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Jill llanufaclurers Find liliiculty in
: ‘EJSupplying Goods' Ill Dark Colors
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331‘he hat manufacturing Industry in
.(liEs city and throughout the country
istfacing a very serious situation as
tile result of the great scarcity of
{dyestuffs the importation of which
from Germany has been cut off as a
'r‘e‘suit of the war operations. '
I'The much tiilkéd about effort to
produce satisfactory dyes in this
‘eeuntry has failed utte1ly, a leading
manufacturer of this city _.declared.
.2qu reports from New York about the
‘receipt of large consignments of Ger-
‘1nan dyes have been found to 'bo
Consequently the supply
of dyestuffs suited to the purposes of
the hat manufacturing industn is
,praclicallt exhausted and at the pre-
sent moment. the industry appears to
.' be facing an absolute famine in dyes.
Some of the. manufacturers in this
city and many in other parts of the
; cottatry are refusing orders 101' goods
' luff-WW“ dark colors and'the entire
ministry is making an effort to push
th‘d‘snlc of light. colors of which there
is 1a more plentiful supply than of
. dark colors.
: Farm-air furhac
rooms or the house...
one of the largest manufacturers in
.the country is reported to have with-
drawn from the market for seal brown
dark blue and dark green hats. and
others have taken similar steps in re-
lation? to those and other colors. and
shades. There is a great scarcity of
materials for dyeing'binck huts and if
the present condition "continues it
"will not be long before many manu‘
fucturers will find it impossible to
supply orders for black goods. '
“The condition can best be express-
ed as “terrible," said one of the prin-
gi'pie manufacturersin this city, “and
unless relief comes very soon we shall
The three 'fun‘damettal mate-
. nocehsitics most important to
lit‘ésreland' ‘water and an. From
those all other material things-
targzdenved
GE these threSthings, air is the
only one that is frée- so all every-
where, swimwear; and yet has!
many people suifersh'om‘ want PE,
91:? sire-toyed . Whitest; know-
“lone oE therfunc one 1.4. good
annual ,
t
.p and; ringing mail-
the
No: wane-air furnace 19' hotter
than a Steroid-d
‘ ful cll'orts
outdatep '
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not be able to supply our customers
with hats in any of the dark colors."
“There is nothing at all to the talk
about providing dyestuffs of American
manufacturer," said a manufacturer.
“We have not b‘oen'able to get from
domestic sources a slhgle pound of
dyestuffs, suitable for our purposes
and so far as wg can learn the whole
movement. toward producing such
dyes in this country use not failure.
“Some of our customers, who have
read in the papers stories of success-
to premier; satisfactory
dyes in this country. and also the re-
ports of large importe‘ of dyes from
Germany are loth to believeuus when
we tell them that we cannot get dyes.
Much ot the recalled information that
has been printed in the metropplltnn
papers about the receipt of dyes from
abroad has been misinformation.
There have been no large imports of
dyes from German since the embargoi
upon goodg; from than country became
effective months and the situa-
tion appears to be growing worse
rather than better.
"The majority of the' manufactur-
ers had on hand at the beginning of
the fall " trade sudiciint supplies ofr
dyes to carry them well through the
trade, but there has been a great de‘
mand for bats during the past two
months and now many imuacturere
find their siocks‘yserlously depleted,
and in some cases, entirely exhaust-
ed."
The American Hatter, New Y,orl(
has undertaken, at the suggestion of
manufacturers. to find means of pro
(print: dyes and the mm ement under-
taken by that publication is explained
in 11 letter from its office, received're-
cenily by hat manufacturers through-
out the Acountry:
“it has been suggested." the letter
says; “that the, American Hatter .en-
driver to, bring about some concerted
action on the part of the manufac-
turers. and to devise ways and means
of bringing the matter to the attention
of the authorities in Washington. We
have already started an investigation
of the plan used by the cotton manu-
facturers who secured a special sh p<
ment of dyestuffs consigned directly
to them "
I
‘ TESTING A SHELL.‘ «1
ordeals' Through Which a 'Big Gun
,Miaslle Must Pass. . .
Everybody knows that the modern
shell is one of- the most diabolical of
If; mans inventions. but how many of
gas realize that it is one of the most
delicate and complicated?
Recently some firms holding con-
tracts for making high explosive
shells took upon themselves toA‘coru
rect" a detail in the specification, and,
as a result a certain thread was “im-
proved " They will never do anything
of the kind again, because all their
work Was fljected. The apparent
absurdity—1t is, in fact, an absolute
Inbsuwlity from an engineering ‘polnt
of view—ls designed of set purpose
There a i somewhfl‘slmilarmhom-
sly in the big shell for penetrating
Mot plating, which was introduced
in consequence of an accident. Que
iflay, a test shell was fired at a piece of:
the projectile wont clean through 1‘
and exploded after impact. whereas ‘
.0
«thinking. and in consequence the high .
piercing shell is now. ,
explosit'e amid:-
used quickly lest the heat of die hand
causes the metal to expend.
|armor plating from the solt side, an'dn»
happens on impact seems to be this.
The cap spreads holding the point and
so enabling it—fi'emember that the“
shell is revolving rapidly—‘40 force its
Way unbroken through the hard face
of the plate by a sort of boring ac-
tion. . .
