Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-10
VIEWS AND NEAR-VlEWS.
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Pencil SaytnEs.Gsstronornfc Tragedies
Now IN ordcr-k Hint To County
Fair Managers.

Here is a hint of some mement that
comes via the Wall street journal:
What do you do with your pencil
when i. has worn down TO say. four
i,.chcs' You probably throw 1t over
your left shoulder into the yawnins
waste basket.
Yet have YOU ever thought OF the
number OF pencils YOU thus dispose or
IN a ycar" III this manner the people
Of this country alone annually waste
several hundred thousands OF good dol
lars. as we'll as great quantities of the
'naterials-at present none too p1enti-
fui-of which pencils are made. \
Hood most satisfactory for pencils. and.
consequently. most frequently used. is
a kind OF Mexican cedar. Owing to
the existing conditions in Mexico. this
Wood Is not SO easily obtained as for
ncrly The war has cut of the supply
=: graphite from tho mines of Germany
and lorraine. we'll as thc great
number OF finished pencils formerly
furnished by Germany ami Austria.
Several methods of reducing the pen
ell waste arc in practical use. One is
that ri removing the wood of the pen
ell stub and using the remaining lead
III the metal pencils now in general
use y pencil may be obtained which
has three inches or so of Il more COM
mon wood attached by metal band
20 ore end, representing the stub gen
orally wasted.
one banking house in the financial
district has been able 10 save more
than third OF its pencil bills by hav-
ing its employees use metal top which
is placed on III" cnd 81 the pencil when
- can =" longer be conveniently ham
died.
The Chamber or Commerce is 10 hold
Its annual meeting this week. There
a generally an eat ~ these annual
greetings. The members OF the Albany
~. W University Club held their an
rial hanqurt = few nights ago 1t was
u lt"evcri2c': banquet. and J: has been
described as "eas,ronomic tragedy
nr feast " the GarmcCiGcs." ore
- the members nhc l!kcns himself -
.he hc"gar' a. the famous story. told
"a newspaper maa that his earliest re-
collections OF the "hrahi Ni.h,S" was
the ja.c - the iinS who delighted in
;"r;ur;u;: his subjects and others. one
of his favoritc modes Of torture de
cause he was an cpicuvc and a Eour-
mand) was to invite a company to a
banquet and he alone would nartal;e Of
the viands. while hs hungry guests
looked on.
The reccn. banquet OF The University
Club was )" "Uooverj"od" that il was
ualy served to III. speakers on The
platform from which they spoke. The
Richmond Chamber may take hint
from thiS.
IN arpie show 5 10 he held 1T Iron
ton ohio, in week. or two. AID :, l,u2;
list of premiums viii he awarded. The
management has about decided 20 use
thrift stamps in payment OF all OF these
premiums. Many county fairs arc to he
held III Virginia the coming fall Would
II not be Il good idea for the managers
to offer only thrift and war savings
stamps as premiums@ III" matter could
hc easily arranged. Ana maybe the
officers rr tn" hiS state Fair will ;hink
this Il matter worth: al consi,icraticn
Grease removed while cleaning
wheels. aXles and other parts of motor
vehicles or engines formerly thrown
way, is now being utilized i'll England
Before the war kerosene was chiefly
employed for cleansing purposes but
now its consumption is restricted to
tho barcst minimum. This has resulted
in saving OF five -siyths II the former
consumption.
The dirty. greasy machinery is dis
mantl"d and placed in n tank of boil
ina water 30 which caustic soda is
then added until a solution Of ahou.
3 per cent strength is obtained. The
grease is removed from the parts in the
process .: boiling. and rises 10 the top
o' tho water. from whore il is drawn
off and allowed 10 flow 10 three sepa-
rate tanks. Although poured into the
first tank unht for use. through con-
%tant boiling and addiu. a small FOR
sion OF pure oil. 1t comes out OF the
las; tank in a usnhic condition.
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THE CANNING INDUSTRY IS
STUDYING OUT ITS WASTE