Show the age aga of tad lead t ad we are wont to speak of this era as the I 1 age of li it on oil and ti 11 ex 0 jig ID no gain gainsaying saying that industrially aking iron la Is a I 1 precious metal nevertheless few people rc realize alize how useful it if not absolutely noces sary bary to modern civilization Is that other metal load lead sort soft yielding pliable it la in riot not much like ilko lla its abter metal meta but those distinguishing quail ties lies are what A hat give it such a place in the arts and industries moden plumbing requiring man inan tit turnings r aings and but withal tight t joints would be almont without lead pipe the great est chil civilizing izing agent in the world the printing art Is absolutely depend dependent nt on lead hand handset set type cyp linotype slugs monotype t ape pe all 11 are re made of compositions of 0 which lend lead Is tho the chief coni component to siy noth ing of 0 the bearings bearl nga la in the preshes choa RS as well as all other kinds of machinery in which babbitt metal Is used solder la Is another lead product what m hat a field of usefulness that one form opens tip lip then there Is the most important use of all to which lead Is 19 put paint that necessary material mate ilal which keeps our houses looking pretty inside and out and pro preserves seres them from decay ilow how many of us its thank metallic lead for the comforts of yet the best house paint is nothing but metallic lead corroded by acid to a white powder known as white lead of course there are many imitations of 0 I 1 white lead some of which are sold gold as white lead and some which are offered by the name of ready pro pared paint under tinder the familiar pretense that hat they are just as good as hite load lead but all good paint is IB made of the metal lead corroded and ground to a fine white powder poder and mixed with linseed oil white lead Is also used in the coat ing of fine oil cloths claths and lor for many purposes asid besides es paint red lead Is another product 0 of f metallic lead and Is what la Is known as an oxide of lead being produced by burning the metal red lead Is the best paint known to preserve iron sti deteel or tin and la Is used largely in painting metal structures such as skyscraper skeletons mills aud and bild gos there are many other products of the metal lead such as orange mineral etc which ate aie es to many of the arts arta in which we never imagine that load would be of the least use verily we live in an age of lead as aa well as aa of iron |