Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-27
NOVEL USES FOR PAPER.

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remarkable Way IN Which
it's Being Utilized.
Towels Baskets. Bottles, Doors Dinner
Plates and Shirts Now Made Of Paper
The Stationery Trade ReciesD has an
article on the various novel uses to
which paper is now being put. We
quote:
PAPER TOWELS.
The use Of paper towels in cleansing
wounds has been found very satisfac-
tory. Sponges have always been
regarded with suspicion by surgeons,
as it is difficult to keep them in per-
fectly purified condition. But the
paper towels are Is be used once only,
and as they cost only from IS to so
cents per 1000. are available in the
sick room. They are from Japan. and
the pale colors with which they ar
decorated are found to be unobjection-
able.
BASKETS OF PAPER.
Almost any shaped baskets and
work cases can be made Of plated
paper. White. brown or newspaper
may be utilized for this purpose. Get
into narrow strips. three-quarters of
an inch wide, thin cartridge paper;
double each strip lengthwise into two
and plat it. When you have plated
a sufficient quantity, stitch the pieces
together into the shape you wish the
basket to be, using small basin, or
another basket to assist in shaping
the work. When the basket is stitched
into shape, and the handles put on,
give it two coats of hot gelatine and
water, and when thoroughly dry, var
'nish.
PAPER BOTTLES.
Paper bottles are now made on a
large scale in Germany and Austria.
The paper must be well sized. The
following is said to be a good receipt
for the paper: Ten parts of rags, 40
Of straw, so of brown wood pulp. The
paper is impregnated or coated on both
sides with 60 parts of defbrinated
fresh blood, S. parts OF lime powder, 5
parts sulphate of alumina. After
drying, ten or twelve rolled leaves are
coated again, placed over each other
and then placed in heated molds. The
albumen in the blood forms combi-
nation on pressure with the lime, which
is perfectly proof against spirits, etc.
The bottles are made in two pieces,
which are joined afterwards.
PAPER DOORS.
Feel the weight Of that door," said
q builder to reporter who was look
ing at an un6n;shed apartment house
up town. The reporter prepared to
lift what seemed to be polished ma
hogany door, but it proved too light
for any wood 1T is made Of paper, :
sal the builder; "and, while it costs
about the same as wood. is much
better, because there is no shrinking
swelling, cracking or varying. It is
composed Of two thick paper boards,
stamped and moulded into panels and
glued together with glue and potash,
and then rolled through heavy rollers.
It is first covered with a waterproof
coating and then with tireproof coat
Ing, and is painted and vanished, and
hung in the ordinary way. Few per-
sons can detect that they are not made
Of wood. particularly when used as
aiding DOORS
PAPER PLATES
a daring landlord in Berlin has in
troduced paper plates. Bread and
butter cakes, anl similar articles are
served on these papter mache plates.
which have a border in relief and
closely resemble porcelain. The land
lord likes them because they are SO
cheap, they can be thrown away after
once using; the walters like them for
their lightness and because they are
neither to be washed or broken; and