Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-28
METALLIC MILLINERY.
THE WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT IN
THE ART or WEAVING.
Some Of the Different Methods Employed
Reproducing In Metai-rirurcs Hereto.
fore Woven In siih. Linen and Wool.
An finer Kinds Of Metals us.d.

Reproducing In Metai-rieurcs Hereto.
fore Woven In siih. Linen and Wool.
An finer Kinds Of Metal. us.d.
The fashion which began some time ago
Of trimming the collar and cuffs IT wo.
mems dresses with lace, network and
other articles Ia metal, has not been con.
hned to the daughters of Europe and
America, but has struck responsive
chorl In the savage breasts u the tlenizens
Of Africa From all parts of tho Dark
Continent comes cry for the cheap and
gaudy metal millinery NJ Christendom.
The demand II par icnlarly large from the
communities where brass, copper aud
other wire has long been employed A. an
ornament for the neck. arm, wrist. waist
and ankle The practice Is followed 10y
the warriors n well ~ the women aud Il
said TO produce very picturesque results.
In Chrlstendom the practlcc has xradu.
ally grown TO rather large proportions.
According 10 q late price list the metals
employed 10 make the fabrics nre gold
platinum. gold plate. silver. silver plate,
nickel, steel German silver. pewter, lead
and Berlin Iron. The articles mnnufact
urcd Include collars, collarvttes, waist.
bands, belts, Nshcs, braid lace, crochet
work aud embroidery.
Over 5000 designs arr In the market al.
ready, aud morn than twenty manufaciur
eu advertise u reproduce any design
within a reasonable time To please either
jobber or retailer IN one system the Roods
arr produced In the rough by passing sheets
~ metal betwecn embossed cylinders OF
hardened steel. This makes the cheapest
and poorest work In the market.
II Is chiefly employed In manufacturing
metal collars. hclts and attachment. for
hanging watch,e. handkerchief. and peck.
ethook- 10 the waist IT, ouly advantage
j. that u enables poor girl to buy q silver
washed belt Tor n which resembles In q
faint way a handsome silver one costing
tl0ur MON. The rolls will mot turn out
nun goods such H. inrc work ani the Ike
METHODS ~ MAkiNC.
4 second method employs dis run 10y
steam power aud the requisite mrtal rolled
IN sheets ~ high tenslty Formerly 10 was
difficult 10 Got die. aud stamps 90 do rcaily
fne and delicate work. The coiuaec Of
silver ard gold nnd the enclosing o. tin
were about the highest points tuach,d
Recent Improvements In mechanical scirnUe
and m have brought In vast change for
the better. and now enable the meial.uith
to stamp out fabrics as dcllcnicns lirussel.
lace. IN q series Of experiments, According
"a this mode uf manufacture, admirable be-.
productions In steel, tin nnd aluminium
lrunzr were made 81 iyns. cyclds, Not
tinglHm lace and crochet work.
The work Z uNgulNtnly delicate and eau
h. brought down tu n thickness not much
exceeding silver foil The imitation OF
fabrics g. excellent. especially that Il lace
work. A steel cnllarttc. To bc fastened to
'ho outside of cloth coat solar. D. made
by this method with such clean cut angles
and llno lines ~ to suggest the hnrst Kind
Of the jewelers. art.
The third system consists IN 40 modify
Ing the knitting machine aud the laoe loom
NJ 20 allow the Use Of metallic threads In.
stead Of others The first experiment Ia
this line probably took place Ia the sue
ocssful production of wire netting. The
next step lay In the brRlding and weaving
Of wire into all sorts of patterns Tho third
siep WIS easy and brought wirc weaving
down a. - common level with all other
kinds. Metal work has this advantage
over linen. wooden, cntton aud silk.
II can h. drawn Into threads ~ almost
mathematical perfection, aud through sub
sequcnt treatment with chemical. can ha
made almost finer than the human eye can
pcreivr, When such filnmcnts ~ these
are employed In weaving tho resulting
web Is morc delicate than the gossamcr OF
the poets. By using form Of The JAG
quarl loom Il T. possible TO wenvc colufcd
pictures In metal, using red. green and ycl.
low gold, white or black silver. gray plat.
mum, rid copper and other distinct shades
pElICAIE WORK.
by using The same variety OF metals
with lace loom ohromatic effects can lie
produced such as no point ever dis
played With the proper Kind Of metal,
the durability " MI these new tangled art
products approaches inlo,tructiblllty. The
cost OF this textile process IA much greater
than with the rnllcrs or the dies, Tho
prime cost Is very great. and the expense.
incwaso rapidly with the intricacy u the
design employed and the flnencss OF the
wire.
A fourth process has been introduced
from Paris. Any article TO lie reproduced
is immersed In a strong bath and exposed
IN peculiar way 10 tho action Of hont
electricity aud powerful reagents, The
atoms Of tho article are distracted under
these conditions aud replaced by those Of
any metals desired. Among the things
thus treated may DO mentioned insects,
blossoms, leaves, lace, basket work, seeds.
shells and minute fishes. Words fail TO
describe the marvellous fidelity with which
the tinlest point aud llno Is copied In the
hardest metal.
The "fuzh" OF n goranium leaf and even
the antennm of ly are thus reproduced
fanltlcssly This process Is the most bcah.
tiiul ~ well NJ tho most costly ot all tho
new ones described. II requires the high.
eat mechanical aud scientific skill TO secure
any result whatever. While Ia many cases
II rcproduccs the most exquisite fabrics,
yet the conditions Of success arr not thor.
oughly understood as yet, 40 that IL, fail.
uros arc numerous aud discouraglng.
The last process seems TO possess great
future scientific value for prasssNing per
mancntly the forms OF animal and yege.
table life.-Drakos Magazine.
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Iiaby Moecasins.
To make Just the Sweetest pair Of
baby's moocasins. use piece Of white kid.
They will need no lining, ~ they arr TO be
worn over tho nrst White Etockinn- They