Show I Gold Beating Most Ancient Art in World Gold-beating Gold Is at once the most ancient ancIen t and the most modern art in inthe inthe inthe the world Although powerful machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery S IS s used for gold-beating gold the final process has to be done by hand Seen in Its virgin state in a i crucible Just tal taken en from the furnace furnace fur tur nace the go gold 1 d glistens like diamonds dia dia- dia- dia I monds moods The men who beat bold by hand wield hammers weighing weighing- 14 or 21 pounds each The Tho skill of the workers Is such that gold can be beaten to the thinness of or l 1 of an inch and one ounce can tte be joe made to cover an area of ot moe more than square feet A skilled craftsman craftsman craftsman crafts crafts- man takes a week to beat two and anda a half ounces of ot gold into leaf and andone andone andone one ounce produces 2500 gold leaves three and a quarter Inches square Teachers are to have freedom of ot speech at Vassar but it is not expected that they will say all that some of ot the students make them think New New York Evening Post |