The Hickman courier., 1872-08-17
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How paper. collars are Made.

How Paper Collars are Made.
One hundred and fifty million paper
collars. 1t has been estimated. are yearly
used in the United States and statistics
show that even this immense number l.
steadily increasing, as improvements IN
The manufaciuIe multiply.
The collars are made IN two varieties
of psper and cloth combined, and OF pa
per alone. The best materials are used
in the manufacture .of the paper. II IS
suppiied in heavy White sheets. sixteen
by thirty six inches 10 dimensions, weigh
ing l25 pounds to the reanI. On being
received in the mapufactory Il is sent 70
the enameliDg room. where each sheet Is
covered with tain layer OF enamel ana
then placed on racks and heated by
steam pipes until thoroughly dry. This
work IS performed entirely by hand, and
the enamel mixture applied with an or
dinary brush
After the sheets have become thor
ouchly dry they are embossed to initiate
cloth : To produce this efec. muslin l.
rightly stretched and pasted on sheets Of
tin corresponding in size to the sheets o.
PAPER Between pairs of plates thus
prepared, the paper is land. about four
teen sheets at time being thus arranged
making a. pile Of alternative layers o.
paper and tin The whole is then passed
between heavy steel rollers, the pressure
being sufficient to imprint the threads OF
cloth or the paper, so that perfect f,,c
sinti2e is thus obfai4ed
Each sheet is then polished by passing
II over swiftly reyOlyipg brushes. when
it is ready TO be transformed into collars
The paper is then sent 70 the finishing
loft. where, by means of movable dies
made of steel, with edges sharp ned a
TO penetrate the material readily, the col /
lars are cut out. A heap Of sheets /
about eighty IN number, Is arranged IN /
der a press, the die placed upon them /
and the press set in motion. n sing e /
stroke cuts through the paper aud the T
collars are shaped. They are now per /.
fectlv fat. destitute 0! button holes, and
besides. must be nodded before they are
ready for packing.
At one end of the loft are large roll.
Of starched muslin. the use of which il
is at first difficult to divine. A glance
at the next process through which the
collars pass soon affords an explanation
for the muslin Is seen cut up into li;t-e
elliptical bits called patches which are
pasted on the exremities and middle OF
the collar. Their object Is to give the
button-beles the necessary strength, ana
to prevent them from tearing out When
soaked by perspiration. 4 very ingeui
Gus Machine puts on these patches, Gus
the button holes, iInpTesses the imitation
of stitches on the borders, folds the col
lar, aud stamps its size on il, all in ons
motioa.
TIE collars, as fast as they are finished
by this machine, are bent or nodded, So
as to fit the neck. The molding aparat
us aeeomplisbes its work with astonish
ing guickness, although It may be fairly
considered as rivaled in rapiGity OF mo
ton By the girls, who pack the collars IN
the boxes 4 bundle Of a dozen Is made
MP and twisted into its receptacle a. i!
by magic, each girl packing some 20 ,0OG /
collars per day. The last process Is tt /
label the boxes, place them in eases, and !
the goods are ready for market.
Theo2loth lined collars are the more
expensive Of the two varieties They
are made Of paper to which muslin, eth
e. white or coiored Is firmly pasted, 30
that no embossiug IS necessary, and are
cut oui and finished 10 the same manner
as above described. Cuffs and falls,
shirt bosoms 20 through the same pro
cess, dies being used of the required
forms.