The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
NOW TIE RUBBER SOCIAL
THE RUMMAGE
SALES
BOUND TO PROVE PROFITABLE
One of the Latest Methods of Rats-
1ng Money for Church or
Philanthropic
Work.

People interested in the support of
churches and philanthropic institutions
are learning what economical manufac-
turers learned long ago, that there is
money to be made from odds and ends,
says the New York Tribune. In Ger
many certain asylums are supported
from the proceeds Of cigar ends. In the
university towns of Bonn, Heidelberg,
Dresden and elsewhere are placed boxes
with automatic cigar cutting machines
attached for the reception of these ends.
The boxes bear the legend, ''Wer keines
NIGHT ehrt list crosses NIGHT werth'
("Who values not the small is not wor-
thy Of the great''). The cigar ends are
collected and sold to snuff manufacturers,
with the result that thousands of marks
are secured every year.
The practical but unesthetic rummage
sale has been found sourcs Of profit
in this country Many an Italian Of eco
nomical bent Of mind Is now walking
the streets in the ffnery obtained at these
democratic sales Of cast-off clothing and
house furnishings. Out CT the runlmage
sale has recently developed another
means of raising money. 1t is the rub
! Der social The rubber social is so new
thing that when the promoters an
nounce one it has to be explained. 1t is
as unesthetic as the rummage sale.
Womankind has learned that there is
ready market for old rubber of any
sort, and the rubber social has the adj
vantage over the runmage sale that one
does not have to spend days hanging
over 1mproV1Sed counters Uttered With
cast off garments. 1t Is all over in one
evening, and people are just as glad to
be rid Of the old overshoes, old rubber
overcoats, old rubber boots, old bicycle
tires, old garden hose, ETC., as they are
to empty their garrets of useless old
clothing and furniture. It is remarkable
how much old rubber can be gathered to-
gether in short time In a staid New
England church more than two hundred
and fifty years old in which a. rubber
social was held recently nearly a ton Of
old rubber was delivered at the church
otter gra five or six weeks advertising:
woman whose contributions of rubber
were the largest.
The girl who won one of the prizes had
delivered at the church 167 pounds of old
rubber. A young woman sent over 100
pounds, and n man contributed bale of
old association footballs. The prizes were
rubber plants. A part Of the evening q .
entertainment consisted in weighing the
rubber with huge steelyards suspen led
from the ceiling and awarding the prizes
Several young women with chatting dishes
and gas stoves made and sold candy.
Music enlivered the occasion. This So
cial may net the society which held-ft
SIS from the sale Of the rubber alone The
ly affair.
Another New England church set it's
members to work collecting old rubber a
year before the social was held 1t IS
said that the result was a sum of more
than 81, COO.
There are several factories in the coun-
try where rubber is reclaimed and made
into cheap grades Of goods, The chief
one is in Shelton, Conn. Rubber door
mats and low priced garden hose are
among the articles manufactured from
reclaimed rubber. The old rubber brings
anywhere from to % cents per pound,
according to it's quality and the season
of the year. In the spring. where there
are large quantities Of wornout overshoes
and boots lying about the house the
price averages 9 cents a pound less than
at other seasons. Garden hose and BIZ
cycle tires bring from 3 to cents a
pound, footwear from to cents and
the inner tubes of bicycle tires and the
rubber Innings Of footballs from 20 to Is
cents.