THK CITIZEN, WKDNKSDAY, AVUlh 20, 1011.
BOYS' MARBLES
MADE BY GIRLS
OhioFacfory RollsOut 125,000,
000 Clay "Pills" Each Year,
STANDARD OIL A LARGE BUYEF
Clay Marbles Also Used Extensivel)
by Manufacturers of Rubber, Ink
Salt, Chemicals and Powder How
They Are Made, Counted and Paic
For.
It has been estimated by statist!
clans that over 200.000,000 small clnj
marbles arc used annually by the boyi
of the United States every spring
time. It Is u known fact that 12!i.
000.000 of these little clay "pills" an
made every year by one clay mnrbli
manufacturer, whose plant Is located
In Summit county. O. And those mar
bles are made or rolled by young girls
The clay marble Industry of tin
United States Is one that little though)
has been given to. and precious llttlt
Is known by people in general as to It;
scope. The marble manufacturer does
not devote all his attention to tin
manufacturing of the "game marble'
There are various uses to which tin
marble is put, and as n matter of fact
the size varies according to Its intend
cd use. The Standard Oil company Is
one of the largest buyers of marbles
and these are used for oil cans, ami
larger sizes are started In graded pipe
lines to clean out the parafliu whlct
gathers on the side of the pipe as it
flows to the tanks.
A Prosaic Process.
Clay marbles are also used by thf
manufacturers of rubber. Ink and salt,
chemical and powder makers. They
are also used in grinding the large
stones of the lithographer and by rail
way supply people. Puzzle box mak
ors are also large buyers of marbles.
The size of the clay marbles as made
in the United States vary from nine
sixteenths of an Inch In diameter,
which is the small "pill" the boys play
with, to one measuring six inches in
diameter, or about the size of a small
cannon ball.
The making of a clay marble forma
nn interesting journey in ceramics.
The method of making all kinds of
marbles is the same with the excep
tion of the "glassie." which of course
is made of glass. Clays used In the
marblo industry are of a plastic na
ture. These clays are cast into a pug
mill, or "chaser," and as the heavy
wheels revolve over the clay it drops
in a pulverized form into a bin be
neath the mill. It is then lifted by nn
endless elevator system to storage
bins, from where it is allowed to pass
through pug mills.
The stiff clay Is then forced through
the perforated base of tho pug mill,
and it comes from tho mill in the
form of clay strings, tho diameter of
these being regulated by the round
holes in the base of the mill and to
conform to the size of the marblo to
be made. These rolls or strings of
clay are pulled from the pug mill when
they are about eighteen inches in
length nnd placed on a flat board and
then nro taken to tho clay shops or
where the marbles are made.
Molded by Girls.
The rolls of clay are first placed
evenly in a "trough," and n workman
cuts tho rolls of clay into cubes, the
size being specified according to the
order. The cutting is done with n
saw, nnd seven rolls of clay will form
over 200 little cubes, and it is from
these cubes that tho marblo is rolled.
After tho cubes have been cut they
are placed in nn ordinary tin pan nnd
these carried to the girls who make
the marbles. A handful of cubes Is
picked up, and those nre placed one
at a time in a grooved plaster of paris
mold. Tho size of tho groove also de
pends upon the size of tho marble to
bo made. When there is one clay cube
In each groove a plaster oblong block
is placed in position on top of the
cubes, nnd this is pushed forward and
backward until the little clay cube be
comes round nnd rolled true. , This op
eration requires very little time, and
then the top block Is lifted nnd tho
clay marble in its green stnto is pick
ed up and n "handful" is placed in a
tray. This operation resembles that
of picking up a bunch of grapes.
A girl who has acquired speed in her
work can make from 25,000 to 30,000
marbles per day. As there are fifty
rolls to a block, the operator Is paid
C cents per thousand for tho making
of the common clay marble. Tho
finer the grade tho order calls for. tho
higher the price paid for making.
There Is not a great profit in the mak
ing of the common clay marble, when
tho fact is taken Into consideration
that they are shipped to the markets
at a price varying from 1(1 to 20 cents
per sack of 1,000 marbles each.
Counted by Weight.
Marbles are counted by weight: also
by tho cubic foot. The small clay
marble measuring nine-sixteenths of
nn inch in diameter weighs six and
one-half pounds to tho thousand and
aro colored at tho rate of 200.000 every
eight minutes.
