, 1875-06-13

| while over the greater portion OF the block the
| Wood has beeo dug out to slight depth helow
| the surface. But in printing, tie lines And
patches como 70 the tight places On the pape. to
MAKE the red hps, ros5 cheeks, and various col
Of the dress OF the lady, and alI tho ariarn-
ments OF tho 1andscsfe.
PRINTING From THESE ELocEy
requires much greater care, and ia much slower
process than ordinary printing from nneiai s,pe.
Gerera1!y the blocks making up the picture ara
brought together to receive the last toucncs Of
the engraser. Tho engraving Is wo1k1d oyet
from one block TO another, 80 to prevent
breaas 10 lines and sh4aoa that might sathafwtsa
occur and give the picture checkesed appear
ance. The picture wheu Occupying more than
one block is not printed rs whole, but impress
sions arc taken from tho blocks separately and
the sheets are put together BY the bll!-pcs:ar
wnoa ho sticks them up. The bloIks ere piia!el
Oh press having tias bed, wn::h slides back
ward and forward under tho rollers which 1al-
press tha paper against tie face OF the cut. IL
ter sheet has racsl1el oLs color, It goea
through the press With another 30: OF blocks TO
receive. another color, and 20 on until all tho
cooEs have oesn put OIL About 100 shoals
Per hour is good Worains rate Tor chroElatic
press. As tor each color there ia a secar,:e !co-
preston, an ordinary three-ahest four-color
poster. sach as i5 issued BY thra.ticA agents,
would require tTol7e impressions to mAsa 10
oae whole picture
Besides the four colorH mentioned
CIHFR MS
are occasionally used IN very tine work. Amoc1
these arc brown. stouo-color, and salmon color
Green ink is used for type work Gold, silver,
and bronzs arc ased sometimes in worry fancy
"otK, but theae are put in by hand The places
where they ire to 90 are printed utn sizing
uud, and White the sheets are still wet, gold,
silver, OF bronze, dust, ia tl,a case may be, il
brnshed Oh with cotton batting. The iiifercus
pigments used IN the inks are mixed in sort Of
val nlsh oil. and in the presses there il sesies
$,1T1
INK smoothly and evenly to the surface of. tho
block. Coiored inks cost from 80 cepts to s33 20
pound. tbs latter being the pr1co Of tiso ca11pins
The Ink IN 100 cop4es OF thsse-shect poster
costs from $15 to so. On an average. sheet
IN colora costs cents. 1ho charge for posting
Is cents 4 aheet, SO that 8 thlee-sheeL poster.
when stuck up, represents IN expenditure Of 80
:arts. It III q common thing to soc une, twelre,
and even twenty-sheet posters out, SO that each
II ths latter would represent q cost ot S2-t0.
THE LARGE TYPE
employed with tho pictorial cuts are made from
wood. maple, cherry. aud nox being used. There
i large manufactory at Greeuvi1te Coon,,
where they aro made by machinery, ana f.on
his POINT the principal maAes ara obkliaea
Chey are varth from 10 to Is cents up to "a
:ents letter for tbs most elaborate, and some
II them are very beautiful. 4 different block
or each color must b. used just iu the pic
oral c,tr. II, fur Instance. = red lotter Oh
srab ground ls desired, wooden type with raised
rs
q which the letters are sunk b thar tho tAr-
oundlng surface caEes to3 color, are next used
ornamental borders and cornera are nude OF
Focd. nud aomo OF the designs arc exceedingly
BEAUTIFUL They are used good deal In se:tn,
u large illuminated prlce-lists, p1ogra,nncs
tc., and their imprint would be readily tases
OF llthographlc work They cost from. 3l.50 to
9 foot TIE smaller varieties OF type arc
aetas, al Ia small iypa that Ii cheaper thaa
rood
n,,e paaa;,1 oJnrr tro rt-so+, - - .:4.-.A
have his Intention caught By
TILE ENORMOUS I1sTT-!.s
tretched along fences and walls in long bands
color. TheBe are called streamers. and the
'tters composing them are kept in style. Thar
re- rarely PRINT "a IL mora than two color5 aud
re from quarter OF , shees TO three sheets to
ae latter IN rize. The different letters are An.s
, thslr appropriate ho1ea and orders are su:4aI
ut. THUS when Mr. Daiv came along with Liz
Big GoDanza." his ecent ordered a sufficient
lumber OF those ietters to mako up thsiS stream
II one will tase notice. it will be seen that tho
rSe theatrical anu circus posters arc nat up in
cerSalp order so as to present = svmme.rlcsl
ppe2rauca. Central cuts are grouped together
the best adFaatago> and btreaners are Oh.
ong the top, bottom, and sides so es to form
'rt OF border and give finish to tho whole. The
lo"-pr1ntlnG house set up these designs, pr1nt-
g diagram showing where tho different sheots
oue in as guide to the tii1-pcater
Chicago ia ahead in show-printnc, like oveCy-
ling elsa Orders coma aera eyon from Boston,
ew York. and Havana, while all the Western
rcuits are shipped froW the houses here. Base
III cluha, country faIla lorsa-racea, and .n7
'rt OF business requiring pictorial adyertiae-
ent finds suitable cuts IN stock OF special d.
ens are gotten up to order in short time.
oEaetimes blocks arc made here and taken els*-
here to be- printed from. Blocks for three
leet poster, IN four colors, cost from 575 to
[z5, and ara good for about 10000 lsnpressions
40 business has increased here 20 largely that
- leading house is about to pus up mill to
AXE iss own coIored inka