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Show GIGAR BOXES OF CARDBOARD Such an Excellent Imitation of Spanish Cedar That They Readily Pass for the Real Thing. There are now made cigar boxes of cardboard in such exact imitation of Spanish cedar boxes that they might anywhere be taken for the real thing. Three layers of a cardboard specially special-ly made for the purpose are pressed together to produce a board of precisely precise-ly the right thickness, and then upon the outer side there is printed, from an engraved plate and with correct coloring, a photographic reproduction Df a sheet of actual Spanish cedar; this reproduction showing the grain of the wood with all its variations and even the tiny little knots, if there are any. The bottom and the sides for a cardboard card-board box are cut out ail in one piece, so that they require neither nailing nor sewing. The end pieces, cut out separately, are wire stitched In by machine, ma-chine, and then the cover is put on, being hinged with the usual piece of muslin. These cardboard boxes made in imitation im-itation of cedar are finished in regulation reg-ulation manner, paper lined and with the usual paper flap to cover the cigars. cig-ars. The outer edges are paper bound In the usual fashion. In its finished Btate the box contains one nail, the nail always found at the center of the front edge of the cigar box to hold the cover down. These boxes sell for about 30 per cent, less than boxes made of wood. |