Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

play cards and sample sheets are
placed in all dealers hands so
that the would-be user can pick
the exact shade for the work in
hand. There are hundreds Of
different shades or colors i'm the
thread manufacture. and these
delicate shades are produced i'm
their own mills by men who have
made life study Of the dyeing
business. SO also in the wash
silks, floss, twists and other pro
ducts, the many colorcd hues Of
the rainbow are doubled. treb-
bled and then doubled and treb-
bled again.
The great success which has
come to the Richardson Silk Co.
IS due more to the untiring and
faithful service Of Mr.. Frederick
\. Washburn. the hustling super
mlendent Of the Belding end OF
the company Early and late.
he is ever on the job, looking to
every detail to bring about the
best products and best results for
Richardson Silk Co. Every de-
partment Of this great factory is
carefully looked after by men
who have been raised as il were
in the silk mill and it is indeed no
wonder that products thus
brought forth command an i'm
.portant place in the markets of
the world.
This article would be far from
complete if we failed to refer
briefly TO the large number Of peo-
pie actually engaged in the man
ufacture of the various products
of this mill. When working at
lis full capacity, there are about
400 hands employed Some of
them are residents of Bedding, but
the greater portion of them are
ladies gathered from all parts Of
our state They come to the mills
with no experience in the work
before them and in IA few weeks,
under careful instruction, learn
the mysteries Of the work before
them, and soon earn wages that
are a credit to any working lady
in the land. For the convenience
Of these ladies from out of town
points. the company has builded
and maintains an excellent board
ing house in which all of the COM
forts Of home are gathered for the
lady who has cast her lot among
the toilers of our city. The board
ing house is carefully superin-
tended by a matron who is ever
looking to the welfare Of the la
dies who make their home at this
house. Pure and wholesome foods
served in an attractive manner
make it an ideal home and young
ladies who seek to better their
in life will always find
the Richardson Silk Company
good place to work.
Musical instruments are there
for the unsteady inclined and
library for those who would
lelve deeper into the archives of
The sleeping rooms
are models of comfort and con
venience and the welfare and
health of the employees are care
fully looked after at all times. A
good moral attitude is also main
tanned and no girl is welcome IN
the factory or boarding house
whose character is not of higher
standard of excellence.
Mr.. Richardson has been ably
assisted in the conducting of this
enterprise by Harry
J. Soria of New York who is the
vice president of the company and
also by Thomas +. Noyes of Chi
rago. secretary and treasurer OF
the company. These gentlemen
are men of sterling worth and in
tegrity and to them as well as to
Mr.. Richardson belongs a certain
degree of the credit for the sue
cess attained by this company.
The people of Bedding may well
he proud of the Richardson Silk
Co. and the men who have aided
70 materially in carrying it's name
10 the most remote portions of the