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Printing and Allied Industries.

volume XXVIII.

October, 1901, to March, 1902.

CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.:

The Inland Printer Company, Publishers.

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INDEX TO THE INLAND

VOLUME XXVIII. IU- MAR 8 1902

FROM OCTOBER, 1901, TO M ARN^J1©0|2.ofFV

B. PAGE

Biography:

Garrett, William M . 228

Iorio, Adrian J . 573

Leach, John S . 247

Millikan, John . 408

Tanner, W. Charles . 74

Todd, F. Dundas . 257

Bookbinding:

Album binding . 755

Amateur bookbinding . 561

Amateur edge gilding . 378

Apprentice system and technical training 926

Art bookmaking in Philadelphia . 221

Backing of jobwork . 250

Binding odd leaves . 54

Box lining . 755

Boxmaking . 755

Byron Weston Company book, A . 378

Cloth joints . 560

Curious items of bookbinding . 873

Cutting cloth . 378

Glue for casemaking . 53

Gluing brass or glass . 755

Gold tooling . 577

Great London sale, A . 927

Hand sewing . 250

Headbands on blank books . 250

Ink for ruling machines . 727

Inserting and binding of plates . 379

Lettering individual names in gold on

pocketbooks . 551

Making flexible covers . 378

Making headbands . 378

Making silk cases . 53

Modern book-covers . 207

Modern book finishing . . 560

Notes on practical bookbinding. .52, 250,

378, 560, 755, 926 Old style vdrsus modern edition binding. 560

Patents . 54, 251, 379, 561, 927

Perforating . 560

Rare books in Philadelphia . 926

Red and gold edges on books . 250

Separating coated book-paper . 755

Sheet pointing . 251

Squaring up plates . 378

Strapping . 250

Strength of leather impaired by stretch¬ ing . 926

Substitute for lacing-in . 250

Substitute for steam rollers or clothes

wringer in casemaking . 52

To attach brass stamps to embossing

presses . 535

Trouble with aluminum . 926

Use of supers on job bindings, The . 561

Wants to know piece-work scales . 560

C.

Colored Inserts:

German village, A . 530

Lovers still . 683

Model,. The . 370

Old door, The . 898

Old mill at Grenoble, France . 362

Still life . 523

Summer day, A . 193

Woman or the vase, The . 355

Composing-room :

Home-made lead case, A (correspon¬ dence) . . . 708

New rule case, A . 557

Notes on job composition .. 83, 231, 385,

552, 741, 881

Composing-room — Continued. page

Review of specimens received. . 109, 264,

429, 592, 770, 939

Typo-surgical operation, A . 872

Copyright:

Are incomplete copies of engravings in¬ fringements . 880

Attempts to avoid infringement . 55

Copyright on inserts and illustrations. ... 55

Does copyright remain valid when name

is changed in forms . 540

Does the copyright of a book protect the

title . 879

False notice of copyright . 401

Forfeiture of incomplete work for viola¬ tion of copyright . 540

General comment . 401

Historical . 401

How much may be copied from copy¬ righted maps . 737

How shall the word “ proprietor ” be

construed . 541

Informer contributes to the law, An. . . . 212

International copyright act, The . 213

Is the plan of conveying information

copyrightable . 881

Jury values literary property, A . 401

Literary or artistic merit . 56

Notes and queries on the laws of copy¬ right . 55, 212, 401, 540, 737, 879

Special announcement . 879

Unauthorized use of protected property. 739 Correspondence :

Another way of measuring muslin for

signs . 708

Blank pages with memo, calendar pads. . 707

Cutting white cloth for signs . 395

Decisions on second-class matter . 875

Dirt — the printer’s enemy . 210

Educating the employing printer . 876

Examples of engraving wanted . 395

Furniture — its use and abuse . 395

Great national publishing house. The. . . . 396 Helpfulness of The Inland Printer. . . . 707 Holiday celebration of the Trenton

Times . 707

Home-made lead case, A . 708

Notes from Scotland . 537

Opportunities for printers in the Philip¬ pines . 209

Philippine printing-office, A . 68

Point system in England, The . 875

Printer’s salesman, The . 67

Printing-office bellows versus the bicycle

pump, The . 707

Printing on palm-leaf fans . 537

Printing trade in Germany . 211

Question for the typefounders, A . 395

Relative cost of setting various sized type 69

Suggestion for labor-saving rules, A . 67

Visit to the Printers’ Home, A . 68

E.