No less curious is another fact can-
coming the points of such projectiles
After the tilde have been.worked
the shells e left for Weeks before
they undergo [be next stage. because,
strong as they 1001:, they are. liable to
snap.
Why;t Think of the razor. Constant
strapping twists the grain. with the
result that the steel gets "tired" and
will not yield a keen edge. Bpt if
you put the thing away for a few
weeks the grain will return to its nor-
mal state. and you can get a satis-
factory shave. In a similar way the
g1 11111 of the steel is affected by work-
ing, though of course to a much .
greater extent, and until it is “set" the
makers must go cautiously.
Steel shows a like eccentricity in
the making of test gauges. 30m? of
the measurements of shells are very
fine. and the instruments employed
are so delicate that they have to be
Now, when a groove is cut in a
piece of steel which is to be used as
a tent. gauge the work is laid held}
for weeks, perhaps months. Whynot
finish it at once? Because the groove,
though dend true when out out, may
be otherwise in a short time. even
though it has been absolutely tun-
touched. .
As a concrete proof of the elabor
ate nature of projectile making, taket
the case of the shrapnel ashell. The
of Operations and the brass cartridge
about sixteen. counting from- the. 11W:
of sheet brass to the finished article.
Then there is the fuse ,the delicacy
of which resembles watchmaking.
Altogether the shell‘is subjected to‘
about forty inspections and may be
rejected at any stage. ' '
After a shell has survived
ordeal. it ought to he. one would
think perfect, but a test shell is taken
from every 120 and actually fired from;
a gun into a bank of sand. It is them
again examined, and if the contour
may goes the whole batch. because if
they were. fired the grooving might
be torn out of the gun;
Ferhaps the most striking illustra-
tion of (lie minute care exercised in
projectile .maklng‘is' that even‘y' shell
is weighed over and over again.
you produce an eighteen-wonder high
drama over or under its normal
weight; otherwise it is rejected
In this connection it may he of in:
threat -to‘- note that an explosive shell
that weighs only about seventy
pounds will break into. a shower of.
some 1,200 pieces. IA single one or
950 pounds. It takes twelve seconds
for the projectile of a twelve-inch na-
val gun to reach its point of impact
T6 are 9; battleship‘irroodsido costs
song and deed.
With kindly sentiment, compelled
denied
'To slaughter of the woman and the
child;
A perfect -'echn this night volleys
rings.
Not isolate, but turned to earlier
strings—-
sieel portion undergoes tahout a. score '
case attached to the base requiresi,
this, -
about the powder 130th is expanded '
1 For gone are all the careless youth did
If-
. _ , . From Bidetord and Appledore they
explosive shell it.n1ust.be.0nly' 8.1ve V *
the milliliter projectiles tired from a.“_
fifteen-inch naval gun will weigh 1. ""
when firing at ‘a range. ofqflve miles: -
that spoke; ‘
Her hand that acted—mot a- spy' 11-;
was hand
tied nursed your soldiers of the Fatb
erland." ‘
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So begged our spokesman in just mor-
cy' s name.
The answer! In the night of Valley’s
flame;
afresh
The target's finding in a woman's
flesh!
Well rumor brings it that the death!
squId roused,
That in death's torchilt circle blinked
and drowned,
'F‘olt, sighting at that nurse’s un-
iform, '
Bach faithful Inndsturrn eye grew
wet and warm!
'1
Type perfect 01 perversion of a
breed—d —-~
The German folk heart, dower'd in
{1:0 ~roar of naming bomb from over-
head
That dropped through midnight roof
on trun'dlebed.
To crash against the unwarned llner‘s
side-
And scream and whimper from the
cluttered tide,
——Etllclent ilngexs,
’ YO“ .
That loused each bomb, that now each
trigger drew!
an.
may God pity
The race for wealth is always a
handicap.
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DEVON MEN.
From Bldet’ord to Appledore the mend-
owa lie aglow ‘
With kingcup and buttercup that flout
’ the summer snow;
And crooked back and Hirer-head shall
mow the grass today,
And losses turn and‘toss it till it ripen
into hay: ‘
reap the land of yore,
The lithe mén and long mem,\
Hid verdict, broken word. and then»
The brown men and strong men,
ruddy Anniedore.
:1:
swept. the sea of old
Spéui'ard's gold ’ 9" ' ’
to traffic on the Main. ‘
7 the trehaure train,
1 Tho-b ,
{the 111311...
The men that hie from Bidetord and
With crossbow and falconet to tgp the
They sped away with doubtless Drake
1
tin trick this drowayagoneon and loot.
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cipal cities 1n the United Staten.
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BLANKETS and COMFORT?
The HouSekeeper’ s Opportunity
Nlow IS thcvtimc to provide
~ ‘Stocks'are large and complete with the Best Blankets and
Comfortables obtainable at. prices that cannot be equaled
.for lowness. _‘ . v. .
g If will have a Blanket or Comfortable Need, supply
‘ . it now. .
BLANKETS . . . . . . . . "i. . . «45¢ to $7.50 PER PAIR-.
COMFORTABLES m98¢ to $7 00 EACH
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