Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-28
MODERN CANDLES.
they ARE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS
OVER THOSE OF FORTY YEARS AGO

~ IN if'NCe- ~ EN'NN '1FNENO MAJ
rhe Tut 81 Light Has Been Of Inest.ma
bic service To Mankind 1t l. II Mistsh.
To Think That Gas and Electricity Bsv.
Entirely snufred out the Candle.
Now that candles have again come
nto use M means for lighting rocep
ion roomB whore gas is considered too
got and electric ] ghts too glazing, com
parsons are being made with the can
lies of Today and those of the long ago
he is not very old man who still re
members the malodorous "tallow dip, =
six 20 the pound, that he bought al the
grocery or perhaps may have helped &c
make ia u domestic way on Saturdays
when az home from school.
1t is but few years since candle
molds Were a very important and neces.
sary part of every household, and yet so
completely ale they now banished TO
the limbo Of forgotten and useless
things that there must be thousands Of
young people 10 whom pair Of shutters
aud candle mold would prove MI.
doubted CuriositieS. They We're not very
pleasant 10 the nOstrils, those old fash.
toned tailOw candles, their illuminating
power WAS not good, and their need Of
constant snullinR was Indispensable, and
though the fingers were the handiest Of
shutters one WAS very apt TO get badly
Smudged in the course Of an evening
Yet the world stumbled along with
no better light than that for Is cen
,uries and accomplished considerable
things OF the way Great scholars were
made by saved uP candle ends great
volumes written ami the world enight.
ened, even if the writer's and teachers
CROPPED great deal.
Tho great performances Of Garrick
and Siddons were given behind foot
lights OF tallow candles, and the candle
snutfer was one of the most important Of
snpers in the theater of the olden time
Without candle snutfer, " says Gold
smith Of play he had seen, "the piece
would lose half its embellishments. "
In those days early TO bed and early
20 rise" was maxim that had much
more significance, for il was necessary
20 get more out of daylight than in this
era Of gas and electricity. Candles have
always occupied an important place in
public worship. IN the old times Christ
mas was called the Feast Of Lights, be.
cause many candles were used at the
feast while the custom Of setting can.
die at the head of dead person after
beinR laid ont" IS still practice.
But il people think that candles are
not much used nowadays they are mis-
taken. There are still several candle
manufactures IN New York. A very
large export business is done here, chief.
ly to she West Indies and Central Amer
lea. In the United States sales sre prin.
cipally in the western states The min.
ing region takes large quantities, for 10
light but candles is used in gold and
silver mining
Candles are also used for church pur.
poses, at country hotels, and to some ex.
tent in families. Many of the people Of
the east side. new y come to the coun.
try. use candles III preference 10 oil. be.
ing accustomed 10 candles and afraid OF
the oil. Although it is not great while
before they are won over TO the use %
oil, there are always thousands of Others
who for the first few months Of theiI
being here, shun oil as they would a
deadly poison.
No branch Of industry has undergone
the change that candle making has in
che last 30 years. Formerly il was mere
ly a mechanical operation. Anybody
could make CT lie and almost every
body did.
Now it is ont ic industry. bring
ing 20 its aid r., urceS f chemistry.
Formerly a can. - Wis d Ereasy, noisOme
thing thar one usually h.' He'd with dis.
gust; now 1t j. .riistiy nd refined and
can be handlcl Vi.h..tthe least offense
The wict is so L.epared that the com.
bus,ion - complete. ard suffers have
- been 5s%;Aned An ancient candle
chr couid SHY wrTx with material
Puzzled.
% tca a man, said the philosopher.
when "a MAN who is always talking about
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