Evening journal., 1895-12-14

ticulafly those Of the turn down pattern
How 10 o0vlate this was a serious
problem which 10 remained for two
Wilmingtonians to solve They made a
careful study OF the matter and. by their
perseverance,. perfected machine which
permits the folding OF collars while
damp. thereby protesting the fabric. and
drying 70 thoroughly aud Importing a
hsri finish while in proceg8 of being
turned The names Of these two VII
mlnRtonians are George II and Z
Claretcs Hollis proprietors Of ths Man
haitian steam Laundcv on kng street,
the most perfectly equipped establish
mens of rs kind on t1is Peninsula, and
unexcslled upon The Atlantlc slope Now
that letters patent have been applied for
the Msssrs Hollis have consented to
allow the EVENING JOURNAL to print q
picture OF what bids fair 90 become one Of
the grea est OF modern Inventions IN the
matter OF laundry equipment
No other machine In existence can
finish and shape Collars rs this does. It
prevents breaking aud efectuslly stops
an complaints on that score. When =
man sends bis collars TO e Laundry which
operates e Manhattan collar folder and
shaper, ne has positive assurance that
he viii got thom back as good 9 they
vera sent Further than that, collars
which have been broken by other
machines, whfn run through this folder
and shapar have the ragged edges rolled
down aud amoothed go perfectly that
annoyance and irritation are at once
obviated 10 Is worth more than three
women TO every establishment which
uqee lt and has few EQUALS az labor
saving device.
It's lmportancs 90 collar and shirt man
ufactursrs Is demonstrated by the fact
that every manufacturer 10 Troy, N Y
with the possible exception Of one, who Is
holding the matter under advissment Is
using tbs machine successfully in the
Laundry connected with his establishment,
and &c will not be- long before every turn.
down collar ia tho market will, in the
various processes from he state Of raw
material 10 that Of the huished product,
have been folded and shaped By this Ie
msrksbla product o the inventive genius
and ingenuity OF these two WILMINGTON
men lis introduction into Troy means
los success throughout the world, for the
cuff and c3llsr Industry of the United
8 ates csniers a. and near that point
The factories there employ from 10. 900
TO ~. 900 operatives aud from 25 700 to
30 600 DOZEN collars snd cuffs are turned
out every working day in the year. not to
mention the thousands Of dozens Of shirts
being turned out during the same time
The machine under discussion removes
from the factories the last vestige OF
hand workers, Tor the. manufacturers
have never before hsd at Command
machine which would fold and shape col
lars ia a satisfactory manner without
breaking them Ia the process.
r Clarence Hollis has just returned
from Troy, where b has besn instructing
the operators In its use.
Laundries, too, ara demanding them,
and they are already Ia use from Boston
to Los Angeles, Cal.
Europe, which Is quick to grasp a
YGnkee notion, Is as eager as America to
make practical application OF the machine.
rhree have been shipped TO the firm OF
Isaac Braithwaite & Sons, Of london aud
Bermingham, England, and arc folding
and shaping the collars OF the Britishsrs.
Mr. j p Maicombson, junior mem
Der Of the frm, was here on Thursday
aud Friday OF last week. receiving ia
structions end operating The machine
now in use Ia the Manhattan Steam
Laundry, and sailed for England on the
81. Louis on Wednesday to extend the
sphere Of It's operations on the tight
little island
Il is bnrely possible that, in a few
months, one Of them may find place in
the private laundry Of the Prince Of
Wales household. and be folding the
collars which enulrols the neck Of Eng
lands heir apparent