New-York tribune., 1898-10-02


the fran material Nearly all old patterns were
taken from the natural. living. as these
people did, surrounded all sides by water Fish.
dragons. seahorses and seaweeds, In their wonder
full beauty carefully portrayed. 1t seemed
little less than marvellous to see small lump OF
red-hot metal take artistic form and shape by a
breath OF wind 1t
'Cracke' glass Is made by dipping the article
while still hot into tub Of cold water; then 1t Is
thrust into the furnace and reheated to do away
with any Ill effect which might follow the sudden
change OF temperature The lacework and cameo
effects are not shown
HOW BEADS ARE MADE.
Beadmaking has always been important
branch OF the industry. From the earliest ages
glass beads have had wide circulation through
out the world. the Phenician merchants probably
being the first to them a medium Of barter
with the barbarous inhabitants of the countries
with which they traded.
Many of the beads manufactured at Venice to-
day copies OF those used by the ancients.
At time there twenty-five furnaces In
Murano employed in the production of beads alone,
and over one thousand workmen engaged in
ornamenting beads by the help of the blowppe.
In the year 1900 there were made 562 kinds with a
vast number of varieties of each kind.
The Spaniards used beads for trading with the
natives OF South America when first they estab-
lshed themselves that continent, receiving gold
to Zanzibar and other parts OF Africa. four hun
dred varieties being used for the trade in this To-
cality. India. the Eastern Archipelago and the
Poyneslan Islands take a large proportion OF the
expectation.
The Ashantees and other natives Of that part Of
Africa which lies near the gold coast set great
value by the "aggry' beads which coored
and usually Of opaque glass with great variety Of
coloring and designs.
The manufacture Of beads is carried on in sepa-
rate factories. set apart for the purpose. In every
instance the workman makes a gathering OF the
heated mass on the end of his blowppe and blows
into IL until II assumes elongated shape. An
assistant then comes with a pontilrod and sets It
fast to the end opposite that attached to the blow
pipe This done, the two men walk backward
from each other at a lively pace, almost
This spins the globe into a thin. atten-
uated tube. thirty forty yards in length. The
tubes small they cool quickly. and do not
need tanning. the larger ones do. They spun
out over long ladders upon which they rest when
finished The shape given to the mass Of glass Is
retained by the tube after extension. BY moulding
the sides OF the to convert IL into
square triangle. by lattening the sides to
form oval. the resultant tube retains
square. triangular oval form
The lamp or blowpipe consists Of air Jet. a
gas Jet and a pair OF foot bellows of gas jet
oil lamp and mouth blowpipe. The tube or
cane can speedily be rendered ductile by the in
tense heat OF the blowpipe flame. A mass OF molten
glass. attached to the bowppe. is pressed into a
circular. open mould, around the inside OF which
short lengths of fine white colored enamel cane
are arranged in inches cut for the purpose The
mass is withdrawn. with the canes adhering to the
surface and after being mavered to effect ANAL
gamation is drawn out into a tube cane which
is cut into beads II short lengths of the varie-
gated cane produced described be substituted for
the plain white coored canes the section Of the
will hear IN a
flower Pretty effects obtained by incorpo-
rating the sections OF flower cane in the body or
bowl of a winegass. and surrounding the artificial
blossoms with engraved foliage.
When a sufficient quantity Of tubes is made
they broken into short pieces. about a yard in
length. and carried into room where there are
dozens of girls sitting at tables or benches, each
one with a small machine before her. A bunch OF
the dc Put Put G edss sa whn es Is set s
enough apart to cut the tubes into bugles OF the
required length.
Small beads are made in the same way In an
other room men clean some of them by putting a
quantity into sack with fine sand. and shaking
OF dirt and poshes the outside at the same time.
After this they sorted by running them through
finished. they are tied up I'm great bags and sent
to girls and women, VINO thread them on
is scarcely a house among the poorer people In
Venice where there is not more or less threading
small shops invariably have a wooden tray filed
with beads which they string and bunch between
the visits of customers
Twenty thirty long. fine needles about the
length OF knitting needles are threaded and held IN
the hand like the sticks OF open fan. These are
thrust down into the mass of beads and brought
up more less filled with the bright particles Of
color; again and again they go down into the
depths until the needles are full The beads are
then slipped off onto the thread and the process Is
repeated until the string bunch is complete
other beads are made Of rods or canes of glass.
Of the color and quality desired, which drawn
out either pierced unpierced. of Opaque. coored
or cnamelled glass. Some TRANSPARENT ones have
complex patterns produced by the twisting Of
threads Of colorcd glass through transparent
body This is particularly characteristic Of Vene-
tinn glass, cups bottles. and other articles
made OF these rods. When they used for beads
pieces the right size pinched off or cut with the
machine and decorated by hand
Imitation pearls another branch of the glass