Show making buttons out of blood the country is learning to utilize waste making buttons of blood la Is in this direction there is a large factory in bridgeport near chicago employing about abolt men mea boys and a eirls in in which waste animal blood is converted into buttons the rhe same firm has another large factory elsewhere A mn man named hirsch was the first to introduce the business in this country some years ago he lost the first six months but stuck to it and now he is immensely wealthy there are a number of similar factories in england fraai to 1000 gallons of blood are used in the bridgeport factory every day nothing but treah fresh beef blood is used considerable of the blood evaporates during the process of drying but what remains eem alfis Is i pure albumen some of it is light in color and some dark according to the chemical treatment given iven it these thin sheets of dried glood blood are ara then broker up and are ready to be worked into various shapes and sizes large quantities of the blood sheets are used hy cloth manufacturers rs ns for setting the color in calico goods not only are buttons made from blood in this way but tons tens of earrings breastpins breast pins pigs belt clasps combs and trinkets are made annually there from blood it il is a queer odoriferous business but apay a paying ingene one philadelphia Bull buletin tin |