The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-15
ARTICLES OF DAILY USE.

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ARTICLES OF DAILY USE.
AS for the articles of daily use that
are now made Of paper their number is
surprisingly large. Eliminating such
things as car wheels, in WI!ch paper
long ago demonstrated it's superiority
over steel; the water buckets. the COW
ering for hay ricks and other similar
articles long of familiar use, there are
hats and caps and clothing. In Detroit
there is concern which is doing
large and very lucrative business in
the manufacture of paper clothing.
Paper. Of course, as demonstrated in
the water buckets, can be made al
most as impervious to water as India
rubber itself, and, combined with law
ers of thin cloth, a material Is made
which can be and Is put into under
shirts. waistcoats and jackets; which
present a good appearance and are
very durable. Without paper cloth 1t
might almost be said that the enor-
nous ballroom sleeves worn by wo-
men not long ago would have been
next to an impossbility. The strong,
stiff but yielding fabric was precisely
what was needed tC make the sleeves
remain in the form that fashion de-
| creed for them.
| In dress Innings, skirt Innings, coat
Innings and in facings, paper cloth Is
coming more and more into use and Is
giving very good satisfaction. Good
looking and very durable hats are
made of paper and paper soles ana
heels for boots and shoes of the cheap
er grades have long been in use. When
it was said above that rifle barrels
We're made of paper only the literal
fact was stated. although the paper
| rifle Is not practical for various reas-
ons among other" the cost. 1t was Mr..
| Whistler, brother Of the artist, who
had the first paper rifle barrel made
in this country and, although it stood
the strain of firing perfectly, it was
made and considered only as curios.
ity illustrative of paper possibilities.
PAPER WATER MAINS.
Water mains made of paper, how
ever, not only are a practical possibil-
ity, but are in actual use. Where the
conditions are such as to warrant the
very considerable extra expenes OF
paper water mains-as. for instance,
where from the nature of the bed in
which they must lie cast iron mains
would speedily oxidize-paper water
mains, costly as they are, become a
matter OF economy and are very gen.
orally used. Window panes of paper
likewise are used in cases where there
are such constant vibrations OF such
sudden jars a would break glass. BY
a chemical process paper may be made
so translucent that printed page can
be read through 1t with perfect ease.
Put in window frame it gives a soft
light sufficient to illuminate room for
nearly all purposes not requiring a
particularly strong clear light. although
objects seen through a paper window
pane are seen as through Il ;..ass, DARK
ly.
Waterproofs of paper are made in
considerable numbers. The material
consists of lining of cloth in the
middle n coating OF waterproof
| paper - both ri 'es and out of it ex-
| cell ponchos ?rc "1de, although
| I'm, an still Gtlo..S Ia the good. old
| Incl. "ubber for his soldiers. Nearly
all articles formerly In leather are now
made of paper-such as suit cases,
travelling bags, etc, and so successful
is the imitation that man who had