The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-08
Ont of Old is Brought Orth New.


Out Of Old IL Brought orth New.
YOU'LL be shocked, lear. when / tell
you that your doll came out of rag-bay,
ner curls from the back Of goat, and
her elegant china tea-set out Of mud
hole.
but what will you say when tell you
that your jelley is made out oi old boots,
ana y our deiigntiui periumery from nor
riu smelling cUal-tar!
You don't own all the made-over
things in the family, either. Johnny's
ne" beaver cloth overcoat was worn ON
the back OF Il beggar, and perhaps even
played the part vi scarecrOW IN some
iarmyard, before it went INTO the rag
bag and began to come up III the world
again, and the "Tabie Geiatlne" which
every one OF the family likes to eat,
once did duty as skin on The back of Il
rat.
III is really wonderful to track things
back, and see where they come from,
ana VINO has reason TO boast vi his an
cestors. Queer sloiies you would hear
il the Things around you could tell their
history. There's your tatling shuttle. 1t
once made ITSELF uselul rs II bone in a
horse, while lhe ivory dice i'll the back
CANNON Guard adorned the jaws and
ci usued the oats OF anoLner OF The race.
Your guitar strings were lnulspensa sa-
bic 10 the Internal comfort Of some poor
pussy or llniorluhate sAeep, and your
piano " ou.d be bat Il dumb wooden box,
without some OF some internal arrange
muut Ot u horse,
Inc pearl of your paper knife lined the
shell house o. II modest little creature at
The bottom OF the sea, wnue mammals
shell comb was tae comfortable roOl
over Sea Tortoise.
Your NICE hair brush first saw the
lignt OH the skin ul Il hog, and its pretty
back OF papier muchG came out of the
ragman's bag. IDe crinollne tnat stiff.
ems The bottoms OF ladies' dresses was
used originally 10 sWiLcn the flies from
the back of d horse, and the matLraS, on
whicn you sleep So comfortably served
the same use DeiOre it fell into the manu-
lacLurer's hands.
Your dainty toilet soap-dear me, how
can 1 tell yUu-WaS made of dead cats
and dogs, found i'll the streets, and the
batter almonds" which 50 delightfully."-
tlavors your candy, came from Inc hoIrl-
bic smelling cOal-iar, while Inc choicest
ale is ueliciously Favored with-putrld
cheese.
Tne scent bags of that offensive crea-
ture, the skunk, furnish some desirable
moving freckies and tan, ana the dread
iui stuff leit III drains is changed INTO d
fashionable toilet article, and auOrnS the
face of ladies'.
To be sure, these dlsagreeable mate
rials have some pretty rough handling
before they come out OF their new colors.
The old boolS, iUr instance, They do not
step from the gutter inlo The jelly kettle,
by any means. They 20 through long
process OF washing and soaking in lye
and smoking with sulphur, ana sIcaming
and boilIny, before tncy come out white
ana delicate, and tit for the table.
The coal-Lar TO go into pertumery goes
through the hands OF chemists, VINO treat
it to duu't know what dreadful chemi.
cal processes; and the dead cats and
dogs are boied to extract the grease,
purified, whitened, and perlumed before
we see them as soap.
The doll whose ancestors inhabited q
ragman's den underwent unheard-of op-
eratlons OF soaking, bleaching, chopping,
molding, and 50 forth, before she look
| her place in the nursery TO amuse little
folks, and the clay from the mud-hole
was washed, and purified, and whitened
ana kneaded, and baked and glazed, be-
fore it venlured to Call itself china, and
| take its place on the tea-Uable.
| Inc morse LullS ludt oIlHen lne uTeSSOs
and stuff our mattresses are washed and
soaked, and boiled and baked, before We
use them, and the inteslines which make
the voice OF guitar and piano Went
through long processes of scraping
soaking in lye, and washing; before they
were drawn out into the line, tougi
strings you are familiar with.
The rat skin which we eat under the
name of gelatine first tiourished in the
thumb OF Il kid glove, and after being
" orn out in tnat capacity went througl
ever SO many purifying processes, some
what as the old boots did, and ended OF
our table.
Nearly all the things that we throw
away in alleys, or even through OIL
drains-the moet disgusting things yot
cafl tnlnk Uf-arc valuable, and alter 20
ing through the hands Of skillful WORK
men, come out in new shapes, and hay,
new 1ieIds OF usefulness.
The teats oil old-fas hioned FAIRIES, WIN
turned pumpkins into carriages, ant
shabby old gowns into elegant robes, d.
not compare with the wonders perform
ed in our workshops, by rough-iookin
men in shirts sleeves and White aprons