Show Remaking Playing Cards Berlin has started a new industry Old stained playing cards all those slightly soiled which have only duly been once or twice in use are collected from hotels clubs and a hundred other other oth oth- er establishments est In Germany Austria Austria Austria Aus Aus- tria Hungary Switzerland and are cleaned and made as fresh as new They are carefully rubbed with benzine benzine ben bene zine on both sides and then after drying placed in presses where they are rendered perfectly flat again They are then sprinkled over with powdered an and placed in a warm pi press ess where they receive the finish and shine lost in the fingers of ot the players They then find their way into another press where the edges are carefully cut Before being put on the market they undergo each card separately a careful revision to see that they are all as good as new |