Prizes For Essays on Housefly.
Prizes have been offered in the pub
lic schools of Boston for the best essay
on methods of destroying the housefly.
This Is n means adopted by the Nn
tlonal Civic association to educate chil
dren to fight the pest.
MRS. E. B. M'LEAN, MOTHER OF $100,000,000 BABY.
"BTN addition to being a handsome and talented woman nnd a leader
ffi in the society of Washington and other cities .Mrs. Edward H.
McLean Is known as "the mot'ier of the $100,000,000 baby " Her
lufaut sou, Vinson Walsh McLean, Is prospective heir to the vast
estate left by his grandfather, the late Thomas I. Walsh, Colorado
mine owner. His other grandfather is John It, McLean, noted as a
newspaper publisher. Mrs. McLean was Miss Evelyn Walsh. Her mar
riage to young McLean was an event of unusual Interest, chiefly owing
to the Immense fortune which was declined to fall to her as the only
child of her father. Mrs. McLean Is teaching her baby Japanese as well
as English and later on will provide him tutors In German, French and
Spanish. She expects him to become a globe trotter and wants to have
him ready to talk In the native tongues wherever he may trave,.
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
Pacific Ocean Will Be Darkened on
April 28 Where Visible. 1
On April 2S there will be a total
eclipse of the sun, but those who wish
to see the corona must go to the mid
dle of the Pacific ocean aud locate
on some small uninhabited island.
This is a long distance to travel sim
ply to look at the sun. but total
eclipses are of
great importance
to the astrono
mer, and some
astronomers will
travel thousands
of miles in order
to photograph the
corona and in-
teresting p h e-
nomena brought out only during the
total eclipse.
This month the eclipse will be en
tirely Invisible in Canada or any sec
tion of the country north and east of
Philadelphia. In the eastern part of
the United States the eclipse is visible
as a small partial eclipse just before
sunset, tho sun setting eclipsed. The
fnrther west one goes the more is the
eclipse visible. At San Francisco the
eclipse begins at 3:05 p. m. and ends
at -1:20 p. m. At the City of the
Golden Gate but one-quarter of tho
sun's diameter on the southern edge
will be covered up.
At total eclipses there are often visi
ble the rosy red flames of the solar
lire shooting up many thousands of
miles above the sun's surface. As
tronomers, however, no longer nro
obliged to wait for an eclipse to see
these interesting phenomena. They
nro rendered visible by the use of the
spectroscope. '
Power of WYrds.
"For me," writes Lafcadio ncam in
the "Japanese Letters of Lafcadio
Ilearn," "words have color, form,
character. They have faces, ports,
mannovo, gesticulations; they huvo
moods, humors, eccentricities; they
have tints, tones, personalities."
A good instance of this power ap
pears iu a description of Pnttl's sing
ing: '"There was a great dim pressure,
a stifling heat, a whispering of silks,
a weight of toilet perfumes, Then
came an awful hush all tho silks stop
ped whispering. And there suddenly
sweetened out through that dead, hot
air a clear, cool, tense thread gust of
melody unlike aiiy sound I eYer heard
before save In troplcnl nights from
tho throat of u mocking bird. It was
'Auld Lang Syne' only, but with never
a tremolo or artifice, a marvelous, nu
daclous simplicity of utterance."
He Didn't.
The wife of a clergyman warned him
as ho went oft to officiate at n funeral
one rainy day:
"Now, John, don't stand with your
bare head on tho damp ground; you'll
catch cold."
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DEADLY GERMS IN FUR
AND WHISKERS OF CATS.
Bacteria Which Cause Ptomaine Pol
son and Three Other Kinds Found.
"Poised on every whisker of the
household cat, ready to pounce on un
suspecting human beings, are number
less microbes with terrifying names."
Or. Charles U. Heed of Chicago, who
seeks to exterminate tho feline tribe. Is
the authority for the above statement
lu order to secure evidence against
"pussy," Dr. Heed nipped off a whiskei
from an ordinary alley cat and from
it secured four different cultures oi
dangerous germs.
The germs and some diseases they
are said to produce are as follows:
A germ of decomposition causing
ptomaine poisoning.
A germ producing blood poisoning,
nnd, when it strikes tho proper mem
brane, sore throat and intestinal trou
bles. A sort of cousin germ to tho one
named above, but not so dangerous,
as it is milder In action.
