Show CHINESE SKILL WITH AXES Carpenters C of Cathay Will Compare With Occidentals I Naturally preeminent among the skilled craftsmen of China the carpen carpenter carpenter carpenter ter still sun maintains the leadership says the Engineering Magazine Though almost invariably edd d to the use of o othe the tools toots of his hl ancestors and to their methods judged by results result he is more efficient in his line than arc the aver average average average age of or the foreign trained fitters and machinists in theirs though a constant diminution of the difference is in progress In judging the performance of the native workmen it ft is almost Impossible to avoid the popular bias that addition to their own methods and tools in invariably Invariably Invariably variably bespeaks fatuous conser conservatism conservatism Though this Is in many cases caS S true it will often otten be found on care careful careful ful observation that what has passed for tor a stubborn blindness to the virtue of innovation is in reality a keener ke ner perception per of ti Ie ments than the judge himself was aware of This is particularly true of Chinese carpenters While most of their com corn commonest commonest monest tools differ In some radical way from our OUt own It Is never nevor safe to assume the superiority pf 91 f the west western western ern em product Their small ax for ex example example ample is a beautifully balanced tool and they are remarkably adept adelt In the use of or it being able to work as true a 3 surface therewith as can be obtained with an adze a ze In the hands of ot e white whiteman whiteman whiteman man manOn manOn manOn On heavy work it Is customary for two to hew together r on opposite sides striding alternate blows Both hands are and the recover is 18 s ever ver the shoulder alternate ight right and left There Is a freedom of swing with an accuracy accuracy accuracy racy of ot delivery hat is a treat to 10 watch and the rapidity of blows is al almost almost almost most bewildering |