| Show HOW PENS MADE cry air the citizens of the I 1 tte ir out about steel pens twenty years ago most of the steel pens fusul in this country were im ported ow few aie in te I 1 and there ire several factories in this country in which they are made in urge qu entities at present the im port ilion of foreign i ins is mainly con nned to the high priced artl clee it was at first doubted tint steel i ens could be nude in tills country but it was soon learned th it the skilled libor could be obtained lor high agee and 1 alie success of tl e pioneers led one min m in after another into tho busl ness until now the field is pretty well occupied lost of the work on these little instrument Is done with the aid of very ane worked bynom en and girls 1 e steel used Is import ed because it Is believed eliat the quail ty is more uniform than alie american steel this uniformity of quality is necessary bee iliae of alie very delicate deli cite requited in the manufacture of the pens lint mysterious quality of steel gives colors is a quilitz qui lity thit requires expert kioa on the part of tl who docs the tempering lie must know the the material with lie works ind w ith tint knowledge ho must exercise a celerity of skill blut on tl e proper instant to fasten the steel it a heat which insures hie re quilley I 1 arst tl e stool is rolled into birge sleets these ire cut into strai about tl roe inches wil llie hie tint is tl cy are heated toiled heat and to cool that the is illien wed and tl e steel la soft to be easily ihen tie strips aie again to alie required ness it ie tl e quick eye lor color an I 1 the quick hand tha it tl e skill to determine the terni cr of alie etcil hen the is for it is bright lie aint coler th it is staw color 11 is changes rapidly to blue 11 e ty of tie detal varies with llin lor and Is at uny i int bv instant 1 in cl I 1 balei aha i of slitting i olish nii pointing ind fin is ing the pens arc 01 enilio ii requiting dex but jy long practice chivi aik oik men and women lort aliro le been lato fira and the i of man joac lure is much the same is it w is twenty ago and the prices ire uni form ringing from twenty in cents to 81 per to tt 0 anish ahe boxes soil contain a gios 11 e best now in the macket are Americ enters wl buy foreign pens at fancy prices 1 d them fir in gerior in to the article who anto contina busly will hear out goo I 1 pen in 1 r |