Editorial:

Case and the pen, The . 40

Cooperation in the printing trade . 870

Danger to American industrial suprem¬ acy, The . 693

Defects in modern printing . 40

Delay on the December number, The. . . . 530

Dividend-paying type . 365

Editorial notes.... 39, 199, 365, 529, 691, 869

Foremen’s perquisites . 872

Fresh-air colony for printers, A . 41

Health retreat for printers, A . 201

Editorial — Continued. page

Invitation of the German Booktrade As¬ sociation . 692

Leading trade journal of the world in

the printing industry, The . 366

Liability for the property of customers.. 200

Local printers’ exhibits . 870

Making of workmen, The . 693

Melbourne Printers’ Overseers’ Associa¬ tion, Victoria, Australia . 42

Moral responsibility of printers . 200

New department, A . 200

Postal laws and regulations, The . 869

Preparation of copy for advertisements. . 692

Printing trade in Germany, The . 366

Reform in second-class mailing privileges 693

Revising machine-set matter . 531

Revision of the bankruptcy laws . 203

Shepard, Mr. Henry O., for Public

Printer . 200

Suggestions for improving The Inland

Printer .

United Typothetae of America, The.. Vitalizing the United Typotheta: of

America . 202

What a printers’ salesman should do and

how he should do it . 692

White ink versus white foil . 531

Electrotyping and stereotyping:

Best molding composition. The . 735

Casting stereotypes .

Cause of blisters .

Cause of pinholes .

Clay stereotyping .

530

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. 561

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Cleaning metal . 246

Cost of electrotyping, The . 736

Electrotyping half-tones . 735

Employing electrotypers convene at Buf¬ falo . 106

Has trouble in stereotyping . 403

Has trouble with his “mats.” . 735

Has trouble with his wax . 246

Honeycombed plates . 245

Mixing metals . 561

Notes and queries on electrotyping and

stereotyping . 65, 245, 402, 561, 735

Paste recipes . 735

Patents . 247

Powdered marble dust . 735

Prices for electrotyping . 246

Reasons why steel, brass and sundry

other metals can not be used . 65

Saving half-tones . 245

Stereotyping chalk plates . 194

To make a deep matrix . 245

To preserve original half-tones . 402, 562

To prevent shrinks . 246

Type shortened by stereotyping . 403

Engraving :

Another enamel process for zinc . 893

Another notable camera . 892

Answers to a few correspondents . 543

Burning-in enamel . 413

Care of the silver bath . 703

Chalk plate engraving . 542

Cole, Timothy, engraver . 243

Color blocks in the December magazines 545

Credit to engravers . 242

Dry enamel process, A . 893

Enamel on zinc . 543

English etching tubs . 704

Engraving a chalk plate . 42

Etching aluminum . 51

Filters and inks for three-color work. . . . 893 First portrait by photography, The . 703

IV

INDEX

Engraving — Continued. page

Gradation in a half-tone negative . 893

Grain half-tone screens . 414

Grain or pebbled finish on three-color in¬ serts . 892

Half-tone in Dawson . 241

Half-tones on stone . 545

Hint for tri-color workers, A . 545

Is photography art . 52

Liability for photographing bank notes.. 414

Measuring half-tones . 542

Modeled designs in gelatin relief . 892

Multi-carbon arc lamps . 704

National Association of Photoengravers

hold fifth annual convention . 107

Negative instead of a positive image on

metal, A . 545

New diaphragm system for half-tones,

The . 545

New lens for three-color work, A . 51

Notable camera, A . 543

Notes and queries on process engraving.

50, 241, 412, 542, 703, 892

Novel enamel method, A . 414

Patents . 52, 244

Patents for printing on aluminum . 542

Peculiarities of perchlorid of iron . 50

Photoengravers’ outing, A . 243

Printer and the platemaker, The . 687

Process Year Book for 1901, The . 704

Processwork in Russia . 4J3

Rapid photoengraving . 241

Reducing designs to pica measurements. 50

Register in three-color negatives . 414

Substitute for hydrosulphuret of am¬ monia, A . 893

Three-color half-tone process work . 429

To distinguish copper from steelplate

impressions . 543

To electrotype chalk plates . 4' 2

To keep acid tubs from leaking . 414

To keep bleached silver prints from turn¬ ing yellow . 7°3

To keep the enamel from lifting . 412

To retouch greasy photographs . 242

Value of illustrations, The . 545

Wharflitho process . 242

Wonderful process, A . 704

Wood engraving and process . 242

Writers on processwork . 51

Illustrations:

