The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-15
THE MORNING NEWS, THURSDAY DECEMBER 15 1898

time. This is a new process, and I do
not know how long the tortoise VIII sur
vive. I'm sure that after a While it S
shell VIII be soft and useless for nature
vii. not be tempered with but this en-
ables the natives &c propagate the ami
mails, and il is a relief 20 know tha, every
shell does not now represent the life Of
It's owner. as formerly
First, l went into the warerooms where
the shells are stored just as they come
from the tropics. They are in slabs. from
three TO seven inches square. and each
slab is in shape exactly Ike an immense
fish scale. Next, | Went into the room
where the shells are selected ACCORDING 60
co.ot and size. Experts do this work. md
they have the color sen very n ghly de-
veloped. out after they have finished their
task the foreman, who is really an ar
tist in a way, goes over the pieces and de-
cides what is the best use TO which they
can be put and how they will make up
to the greatest advantage. By blend ng
light and dark shells properly he is able
TO produce any colors he wishes Say
he wishes to get an exquisite mingled
lights and dark comb like this in my
hand. Remember, often the natural shell
is like this, but he is not dependent on
that This expert puts "A light and a
cheese-c.oth and ties il with cord very
firmly, wrapping il around and around
many times Then he dps this parcel in
90 warm water. allowing il to get wet
through and through, and puts It under
a hydraulic press of enormous POWER. The
shell is constantly steamed so that It
shan not become dry. and when it comes
out is in one pliable piece ami is mmedi-
ately nodded by hand into the shape de-
-sp IN,
combs and pOmpadour COMBS. there is alb
solutely no waste, except the dlirgs which
come from between tie teeth. No use
has ever been found for these powdered
particles, but they are experimenting"
OF course, there must be considerable
waste IL making these big fancy combs ="
said the blonde. much Interested now
oh, yes" answered the authority "Af-
ter ordinary combs are sawed out. ma tur-
ally they are Bit rough, no matter how
fine the instrument. They are then scrap-
ed with piece of steel like a knife blade
and the teeth curved with this blade Ma
chinery that will DO this has not yet been
invented. After having been shaped with
knives the combs pass from one hand to
another, going up a degree every time
| until they reach perfect form, but they
| still have no luster, no polish. Every ar
| tlcle made of tortoise shell is polished In
| this way Each polisher has a trough
| about six inches deep and perhaps three
| feet long near him. This is full of a wash
| made of some powder; just what / can.
not say. The shell things are submerged
in this and the polisher takes out a piec,
| as he wants il and puts II on a wet rouge
| wheel special wheel goes through the
teeth, and the whole thing is evenly POI
ished. After that 1t is cleaned and put on
dry rouge wheel such as jewelers. use
for polishing god and gems, and then the
article is polished. Do you wonder that
! real shell is so EXPENSIVE"
81 wonder now that il is so cheap" an
swered the blonde; but do tell me what
styles in fancy combs are most fashiona-
| be"
| The broad, low combs that are worn
! here are entire out of date In Paris" ne
| replied. There the pompadour is all the
! rage and is far more pronounced than that
! worn here. Frenchwoman wouldn't
dream of rolling her hair high and draw
ing it tightly back off of her face as
| Americans do. They wear an extreme
| puff around the face, to be sure, but they
| pull it forward and pouch it softly over
the FOREHEAD and then wear a little curleG
fringe They dress the hair quite high il
the back and the very latest fad in The
| way of combs is a very high, narroa
fancy shell ornament that looks almos
like a shell lorgnette thrust through thC
locks. All the swell ornaments are decd
edly tall and narrow"
do the French women wear pompa
dour combs?' asked the matron.
II didn't sea one woman wearing a pom
padour comb the whole time l was il
| Paris" the manager answered. "Yol
| don't catch Paris an women wearing any
thing that is stiff or uneraceful, ard thes'
! pompadour combs entirely are. So an
the very, broad low, fancy combs. By
the way, the newest way of ornamentinl
the hair in Paris in the evening is al
chic as can be. The women wear 70
settle, graceful bow or jew0led ornament
from which waves a single coque p ume
| right in their pompadour, on the left sid'
directly in front. Aigr' ties are taboo. d
for the coque plume is considered mlcl
| smarter. The shell ornaments | spoke o
are also much used for evening wear
"Wellr' exclaimed the blonde as sh'
left the little shop with no less than sever
fine shell hair ornaments, 80 shop ard e
to school at the same time is a new ex
| perience for me and like II m ghty well.
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