. Architect and engineer. r walls where they arein contact with the earth, since white ants are able to penetrate certainmortar after some years service. For greater safety all brick work ex-tending below the surface of the ground should be faced and capped withconcrete at least one-inch thick. Metal white ant guards should be pro-vided belvveen the earth and treated foundation timbers, stone, brick orconcrete foundations. White ants construct over impenetrable sub-stances earth-like shelter tubes of small diameter through which theytravel to reach untreated wood. In consequence, they can be k
. Architect and engineer. r walls where they arein contact with the earth, since white ants are able to penetrate certainmortar after some years service. For greater safety all brick work ex-tending below the surface of the ground should be faced and capped withconcrete at least one-inch thick. Metal white ant guards should be pro-vided belvveen the earth and treated foundation timbers, stone, brick orconcrete foundations. White ants construct over impenetrable sub-stances earth-like shelter tubes of small diameter through which theytravel to reach untreated wood. In consequence, they can be kept outof the buildings by means of metal barriers. By simply inserting a sheet of galvanized iron or white ant shieldinto the masonry and turning the projecting edges downward at anangle, communication of white ants with the earth, where they obtainmoisture, can be cut off. In less pretentious frame buildings, metal capsare placed over the tops of construction stone piling or pillars, or woodensupports. FEBRUARY, 1927 91. MEMORIAL TO HKNRY BACONHenry HerinB. Sculptor IN MEMORIAM THE Pacific Coast, and California in particular, greatly admired thethe work of the late Henry Bacon, for it was Bacon who designedthe superb Court of Four Seasons at the P. P. I. E. Jules Guerinhas sent his friend, Louis Mullgardt, a photograph of the Bacon Memo-rial and a small reproduction of it is shown on this page. The followingis an abstract of Royal Cortissoz memorial address: It is only as a spokesman for the comrades of Henry Bacon that Iam here, to express, if I can, something of the love and honor in whichwe all hold his memory. He was my friend for close to forty years. Wewere young together in the office of that great architect, the late CharlesF. McKim, his first guide and a lasting influence in his life. There I sawthe beginnings of those gifts which were ultimately to make him seems natural to speak of him at once as an artist but I look back overthe long years and think of t
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