. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . Plate XXXII.—Stucco Cornice in Derby-Crowninshield-RogersHouse; Wainscot and Interior Woodwork which in exterior appearance and constructive mate-rials disregard period. This is because it harks backto early traditions which we at once respect and ad-mire. There is a certain financial psychology about it,too. White pine, once the cheapest of nativewoods, has been used with such prodigality and forso many purposes that in finish grades, although ob-tainable in ample quantity from the Northwest, itnow costs as much as som
. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . Plate XXXII.—Stucco Cornice in Derby-Crowninshield-RogersHouse; Wainscot and Interior Woodwork which in exterior appearance and constructive mate-rials disregard period. This is because it harks backto early traditions which we at once respect and ad-mire. There is a certain financial psychology about it,too. White pine, once the cheapest of nativewoods, has been used with such prodigality and forso many purposes that in finish grades, although ob-tainable in ample quantity from the Northwest, itnow costs as much as some good hardwoods. Un-fortunately human nature too often permits us tomeasure the worth of an article by the price whichsupply and demand have placed upon it. Now thatwhite pine has become expensive because of its scar-city in the East, we have begun to prize it then, too, we have had an opportunity to ob-serve its sterling qualities in the remarkably wellpreserved old mansions of our early seaport towns. Mclntires admirable work in Salem affordseloquent testimony to the fact that the possibilitiesof painted softwood for interior finis
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