Accident on the way to the fire, An . 899

Action . 543

After bait . 259

Alton limited, The . 58 1

Among the birches . 687

Art and photography . 34

Artistic office, An . 4°3

Artistic window display, An . 80

Barry . 737

Bath, The . 54°

Best of friends, The . 266

Black Water Falls . 868

Blue jeans . 79

Bridge at Kilbourn City . . . 204

Buff Cochins . 89

Capitol, Albany, New York . 258

Cartoon by R. C. Bowman . 720

Carved ivory cover . 250

Champion Coated Paper Company’s mill

as it appeared before the fire . 761

Champion Coated Paper Company’s mill

as it appeared after the fire . 762, 763

Chestnuts . 394

Chicago Daily Nezus puzzle pictures. 74, 75, 76

Chilcote rule case, The . 557

Chums . 56

Circle of antelope priests . 583

“ Columbia the Gem of the Ocean ” . 225

Contemplation . 543

Corn is king . 867

Counting the day’s receipts . 77

Country road, A . 927

Daisies of the field . 195

Dance program cover . 730

Illustrations — Continued. page

Declaring a dividend . 379

Decorative designs by Will H. Ransom. 431

Designs by Adrian J. Iorio . 573

Designs submitted in the Pilgrim Press

letter-head contest . 740

Devil is it, The . 527

Devil’s Elbow . 395

Dominoes . 383

Don’t tell . 386

Drawing by Don C. Wilson . 229

Early morning haul, An . 51

Elk . 738

Employes of the E. C. McCullough

printing-office in Manila . 69

Employes of the printing-office ot the

Sherwin-Williams Company . 1 . 268

Erma . 409

Facsimile of Columbia Spy . 418

Falls, Mill Creek . 860

Falls of Goudy’s Creek . 938

Fast Mail, The . 727

Favorite playground, The . 221

Feeding the chickens . 729

Filipino carrier . 210

Filipino way of carrying printed matter. 209

Fishermaiden, The . 196

Forty-sixth annual meeting of the Ameri¬ can Association of General Passenger

and Ticket Agents . 260

“ Full back ” and “ Coach ” . 535

Fun at the fishery . 59

Girl I left behind me, The . 194

Good night, papa . 562

Gossip at the well . 528

Group at outing of employes of Carl

Hentschel, London, England . 243

Group of salesmen of the Inland Type

Foundry . 912

Gypsy maiden . 382

He don’t like his pants . 894

Hide and seek . 863

High in the heavens fair Luna swings

her light . 524

Hornet’s Nest, Dells of the Wisconsin.. 216

Horseless carriage, The . 65

Hot weather idyl, A . 87

I should smile . 55

Illustrations from " J ingleman Jack ” . 262, 263

In bed with the grip . 566

In disgrace . 685

In the barnyard . 71

In the Maine woods . 544

In the wilderness . 38

In the wooded pasture . 360

Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl . 205

Inland Type Foundry’s new home, The.

906, 907, 909, 910, 91 1

Interchangeable suggestion, An . 384

Is there a heaven for pumpkinheads. . . . 702

It goes to the spot . 242

Just arrived from Kansas . 86

Just out . 392

Karl . 369

Launch of the United States battleship

“ Missouri ” . 905

Lesbia . v . 356

Letter to Santa, A . 378

Liberty Bell, The . 922

Look pleasant, please . 246

Looking for mother . 380

McKinley . 724

Marjorie in disguise . 207

Meah Pirn illustrating the expression

“About a foot out” . 415

Meah Pirn illustrating the expression

“ Right in it ” . 414

Men in charge of exhibits, Graphic Arts

Workshop, Pan-American Exposition 265

Mischief . 883

Modeled cover-designs, Pauling . 410, 41 1

Model’s criticism, The . 402

Monarch of the plains . 43

Monoline machine, The.' . 902

Moonshiner’s daughter, The . 208

Moose . 739

Morning spin, A . 585

Illustrations — Continued. page

Natives . 541

Navajo mother and children . 583

Never too late to mend . 218

New building for the Government Print¬ ing-office . 396

New South Wales Country Press Asso¬ ciation . 890

New Year’s souvenir . 751

New York Central station, Albany, New

York . 258

Newspaper cartoon, A . 888

Newspaper page by Fred Richardson. ... 73

Niagara in type . 433

No one can harm me . 904

Now, children, look pleasant . 940

Now, sit still for your picture . 246

Oklahoma cloud, An . 865

Old convent buildings are used for

printing-offices. The . 209

Old, old story, The . 236

Old-timer, An . 712

One of the braves . 708

Over the hill to the poorhouse . 686

Percy and puss . 213

Playing horse . 212

Playmates . 942

Pluto . , . 403

Portraits:

