Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-09
BRAINS IN MACHINES.
Inventions That Show Amazing re-
suits of Genius.

up 70 1850 AL embroidered and
braided garments, the cloaks and re-
ception gowns, capes, etc, had to be
imported from Paris and Berlin" (" said
Mr.. Alexander, OF the Chicago Braid
ing Company, but they are now all
made right here. To show you the
difference between then and now IL is
only necessary TO say that the silk en-
brodery on a lady's jacket alone used
70 cost about SIS to SIS, now ii is made
for S3. A fine embroidered silk robe,
such as now can lie turned out here for
$40 or $50, used TO require An outlay OF
SlJO to 500. With This II had to be
imported 1t could not be made here.
Take another line OF goods. such AS en-
Droidered table covers, scaIfs, tides
pillow shams, etc. They're all done
by machinery now. All those deli
cately twisted flowers, those loses and
vines and clusters of grapes and pearl
blossoms and sunfowers and panSies-
they're all wrought into the cloth by
machinery.
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK.
''It is very curious to watch the una
chines-apparently endowed with more
than ordinary human intsllig-nce-at
work. There are some ten different
kinds OF machines kept In operation Ia
the establishment. The most curious
or all Is machine whose special do
main Is the so-called applique work
1t performs three tasks at one and the
same time. When properly adjusted a
tiny knife cuts out, according TO the
pretty design intended. the figures from
the upper layer OF cloth, while stimuli
taneouSly the machine sewS these fig
ures on to the layer OF cloth underneath
the upper layer being generally OF
medium thickness, while the lower one
Is cloth of the thickeSt, warmest and
most expensive kind, such as is su table
for lady's winter cloak. The stitch
IS pretty and artistic, and the thread
runs through the double thickness of
cloth, making the work as durable as il
IS possible to have it.
The effect thus obts ned artistic
arabesques, beautifully curving lines,
forming an intricate yet pleasing pat
tern, lying on the cloth underneath, is
very pretty indeed. Generally two
/ cloths OF shades differing so much as to
| form a tine contrast are chosen. The
| delicate mechanism OF this machine is
especially noticeable In the cutting out
OF the upper layer Of cloth. For while
the whole process of cutting il and
sewing it on tight at the same time is
done 50 quickly under the hands Of a
skillful operator that a yard of this 'ap-
/ pllque' work Is made within about I've
/ minutes, the knife must be 50 nicely
/ adjusted that it will cut exactly
| through the thickness OF the upper
cloth and not the huudredth part OF AN
/ inch deeper, or the whole material and
the whole work would become dead
/ loss"
MANY WONDERFUL MECHANIsMs.
"Wonderfull" said the reporter.
Yes" remarked Mr.. Alexander,
while 4 gratitied smile spread over his
face. this Is the only machine of lis
kind in the world. I've had il patented
/ and those in my establishment are tile
| only ones made so far. They don I
| even have one III Paris.'
Another machine, which is likewise
the product OF a very ingenious brain,
Is the so-called ''three spool" machine.
! Two threads OF worsted and one thread
of silk cording are manipulated by this
machine in such a manner as 10 lay
down the worsted on the cloth and Il
spin the silk right over and all around
it, The effect thus produced Is that OF
very thick silk braid. the whole being
much less expensive.
The beading machine, 10y means oi
which those most elegant ornaments OIL
a woman's dress. those glistening ara
besques of Dealing, are put on, Is an
/ other triumph of mechanical genius
The same may be said of the feather
edge machine, which does the SO called
| sunbeam" and rainbow" work, EN-
broidering the shades, which are gradu
| ally toned down; Of the cornelly ma
| chine, which does the cording, anI
! still more so of the soutache machine
| which does the simplest and yet one o
the most effective styles of eInbroid-
cry.
1t Is the latter sort of work, wha
ladies call soutache, of which Stat,
street is full on any crowded afternoon
I Nearly every woman wears II on SOME
piece Of garment, OH a cape, a cloak, oil
her dresses and even on her underwear
And it is OF exactly the kind which
but couple of years back, was ver,
expensive, but which now. thanks I,
this wonderful piece of mechanism. ha
come within the reach of all. And a
there is great variety in the style %
work done by these different machines
50 there is In the material with whicl
they work. There is silk braid of ever,
Imaginable hue and thickness; there i
colOred spool silk of a hundred shades
there is gold thread and silver threa,
and bronze thread, of which grea
deal Is especially used for what i
known as "arrasene'' work, /. g, EN-
broidered flowers, leaves, vines ali,
fruits on tables and other covers.