| Show r franklin memorial museum in philadelphia 7 ag M 4 A b mje V M A 5 1 I 1 ha ET M 7 and franklin franki in museum now under construction 0 on architects sketch of the benjamin franklin memorial institute tile the parkway philadelphia tile the ultimate cost coet of tho project Is put at chest hest was mans first FI furniture furn t ture he ate on it Slept on it and stored his clothes cloth es in it chicago man sat on it slept 0 on it ate his food on it stored his clothes in it in fact lie iio lived on in and with it it in this case ting has no connection with ellnor elinor glyna impression of a 0 magnetic personality we lire are referring to the first alist piece of furniture ever mado a chest and of course we are speaking of the primitive in man an who at that juncture in cavern ress was lucky to findt a dry earthly spot on which to stretch his huge hairy frame the chest became wore important Import to the primitive man when lie moved down from his lia hazardous niche lo in the cliff and built a but on the ground around As men galben knowledge they formed tribes and found new instruments other than just a club with W which wl h to fight and kill the beasts bakst and game that roamed the wild regions of their habitats they teamed learned too that wood could be used tor for purposes other than weapons chests were made to in great varle ties some richly decorated inlaid with precious stones atones and metals A distinguished man of those days would have as many as one hundred chests when leaving hla his castle or ou on a trip he would carry man many with mith e hira him containing such comforts as food clothing and utensils and ills his gifts his trea treasure sure store in those days it was mans treasure store his comp companion anlou during life and often died aliz chest was used tor for his bis his final resting place As we leave the arilde stage of life ilfe in a study ol of the tha history of furniture we view the avenue of progress with its increasing beauty and proceed until today we reach that pl pleasing ensIng point where man sits on a chair sleeps bleeps on a bed and eats tits tood at a table he still stores some of his clothes in a chest cheit some in dresser drawers on hlous boobs rind and often in n the floor door but the foregoing has haa only a small con with the subject matter and to the unsuspecting render reader we w disclose our themer as concerning vedar anti and the many many and interesting uses that has been made of the wood i looking back many many in for formation matlon gathered hom from 22 manufacturers of cedar chests at the furniture mart alart in chicago shows that solomon the many wives chose cedar for the temple of all tits his glory that was awo years ago and centuries later in tho reign of louls XIV grand monarch of france likewise selected teI the wood ivoyd for one of tile great versailles gateways our forefathers in america usel used 04 elar nr logs for their cabins and later for stately mansions Il president resident androw Ja jackson cUson it tins hns been learned had the chests at the ibe ronde lo in cedar desiring to perpetuate nate the memory of at their goft gods the wise greeks chos canose this als durable product of tile the forest for their images to withstand the ele elements me ants through the ages a tribute to cedar sturdiness scriptures refer to cedar as gifts it a symbol of power prosperity longevity had others ap appreciated predated its value pa ins d did id solomon loula XIV Il president resident jackson jack on and other notables in history and had they taken w adot cd of the warnings that wre were sounded later filter forest owners today say it would not now ie be necessary to toucan the horizon closes close 1 ly for tha 1 beauty ruty which Is lent by this species of f tai tb u e genus ables 1 ii bring ing d out ut hope chest thi the hope ho pei chest for several years ahas has been accepted by the maiden st tha ion 1 I as a treasure asure box in former ni Y taxi driver real hack hach writer 0 new york among thousands of 01 taxicab drivers who built up unbounded conn deiK c in the not seeing nol hearing ties of a cub cab driver there is now hobert bluzard Ilu zard who has S solo 6 barles to scribners an la Is expecting hla his novel to bo by tile the arst of tile the year ll hazard azard born in cli chicago lengo in 1800 anine to new york nine years ago after four years at the university universia sit y of illinois and several years of hobbing and odd work from california to virginia lie he farmed in california was foreman of a plantation in Vird virginia lula find and worked in the shipyards of philadelphia 11 when he settled in greenwich village hObell he believed eved ho wanted to he be a newspaper reporter but an actor friend also out of work suggested linch anck driving as a 11 a 0 good way of waiting for or soni something ething t nag to turn up writing by day and hacking by night hazard has set before himself as ideals mark twain balzac and ie do Mau passant denra they hid it away in the attic because it was merely a chest in which to store the prospective brides trousseau now however it has been brought from the attic into tile the bedroom and often into the living room manufacturers realized the need jt A a general household appeal and have had expert cabinet workers adopt style anti and fenish to make the chests into attractive pieces of furniture the idea has created it greater demand for chests than ever before in the history of the industry manufacturers say choice of poets and artists kings and rulers of nations throughout the world for centuries this wood with its sweet sharp odor has haa remained it favorite to the delight of those who live in its surroundings and to tile discomfort only of the lie moth to this insect destroyer of wool and fur the aroma of the oil has ins been a death dealing barrier more than a century ago cedar was used in numerous ways waya tor for fences barns smokehouses smoke houses rooting roofing and for log cabins one author has written no hewn red ceder log house ever rotted down tf it a house ever was wa destroyed it wn ans by fire fram tile period netleen and virgin growth cedar with of good edth and carrying very little of f tile walte ap was used extensively ten in the manufacture of cofo ins has and ail caskets this cluss class of if timber however became exhausted and its use aso in caskets by necessity was i dunklin run Ilin klin suun dei a warn ing for reforestation in lila ills daiy diy d ty which if followed would have ire vented rented the lie ut of tile tho woud wood to tiny alny ruane up the if ieter kam tile lie swedish who alib toured th alie e eastern section of the gilted states shifts almost JOO years 1190 iriina i alln pursed that thai men mei suns ne be taken to 0 o insure injure of tho fi forests rests Us tits preil llon long since tins has been borne out us the red adur sul suitable table for commercial pur purposes lus las disappeared from ull all the ll sp n und and new england states mid and rests ofalie of hie south have been so an depleted that american lumbermen say it Is nearing extinction ion no SubAl substitute tute for red cedar fligh class fedier fedi ir timber to be used for expert pencil wood in the early SOs anti since that time owners owner er of pencil slat fa factories fn an the country have bought old log lo houses barns and rail fences for bhele supply also from su suh such h wood exposed to the weather fur for half a cerita century ry pin krnc nil all of the lie oil of produced in tills this country Is made hythe pencil slot slat mills tile the worst enemy of growing cedar Is orr fire the bark of the tr tree ee Is 19 thin and oti once ce thu the ire qc orches tile the outer later covering death results I 1 with tile supply diminishing and the demand increasing manufacturers fact frers claim there la Is no available aval lable substitute for red cedar so scarce lias has tile the wood become throughout the south that only squall mills ire are established an and many of them nl al great distances from railroads red lied cedar grows rapidly but the warnings of kalin kalm awl franklin were not recognized elzea fi in n time the failure to employ conservation conserva tinn methods and artificial propagation has made it necessary for to io scout scour the southland for what supplies upp lles are available today |
