Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-23

Have you ever heard of Essenc,
of Pearl? No, it's not an exotic
French perfume; it's just what tn,
name implies,-the actual essence
of pearls! One of Natures master
pieces is the shimmering, opalescen
lining of the shells of certain fish
known as mother of pearl. A fist
sliding silkily through the water o.
an Illuminated aquarium shows the
same iridescent beauty in its under
scales.
Modern scientists have been busy
investigating the process by which
Mother Nature produces this softly
luminous effect and they have found
a way to reproduce mother of pearl
so accurately that one can scarcely
distinguish the reproduction from
the original.
Essence of pearl comes from the
silvery scales of thousands and
thousands of little fish. Selected
scales are mixed with a solution of
water and certain chemicals. the ac-
ton of which serves TO extract the
silvery lustre PARTICLES from the
scale itself. This mixture results in
the glistening, paste-like substance
that is the true essence of pearl.
When this substance is mixed with
pyroXylin plastic and cut into
sheets, Madame Nature \ wouldn't
know the synthetic article from her
own handiwOrk. The pearl sheeting
is often composited on amber pyra-
lin for the manufacture of beautiful
two-toned toilet articles to adorn
the boudoir of dainty miss.
Artificial mother of pearl effects
can be obtained from other mater
ials, such as bronze powders, but the
result is in no way so accurate a
reproduction of the original. Only
by the use of Natures own magic
ingredient, essence of pearl, could
the lustrous rainbows of the sea be
duplicated, first in the scientific lab
oratory and later in mammoth fac
tories.
Cooperative Ditching
Humanity could scarcely survive
modern life without the cooperative
spirit There are cooperative
apartments in cities, cooperative
farming in the country, cooperative
cooperative swimming
pools, cooperative owners of Fords
and motorcycles, and even of neck |
ties and lip-sticks.
So why not ditch the farms hy the |
cooperative methods! That's exact
ly what was done by a group of far
mers in New York State. Here is
the story:
FOrty-two farmers near GOuver-
neur, in St. Lawrence County, New
York, combined for the purpose of
and deepening Birch
Creek and by their efforts they re-
claimed the marsh land or flats"
along eight miles of the stream. By
his method they reclaimed 1400
lcres of land to agricultural pur-
poses. These farmers perfected their
cooperative enterprise with the
lelp and advice of the director of the
st. Lawrence County Farm Bureau
md an explosive expert, and plan
vas worked out to make Birch
Creek run through regular chan
lei, which was made with dynamite.
t costs them SIS an acre to complete
he undertaking. This price for pro-
luctive farm land compared with
and values in New York State
where acres are priced by hundreds
# dollars furnishes the answer to
he question as to whether cooper
tive ditching is a success.
Although the operations referred
o in the above story concern rel
lively small area, it is neverthe-
ess apparent that the modern Am =
rican farmer, wherever he may be
Ocated, may we'll afford to realize
hat each idle acre on his property
educes his potential income each
ear by exactly the amount of his
rop value if cultivated. Retaining
hese "lost acres" is simple prob
EN- in scientific ditching made pos
ible by the use of dynamite. {
Why Slip and Slide?
Waxed floors with small rugs -
catered about have given many
roman dirty fall" in her own
ONE. There is positive revolt ]
gainst slippery floors. But of
curse none of us are willing to give {
p our Turkish and Persian prizes.
We don't have to because rugs lay
fiat and in their natural
osition and they "stick like bro s
her" to the floor by the aid Of what
known as the du Pont rug an :
hor. Leading dealers in rugs and
arpets say the new rug anchors
eem pretty popular as the Christ
las time approaches, because they -
rovide way by which the heads
{ the family, and the children, too, !
lay walk safely across their own {
oors without being in danger of =
leir feet slipping up and their c
eads humping down. t
Color and Customers
American industr yis taking adj
antage of harmonious hues, and the Z
ew colors have livened up life and a
esulted in the undreamed extension =
{ sales by merchants. The day has
assed when you have to go away
'om home and stay for week to {
ct away from the sickening odors =
{ oil paints. Now the quick-drying -
yroxylin finish, made from cot c
IN base, enables the housewife to
oil up a chair or vase, or deco
ate typewriter, or a piece of fur
iture in the parlor, dining room,
edroom or kitchen, with the know :
,dge that it will be dry and ready
II use in less than an hour.