The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
A BOOK HOSPITAL.
How to Conduct a Sanftarium fo.
Aged or Injured Books

New York, April 27.-If a clever how \.
girl chose to establish a bool, bosni.,
there is no doubt but that plenty If ,a
uents-quite enough to afford comforta.
Bile lving-would apply for treatment
Patience, neatness and care are the can
ital required, with time TO learn how 10
nurse abused or aged volumes back IN a
good physical condition.
Purchasers for Libraries will tell Won tbs.
they are continually rejecting books bs.
cause they are tattered and worn n,
'holey." These could be sent To The hos
pital and doctored into value. All pnbio
as well as private libraries would be NJ.
irons of such an enterprise, and to their
own great gain.
The art of restoring and mending. savs
one VINO speaks with authority, SIS as vel
much in its infancy"
one cardinal rule to keep In mind /,
never to try experiments with valuabs
works; try new methods Of restoration On
comparatively worthless books Fo.
book bindings which have lost their gol
preparation is made as follows: Take
powdered gum copal, add to Il oil OF ross.
mary sufficient TO form a solution. Pour |
off the superfluous liquid and mix the is. +
mainder with sufficient alcohol to dissova
to cover the copal; and Of alcohol, about
eight parts of the whole
Ink Spots.
A fresh ink spot can be easily removed
from printed page by rubbing it with
finely pulverized mixture of salt petre.
sulphur, alum and powdered pumice II
the spot is an old one moisten 1t first with
a little water. When the ink does not
penetrate the paper it can be removed by
erasure with a sharp penknife or by a
preparation of powdered pumice and vul
canized India rubber sold at the shops
When this does not "bite" Its action can
be aided by moistening it. After erasurs
rub the spot with powdered pumce and
then polish with burnisher Or, still
another way: Lay underneath the blot
pad of biotting paper; dip fine sponge
in lemon juice and press it on the stain
so as to moisten it. Then with a clean
soft rag, folded into a pad. press on the
spot, and the pad, lifted off, will remove
little of the ink. Repeat this process
taking a clean part of the pad each time
Do not try to rub the stain out, but 10
draw the ink away or out by absorption
To become an expert at this treatment
pour ink over a worthless page and ex'
permit. In old manuscripts ink spots
were sometimes cleverly covered with or.
naments in gold or color
Grease spots.
Heat an iron and hold it as near as pos.
sible to the stain without discolorlng the
paper, when the grease or wax will DIS
appear. Upon any traces that are left
put on powdered, calcined magnesia for
time. Bone, well calcined and powdered,
is an excellent absorbent of grease; also
plaster of Paris. For extracting spots OF
a resinous nature use cologne. turpentins
or benzine A beautifully bound book
and quite new had oil from a lamp spill
ed over it, The culprit called for quick
lime, but there was none to be had 50
he got some bones, which he quickly CAL
cined and pulyerized and applied. Tns
next morning there was no trace OF OH
but only an odor, which soon vanished
Book Worms.
Book worms and their ravages have been
made the subject of recent experiment ~
Cambridge, Mass. An ounce of preyenu9h
is worth good many pounds or cure
The case of book worms. Books kept cean
and well busted are seldom, visited I"
them. To get rid of these pests pyretn'
phlde carbon, evaporated in closed cA9
or cases containing the books.
To mend a worm-eaten hole on pas'
take another piece of paper OF the sd'n'
quality and mash it fine with khls
Combine it with flour paste, which has
little clear, white glue in it. Lay Ply
of tin under the sheet which has the hOs
spread the paste, which is really sou y,
per, with knife over the hole. When ul
1t is we'll mended. The pulp must %
fine paste, not lumpy and stringy
1t Is better first TO experiment Oh
sheet of paper in which holes nav ,s
been punched because success 1 r,a
not crown ones first efforts iV Il.
edges may often be reunited so as
most to be as good as new TINS siA
making paper with paper. Pages WIZ WHY,
have been torn across, or engras"ss
usually have a transverse rent; that
a rent which leaves a small nap 80 80
With good glue, taken in micIosVSvf,
quantities on the point of Gamer "a :.
brush, the edges may be perfecuy
united.
Dogs cared Leaves.
When a book is dogs cared or
leaves have been turned, II the psrr
is not too stiff there Is chance " n,
storing them. Dampen the leaves Mi.
by one, with water, in which ,"A
gum tragacanth has been as ~.
This is not so much an adhesive ~
stiffener, and is used as such LOT ~.
Then fatten the leaves putting ~
of smooth, white paper between .
leaf Is
II there is any trace OF dampne,sb IN
a library, or books begin 20 "A
mould, place a pan of quickllme tss
the shelves. This Is better than W. n
O dry the air In the process OF A''.'
the lime absorbs all the moistufe
atmosphere. when Stacked Il mua'
thrown away and a new lot procure
Do not pack books tightly iosgin,ls
their shelves. as the bindings are N'F
burst
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