Show UNIQUE PROCESS SAVES OLD FLAGS SPRINGFIELD ill April dl- dl 2 1 Dy By The Tho Associated press Pre Press Pre Preserving serving tim the Clag flags under which the pon song of ot Illinois have havo gone forth to battle from Chapultepee Chapultepec to Chateau Thierry Is the work worle now nosY Of a corps of ot thirty SprIngfield women omen under the direction of lollS'S Julia A Reckford There are aro seven oven distinct opera opera- operations operations operations In the process and und In the tho case oC or flags tattered by bullet and shell holes the work occupies occupies occupies pies several months The first is to straighten the edges of the tho tatters so that they 1 fray no further However no part of the tile torn ton standards Is re- re replaced replaced re replaced placed by any new A Anet Anet Anet net of o transparent black silk Im- Im Im Imported ported from England Is prepared for tor each flag and after Its res- res res restoration tho the net is rut put over tile the flag Clag and stitched to It so that the thenet thenet net supports the weight of the worn worn time material which might otherwise pull apart More Moro than one hundred or of o the wartIme emblems of Illinois hae ha been thus prepared Flags Jolas of the Mexican l war were treated first When the Civil Chit war flags were to- to taken ta taken ken up I 1 was found that much of the work of ot the tho Springfield women of 66 1865 would have havo to tobe tobo ho be undone They sewed the tho flags to This backing Is be- be beIng belog be being ing log removed inthe in the new process |