Show ow or V M I 1 OUR I 1 am rrt OST OF THE COMIC 0 k INSULTS AND V DAINTY LOVE TOKENS ARE NOW MADE IN AMERICA tinia tini A NY BUSINESS WHEN CUT orf or F TRADE 1 ap low WITH ENGLAND AN D TH I 1 E U STATES w e cul 41 M 00 ai Z ZA t OITS rS waff 22 0 Z many rea realize ize the large industry that has grown out of the custom of giving valentines on the four of february each year the idea seems to have originated in england and is practiced by eng lish speaking people the world av over er while germany does not W recognize the ther day many of the cards ca ds and novelties used in the united states came from there before the war of late years america has taken the lead in the making of valentines we supply our own market and export large quantities to all parts of the world in new york Is located one of the largest supply houses in the world and a large force Is kept busy throughout the year to meet the great demand the principal types ot of valentines are the comic th the old fashioned lace and the novelty the latter being the most expensive the most popular appear to be the comic which are photo engraved and printed in color in the usual way special machines are required in the prodoc production tion of the lace valentines the novelty valentines are mostly made by hand one of the pictures shows the machine which makes the paper lace there are two rolls one a die and the other a matrix of the desired design the wide paper ribbon runs between the rolls and is cut by them A brush bears against the matrix roll cleaning off any adhering bits ot paper another brush bears against the ribbon removing the cuttings from the lace before entering the rolls the paper is chalked thus preventing the lace from sticking to them and being torn the lace paper is fastened to embossed cards with paper hinges A small hand operated machine makes the hinges it creases long strips of o 0 paper by folding them in and out and from these strips the hinges are cut off as desired the cards to which the lace patterns are attached are printed in large sheets with suitable design and then they are embossed the embossed sheets are then passed on to the folding table where they are folded in sets of three and then fed into the cutting machine which is provided with scalloped edges the hinged lace frames are then glued on to these cards forming the old fashioned lace valentines which find wide favor one of the simplest valentines consists of cards with various celluloid ornaments attached thereto these ornaments are cut out by hand with a punch and a maul A simple riveting machine attaches the ornaments to the cards the small brass rivets are carried in a cup at the top of the I 1 machine and then fed down into a channel by a notched wheel at each operation of 0 the machine an escapement at the bottom of the channel re leases a rivet and lets it drop down under the riveting hammer the only machine work done on the novelty valentines made up with silk and satin puffs and bows s of ribbon which must be applied by hand to the cards Is the printing of the colored design and the blocking out of the cards the puffs and shirred borders of the many designs are made with remarkable rapidity and neatness the puff Is made from a semicircle of silk the edges gathered as they are being pressed into the glue by drawing and puckering them with the finger nail two pieces of 0 cardboard cut to the desired curve and covered with colored silk lapped over the cardboard and glued to the under side form the borders the silk Is also gathered as the edges are glued down an and d the border pieces are then glued over the edges of the puff many in gricate designs design are thus very sim simply ply made expert designers are kept continually at work trying to fashion new designs that will find favor among the patrons of the pleasant and fundak tun mak ing amusement of sending messages by cupid cupids valentines |