Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-15
How Paper Collars are Made.

Ono hundred and fifty million pa
per collars, it has been estimated, are
yearly used in the United States; and
statistics show that even this immense
number is steadily increasing as i'm
provements in the manufacture mul-
tiply.
The collars are made of two varie-
ties; Of paper and cloth combined and
of paper alone. The best materials
arc used in the manufacture Of the
paper. II is supplied in heavy white
sheets 16 by SO inches in dimension,
weighing l25 pounds TO the ream.-
On being received in the mandatory,
ii is sent to the enameling room, whore
each sheet is covered with thin layer
of enamel and then placed on racks
heated by steam pipes until thorough
ly dry. This work is performed en-
tirely by hand, and the enamel mix
ture applied with an ordinary brush.
After the sheets have become thor
oughly dry, they are embossed to imi-
tate cloth. To produce the effect,
muslin is tightly stretched and pasted
on plates Of tin corresponding in size
to the sheet Of paper. Between pairs
of plates thus prepared, the paper is
laid, about fourteen sheets at time
being thus arranged, making a pile of
alternate layers of paper and tin
The whole is then pr csed between
heavy steel rollers, the pressure being
sufficient to imprint the threads Of the
cloth on the paper, so that perfect
fac Simiie is thus obtained.
Each sheet is then polished by pass
ing it over swiftly revolving brushes
when it is ready to be transformed
into collars. The paper is next sent
to the finishing loft, whcrc, by means
of movable dies made of steel, with
edges sharpened so as to penetrate
the material readily, the collars are
cut out A heap Of sheets, about eigh-
~ in number, is arranged under n
press, the die placed upon them, and
the press set in motion. A single
strske cuts through the paper, and the
collars are shaped. They are now
perfectly fiat, destitute of button
holes, and, besides, must be nodded
before they are ready for packing.
AT one end of the loft are large rolls
of starched muslin, and the use OF
which it is at first somewhat difficult
to divine. A glance at the next pro-
cess through which the collars pass
soon affords an explanation, for the
muslin is soon cut up into little elipti.
cal bits called "patches" which are
pasted on the extremities and middle
of the collar. Their object is 10 give
the button holes the necessary strength
and prevent their tearing out when
soaked by perspiration. A very in
genious machine puts on these patches
cuts the button holes, impresses thu
imitation Of stitches on the borders
folds tho collar, and stamps its size OF
it, all in one motion.
The collars, as fast as they are fin
ished by this machine, are bent ol
nodded so as to ct tho neck. Tht
molding apparatus accomplishes III
work with astonishing quickncss, al
though it may be fairly considered a
iivalIod in rapidi,y OF motion, By th;
girls who pack the collars in tho boxes
a bundle of dozen is made up anC
twisted into it's receptacle as if BY
magic, each girl packing some 2O,OO'
collars per day. The last process i
TO label the boxes, place them in cases
and the goods arc ready for the mar
ket.
The cloth lined collars are the NOR
expensive Of the two varieties. The,
are made Of paper to which muslin
either whito or colored, is firmly past
ed, so that no ombossing is necessary
and arc cut out and finished in th
same manner as above described =
Cuffs and false shirt bosoms 90 throug
the same process, dies being used {
the required forms. This manuia,
,uro is largely carried on in New Yor
city.-,Scienttfc American.