Show S 0 ro t it e t H V lalim I 1 I 1 il t n 71 v 57 7 IP f kc t A h A IV A 11 1 s it f 4 D i i i iq i va 1 A 4 k ir j cwi W corsets cossets f 6 F TOU should chance to discover di coner sour friend Broi brown Nil the usually veil groomed and d president of 0 the first ration nation al bink bank dressed in overalls down on his knees and busily engaged in scorching a baird with nith the lime arora rom a gasoline torch bould vou ou jump to the conclusion that he had bad mosed into second child hood which mide you felir for the safety ot of bour our deposits in the aforesaid bank or horrible thought that he be hed tone in for phyl but don t worry orry tho the chances are that he is sugi ing and that the bond bo nd d on which N aich he is s lav arill ashing g ills his attention and the blue name flame ot of the torch the dining room of 0 ills his new is s a 1 deco decorative ratie panel for bunga bungalow lox ask him about witch match him work and ver ner libel likely vou ou a ill be a convert to this curiously named occupation before vou on know it per for the benefit ot of the unenlightened ho may ba tempted to look 1001 up this word nord in the dictionary where x here thea chev N wont on it find it it maa ma be N nell ell to at the outset that bugling sugi su gling ing means the process ot or burning or charring chairing ch arring nood to ere it the beautiful deflect produced b the jap J inese on their chief commercial wood sugi the method has been employed ba b japanese Ji craftsmen tor for centuries and tilea the have hae reaped i a rich harvest f from r orn the sale ot of samples of the wood coil to english and american tra travelers elers for ant of a better name these samples were knoon in this country as japanese drifty it aas not drift x however hoever as the deflect anas ob bained by the use of fire the individual I 1 pieces hav ing first been charred and then rubbed with eiith rice straw hox HOB the japanese came to employ this method of 0 decorating nood is interesting it also serves series to thov she that as a race of corn merciel geniuses they are right in the front rank and wearing caring bells of considerable size many centuries cent uiles ago these keen sighted orientals Orient als began to gather driftwood from the sea and turn it to the uses of beauty without treating it in any a a its embossed N to tiie continued slashing ashing si ol of the waves and the chemical ac U pit Z tion alon ot of the salt of 0 the sea idich detrois the eifler parts of the wood and leaie the harder growth in arregu A 4 2 hezs CO P lar ribs m nas as to them a source of artistic delight but the supply of driftwood was mas limited and its elo evolution lution from fresh wood through the action of the sun and the sea cohered a long period ot of time tim 9 then it occurred to them that the thing to do was as to find a nay to hurry the process to gain the same result t other methods in other words to produce artificial driftwood finall they discovered that charred wood nith kith the char brushed out lift left li ft the same result as roston erosion bi b the sea and thereupon was as born the r bugl 11 ll gi finish just how it was all done cal the japanese them 13 selves elves knew and they coulden couldn t be ba coaxed or bribed into divulging the secret for a long time it was the general impression that the nork anas a as the secret lay in the d done ne mith acids and that knowledge koa oi ledge ot of ahen and how to stop the action ot of the adds acids finall an american the noted oriental scholar and tra traveler ieler john S bradstreet of 0 minneapolis got on the right track what he did not find out in japan he guessed at and upon his re turn to america satisfied himself by numerous experiments that he had found the correct method but that m was as only halt half of the game the other halt was mas to discover an american wood capable of taking the sugi finlee the japanese sugi which is rather soft and easily worked ked differs from most conifers or cone bearing trees in that it Is not resinous according to the generally accepted term it is close grained and when nhen cut into flat sawed boards shows a beautiful figure figur the spring growth groth 19 much harder anin the bummer growth so that when fire is applied i to a bugl board a of heit which coal completely comile lately tely chira tho the softer arain vill meri mer ly discolor the birder giacin then when tho the burned pieces are rubbed until all lie hie charred portions are reni removed tho grain Is ib left banding tan ding out like an all e embossed ru bossed surface against ane colored soft grin during the worlds fair i lew japanese carpen were brought to tins this country to aid in the of certion of the exposition l bili buildings dings hen these carpenters famil ar with american loois th N indicated a strong prefer euca tor for cypress which the a al most exactly tho same qualities of and workability Norka billLy as their native sugi here was as nir mr UP tip ili he immediately began to experiment nt with and the results con convinced inard him that it waa nas tile the ideal wood not only is 19 cypress tree free from resin and pitch a aich Is rie nece cessar ssan to the ss of the b of the unusual de SU bugl gi treatment but ba reisor gree of difference between the hardness of the pring and summer groNt growths hs it presents a superior on after the scorching and brushing out abi auel process Is rapidly coming ant