A germ of the Intestines which
also causes a variety of infectious dis
eases. Including kidney disease and
puerperal fover.
Dr. Heed said to shave whiskers off
a cat would not help any, as n cat's
fur also Is full of disease germs.
The Chin and tho Throat.
Remember always to arch the throat,
almost as a horse does. If n woman
talking to some one turns her shoul
ders slightly from him and then glances
back the lino of the throat is always
good. For myself I have at all times
thought tho delicate lino from tho tip
of a woman's ear to tho tip of her
shoulder one of the most exquisite of
the femlulne body. Many artists, I
believe, would agree with me. So re
member what I say, dear ladles do
uot spoil or hide that lovely contour
with high linen collars or boning.
Wear low collars, or if theso aro not
becoming to you at least dress your
throats comfortably. Always carry tho
chin high. If while you aro still quite
young you can remember to thrust tho
chin upward and forward not to an
absurd degree, of course you will not
with advancing years havo to fear
those soft rolls of flesh above the col
lar that add ho much to a woman's ni
parent age. Anna Pavlova in Har
per's Bazar.
He Was Immune.
Morrow It makes me very uneasy
if I owo n dollar to any one. Borrow
Great Scott! If I felt that way about
It I'd have St. Vitus' dance. Boston
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Tho great soul that sits on tho throne
of th universe is not, never was and
never will bo in n hurry. Timothy Tit-comb
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THAT ARE TOLD
An Absentminded Scientist.
Dr. Cook of north pole fame was
tho most animated of the frequenters
of the smoke room of the George
Washington on one of her recent voy
age, and his smoke room stories were
quoted in the camps of his friends
and enemies alike.
Dr. Cook's best story was about an
absentminded scientist.
"This scientist," he said, "being n
bachelor, used to dine at ills club.
One holiday afternoon he entered the
club dining room nnd sclecteda very
good table in a corner.
" Hold this table for me,' he said
In his mild voice to the head waiter.
'I'll dine at this table tonight at 8.'
" 'Very good; very good, sir.'
"And tho scientist mooned off to the
club library, where he . resumed the
"WEEKS Ail I TO DINH?" HE TAMXHU).
I correction of certain proofs marked
, 'dlplococcl.'
I "It being a holiday the dining room
was crowded that evening. Two
young bloods entered together and
made for the old scientist's table. But
the head waiter interposed.
I " 'Excuse me, sirs,' ho said. 'That
i table Is reserved for Professor Dlstie.'
" 'Oh, tell hlui ho hns already dined,'
said one of the bloods. 'He will bo
perfectly satisfied.'
"The waiter frowned as the young
men took possession of the table, and
just then the scientist came absently
into the room. He made his way to
his corner, nnd when he saw Ills ta
ble occupied he turned to the head
waiter with a look of mild surprise.
" T,og pardon, sir, did you forget
something?' said the head waiter, bus
tling up to tho good old gentleman.
"'Where am I to dine?' ho faltered.
" 'Dine, sir?" The waiter looked as
tonished, then ho allowed a smile to
spread over his face. 'Why, sir, you
must have forgotten that you dined
at 7 o'clock, as you ordered.
" 'Oh, Indeed!' murmured the old fel
low confusedly, nnd, flushing with
shame, ho shuffled back to the library
acain."
Chopin's Likes and Dislikes.
Bach and, above all, Mozart were
Chopin's Ulsals, "his gods." Hummel,
Field and Moscheles were his favor
ite pianists. Field's nocturnes were
greatly prized by him. Ho admired
Schubert, though not without reserve.
Weber aud Beethoven only partially
satisfied him. He disliked much of
Mendelssohn's music nnd found still
less to praise in Schumann, never ns
ing any of his pieces in giving his les
sons. Ho disapproved of Berlioz, and,
while he liked Meyerbeer personally,
he heartily disliked his music. Liszt
says truly that Chopin sought lu tho
great masterpieces only that which
corresponded with his nnture. "What
resembled it pleased him. What dif
fered from It received scant justice
from him." Dole's "Famous Compos
ers." Put Them Aside. '
Grief for things past that cannot bo
remedied nnd care for things to come
that cannot bo prevented may easily
aurt but ca.n never benefit one.
The future is purchased by the. pres
ent. Johnson.
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poison Seneca.
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