The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-01
NEW YORK LETTER.
We6dtng-NewP Printing Proc
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Especial Corr,spundcz,ce.]


Here re few echoes of the Harri-
son-Dimmick wedding Mrs Dhnmick
has a fine spunk Of her own, and WIS
50 furious 1T one prominent newspaper
Cor the pictures and paragraphs it pub
lished that she refused absolutely TO
give any inflammation to that particular
journal Another newspaper paid cool
500 30 the drsSnaller for look al the
gowns. The artists from tho diffe1xart
papers DREW lots fnr the privilege Of
getting inside tho church disguised es a
florists assistant. and c}1c poor chap who
drew this prize vas discovered and
found ont and thrown out into the bar
gain. oil OF which does not rebound
greatly 20 the credit of certain school
of journalism
Mrs Dimmick Is very stpong ag-
greasiVe character, and bosses '~Uncle
Ben" as she used 30 call her husband
He seems to enjoy being boesed After
Mra Harrieon's death the lady assumed
control of his summer household at
Cape May, much 10 the pexation of Mrs
Mckee and young Mrs Harrison, who
rather resented being SGT SO completely
aside.
Aluminium In Printing.
No practical printer who has not in
vestigaoed the latest discovery in the art
Of printing will be ready 10 believe
that printing In color or in plain black
can be done from metal plate ON O
rotary press without any etching or re.
Lief surface on the plate, or If no DC
prepared 30 believe that 50 mnch Is pos
sible he will be likely 10 dispute that
the impression obtained will be equal
to that from type or from an engraved
plate. Yet it Is fact that results have
been obtained from the use of perfectly
smooth aluminium plates which seem
certain 10 revolutioniDe photographic
printing. Moreover, this use of the
comparatively new install is 10 longer
experimental, but presses are now turn
ing off the very finest kind of work for
the market, to the great bewilderment
OF photographers and even steel plate
| printers
1t was discovered several years ago
that aluminium was under certain con-
ditions as receptive Of impressions as
the photographic stone, the use Of which
has been known for Il long time. This is
brought about by treating the aluminium
by secret process, after which it can
| be placed ON an easel and used FOR a
canvas by the artist or it will take
from transfer paper perfect facsimile
OF any design placed upon it, down to
the very finest hair lines, without the
slightest blur or spread The impression
thus made is 80 sensitDed by the uso of
chemicals that 1t will "toke" printers
ink, while the rest of the surface of the
plate will not take" it. 1t is found
that the grain of the metal is so far su.
perior to that Of the stone that very
much finer work Is possible with the
metal, and, still more, the impression.
though practically fadeless-mnre than
100, 600 printings have been made from
single plate with no discUverable diff
ferenoes between tho first and the last
copy-that 1t is yet readily removed by
chemical treatment, and the plate is at
once ready for new impression of
some other design This is without any
loss or abrasion of the surface of the
plate.
a Bone Show.
Many of the larger dry goods shows
are now giving X ray exhibitions as a
bait 10 customers In one the other dav
saw curious sight a plain girl,
whose face indicated great suffering.
sat IN sort of open cage, her arm barred
from shoulder to wrist and lying ON
cushions. Two sleek individuals were
exhibiting the bones Of this diseased
arm 70 the inquiring public, and, La! the
Crowd OF MOmen and kahias ,rna lie