Show 4 to HOW WORLD IrA WORLD FAMOUS MOOS MODS T TO TOLEDO O L IJ E ED D O 0 SWORDS ARE PERFECTED In In the famous sword factory nt ot Toledo In Spain absolute secrecy secrecy secrecy se se- crecy surrounds some of the processes processes employed In the makIng making mak ing of ot these celebrated blades although under certain conditions conditions' condItions condItions' conditions condi condI- visitors are ore allowed owed to go gothi thi through ough the factor factory No one however how how- ever Is permitted to look upon the final se secrets of tempering In the first room there may moy maybe maybe be seen a curious large round shield fastened against the wall where the last lost test of a finished sword Is made It is thrown against this target as B an arrow Is thrown from a bow If It Its point Is perfect well and g good od It does not turn a 0 fraction of at atthe the finest hairs hair's breadth If the blade makes an escape from this trial and It usually does It Is worthy to be marked with the royal sign and the word that proves j pot pat at It was made In Toledo If It the point wavers even In a manner Imperceptible to the unpracticed unpracticed eye the blade must go goback goback back bock t to a renewal of Its fiery discipline At one table roble a man working by aid of oft wax and a sharp- sharp pointed needle-like needle Instrument is busily engaged In the lettering lettering letterIng letter letter- ing of a n blade At another table Is on an artisan pounding with a tiny sharp sharp edged edged sort of ot hammer hammer ham bam mer working out a handle pat pat- tern There are several hundred employees In this sword factory and a great a-great many of them are boys under twenty but the most trusted workers are ore not Dot often young oung I |