Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-23
A COSTUME OF SILVER.
It Can Be Obtained by Any One
Willing to Wear It.

plated man?" asked a leading manufact-
urcr of clectro-platcd wares to repre-.
sentative Of the Now York Herald.
"a ailvcr-plated man?"
"Ics, man with O coating Of solid
silvcr as thick as no could pay for it on
such parts Of his body Us would bear tho
pressure. Wouldn't he DO good dino
museum freali?"
''Can q man be silver-plated?"
cit is merely question Of purse and
pluck" answered tho manufacturers
'Silvcr-rlating has become an art of
high degree since old Prof. jacob acct
dentally discovered the secret Of plating
non-rnctallic substances over o coating
of plumbaGo in st. Petersburg in 1888.
/ could talio man into my works and
rig him out with bracelet of silver or
gold, or copper ii he preferred it, in
weeks time, or oven loss. All tho man
would have to do would be to submit his
arm to my treatment, and then patient
ly hold that member in tho electro bath
until tho dynanlos had timo to finish
tho work. plato on wood, plaster and
glass every day, and human flesh would
be no harder to covor with silver than
either of tho former substances"
To those who have devoted no study
to tho recent improvements in electro
plating, tho present achievements of
tho manufacturers arc almost miracu-
lous. In tho factory which visited
saw many startling evidences Of tho adj
vanccmont Of tho art.
a pair of glass vases originally worth
IS, wore marked $500, and they wcro
cheap at tho price. Thoy arc covered
with $50 worth Of silver, which grace
fully twincG Ground tho glass in tho form
of q vine. Two or thrco clusters OF
grapes hang from tho vino, half-con-
cealcd by tho loavcs.
After tho vase receives its coating Of
silver, which is nearly half an inch
thick, it passes into tho hands Of tho
designer. Thence it goes to tho on
gravcr, md finally comes to tho chaser
and burniGhcr for tho finishing touches.
Other vases, less deliberately orna-
mcntcd and requiring less metal, como
cheaper, como rs low Us so q pair. Tho
effect. however. in every instance is be-
wiidcrinG, and were tho good King
George curious to know how tho apple
GANG TO 10 inside Of tho durnpling. i'm
aGino his anxiety to learn how this glass
over found It's way inside Of its tightly
fitting Coat Of silver had ono of these
lator-l2y lnarvcls boon exhibited before
his royal ra2c.
do you SEQ those little baby shoos?''
asked tic manufacturers a8 he 2ointcd
to pair Of tiny shoes, apparently of
puro silver.
''Woll, i? you examine .hom carefully
you will 200 that they havo boon worn.
Tho too Of ono is out. and Tho sides aro
fraycd wiz wcGr. They wcrc brought
to mo by u woaIcny lady Tnoy wcro
her baby'S 1rat Ghoca. end tho baby is
dead. Sho wanted them silver plated.
l hGvo had tho Worl! very carefully
done. The -';h2po is preserved exactly,
ovon tho breaks in The GaarlG can DO
econ. IhOy can now DO kept for any
longth Of time. Rather o pretty idea,
don you think 5o?''
"Formcrly." exclaimed tho manu-
facGurGr. "iho Hilvcr-Dlatcrs mado
inold% of whatever They wanted to plato
when tho substance WIS not motal.
These rloll3 wore covered with plum
b2go and plated. Thcn thoy wero cut
il two and Goldorcd together over tho
ariiclH tAoY Ncro intended to cover. Wo
y
nf@ctl!rCr has his own secret method of
applytnG tho pluWba%o to tho article to
be plated, Gi,d the plating is dono ovor
tho article 10 once. This kind of plat
int is not pat2ntablc, as tho process has
boon in u@o for oyor half century in
ono way or another.
SIT would 30 impossible to use the old
mold method in our work, for two arti-
clos Gro seldom tho Gamo in sizo and
GhGpH. 1t il trro that wo might use
mol1a md turn out q Gross or 60 Of glass
bottles. but our method 10 just as easy
and far simpler. Thon with canes tho
old method would DO worse than uso-
loss. No two canes arc tho same in
sh&pc.
81 wouldn't advise you to tal5o drink
Of tllat water" added tho manufacturer,
40 / was leaving tho factory. THAT
littlo tank Is worth $500 "a IL stnnds II