Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-12
COLOR SCHEME IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SOAPS
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drying room, to stamp clearly the va
rious designs and trade marks upon its |
now even. smooth surface. 1t is then
wrapped i'll cleverly worded circulars /
and say wrappers and dumped upon
the sullible public The toilet brani |
OF goods goes thu ough a much differ |
ent process OF manufacture. 1t is not
boiled
The tallow and. in high grade goods
the cocOanur oil used as stock arc hest.
ed sufficiently to mix We'll with soda "r
lyc and then poured into frames |
wooden Lasl:er. the same as those used |
in the maSing of buttermilk. brin. i
used IL tlr operation. After heiu: /
"crulrheH" it is allowed to cool ara |
harden. and when If has grown firm /,
enough to handle The frame or mold i |
stripped away and thou il resembles :, !
block CT dirty marble. This block is |
then taken lo&a chipping machine. br |
which it is Clipped. the same rs q nil! |
planer would cNiD' q beard r::cs>
chips arc paced ~ l,;-vS ana left n
the driving rooms until they are ,hSr-
oushly dry and crisl,
a small I:nx trunk. carving alu,i
100 pounds Of the new dry. crisp iiDc
conveys these to a mill where arc r,&:
ming three heavy granite rollers. III /
ccloriny liGuid and perfume ::.e il.w
added ~ Tie chips. end the whole is
passed backward and forward thruus!
these rollers until the color has Thor
oughly permcateG every particle Cf TN,
nov long. silky ribbons into which I'll
chips have been rolled Pink. gree,
yellow ana helio,rCpc an, tn. s,uni! |
ard cclOrs used in luile, soap
Let us suppose that the batch just
passed through the mill has been &C.
cred green and is now 4 beautiful
shade Of emerald. 1t is then place. IN |
a machine called a platter" in ".bich
it IS heated and worked up until it i3 u
soft mass. about the consistency OF
putty: the end OF the platter is thcn
opened and this soft mass is pressed
out through small. circular hole. az.
ter which il is cut into small sections
to be pressed.
1t is here the funny" part comes ii
The batch has been cut into between
four and FIVE gross Of blank cakes. and
the pressn1an has an order for one
gross CT Dr.. Fallem's frecllle soap. He
runs this of and picks up the mex Or
der. which reads, Zone and a half
gross Of IM. C-'s wonderful skin
soap He takes the DR.. Ia!lem die
OUT Of the press and puts in DR.. C--,s
". S. soap die. and presses this order
out OF the same batch as the last Lie
gross will probably be pressed I'D III
one half gross lots, each lot claiming
widely different curative properties.
or course, this does not apply Is all
brands on the market, such as Il good
.lEccline soap; also, ore or two good
sulphur SOAPS and i few white soaps
Paint covers a :rnltitude OF carpcn-
tiers, sins This saying can be twist
cd around little, and it Will apply to
The toilet soap trade. When YOU see
bargain sale Of soap Of all colors OF
the rainbow advertised to restore tho
baby skin OF chldhocd on a ,ioDas
meg, steer clear OF it rhe,. never
was Or vii! lie i good soap on tic mar.
Net that hal 10 '!a cO!crcl'. no matter
what MAGAZINE Or poster adj may
say e the contrary: sing sing STA. o.!
Hope !