| Show FABER FADER TELLS HOW llO HE MAKES PENCILS Well Known Manufacturer Is Guest of Honor at Alta Club LIKES SALT LAKE SCENERY Compliments Our School anti l Promises Promise's to tu Ad 1 c CRy City of nf Opportunities Eberhard Faber Fabor the tho known well pencil manufacturer of New ew York and anil Mrs Faber Faller are at nt the Knutsford They are arc returning from flom ioni the thc Pacific coast after a pleasure plen tour upon which the they started last February They have o visited visited vis vis- is the southern states Cuba antI and the Pacific states In California they en encountered encountered en- en countered ed vcr very storm stormy weather and anti for that reason did not enjoy enjo- their sta stay there thele a. a as well veIl as was anticipated The est est Is certain certainly growing wonderfully won von said Mr Ir Faber Fabel last rl night hL It I Is now three years cars since m my last visit here and thirteen years ears since m my first visit This afternoon we took a drive about the city an and I must sa say It Is rea really II one otle of oC the most beautiful In n the states slates And what a n charming view one gets get from tho the foothills The panorama Is scarcely equalled any any- where eze Ve We also the lie city and county building I will say ay that the rooms used b by the board of education arc are the lie finest firmest of oC nn any I have seen In tho the coun- coun tI ry Your school buildings arc are magnificent mag- mag structures and the tho system th the best I can certainly see seo this Is 18 a city of opportunity and I shall always reCommend recommend rec reC- It to easterners who want to come conic west vest Mr Ir Faber was questioned l-e l regarding regard regard- ard In ing ng the pencil Industry nn and gave e some Interesting facts how JIow Pencils Are Arc Made Few Fw users of or the lead pencil said he jo realize the work required to per per- feet one From the time the cedars are ire cut and the logs loSS seasoned and the graphite mined some lift fifty processes are required to turn out the thc finished pencil After t I r the thc logs arc dried out they hey are sawed then hen the choice Darts are arc taken and again seasoned b by machinery machinery ma ma- chinery It takes from Crom two to three years ears after cutting before the cedar can be used Then Themi It is cut do down n to smaller mailer dimensions to the tho required thickness for pencil size The graphite meanwhile goes gocs through man many mixings until the re requIred required required re- re consistency Is Js obtained Then It t Is and amid dried b by a crucible process of great heat heal The Thc two halves of cedar cellar that make the case for 01 the lie graphite are then ground out the pencil pen- pen cil II Is laid haiti li ii and the wood glued glued- The glue must also be well prepared or It will vill bo be annoying when the pencil is sha ned The hardening of oC the graphite is not lot accomplished b by different degrees of heat hent as some ome suppose but by more or 01 less admixture of oC cla clay The moro more lay clay la t the le harder the pencil v oS t Mr Faber vas th n Rake i G JL K niJ often the thc case that wh h I Is s about two thirds used the graphite Is s found Cound broken and comes out In pieces to lick Kick There mn may be more than one reason rea- rea son soil on for fOl that answered Mr Mi Faber Often OCten you put the pencil In iii your mouth while whilo you ou bus busy yourself about other work vork The wood becomes moist the he moisture goes rapidly through to the he graphite which thus becomes de- de Again the longer a man has hasa a pencil the more does docs he lie drop it on the lie floor and thus cracks the gl graphite Of Df course when he gets down to the last ast third thirl of oC his pencil he forgets he hever ever ver dropped It and anti blames the manu- manu In SIn our factory in Brooklyn we wo em- em plo ploy people and turn out about dozen pencils dall daily From an average tree we wc can get et but dozen pencils Our wood we get mainly from flom the he southern states but the ve we 0 Import as it Is impossible to get the best cst material in iii this country We Ve do make cheaper grades of oC pencils but we wc never put our om name on them hem added the wise vise manufacturer Mr Mi- Faber Fabel was guest of ot honor at a dinner Inner given at the Alta AHa club lust last night II |
