Show II W O 11fpA The Age of Lead t fit ye nro wont to speak of this era III Iii aJ the ago of iron and there Is no Ille 00 nlnsaying that Industrially speaking Iron Is a Precious metal lytt1 Xcvcrtbclcss tow people realize of f bOw useful If not absolutely neces th tit d I pry to modern civilization Is that rot other metal lead Soft yielding roUblr pliable It Is not much like Its sister metal but those distinguishing quail Ora yes aro what give It such a prominent el r IM > in tho arts and Industries t u I r jioilern i plumbing requiring many n3 turnings and twistings but withal u4tn tight Joints would bo almost Impos e ible without lead pipe The great fst civilizing agent In the world tho f Job printing artII absolutely dependent a14 oa lead Iland sat typo linotype e il slugs monotype typoall are Illrl made of compositions of which lead t H f the chief componentto say nothing I calat noth-ing of tho bearings In the presses as tell as all other kinds of machinery slnesc la which babbitt metal Is used sued Solder Is another lead product Jtt what a field of usefulness that ono x form opens up fiT I I Then thero Is tho most Important rOIl use of all to which lead Is put paint o ncu flat necessary material which keeps our houses looking pretty inside 110114 and outand preserves them from wiry decay I kUJ How many of us thank metallic lead i e Vi Mim the comforts of paint Yet tho I test house paint Is nothing but me I a d to Ulllc lead corroded by acid to a white log It powder known as white lead Ot course thero are many Imitations orG or-G FuJ 4 white lead some of whlfcJi aro sold for a u white lead trod somo which are au offered by tho namo of ready prepared lro pre-pared paint under tho familiar pretense pre-tense that they aro just as good as ran white lead But all good paint Is Balk made of tho metal lead corroded and lit ground to a fine white powder and hot nixed with linseed oil kIN White lead Is also used In tho coat I tie lag of fine oil cloths and for many I purposes besides paint d fa Red lead Is another product of e Ida netalllc lead and Is what Is known as niu in oxide of lead being produced by idlu burning the metal Red lead Is the best paint known to preservo Iron orcf steel or tin and Is used largely In painting metal structures such as neat rids skyscraper skeletons mills and I bridges dot Thero aro many other products of dlOI the metal lead such as litharge al orange mineral etc which are essential thl t es-sential to many of the arts In which the we never Imagine that lead would be of tho least use i Verily wo live In an ago of lead ate IB well as of Iron hu |