Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-23
MODERN CANDLES.
THEY ARE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS
OVER THOSE or FOo-y YEARS AGO.

The Unit Of Light Has Keen NJ Inestima.
bic Service to Mantind-ItIs a Mistake
TO Think That Gas aud Electricity Have
Entirely snuned out the Candle.
Now that candles hayo again como
into use as q means for lighting roccp.
tion rooms whore gas is considered too
hot and electric lights too glazing. com.
parsons ARC being made with tho can
dies Of today and those of tho long ng1.
He Is not a very old man who Fill 10.
members tho malodor0us "tall0w dip.
six 70 the pound, that ho bought ut tho
grocery or perhaps may have helped 90
make In q domestic way ON Saturdays
whom at homo from school
II ~ but q fow years since candle
molds wero q very important and ncro1.
fary part Of every household, and yet so
completely ara they now bnishUd Go
tho limbo ~ forgotten and useless
things that ihoro must bn thousands n
young people TO whom % rhirU .uuGDu
and candle mold would provo uu.
doubted curi0sitiHs They wprr mot worry
pleasant tu the uu,trils, those odd fash.
toned tall1w candles. their Illuminating
power was mot good, and thuir need NJ
constant uu0nP was indispensable. and
though the fingers worO tho haudiD.t ~
fnurcrs ono was very opt Co pot badly
EmudgCd in tho course Of nn evening
Yet tho world stumbled along with
no bottOr light than that fUr ls con.
turtles and accomplished considerable
things ON the way. Grlut scholars were
mado by saved up candle ends. grcli
volume, written and tho world ouliRht.
onod, oven " the writer's and teachers
grorod great deal
Tho great performances N GaTirk |
and Siddung were given behind foot.
lights Of tlll1w candles, and tho candle
snuifor was one NJ tho most important ul
Hpors in tho thoatcr of tho oldan time
"without a candle .nunor, says Gold.
smith Of play ho had soon, "tho piece
would loso half rs embellishments
In those days "cnrly &, d aud early
90 riso" WINS muxim that bud much
moro significance. for it was necessary
90 got more ont Uf daylight than boz this
era Of gls and electricity Candles have
always occupied un important place iu
public worship. IN tho old times Christ.
mas was called the Feast NJ Lights. Do.
Causo many candles were used no tlU
feast. while tho custom N suttingn can.
die NJ the head NJ dead person after
being "laid cut" is still practice
But n people think that candles AFRO |
not much used nowadays they AFRO mis-.
taken. There arc Ftill several candle |
manufactures IN Now York A very
large export business BE- done hero, chief.
ly 10 tho West Indies and Central Amer.
lea In tho United States sales nrc pgiu. |
cipnlly In the western states. The min.
ing region takes large qunntitius, Cor uu |
light but candles Is used IA gold aud |
silver mining.
Candles are also used for church pur.
poses. nt country hotels. aud 90 some cN-
tont in families. Many of the people ~
the east side. newly come IN the cuun.
try. use candles In preference TO oil, be-.
ing accustomed 20 candles and afraid oi
the oil. Although II IN not great while
before thUy are won over 20 tho us0 NJ
oil, there nfo always thousands Of others
who, for tho first few months II their
being here, shun oil ~ they would u
deadly poison.
No branch u industry has undergone
tho change that candle making has IN
the last 30 years. Formerly II was mere.
" mechanical operation Anybody
could mako candles and almost every.
body did
Now it is q scientific industry, bring.
ing On its aid tho resources Uf chemistry
fomorlyu candle was greasy, uusUmc
thing Tint ono usually handled with dis.
gust; now il is artistic and refined and
can be- handled without the least uilDusu
Tho wick b. su prepared that the com.
hustIun b. complete, and shutters have
l0ug been hluishul. An ancient candle
maker could Uuly work with materials
already provided by nature, 80 that l0
had TO use fats, with all their impur,
tics.
Tho modern candle muhor by chrm
ical process removes impurities. which
leaves him nothing but the hard and
white TAT for his candles Fat changed
by this process is called stulriuo, and
from this material made tho ftur and
stoatiO WAX candles Ihucuro Ntrumr.
~ hard aud arc sometimes called ada.
mantino, DO mot grease tho hands and
give a soft and pleasing light Spyrma.
coti and wax candle, nru also made.
The candle has cyurumliuol lly unit
~ light Sometime you hulruf lIgHT.
my gas, being NJ 90 candle power. Tho
standard b. d spnrmuupri candle burning
ut the rate ~ l2p grains Of suuum Dor
ID.