Show I 1 g 0 W rg 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 A f I 1 M I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 5 I 1 1 I 1 i I 1 g 1 rs t 2 q r z V 1 A 47 4 g 7 t 1 TJ esy my I 1 ARE OR U 0 o D WITH ww TH sr I 1 0 t i ir atar Z 1 4 v I 1 A I 1 ij I 1 uh wood dald C I 1 K steta laaff ft i I 1 14 jaa a 4 dt 4 t z braal Bg aal Z and n 11 tha I 1 s w I 1 1 k I 1 prom the aw marit fad ladys shoulders ghoul ders there handling of high bulk priced toss au es says tso the st lonis globe democrat aside from arm the trapping and selling felling and ibe tha malins into modish wraps braim an intermediate step sep occurs and nd spoil this als depends more truly the ultimate value talus of tho the skin than its ta depth depo of iona tone purity of color or even rarer rare breed to which it was assigned by the creator in consequence ordinary skins have been made beautiful martens at the dressers shop while the rarest of sable has imen been rendered useless As a trade this intermediate handling has been little affected by the advance of mechanical ingenuity it still 7 remains primitive a trade of hand work and foot work and mans labor no mechanical ch anical device has ever been made to equal in delicacy and result this contact with the human flesh machines there are for the curing and tanning of skins skins of the lower grade rabbit and opossum and the heavier pelts are put through a machinery process but the high grade furs the costly skins sable ermine mink and chinchilla still are aber manipulated almost entirely by hand and this together with the increasing demand and decreasing ILZ at 1 a 19 P g 1 0 01 81 I 1 M I 1 wm r g ag m aa 0 k W 7 T 0 M FM qt f 4 z 1 t i ZA Z A vi t 1 i M K F to a dwen tou one time ets aw k oft tw k 1 stops iam tha I 1 4 dzu U M remo aoa drying room 1 1 I 1 L 0 the floar to b at antke the right I 1 i f of dryness I 1 they 1 ars are gathered to I 1 d taken I 1 to the sawdust room rol t I 1 abla 1 I 1 sawdust la I 1 k in troth arith pulver lad wood as alne in quality as cornstarch corns sometimes it is of mahogany balb barq aam soi timea ot of rosewood sewood To the latter however contains so much acridity that it 15 8 used more sparingly for the differ ent sorts borts of oc fars different dusts we are used und wood dust duat tor the darker coats and flour jour and marble dust for ermine this wood dusic blust is expensive and the supply limited in the curing season it becomes a serious item in the dressers trade As only 10 per cent of the butter is actually absorbed by the pelt the rest clinging to the fur far the dust is wor worked ked very thoroughly into the greased fur ur and cleanses it of the butter and renders the fur soft and silky them the first mechanical labor is here introduced produced trod when the skins with a copious supply of dust are thrown into a big revolving tub which imitates closely the rotation of treading and by passing over colls coils of steam pipes get warmth similar to the heat of the tre aders body the furs and dust are a i revolved rapidly until sufficient ut dust has been taken up when they are dumped out picked up separately and given a deft shake and the hand band labor is again called into use the skins are spread to air beaten turned fur out and given to the comber he finishes the silky coats evens up skins to a point of symmetry for with the indian trapper a hind leg comes very handy bandy for his chief or to CENTENARY OF AN OLD EPISCOPAL CHURCH i t v I 1 1 1 L 1 I 1 VA V A I 1 4 V 0 61 45 I 1 I 1 1 j I 1 v e I 1 it abr 1 uh I 1 6 IV tr I 1 1 01 1 rf 16 1 t I 1 i pl 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 i alca I 1 4 a I 1 I 1 I 1 V 11 11 I 1 I 1 14 1 1 Z 7 az ar rn r n T 7 I 1 j F 4 i ol 01 aall 1 I 1 17 I 1 r T VU lart I 1 rl 1 1 I 1 VA tt t mt M t ak I 1 I 1 i f I 1 1 1 k I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 rt IZ 4 11 II 11 I 1 7 az 1 7 i 77 I 1 11 il i I 1 1 I I 1 T jf I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 X I 1 1 U 1 I I 1 I 1 f 4 r I 1 st johns episcopal church on the spite the many years the structure has white plains it is said nine patriots outskirts of Tuck tuckahoe aboe is one of the withstood the storms and is still in were slaughtered by the enemy nearby oldest edifices of its denomination in good condition the high back pews the steep stairway westchester county new york it was st johns church is on historical leading to the organ loft and the years old the other day and de ground previous to the battle of old tower are still in existence 1 1 1 1 supply adds to the final cost the work of the dresser is interesting and in stages highly picturesque the skins are am turned over to him by the firm which buys its laeta seasons sons supply in the raw state the trapper has literally skinned his game turned the out side or fur side in leaving the entire pelt exposed hence the old nursery joke or of skinning the rabbit the skins are greased to preserve them from vermin and soon turn stiff this constitutes the raw state in curing the pelt is first put through a softening ft bg process a chemical solution and the skins skin are am then rubbed here they remain inthe mat an and water dwater or similar wash as required reaul red over night possibly twelve tours hours longer r the skins are am wrung gut oat of this bath and practically daled then turned ov over er to I 1 the flesher 48 another department of tte the trade and requires skilled hands to scraps scrape these skins properly this is done COL an upright knives set slightly oblique at the end ena of narrow bench on which the flesher sits sita astraddle from the flesher the askins akins go through a greasing process where ano ane creamery letter butter Is ig liberally slapped over the pelts pelt the skin an all fals while remal remaining njg pelt out GUL of 01 course the next departure leads one to the fae pic tur esque deta debaus bouther of the dressers shop pava along either el their side of the alm room j lomare am ranged larger of three bartera I 1 A height in inada theina abst dem deep while sacking 19 forma rW the I 1 coyer cover from the edge 6 aa mans body tle beep an thi the 61 libat iia which to time becomes i ex excessive re nsf v ibid land in tia aau J ma 0 ab ri i amm I 1 1 1 1 I 1 tread am 4 dibi er 1 ook i although as though they jw L ti I 1 the touche iwuc e caked feet they ahey firor ae I 1 tec ahe pelt and fur and ifil e 2 I 1 I 1 ela anat ei from their C td 4 most 1 I te m 1 t WD the skins i boari I 1 obliquely IC aln V er iad i y of the i ildah ua J waro ta I 1 an wi V w 3 att p itil d a i 4 j S Q abir work into his bis tribal robes and many a four legged animal arrives with a three legged skin at the dressers shop then halt half of the hind lei leg is deftly sewed to the trunk and the skin is dressed with the above process faithfully worked out the fur is never bulled or cottony this system and the honesty of the trade has won tor for the american dresser a front rank in the curing of skins except tor for broadtail broad tail tall or unborn persian lamb and the treating of the persian lamb itself which is excelled only in leipsic and the london dyeing of s seal eal which our our climate and chemical conditions of the water make impossible the united states of america leads today in the curing and tanning and dressing of furs as its women do in creating the greatest demands and the most appreciative fur rna market et |