Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-22
Beautiful Ginghams.
AMERICAN GINGHAMS.

AMERICAN GINGHAMS
In no manu- featuring depaItm ir
this country has more progress beer
m de than In that of the manufacture
Of the American giDEhams made afte,
the pattern of Scotch ginghams, but
now 30 nearly perfect, that the Amori
can gingham has almost entirely su
perseded the Scotch .ginghams. 1t Il
not generally known that one of the
principal manu- factories of eingbamf
ex lists In this city, and not knowing it,
very little idea must be enter.
tained In regard to the intricate pur.
poses and art required In manufacturing
them.
The Arlington Mills Manufacturing
Company commenced on q limited
scale the manufacture of Scotch ging-
hams by the Scotch process little over
o year ago, and such has been the sue
cess by the venture that more than two.
| thirds OF tie looms emrrlcred are en-
gagged in manufacturing these goods,
and in short time more the whole
capacity Of the mills will be turned in
that direction.
Scotch gipghams are o much Hner
clsss of goods than shirting, and they are
manufactured and sold here now about
one half below what the Scotch ging
hams formerly sold for, and they require
about one hundred per cent. finer
material In their manufacture than Ia
used in common shirtings and striped
drills.
Stepping into the Arlington mills the
other day, a representative of the RE.
PUBLICAN was shown through the
mills by Mr.. Melville Gambrill, one of
the owners, where he was enabled to
obtain some idea Of the mysteries of the
manufacture Of ginghams. What
strikes the eye in the manufacture OF
ginghams is the endless variety and
beautifully blended colors. Since the
company commenced the manufac.
ture of gingham goods, Mr.. Gambrill
has done all the designing himself up
to the present time, having made over
200 designs. The designing is the fmost
skillfnl exercise connected with the
manufacture of ging hams. The design.
er must have good idea and knowledge
of colors and understand blending them
together to make the most delicate and
beautiful tints. In fact the designing
of colors is real hard brain work.
The designer takes a piece OF paper
aud draws check lines across 1t at right
angles. Here he makes q stripe or bar Of
blue, then one of red then one of yellow
then a number Of all imaginable colory-
Then he changes them makes the blue
narrower and the red wider, and then
he changes the filling as many times as
q hall dozen of shuttles OF different
colored filing can be changed T; then he
makes the cross bars wider and some
narrower, and this is the way 1t goes all
through the whole gamut Of designing.
Every design is marked carefully down
in o book, and the book iE given to an
expert and skillful weaver, who weaves
the designs exactly as marked In the
book. 1t is with the moss intense in.
terest that the designer watches his
handiwork come from the loom, for al.
though he may have an idea of what
1t will look like re never has the full
realization until it comes rom the de-
sign loom. These designs whom finish
ed are sent on to the corn sany's waro-
houses and wholesale stores 10 New
York and Baltimore, where customers
can see them and choose the designs
they prefer. Besides, these designs are
made up In little books and sent
to all wholesale warehouses in the
country. 1t requires very skillful
dying to make fast colors that will moi
run, but no goods are sent out from this
establishment without guar rantee that
the colors will not run.
1t was with the greatest pleasure that
the REPUBLICAN's representative look
ed upon the process of dying in se
many colors Here, too, great skill IL
required, and Mr.. Gambrill has nobody
EN- ployed ir this department but th'
most perfect workmen.
Tho spooling and warping was also o,
linteresting sight, but n walk down al
aisle amongst come three hundred anc
fifty clattering loemes, each putting
through brilliant bolt of ginRh an
scarcely any two of them alike, afforded
| n sight that made us feel proud tha
our American manufacturers wer'
more than ablo to cope with foreign
manufactures, and turn out superio
article of goods.
The finishing and packing room wa
no less pleasant sight. Here the web
are trimmed, pressed and put up II
bolts Of 40 or 45 yards, when they ar
ready for the market. AS alread.
stated, the company commenced manu-
featuring ginghams - an experim mt
only Mr.. Gambrill having faith in 1t
ultimate success, but 90 convinced l
the management, now that they arc o.
the right track that the lave mad
I arrangements with designer in Paris
lone In England and one in Scotland
also with designers in this country TO
the latest and best designs. ArliDgtoI
Icloth is a new gipgham fabric opene'
for the first time this spring.
If beauty of style, rare taste In coloI
denominations and excellence OF qualit
and fabric entitle goods TO success, the
this new II AXE will achieve it. Nc
Ionly are the colors bright, but the
are pure and fast, which is al ways
, important feature in dress ginghant
!, One grea. objection to 80 many make
!of ginghams Is that they will not stan
washing. In the new fabric this oil
, Ijectiou is entirely removed, for there
no fade to the dyes. TIE styles cover
, large range of dress plaids and check
as we'll as solid color chambrsys. :.
The Company employ about 90
hands in carrying ou their worf
Their capacity is from 90 TO 100 bales
cotton a week. One thing that is M
ticeable a5outthe mills is the cleanlines
{ aud the neat and attractive appearing
of the outside surroundings. The picl
ct fence that encloses the grounds
I.neatly whitewashed, and inside IL
, Igrounds are sodded and laid eff
i walks.
OF INTEREST TO THE LADIES.
The Arlington Mills Company NJ
Ionly send their goods TO their war
houses and wholesale stores, but the
retail their brilliant gipghams to all VII
give them call at their mills at rate
that pay for calling.
OF one thing we are sure, and that
that h:ndsomer and cheaper ginghau