Evening star., 1921-08-14


is then hardened and sent to the
transfer room. where replicas are
made under pressure. When ques-
toned as to where he secured the
subjects of many of the beautiful de-
signs he has executed. Mr.. Smillie
said:
II get subjects from everywhere.
from tie newspapers from the works
of v. Aderente. Walter Shirlaw.
whose examples Of art you have no
doubt viewed at the Congressional
Library; Fred Young. F. o. c. Dar-
ley and from pictures of movie stars;
also from drawings of people / know.
1t is pleasure to do this work, to
note the harmony of lines. 1t is in
teresting to study the face. You feel
1t gives an index to character"
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THE machines employed in the maxi
plate has been made respond to the
lightest touch. 1t appears that they
realize the responsibility resting upon
them. and as one walks through the
room where the engravers are busy at
work he is impressed with the ear
nestness of the men. 1t is a tedious.
eye-wrecking. nerve-racking vocation.
but all these employees were at their
jobs as IL it was pleasure.
All designs used for the backs of
all securities are worked out by C, A.
Huston and Mr.. Rose. At night every
piece of metal. each of which bears
a number. is checked and put away for
safe keeping. 1t is rechecked in the
morning. so that a record can be had
at an instant's notice as to where this
or that piece of work is located. Mr..
Rose has recommended that the cur
n
be made the same size as that we'use
! in the United States. The money in
our insular possessions is of smaller
size. Stamp collectors are most eager
to learn of any new issue of stamps
end their requests for information are,
Having witnessed the processes
used in preparing the plates from
| which money. bonds stamps. etc.
are printed. the next step is to scru-
| floor of the building is the office of
the custodian Of paper. and it is in
this office that F. G. Collins sits day
after day handing out paper to the
the Treasury proper and is directly
! under the supervision Of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. In former days
! the paper, as needed. was trucked
from the Treasury Department. but
! 1t is now housed in the same build
| ing erected for the bureau in order
to save time and confusion. AS a
matter of convenience, from now on
we will simply use the phrase money
paper - Al, t,,s mSnsy 9I,;.,o paper per- must must
you take into consideration that the
average is over a million four hum
dred thousand sheets Of paper day,
you can gather some idea of the i'm
| each sheet is printed four to eight
| bills of different denominations while
| the paper used for postage and in
| ternal revenue stamps contains many
which money and bonds are printed
\ has been made by the same firm at
| their factory in the Berkshire hills
| since 1879. The paper used for print
ing of postage and internal revenue
| The money and bond paper is manu-
] factured under the supervision of
| government agents and the buildings
are under guard day and night. The
j head Of this division knows what be-
! comes of every sheet of paper and
| each one must be accounted for. IT
: in the printing. or any other proc
| esses employed, a sheet is spoiled, 1t
| Isl returned to the division head. a
over to the destruction committee.
Paper for the one-dollar bills must
! be used for one-dollar bills only.
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co carefully is the paper guarded
~ and so intense are the employees
Of this section that it is impossible
to get even tiny bit as a souvenir.
The different sizes of paper are sent
to Washington by express and under
| heavy guard. Now and then there
will be sheets spoiled, and this faulty
money has numerous holes punched
in it until 1t resembles porous pias-
ters., 1t then goes through a series
of countings until there is absolute
ly no chance for single sheet going
mills pape5 s S to sge
and season. There must always be
stock of paper on hand to meet any
demand. 's.e.'s2@
When the paper is removed it is taken
to section Of the building where it is
''dampened down." in order that it may
take the ink better and for other rea-
sons the nature Of which is govern
ment secret. This department Of the
bureau is presided over by Messrs Roche
and Larner. The paper is placed in
a bath of filtered water which runs in
and out continuously. Another process
employed is that of fnterlaying. which
consists Of sheets being placed between
both front and back. occupy a period of
three or four days. The paper is then
removed to humidors and is ready to be
sent to the printers. After one side has
been printed this wetting down process
Is repeated, SO that the bill may be in
perfect shape to take the second inn
preston. The men who print the money,
or as they are technically known. the
plate printers, work with young woman
assistants. The man prepares the
plate as it comes from the rollers. This
is done by the use Of his hands. At one
side II q large block Of chalky nature
which enables him to give the proper
polish to the plate 90 that there viii only
be the requisite amount OF Ink on the