Evening journal., 1890-01-01
HOW 4 cHRoMo IS MADE.
An Interesting Process with which Few
People Are Familiar.

Eeopi~ arc EatnAitAFs
We zee tens of thousands Of chromos, VIII
are given away by every enterprising "A
ness man, yet l venture the assertions
very few know how they are produced
properly produce a chrome the lithoa
must be en- rapport with the artist.
analyze the picture, fully realize [
nations Of colors and the spirit Of
Having determined just how n Il:
colors enter into the picture, the 3
Inences his work by preparing a 5<
stone for each separate color EH
commences his work by making ss "a z}1 2
elaborate ink tracing Of the pic s
It's general outlines, but the M # s: Il
tricate touches and shades Of c ]|
it is composed. The tracing p
ically prepared, so that the lind gE
be readily transferred to ston
employed to transfer the imprt
paper to the stone, considers
being used. Thousands of i'm s2
then be taken from the stone b
ming an ink roller over it,
The tracing thus transferred
known as tho key stone. Supp
twenty colors in tho chrome
Of impressions is taken from thl
each carefully busted with red II
offset Of the entire tracing is
each one Of these stones ia.
The drawing then begins, u Y
pies many months Each
printed in a separate color,
must contain not only all that
that color Of the picture, TO VI
tail, but all Of the compound o. Ii
printing one or more over otl 3
Of gradations of color from Il. #
to the faintest tinting can
each stone, just as in using an 8
or crayon on drawing paper. \
colors are, of course. worked
the artist, and it is the prir
the colors The lines on each 6ss&$5 81 j
are etched with the wash of 82
gum arabic, and are ready for
The printer must be as sliillf
in applying his colors,. and musl
the blending and effect of cad
fast as each color is printed it is Ns
the artist, who has thus a progr
Of the work.
Il has been probably noticed
cross each other on the margin of
These are the registering marks;
the printer to place the sheet IN
relative position every time ne
used and a now color applied.
are drawn in the original tracing
on each stone. When the first eOloi
ed very small hsles are punctured
sheet at the intersection Of these lil
fine holes are also drilled In corre
| positions on each OF tho subsequently
a5sd the holes in the paper are TO correS
| precisely with the holes in the stone,v
thus as each additional color is put on a
feet register is secured and each color
| Just where it belongs
The next process is to make the chr
have rough surface like an oil painting.
stone is now prepared which has a rough
| face, similar to canvas. The chrome is
laid upon it and passed through, press \
heavy pressure. When it comes forth
an exact imitation OF the painting.
then vanished, and thus you have the c
mo ready for the market.
The world is yet practically dependen
| one quarry in Bavaria for its lithogra
stone Stones have been found In Fra
England, Canada and the United States,
none possess the qualities OF the best Ger
stones. A bed of autographs stone has
found in Sequatchie valley, not far
Chattanooga, and the Investigations 30
indicate that it will yield stone Of a very
quality. II it should prove 80, it win b
orally a gold mine. The finer qualit
stone Is today worth thirteen cents per po
and is very scarce.-Nashville Crenn.) Ii