Show D i HOW HOW T FACTORIES MAKE PAPER a J Jl l STRAWS WS BY THE MILLION i In In the manufacture lre of ot what J are now popularly called p paper per i straws there theae are some Interest J J ing lag features The The- paper of ot otI i J Ji i i which the they are made Is cut Into nto i i J strips at the factory about 2000 i sheets being cut ut at ut a n time each i a j descent of the tiie knife making that J t Ulan man many strips The pal paper r rIa is Ia Is rolled a i by a Ion long st steel eJ spindle operated l b by ma machinery In l less sg time than i ii is i bt if s re at lure urel J to el U. U t the s trl J of of or paper Is s rolled into into a tube i iI I 1 am ant and hell held In that t shape shupe- by a bit bitof s J of oY paste which h was applied to I She he free end before the winding began begun Th nex next 0 n Is to coat cOlit 1 t t the iti ith pa paraffin rufflE which la irtI a I 1 li In It Cunk ank halt tun ful tunI I of ot paraffin l. l Through trough this Half t ti I I i tOn c 1 passes Basses a verc vertical 1 t nett an anIt I i It l I Is tv platforms platforms fu ru which wire baskets baskets- baskets are are pia placed J Hundreds ds the orthe paper tubes are I plied Into the basket k t which are a J dropped Into the hot paraffin for tor fort fora t n a moment and anti then hoisted Into the upp upper r part ot of the tank By i this time the out of ot the J tubes are axe coated and the Insides i ii i tilled filled with the paraffin J i Then to remove the paraffin i i ii ir i r contained in the tubes the tile baskets bas bas- f I are whirled around In the J upper tank until the u unnecessary i ii i i paraffin Is thrown ofT off and antI the a J JJ J coating dried Before this coatIng coati coat coat- coati i i ing the straws are easily crushed J but hut when they the have hll b been n dipped i Into th the paraffin and turned out outI I J upon the table where they are J Ji i cooled and anti dried they become i u tough and are easily handled J Ji i The next step In the process aIs i a iJ J is to cut the newly manufactured J Ji i paper poper straws Into proper len lengths Iso i iI I so that they may be pocked packed for J JJ J shipping Six rubber bands are IU i ii i U placed around a bunch of ot the thelong thelong J long straws at such places that i a ii i when the bundle is sawed Into J JJ J three sections each short bundle buni bun bun- I J i t die dle will show a band at nt each end t J The saw used for tor the cutting Is J Ji i thin and its teeth are ure quite thin i t iJ J About straws a till day are J i Ji it i t turned out by the factory but i t I. I In the busy season this number J Ji i t is sometimes increased to 1000 i t tt t 1 I t 1 Iu |