The Meeker herald., 1890-09-27
A COSTUME OF SILVER.
II Can Do Obtained by Any Gao
Wiling 10 Woar II.
fhe Art Of silver Plating go Perfected
That u stops at Sothins-Ashirve-
nssnts winch seem Almost Miraeu.
Ions-Esp~nsivo IiuiLs.

What would you say 10 silver
plated mani" asked leading msnu'ao,-
urcr o, clcetro-piaicd wares 10 n rcp'o-
sentative Of the New York Herald.
"a silycr'platcd mann
Eyes, n man with a coating Of solid
silver as thick as he could pay for 1t on
such parts OF hi, body as would bear tho
pressure. Wouldn't b. he good dime
museum froas?'
Can man be lycr,plat"ir"
''It Is merely a question Of purse and
pluck" answered tho manufacturer.
"Siiver-pla,ing has become an ar, Of
high degree since old Prof. jacob acct.
dentally discovered the secret OF plating
non-mctallic substances over coating
of plumbago In ST. Petersburg in isas.
! could take man into my works and
rig him out with bracolc, OF silver or
gold, or copper II he preferred Il, In a
weeks time, ar oven less, All the man
would hgyo Ia 10 would be 10 submit his
arm To my treatment. and then patient
ly hold tina, member In tho electro hath
until tho dynaInoS had tiinu u Nniih
the work. plate on wood, plaster and
glass every day. and human flesh would
be no harder TO cover with silver than
either OF the former substances"
To ,hos" who tav" devoted no study
10 the recent improvement, Ia electro
plating, the present achievements OF
tho Manufacturers arr almost tlifaru-
lous. In tho ilriary Shirh visited
saw many startling evidence, Of tho =d-
,anccmcnt 81 the art.
4 pair Of Fl.', tasSs originally worth
s.. were marked s.l.n. anil they were
cheap 81, tho price. They are covered
with $50 worth .! silver. phIri grace
fully tvinop around gAo glass In the form
Of vino. Two or ,hrrc clusters OF
grape. hang frum the vine. half-con-
c-alci by III. leaves.
After n. yasH receives IT. r1atIng Of
silver, which 1, nearly half an inch
thick, u pas'", Into tho hands ~ tho
designer. Theme" IL goes 10 tho en-
gra,cr. and finally conc. 10 the chaser
and burnishcr Tor tho finishing touches
Other vases, less deliberately orna-
ncn,.i and requiring Ices metal. come
cheaper. som" a. io~ a. 80 a pair Tho
effect. however. In every iHs'anr" Ia bc-
wIld-slne. and we're the good King
George curlou, To know how tho apple
came To bc inside 81 the dumping I'm.
Asina his anxiety To learn how this rias,
ever found i,s Nay inside % Its tightly
h;,ing Goa, - silver hal one ~ these
tatrr-lay iaafyols been exhibited b-,or.
his royal .as-.
''Do you ,-- those Ii,i.o baby shor.T''
Asked tho Manufacturer. a, he pointed
20 pair OF tiny shoes. apparently Of
pur, silver.
"W.li. u you -Samin" ;hcn ear-suIiy
you will arc tina; they have b--n worn.
tn" toe Of onr !. out. and the sides arc
!rayrd with war. They s.rv hraugh,
TO me BY wealthy lady They wcss
her hatys frs, sAess. And b'-ss,s i.
.rss.. sue uan,-a ,h-m silver plated.
I have hsi tho work very carefully
done. Tho shape !, preserved exactly.
even tho breaks In IN" seams can 10
.--n. They can NOW 10 kept tor any
length Of time. Rather pretty iira.
don'' you ,h,nk soT'
FORMERLY exclaimed tho manu-.
san,nrrr. "ihc siir"rPiA,"Tn made
mods Of vha;rf-r ,hry wanted Ia plate
~hrn tho substance va, ne, = mr;Al.
Thrss molis urE- covered With plum.
h,ro and plated. Then ,hoy vrr- cu,
In ,~o and s1lIrrri together oY-r tho
article they vrr- Intended 'p cover, W.
do thing hotter nowadays. Each man.
n.ac;urcr has HE oNr .scru, method 81
applying tho riuniia.-o 6" ,h. article 10
10 plated. and the plating 4. done over
tho article y; once. This Kind %. plat.
in.. IL not usi~ntslir. "a ,hr process has
been In usr for over half century In
onr way or another
IT, would - impossible 'ousc she old
mold method In our work. Tor tao arti.
oics arr seldom tho sam- In siEr ani
,harr. I, h true ;ha, ~ nigh. usc
npiis and turn 90, I-r1ss or 40 Of glass
bottles. hp, our method il iu., a, -asy
and far simpler, Then with canes the
old method would 10 ~rrS, than us".
icss. No two esncs arr tho same In
shape.
II wouldn't sisi.r you 10 ,a,;n drink
Of that water" a'iirt tho manufacturer.
as I was leaving tho factory. That
little tank Ia worth $50 A. IL stands IL
contains that amount ~ ruli. This
larger one Ia worth e5oo In coin silver.
Expensive r'uiis. rather After taking
= bath in one Of ihcm fancy a man
would have on prrt.y good costume 30
play tho par, Of King Midas In a char.
aic. l; nigh, 10 rather ush;-fi;iinr.
though"