Evening star., 1938-09-18

h thought OF only
as something to
1homa' X. Henry drink, or to put
on bread in the form of butter, or to
eat in the form Of cheese. The cheese
was made OF part Of the milk
which never was considered of much
value in nourishing the body-some-
thing called casein.
But very recently, chemists all over
the world have been studying this
casein, and they have found that
they can make lots Of wonderful
things out Of 1.-THE softest kind Of
blankets for baby sisters crib, wooden
underwear and mufflers for children
when they are building snow houses.
boards with which to build real
houses.
A WEEK ago, lot of these men
who are studying casein had
big meeting, and here are some of
the things they said about milk:
soon you will be crawling out from
under blankets made of milk. spread
on a bed held together with milk. A
rug of milk will protect your bare feet
from the cold milk coated floor. You
will turn on a faucet handle of milk
to take your morning shower. after
which you will comb your hair with q
comb of milk, brush it with a milk
backed brush. and inspect the result
in milk-backed mirror.
Then you will don a suit of warm
milk wool, held in place by buttons
OF milk, and will be ready for a break
fast of cream -drenched cereal served
in bowl made Of milk and eaten with
a milk spoon. The transparent film of
milk protecting the breakfast food
from the elements may crackle As it is
the cigarette package which your
father opens when the meal Is nm
ished.
When you climb into your automo-
bile. your father will turn on the milk
ignition knob. and his hand will grip
the knob made of milk on the gearshift
lever.
Upon arriving at the ofiice, he will
get to work with his milk-barreled
q
sheet made of milk-surfaced paper.
And II he does not feel like working,
he may thumb through the glossy.
milk-coated pages Of popular mag
azine.
\ LII these objects Of common use,
and many others, are now being
made from milk.
More than 300 creameries and casein
plants are now turning out the raw
material in Wisconsin alone, where
Troduction amounts to almost 16,000,-
900 pounds annually.
Casein makes up almost per cent
Of the content of whole milk Various
processes are employed to extract 1t,
after the butter fat has been removed.
In all Of them, however, the object
is the same: To curdle the milk For
in that curd is casein. After being
washed clean of salt and milk sugar.
the curd is dried and pressed and
then crushed. 1t emerges from the
grinder in granules resembling creamy
white bread crumbs, and in that
torm 1t is packed in bags and shipped
the processing plants.
Commercial casein is used more
')r coating calendared paper than
for all other purposes combined. So
important is that market that the
price Of the commodity can be esti-
mated pretty accurately by the size Of
the popular magazines printed on
glossy paper.
Casein is also employed in cold
water paints for interiors. Here it
acts as a binder. Mixed with clear
water and applied to a wall, it sticks
and holds its colors. Even the ex-
teriors of the buildings at the Chicago
Worlds Fair were painted with casein.
It was casein glue. impervious to
water. that made possible the tough,
light plywood first used In airplanes
during the World War, and the lami-
mated wood in airplane propellers.
"CASEIN takes . high polish and
can be colored to any tint" the
report continues. quite likely, the but
tons on your coat are made Of casein.
This Is because most of the casein
used in plastics is converted into but
tons. after first being drawn into q rod.
thin sliced and shaped or spread out
in thin sheet and stamped out
Fancy buckles for dresses and wom-
ems coats are made o. cssein, a. are
--,rrels for fountain pens. hair combs,
backs for brushes and mirrors. It is
also shaped into boxes for face powder,
into bathroom tumblers and soap boxes
I'm toilet articles casein takes on
the shades of a rainbow and hues that
no rainbow ever boasted. 1t has been
clarified and tinted to initiate amber
1t makes beautiful imitation jade.
Flakes of metal have been mixed in
clear casein plastic, where they gleam
like fecks Of gold or silver"
Billiard balls, contrary to popular
belief. are not made of ivory, but Of
casein. it is pointed out. Casein is used
for sizing in window shades, wallpaper
and IN some fabrics, and As . dressing
for linoleum and for leather. Tough
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