Show I 1 IMAKI t MAKING NG valentines VALENTINE S the various processes sos through which they are put I 1 I 1 the avern average c citizen is riot nol zip apt I 1 to a coile comic valentine valenine a if fats his principal fault or weakness ith 1 any degree of pleasure ile he oten 0 t gets mad and in some cases casci 9 for the tender sender A factory athis 1 i city lias has during tile the past ten tell ron 1 llis turned out comic al aid 5 sentimental valentines valc J mth ill such ruih practical jokes and lovers naff m have plenty of aai ith which to work fc fab b i ath 11 valentines birthday the ormer ot pre prevalent valeet custom ol of venting retty spi spite teby by tending till 0 a comic enlen tine has comparatively died out in itte kastern and middle states west if the mississippi river the valentine las however a ready sale I 1 recently paid a vir auit sit to the above mentioned factory the many operations through which toy books and valentines pass before they hey are arc ready to be delivered to the retailer are rc interesting the first floor loorom of the factory is occupied by paper layer c cutting and embossing ma chines hancs the paper on oil which lines are arc printed is received from the manufacturer direct and is not in a condi t on for use it must be be cut into pieces feet aud and on IV which I 1 lie 11 ire are stamped sixteen comic valentines after being 0 cut paper is i taken lake 1 to 10 the second bloor and prin printed tail three hundred out of the four laititi dred bcd employed emp loyes in the factory ire arc women roman and girls while tile of the u flork ork is done skilled labor some departments are arc operated wholly by machinery on oil tile the sixth or top bloor half a dozen artists draw the pictures used in valentines and toy books after drawing is made and photographed tile tho negative is coated with a solution ind and exposed to the sun the ne negative 11 active is again coated coaled tills this time with lithographic 0 ink ind and ill placed aced in a basin of water barely deep enough to 0 cover it tho the ink is washed off except that part of the plate pl ditc itc of which the ilia drawing F lias has been the negal negative lve is then ready for the etcher tile the atchin etching a process is too well known to bear repeating repenting 0 here after the drawl drawing n his has been etched on a zinc plate it is is ready for the press the operation by which rou rough 0 ai zinc is made sil aino looth olli is interesting 0 theline the zinc is placed under tinder movable le emery papers chit ii re r A liged ased sed unit half hourly cheso papers vary from hard bard to soft the constant friction of the emery wears wean away the zinc so that in time lime it becomes as sif smooth looth as glass glas seven papers dif differing feria in in quality ind and thickness are arc it used sc d in the oper operation aaion superintendent nt thompson thoi est estimated amat that the gnu firm owned b steel t lat I 1 and zinc plates it must not be supposed that a valentine carl can be struck off complete compete in one impression in ili some cases valentines pass through 0 no less than a 1 I dozen impressions each impress impression ion adds it a different shade or impression impre sion to the picture ic turc take for example a draw ing ng of f a machinist at al work the man s hat bat is red his hi face and arms pink ini Us his hair and mustache ire arc blue aluc with a tinge lingo I 1 of black sentimental valentines are arc ill made ade with fancy falley paper find and satin tit the a plate pas asb through a tiles alie same process a as comic the handsome highly per fumed valentines chilli tile the lan 1311 lishing ot ui liing swain pays from 3 to 45 5 for ire arc hand painted or as ilie alic superintendent said touched t up lp tile the touching i up consists of ar islic ally daubing 0 paint here and nd there about the outer surface of tile the vi valentine lentine these hasty strokes s result lit in flowers pictures picture descriptive of tile billings billing of turtle doves and pastoral scenes the valentine firm arni a poet to whom it pays a weekly a kly salary tile 1 genius goniu tiles elites yards upon yards arcq of poetry 7 daily the linns production of comic valentines this year include 2000 different delt imlig anti and the calne number of oreg original flat the poet has within the past six wiil tell 2000 amio i erses in ili addition to verses of poetry it 11 is said that valentine poetry is dilli cult to wi ite ind and it if this alii i lie io it line lie llie 2500 1 ti so aging eight lines each cach i to lo no little n eagle I 1 |