Benedict, George H . 106

Berry, Frank B . 267

Bragdon, J. C . 107

Butler, Miss Mary . 577

Calvert, Percy . 551

Clark, F. H . 106

Cole, Timothy . 243

Cross, George W . - . 425

Cushing, J. Stearns . 103

Davis, Robert . 715

De Vinne, Theodore Low . 766

Donnelley, Thomas E . 103

Draper, John William . 703

Draper, Miss Dolly . 704

Elliott, James T . 576

Fleming, Atwell . 103

Forquer, S. A . 551

Freegard, ttdwin . 103

French, W. H . 764

Garrett, William M . 228

Greene, Stephen . 417

Harb, B. F . 551

Harlow, Lois Reeves . 878

Henning, B. 0 . 425

Hjggins, Martin P . 765

Hill, Lewis P . 576

Huff, H. A . 55i

Iorio, Adrian J . 573

Johnson, Lawrence . 913

Kenyon, P. C . 103

Kibbee, Howard S . 397

Lang, Julius C. F . 747

Lee, Wilson H . 766

Leech, John S . 247

Little, Hon. J. J . 766

Losee, Miss Susan . 577

McKinley, President . 33

Miller, Edward . 584

Millikan, John . 408

Parker, Samuel K . 576

Paulding, Jojtn . 410

Pears, Harry P . 102

Reton, John T . 417

Rychen, Elisha F . 71 1

Shepard, Henry Olendorf . 365

Thrift, T. Burr . 373

Todd, F. Dundas . 257

Tracy, Fred K . 767

Van Vliet, Morris . 714

Waddey, Everett . 103

Wallace, John W . 722

Willoughby, L. F . 760

Wilson, B. W., Jr . 107

Wolfram, C. J . I07

Young, John . ' . 71 4

Poster for the Mascoutah Kennel dog

show . 46

Posters by George Ford Morris . 48

INDEX.

v

Illustrations — Continued. page

Pressroom of the Butterick Publishing

Company . 428

Prince Golden . 526

Printing exhibit of the Kansas City Ty-

pothetae . 896

Prize designs in ad. -setting contest No. 10

548, 549, 550

Proprietors of the Inland Type Foundry 908

Queen of the pumpkinheads. The . 706

Realization . 543

Red man’s soliloquy, The . 44

Reflections on the Elknorn . 880

Reminiscences . 54

Rocky Broad River . 866

St. Louis pet, A . 580

Sac-a-ja-we-a . 66

Shade’s a good thing . 876

Sleep . 874

Some European snap-shots . 230

Son of the revolution, A . 359

Stamped leather binding . 357

Stockman, The . 701

Street in Venice . 690

Strenuous life, The . 37

Student, The . 861

Studio of Louis Braunhold, The . 726

Study of the author of “ Ben ITur ” . . . . 534 Suggestions for menu and banquet print¬ ing . 361

Sunday afternoon . 390

Supper time . 358

Sweethearts . 206

Swimming pool, A . 57

Talking to papa . 736

Tar-box Springs . 374

That's a fine canary . 914

They’re off . 684

Three of Albany’s prominent buildings. 258

Three ships . 402

Title-page by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. . . 263

Tornado, The . 705

Touching story, A . 537

Umbrella Rock . 399

Uncle Jimmie . 391

Unique sign of the Lafayette (Ala.) Sun 547

Up against it . 387

View near Lone Rock . 400

View of the Armour packing plant . 416

Views at Nome, Alaska . 220

Views on the Santa Fe . 582

Village blacksmith, The . 198

Waiting . 862

Waiting for a cold bottle . 242

Watering the horses . 367

Whaleback steamship “ Christopher Co¬ lumbus,” The . 60

When grapes are ripe . 36

Where apple cider is cheap . 91

Willing subject, A . 903

Work of the composition classes, Art In¬ stitute, Chicago . 563, 564, 565

L.

