buddings because they do not under- ci Bland its value as a preservative. A xn Trench Style. a Guest?Noodle soup, veal with to- i w ma to sauce and a cream puff. Waiter (who has been at the front)? j Bow. l7 submarines, camouflage calf, r< hurl me a custard grenade.?Boys' tl Life. ! s( BOSTON WOMAN REC0M3TEND- | C{ V.m m/\ wvcrk rtnxn V'TiC? t f IT TU H?K r j " Popular Boston Lady Says Tonolinc' b Has Proven a Godsend to Her. i tl i ' ! I It is always interesting to listen to a: the statements of our friends, and es- it peciaally when you know they are sin- si Brimful i I i I Dainty Lii Special". Seat Sale 0] At Gilc rrices: a 1 MAI ^? I III " c ) / . screen distinguiskedairi surrounded by t of the, sea and t sfroma* NAZ] r ,i i - j-rorn. tite stage s "CEPTK Directed by. Scenario jT '"^^afci ^Jk.4^5 i jnP'irA Hn ire and honest i'ru what they say. dded interest is created in a state- j ent coming from one who has spent lifetime k? 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