Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17

'sHow is a looking glass made?' was the
question recently put by writer for The
Star To a large manufacturer of mirrors N
New York.
We'll" replied the manufacturer, most
Of the glass used in this trade is prepared
for US at a moldinS factory, and we mere
~ cut. bevel and silver it in our works. All
the bevels are cut in the same way, first
with sand and water, then on an emery
wheel and afterward put through several
processes to bring back the polish
Great improvements have been made in
this line Of business in the past sixteen
years. Formerly it took two or three days
from the time work was begun on d mirror
before it could be finished. Nowadays
can get the glass in the morning and make
it into a looking glass perfectly finished
and ready for sale before night. We make
all sizes, from the smallest hand glass Sf
PM inches to a mirror 1Ox2U feet or even
larger, and we have a capacity Of turning
out $500 feet per day.
Not many years ago the backs of mir
rors were coated with mercury, now sheets
Of pure silver are used instead. The old
looking glass reflected 50 or 90 per cent of
the light that fell upon it, the modern mir
Tor reflects nearly % per cent. The mer
curry looking glass was very liable to rub
of; heat ard cold also affected it; the
quicksilver would crack or melt and thus
the beauty of the glass would be spoilt.
None of these dangers threa ten the silver
ed mirror Besides mirrors, those engaged
in this line of business cut a great deal of
beyeled glass for doors and windows. In
fine buildings this is largely taking the
place of stained glass;
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THE conditions most favorable to what
IS called malaria are now upon u.s. ex-
planned a well-known physician to a Star
reporter, and 1t behooves people to he on
the lookout much as possible, for in the
majority of cases serious trouble can be
averted with just a little care. DecayirG
vegetation is put down as the source of
most malari4l trouble, but there are other
things which are in the calculation as well
and which can be avoided. Principal
among these are the cool nights which fol-
low warm lays. This results in congestion
and an interference with the cilliary ar
engagements. which produce intermittent
fevers. which is all that is involved in
what is called. In the absence of any bet
ter or more expressive name. malaria. Peo-
PIE should for the next couple of weeks at
least avoid he night air as much as posi-
bic, though To these who must go out there
viii be no danger If they are properly
Clothed To those ladies who are seen rid
ing IT. open cars during the evening with
UncOv cred heads I should simply saw don't
&c 1t. l cannot imagine any one thing
which is mole calculated to cause trouble
The night air is more laden with malaria
tEdn tnat OF the day. Uncovered DOrJhes
ard pOrtCOs should be avoided There is a
mistaken idea that some sections of the
country are fIled with more malaria than
OF hefS. The fact IS, however, and the sta
t:SticS prove il, that there is lust as much
malaria UD in the mountains and on the
sea shores as there is in the valleys and
a1ong the shores of tidewater streams. The
early IAN aad spring are the more CCndu-
GIVE 10 Enal4rldl Influences. for the rea son
that people protect themselves less during
these seasons than at others. The various
preparations of quinire and slightly slim
utaunS tonics furnish about all the med
lc!ne tAat IS necessary. only care should
De taken in using il. 1t is better that mild
doses SHOULD be taken as personalities than
u !et the unfaVorable conditions get hold
upon the system, for chills generally fol-
low, ana II IS tedious sometimes to get rid
or them NV observation is that Washing
ton Is much less affected by malaria than
people generally suppose and in five ga SOS
vit o. seven slight attention to the mat
ter viii be all that is necessary to keen all
rlsht In this particular"
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The var with Spain has been productive
so far Of but few official reports" remark,
ed an army officer to a Star reporter.
and very few of those THAI have been
made are very long. The officers of vol
unteers have not regarded it as their duty
10 be in any way prolific in the matter of
official reports. and have let the conduct of
the war and its various details severely
alone. being content with the treatment
it would receive from the staff officers of
the regular army. Though there has been
great deal printed in the newspapers in
the way of critiCising the formation and
situation of camps, but little has been
added in the way of official reports in re-
gard 10 the subject. The War Department,
realizing this. has had a very complete line
OF Photographs taken of every camp that
has been established and these will in the
future bee the basis for some very interest
ing official reports. 1t is expected that
Congress at its next session Will authorize
the publication OF number Of reports out
side OF those of the heads of the various
departments Of the army and navy, which
as a matter Of course, will go to Congress
a. part Of their regular annual reports
1ECush every corps and brigade command
eT viii eventually make q detailed report
meme Of them have far done so, and
some OF them have Contended that they
nave been so much taken up with routine
duties that they have not yet had time to
even consider the subject of their reports
in which they will comprehensively consid-
er the matters that come under their OBJ
servation- Many Of the reports will. of
course be confidential, though the greater
part Of them VII in time be published with
The most complete Illustrations. As 1 said
before. there Will be no difficulty in Illus
tratiug the reports, for everything almost
il connection with the war has been pho
tOgraPhyd, from the cook shops Of the
camp DOWN TO the mule teams which trans
ported the same. Cuba viii be shown in
these photographs very extensively, and if
country can be doomed by photographs
viii receive the most enormous boom that
any country outside Of the hlondike re-
giOn q year ago ever Teceiy Cd"
In every case where the clothing and
outfit OF a soldier has mad TO be burned as
a precautionary measure said clerk in
the quartermaster's department TO a Star
reporter. the government. as far as pos
s-Dis, makes it good 10 the soldier in tho
immediate issuing Of a new outfit, or in
cases whore the soldier is 10 be mustered
cut. paying him for the same in cash. It
has been necessary to burn all infected
clothing. and especially where there was
any suspicion that the infection was yell
low fever. In a great number Of cases,
however. soldiers would rather have yell
low fever than 10 have u give up their
uniforms bat there was no way out of IT,
tor the surgeons would not risk the danger
that might follow improper fumigatIon Ii
nearly broke the heart OF many a soldier
20 have 10 return home in u brand new