The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-16
Unique Red Gross Work.

dmsl Breton, New York City, Aug. 3.
Er If The Courier-Gazette:-
fm Port Clyde, Surry and other
sa- a Maine, | have received requests
q. naruction for making the newspaper
1tes that are used in the trenches in
france cannot reply to all the ques-
ions and so l am notifying the ladies
..1 have sent the article to your paper
publication. | trust you will be inter
ssed. rs the work is of Importance, and
t5.l spread it in Maine. May w. Mount
The article which Mrs. Mount offers
follows.
Since French officer recently taught
New York woman how to make trench
.g-hes, or candles, from old newspapers,
tbs work has proved the most popular
-arm Of evening assembly work for the
tied troSs, and many summer residents
il resort hotels are spending their time
--ng these candles.
3 mteting was called at Breton Hall
11e., New York City, and II States sent
l-eSentatives to learn how to make
1ese candles. They are used for the
us- Important surgical operations in the
.-- II he candle is properly made will
turn -or two hours and emit full, pleas
sr g3t equal to that of group of wax
-4aow candles.
Henry P. Dawson, heading the Red
.-o,, work, and member of the firm of j.
p Morgan & Co., says they will take all
45 u-wspaper candles they can get, and
Ms tarbert Satterlee, of the Navy Com
& n bta Of
Morgan, desires all the torches possible
6.a1 les are also waiting for candles,
OFF, which is put in every mans kit.
o.ace the Breton Hall Hotel candle
.te 900 candles have been shipped to
lance This has been of very recent oc-
c--tence, and Columbia University is
'=1aa delegations to another candle bee
q. THE same hotel on Aug. It'll, to learn
low 10 make the torches SO that they
nay be shown all over the United States
and circles for making them organized by
summer school students, who come from
d. the States in the Union.
Alter they are made the candles are
1lped IN hot paraffine for three-quarters
o. an hour. This paraffine is being donat-
ca by Interested persons, and it costs
--e-N ~ LCl IC1ICS pOQllu Ill ~ pOuuu
let's The candles can be rolled in odd
moments and accumulated until quanti-
y are ready for dipping. Usually three
" four pounds of paraffine are melted in
receptacle and as many candles as pos
able placed in the liquid. When each lot
Temoved, an extra pound of paraffine
may be added to take the place of that
winch has been absorbed. 1t is cheaper
Id n Lotto De n dc ho
ylds OF old paraffine candles may be used.
lie oandles can be delivered to any local
red TOSS, or to any place designated by
thea.
low TO MAKE TRENCH TORCHES.
lo make the torches, cut sheets of
A'"spaDer apart. One sheet of metro
I"llan paper makes one candle. More
Ian one sheet will be required of small
RI neWspaper. The big papers have seven
" aght columns on page. Lay the first
TWO column strips one on top the other
ana roll tightly. Over this roll proceed
20 wrap each separate column one at a
.IN4e This makes a very smooth, tight
y rolled torch. After all the columns
nave been wrapped around the original
1"o tie the candle around the middle
with bit of string and clip the ends
eioSe to the candle.
10 make a good candle the rolling
should be done on hard surface, such as
table, board, or book. Roll tightly
ana keep the edges even, although a
INN, lung lrregularity does not matter if the
Toll is tight.
Have deep receptacle full of melted
pafaifne, and keep it hot over some small
n7dter, such as an electric plate, little
gas stove, or any form of heat. Twenty
polnd lots cost eight to ten cents pound.
IN order to place the candles in the re-
teptacle most easily, it has been found
mat good plan is to stand so or more of
mem close together and tie a string
around them, Just as one sees bundles of
l'oVe wood or kindling wood tied. This
ouhdie can be placed in the paraffine,
u nus down, in an upright position. Around
s aie outer edges more candles can be
suck, upright, until the receptacle is as
'uil as it will hold. Let the hot paraffine