lavor favor as aa P lapre T 1 1 rl 0 4 1 ILL I 1 I 1 J e A af 1 1 A 7 ly 0 d k 4 ki t T 0 e ez I 1 4 yd t k a means for producing one of the most novel beautiful economical and easily attained effects ener eer obtained or on any tor for interior trim its extreme simplicity is one of the chief factors in its success the tools necessary are a gasoline torch such as Is used by plumbers or painters an ordinary 3 steel attire ire crush and a small email scrub bing bag brush in selecting cypress c press for bugl snork care should be taken to see that the nood mood is flat grained anith ith ner aeri ieri little edge grain and that it is perfectly dr the only defects to be avoided are splits large season checks and unsound knots on oil account of the sligh tl uneven surface it Is difficult to glie gins the edges of to beald to together cether as ma be ba done alth oak mali machogan ma hogan etc and for this reason it is better to limit banchig daneli ig to twelve or preferably ten inches another riison Is that it N ill 1 uge logs to produce very aide blaids sh otting a flat grain figure the full width the torch used should have as large and as hot a blue flame as possible since speed in bum buin ing the wood is important it if the surface cin cia la be charred 10 ci quickly that the heat does nut not go through the board the result will be much liftner and much time will ill be sued rhe file ue of two ONO torches at one time arranged on a handle so that tile the flames are a couple of inches apart N ill al 0 facilitate the since the burning is for the purpose of color coloring ng the hard parts of tile tho outer grain oril it is im portent not to burn too deehl II if the ch chairing chirring chir arring ring is earned carried too far the soft parts will N ill le burned loii clen through to the next lard bard grain and the effect will not be nearl so 0 good the mill work should be done and the individual pieces burned and brushed out before they ale aie pul pu into place because of the ot of the wood to warp when subjected to the intense heat beat of the gasoline fasol lne name equaling about 1000 1 OUO degroes NN arping under such conditions is perfect heitur nituna it a and nd and need cause no norr NN ool that is consid considered cred absolutely dr still is enuch moisture as an all indoor amu cherp or about 1 7 per cent tile the heat has the effect ol of dehing this moio mol turp tUre from the bained surface of tile the bood nood through to tho the side the teli causing a shrinkage of one face and a swelling of tile the other llie iho result is thit that the charred face beonies becomes con concise ertie and the other face cone dv by setting the board aside immediately after the buining and allowing it to st ind for two or three da dass 3 it in ill re reabsorb absei b enouf 11 moisture mois MOlS tIlI tuie L to balance up anith alth the and thus out it is then read mad tor for the rubbing process it lb is adi advisable isable to do tho the burning in narrow to or three inch the full length of tile tho baird rather than to start at the top and work nork ocr the full width ahe one thing to avoid Is lug ing the ultimate color effect is not controlled nearl so go much by tho the burning as by the brush 55 ing ahe more the soft prim Is rubbed out tl ill lighter in color will be the general tone and tile the rubbing must be done epal so that the tone will not nar ar if the rubbing la Is done only with the grain the work ork will be slower ind the tone dirker A lood plan is to first go oer tho is board in order to the black charcoal chir coal and then rub across the grim grain under no circumstances how enar should there be ana an diagonal ons onn or two experiments on snail small pieces mill ill teach ill all then is 19 to know the work N or ot of the mire bruh aln leies es tile board board Lom cov cor cred 1 ith a fine bron bro n ponder 1 I if will il rant must bp entirely remold this is do done I 1 ie ba b going 0 oer er it first with nith a and then nith ith 1 1 1 a dr it bruh the latter being handled busl to polish the raised surface cloth should hould not be used to remote remone the flip po powder AIer as it will nill rub the ponder in instead of re moNing it the final finish depends upon abo lists ot of tho the operator op prator it tile process recess is completed site the re moal moi 11 ot of the th e powder po oNder the board will N be softer in tone and leas bril biant than it if waxed floor I 1 wax inan however boeer enill bring out the th full effect of 0 the grain tile the wat na J ks should be applied and then polished 1 with a bristle brush brish 1 ibin I hin stains while permissible hae the effect 8 of 0 darkening the wood rood an excel lent wa a to ghe color to th the e board is to t 0 apply ordinary lead paint ol of the desired chloi and then imme lemoie all that can be rubbed out with ith cotton waste garnishes I 1 arnis hes shoud never be used the cheapen the work and the results are tar far front from pleasing not only is sugi finished c cs press one of the most distinctly beautiful ot of all woods as an interior trim tor for buildings but because ot of the th ease and cheapness v ith which the process can be era em dialed and the pleasing and novel effects that can be obtained its use tor for special furniture and in numerable small articles will undoubtedly cause it to become extremely popular N ith the amateur as well inell as the professional craftsman |