The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-28

Brought r-o,n France rrocc>~c- Of
HIauuf..cturc-
TI.. r-. .v-rai umbr..l. ft.tories in
Brooklyn. : tJ. t.',..I "ycT one of these fac
tori, ~. .~ q ~. rlps va- soon made to
sec II. t.s ar.. I-stay sa.se different things
Il~,,j .r +. -. If.,.s...t than had at
fir, ..- .r .. =. tho stick, made
of w.. :-..r -..i springs OF steel,
tn. ...r i.H.-.r. the fcru!c, car,
la i-.a.- vr nickel, them there
M runner guard, hich is
-.a inside cap. the often
a.. which may bc Of ivory,
D. ,u-k. 81 even mother of
as uletsI, and If You look
s.t.. .iEj Tiyet put in deftly
no., .ur the sticks a great va
rio. -.-r. .r~a'i. although all the wood
mus .si ff-T., tough and capable of re
Criy '..i. sr.-h and staining The cheaper
sti~l.- ~.. .....i "gt uf plank. chiefly Of ma
r!-a:J ... ..uoj- They are then turned"
--;h.- d. r....i. rpuuI-I,oli-heI, and stained
Tn runner. fcrule, cap, band, etc, form
WIN .s...yd umbrella furniture, and for
tIaa- arti ti...as there is a special mandatory.
An.,.h..r factory still cuts and grooves wIre Of
stc,-i if.tr the ribs and stTclcIeTs. Formerly
ril.- were made out Of cane or whalebOue, but
the materials are now seldom used. When
the steel J., ;rooved it is called n paragon
frame which is the lighte>t and best made.
1t was invented by an EEsli-hnan named
Fox about twenty years ago.
Most OF the sill, ilSad for umbrella covers IS
brought from France, but we make all our
umbrella giIclau. which is woven into yari-
ous widths to SUIT umbrella frames Of differ
ent size aGd along each edge Of the fabric
border - formed Of large cords. As to al
paca u Grc house has been built near Phila-
delpha on the plan Of English dye houses, 50
that home made aipacas may be dyed as
good and durable black rs the gingham re
ceives, for although nobody minds carrying
an ola umbrella nobody likes to carry
faded one. Although there are umbrellas Of
blue green and buff, the favorite hue seems
u be black
And now that we have all the materials to-
;,ethcr - make an umbrella, let us go into
nlauufactory aud see exactly how all tho
pieces ar. iuG together. First, here Is the
stick wi. J. must be mountcd-that is, there
ar, two springs to he put ~, the fcrulc IS to
L t' t'. t..i, eIIl. ami it the handle li uf
Other utascls-.i t.,..n IT." stick, that must Le
Tut .' ihe uclicst Of all tine work Is tic
cutti,. nl the slots in which the springs are
put Iu,-e are first cut by machine, but if
the man N!n operates it IS not careful he will
get some rf his fingers cut OFF. Even after
the Slot cutting machine has done its work,
thcr.. is Yet something To lie done 10y another
man with knife before the spring can be
put IN. After the springs are set the fcrule IS
put ou. and when natural sticks are used, as
all of different sizes, it requires consider
able time and care t. find ferUie - fit the
stick, rs we'll rs in whiting or The cuj Of
the stick tn suit the feruic.
After the handle IS put on the stick, and u
band put on Tor finish or ornament, the stick
goes 70 the frame maker, who fastens the
strptchers t. the ribs, strings the top cord of
tI:c ribs on i wire which i fitted into the run
rlcr uutch;' then he strings the lower ends of
thc -strct hers on u wire and fastcns in the
runner. and then when both runners are
securely fNad the umbrella j. ready for the
cover. - this IS very important part of
the umbrella. several men and women are
employed in making il. In the room where
the covers are cut YOU will at first notice q
great number Of ' shaped things hanging
agaiu~f the wall on either side Of the long
room These letter vs. are usually made of
wood, tipped all around with brass or some
other fine metal, and are of 4 great variety of
:izeS- They are the umbrella cover patterns,
- yuu soon make out. To BEGIN with, the
cutter lays his silk or giuguam very smoothly
out on long -rouuter, folding il back and
forth until the fabric lies eight or sixteen
times III thickness, the layers being several
yartl5 in length, Both edges OF the material
hes been hemmei hv a woman on n sewing
machine before It j. spread out on the coun-
tor When the cutter finds that he has the
stJ:T smoothly arranged, with the edges even,
he LAYS o.l lis pattern, oui with Il sharp knife
guiyhIy draws along two side, OF it and III Il
twinSII, the pieces fo: perhaps two umbrel-
IL, ar cut out this j. v hen the material IS
sixteen layers thick AMI tie umbrella cover i
e. have hut eight piece.
After the cover Is cut each piece Is care
fully examined by woman to see that there
are uu HOLES nor defects in il, for one bad
pies-. would ~roil n whole umbrella. Then a
man tli-a-- tire piocCS and stretches the cut
cd-e- IE:. stretching must be 50 skiIlfulIy
don. t.:t Tire whole length Of the edge be
evenly ~t. t.nt-iIrL. and IL j. necessary in order
t. $, .r.r- good tit on the frame. After this
til, I,i .--,.- %, to the sewing room, where they
arr -tv,.i tu-ctiier 10y woman on a sewing
mar..u- in what l. called pudding bag
sea- Ii- woman must have the machine
ten i-ht or the thread OF the seam
will when the cover i stretched over
Z. s..,r st,g .. thc uor.> Is 70 id~tsn the
cove II. .itc frame which is done by a
woi,aa E,t,r the cover IS fastened at the
to:l ..r.t i.-:asu. she half hui~tS the umbrella
an Us FL small too! which She uses to keep
tn c-utr.ia in that position; then she
fa~. -.. .... -,aru~ tn the rios, ami a quick
wo.,.-. ...r..i Viii 81 all This in five minutes,
a. vy. III -rw on the tie, which has been
made Il. another pair Of hands. Then the
cap Is put ol ami the umbrella Is completed
But I.sfurc it j. sent to the Salesroom
woman >nIoa-ls the edges Of the umbrella all
around with q warm fiatirOn. Then another
woman l-lfs &c up to n window. where there
is q st-ou- l.-,lt, and hunts for holes IN It. II
it Is found % Io perfect the cover i neatly
arrau-eJ about the stick, the tie wrapped
about il cri fastened, AMI the finished UNI
breIll C,e, - market for buyer. From the
time the stick IS mounted till the umbrella IS
finishet. it takes Int fifteen minutes Brook
lyn Ea-.r.
Keeping NIca; without lee
With rezag.l % suya; a point may be pre-
served Tor u...uE 0.av> &. uvaruinE il loosely