| Show UNCLE yS SA-yS SA S 'S FACTORY TURNS 0 01 T NATIONS NATION'S CO ORS It is a far cry from the handmade flag of Betsy Rots Ro s to the production of flags by mac and ancl yet the cradle of the s Stars rs and md Stripes has remained in Philadelphia Phil Ihil delphia since the symbol of our 11 nation was born there The years ago e traditional scene I of this woman pa riot patiently fing fing- ering fingering the colors o n a n new nation has shifted to the op ration of scores of ing ng production a 1 Yet Uncle Sal Sni s 's flag factory is maintained in ing inthe th the Quaker Cit City as a branch charged charge of the War Var department e ed with the res po of making all the flags used jy y the army This obligation involve the manufacture of a variety of for ns is of the Stars and Stripes and scorn storn flags There are also made L- L Li i i-i i automo ile ing and transport flags and ensigns jacks an and pennants to- to to gether together assortments with guido rags s in vast assort assort- ments J The making of Id Glory in great quantities dictates and in response to the dict- dict dict ates of eco economy omy is of comparatively recent direction origin Progress Pl ress in this tion has marked mime ime with the de- de deI de development I of the needle-machine needle in- in in I industry inI Not unlike e Betsy Ross who II fashioned the national emblem with her fingers not s sj ver very long ago an single entire flag was c constructed f by a sin sin- sin sin- single gle allotted operator To la lay the task is al- al al to 13 units of operation Each worker in Uncle Sams Sam's flag factor factory is assigned the task ask of contributing n a definite bit of workmanship these progressive unit making for a fin fin fin- finished product i Bunting Bunting-a Bunting a th n n woolen stuff used use d primarily for m ung ng ng flags is flags is pains pains- pains painstakingly inspected I before being issued to the machines It is placed one pl upon another an arul divided into spec spec- specified fied tied lengths un l I a n section ply Y high is Then the material is marked ands and s subjected to an electrically electrically cally driven cut cutting ing machine which i parcels the buntings buntings gs into strips of twi tw o sizes these entering into the manu manu- manufacture manufacture manufacture facture of the stars and stripes Th The procedure followed followed with the blue bunt bunting bunting bunting ing for the field fiela is not dissimilar to that of cuttin cutting the lon long and short cd red i-ed and white stripes The elasticity of the materi material involves the exercise of utmost car in in the laying out and separating of i it lest precision be he sacrificed sac sac- sac sacrificed ced as accuracy accuracy Is is necessary m n joining the stripes stripe's on sewing ma- ma machines machines ma machines chines Stars arc are made by cutting them out with a a steel die lie on a stamp stamp- stamping stamping ing stamping machine This insures maximum production and uniformity in size and amI shape The canvas canvas heading on the flag is fashioned in a similar manner After the c cutters have performed their work th theS different parts of the al Old Glory are bundled to together to- to together gether ether and consigned to the ing operating room Th The short stripes arc are join join- join joined ed oil together alternately red and white on a double n needle double edle sewing machine machin which negotiates negotiates s two rows of stitch stitch- stitching stitching stitching ing at ut the sam same time In like fashion the field is is ma made maUe e eThe The blue fabric is on a tafile all wrinkles removed removed removed ed and the correct correct position of the stars st lon indicate indicated on each field by a per per- per perforated pattern After bein being sub sub- sub to a squaring S haring process it is cut cutto cutto cutto to exact dime ions A piece of white percale is fa fad faa ened on the underside of the thc field nd ind star placed in the same position in n the upper side This insures three Thickness of cloth The operator then sews cautiously around the edge of th star with a zigzag machine ma- ma machine ma machine chine Once the tie stars have been fastened fast fast- fastened fastened ened on the Id a n trimmer cuts off any excess percale on the underside The blue ground ground an and short stripes are then unit united il and both are arc jointed to the long stripes Then the flag is smoothed o t again on a n table and squared and jUt gut cut to precise dimen dimen- dimensions dimensions dimensions The fly end is turned in and hemmed with 1 rows of stitching The other en eno is re inbreed at each corner with a triangular strip of bunt ing bunting an and into a canvas head head- ing heading It is strengthened str by means of heavy stitching and each etch flag is equipped eq- eq equipped eq equipped with 4 galvanized iron staple and ring for itching to the halyard the rope or tackle to ta kle by which it is raised rais- rais raised rais raised ed and on the mast The corn com completed national national emblem then under under- undergoes undergoes goes a rigid infection inspection and if ed e d is folded and consigned to headquarters hea quarters for disposition the hand fash Stars contrary to articles of easy Ross are arc menu manu manufactured manufactured of soli solid soli embroidery silk ona on ona ona silk blue-silk fields are a machine Th Ih The placed in frame on this mechanism which is is capable f producing a stitch not unlike hand embroidery j r that that y that is both sides are arc alike This provided with n numerous needles all threaded with w while Bile ile os silk the field back and forth thus laying out the desi design f for r the embroidery stitching 1 National colors 1 are carried carrier by un- un un mounted troops and nd standards by mounted military units The incon incon- inconsequential inconsequential sequential distin distinction lion tion between the I two is that the are arc not as I large as the colors coIls col rs and do not pos possess pos pos- possess sess cords and The color are four feet fou inches at the hoist top to bottom and nd fie feet six inches in- in inches in inches ches at the fly v is the length leng h hI I |
