Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937 · San Francisco, P. Elder and company · leaf 40
rallypainted to imitate the effect of stone, and thus sins evenmore seriously in becoming a sham. We feel that a womanwith painted lips and cheeks is vulgar because she is sham-ming the beauty which only vigorous health can bestow; soalso is woodwork vulgar when it is covered over to imitatethe… … THE BUILDING OF THE HOME wood. The round tower, the curving bay window, and amultitude of detachable ornaments are cheaply rendered inwood when their very nature demands that they be built ofmasonry. It is a good general rule in timber constructionto build in straight, angular lines, thus in a…
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