The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
TIVER ann com RENCILs.
one with Leads OF ThrOe Cstors-SOmo Get
with Precious stones.

With Preolous STONES.
Lead pencils with leads OF two coloEp.
one color at each end. are common enough.
but here 10 q pencil with Leads OF three
cOlors. Il 10 one OF the many metallic
pencils made Of silver or Of gold from
which the point holding the lead N made
60 project by means Of q sliding ring on
the pencil case or hspdle.
Ordinarily a silver or a gold pencil Of
this kind has but a single sliding ring.
the pencil having but one point. enclosing
One lead. The three cOlOred pencil has
three sliding sections. one holding a black,
one a blue and one a redIead, and each Of
these having attached to il and corre-
spOndinRly colOred a ring Of its own on
the outside Of the pencil. SO this pencil
has not one but three rings.
There in another sort Of metallic pencil,
carrying a single lead. in which is substi-
tuted in place Of the familiar sliding ring
a ratchet arrangement within the handle.
Tip this pencil down in position to write
and the point slides out OF itself. to be held
there by the ratchet inside the handle.
Tip the pencil up again and tho ratchet
releases its hold on the projected point.
which then DROPS back into the handle.
An interesting thing in the pencil way
il the calendar pencil. in which the calendar
is carried on an elongated silver cap that
fits snugly on the top Of a pencil of wood.
This calendar cap may be used indefinitely,
being simply placed on a new pencil when
the old one has been used up.
Around on this metallic calendar cap are
stamped or engraved the date numbers OF
a month. arranged in columns Of squares.
precisely rs they would he on the fiat leaf
of a printed monthly calendar except that
hero thew are printed 80 around the cyl
inder. Above the date space there il a
narrower fiat metallic ring which can be
turned. and around on this ring are stamped
initial letters for the names OF the days.
You ave to set this calendar monthly
to bring the beginning date under the
right day. For instance, ON the first day
Of a o beginning as did the present
month Of December, on aSunday. you shift
the day ring around 30 as TO bring. the
"Su" on il for Sunday over the figure I
in the date column having that figure at
the top. and thus adjusted You have on the
pencil cap n calendar correct IA TO days
and dates for the month.
Silver pencils of the familiar sliding
variety for either pocket or desk use arc
OF course to he Oun in almost endless
variety. Here. for instance. il "a square
rocket pencil having on its four sides the
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on another and so on around, the spots in
their proper color. Useful for a card
player. who may lay this pencil on the table
with the right spotSnp at the beginning of
a game. whereby to remember the trump.
Silver Dencils range in price from rs cents
to S12. They are sold not only to persons
who buy them for their own use. but for
gifts and for prizes at card parties and for
favOrs.
Pencils OF a combination OF metals NAV
,oCoe mora Harn Hoai1uRA IN an NTH n
desk set of the same materials and style
of finish. is a desk pencil made Of bronze
and silver which costs $40. .
And Of gold pencils. pocket or desk
in price from 81 to $500, the last named
price being for q pocket pencil uare in
shape and richly carved n set with small
diamonds arranged in patterns.
Gold pencils are set also with various
other precious OF semi-precious stones,
as rubies or sapphires or emeralds, and
among these, as in fact among still others
set with diamonds lone or with diamonds
in combination with other stones, ma be
found pencils at prices comparatively
moderate.
Indeed, one beautiful gold pencil shown
depends for its grace not upon precious
stones, Of which 10 has none. This ia a
pocket pencil OF lS karat gold, square in
shape and all and chased, deliberately
and beautifully, n very beautiful pencil
this, and one hat might appeal 10 many
more thar one set with precious stones.
The price Of this pencil is 925. Gold pencils
set with precious stones, but of less elabOr-
ate workmanship, can be bought for con-
siderably less than that.
There are gold pencils having at the
handle end a paper cutter or letter opener.
Still other gold pencils have upon them
designs in relief. perhaps of sporting SUBJ
iects, az Of horses OF of golf sticks, or il
may be a design of an easy chair or Of pipes
and a tobacco pouch.
Many gold pencils Of all sorts are sold
for gifts-the C~ostliest pencils are more
likely 20 he bought for gifts than for per-
sonal Use. Most in favor among gold
pencils AT the present moment are pencils
in shape.