Lithography :

About photolithography . 566

Acid proportion and the various qualities

of litho stone . 915

Advantages of photoalgraphy . 745

Air brush printing (painting) machine,

The . 71

Aluminum lithography for maps . 70

Anastatic transfers . 745

Art department of the coming Louisiana

Purchase Exposition . 259

Book-plates . 259

Burn etching . 72

Can the metal engraving machine be used

for cutting on stone . 70

Celluloid transfer paper . 746

Commercialism and art . 71

Consistency of ink . 72

Cracking of the Ben Day films . . . 259

Crayon cuttings for making transfer ink. 915 Demand in Cuba for lithographic supplies 566 Education of a litho artist . 567

Lithography — Continued. page

effect of the direction of light upon the

nerves of the eye while engraving.. 915

Etching by the galvanic method . 41 1

Gigantography . 746

Graining the zinc plate for lithographic

crayon work . 259

Graphic exhibition of the Vienna Society

of Photographers . 746

Gum solutions . 410

How practical color plates are made for

the Judge weekly . 567

How some relief design plates are made. 41 1 Imitation of wood textures by water-

color . 71

Increase in the demand for litho stone. . 746 Is there a chance for a woman in the

litho artroom . 259

Kind of recruits that are wanted in litho

establishments. The . 567

Litho engravers’ and designers’ employ¬ ment bureau . 259

Litho engravers’ steel points of uniform

temper . 745

Litho etch ground in cakes . 410

Litho progress in Tokio, Japan . 915

Litho stone . 72

Litho trade outlook for 1902 . 915

Lithographic cylinder hand press, A.... 565 Lithography and the Penrose Year Book. 916 Measuring or gauging the strength of

acid solution for etching litho stone. 41 1 New printing-press from England, A... 565 Notes and queries on lithography .... 70,

259, 410, 565, 745, 915 Number of persons employed at the Government printing department at

Washington . 915

Objects of the “base tint,” The . 261

Offsets on zinc . 566

Organic films, or new ideas for Ben Day

films . 410

Patents . 72, 411

Photography in Japan...., . 565

Practical pantograph for litho engraving. 745 Price of poster printing in New York... 915 Principles underlying the six-color press. 915 Printing white ink from lead or zinc

forms . 259

Progress of the Litho Engravers’ and

Designers’ League of America . 70

Rapid-acting light-sensitive asphaltum . . . 261

Regarding anastatic transferring . 410

Reprinting over finished chromo work. . . 70

Scarcity of good litho engravers and let¬ ter designers . 70

Some particulars about lithography and

its cost . 567

Some remarkable specimens of lithog¬ raphy . 746

Specimen books of lettering . 745

Superiority of American industrial meth¬ ods . 566

To keep gum fresh . 72

To reduce the strength of half-tone tints

on litho-process work . 565

Transmission of pictures by electricity. . . 565 United States Lithographic Stone Com¬ pany . 565

Wash to prevent chemical changes affect¬ ing light colors in printing from zinc-

or electro plates . 41 1

What wages should a manager of a small

litho establishment receive . 916

Which colors are most desirable for com¬ bination color printing . 916

Working on highly polished zinc plates

with litho touche . 410

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Machine composition :

Adjustment of old-style clutch . 398

Back mold wiper, A . 730

Beginner’s average speed, A . 568

Cause of transpositions, The . 58

Cost of running a machine . 900

Counting the cost . 58

Machine composition — Continued. page

Deaf mutes and the Linotype . 59

Defective matrix combination . 224

Distributor causing trouble . 58

Expiring Linotype patents . 902

Hair-lines . . . 399

Hollow slugs . 900

Important decision, An . 223

Improper adjustment of clutch . 568

Junior Linotype, A . 570

Legible copy is essential . 569

Machinist and the operator, The.... 35,

196, 357, 526, 685, 866

Magazine adjustment . 400

Many “ good things ” went wrong . 223

Monoline, The . 60

Notes and queries on machine composi¬ tion . 58, 222, 398, 568, 728, 900

Novel cause of poor slugs, A . 59

Our list of available employes . 222

Overlooked adjustment, An . 224

Patents . 61, 400, 570, 730, 902

Remarkable performance, A . 223

Smooth-bottomed slugs . 729

Some new queries . 400

Some practical expedients and suggestions 729

Some queries from the far West . 901

Something new . 223

Spacebands breaking . 399

Swift and slow Linotype operators . 683

The “ i ” that slid in channel “ o ” . 222

Thinks the machine is not made right. . . 902

Trimming-knife adjustment . 223

Two-letter casting apparatus . 568

Wanted: A chance to learn . 901

What is he here for . 569

What one printer did . 223

Where oil is needed . 728

Miscellaneous:

About booklet printing . 377

Advertising for printers. .90, 237, 404,

588, 716, 917

Ahrimans of the printing-press . 225

Alton Limited, The . 581

American annuals. The . 355

Among the Mokis and Navajos . 583

Animal in poster design, The . 47

Annual dinner of Philadelphia’s Franklin

Club . 946

Any color, so it is different . 700

Appointment of Frank B. Berry . 267

Argentine newspapers . 418

Art of taking leave, The . 535

Awards at the Pan-American Exposition. 261 Awards in the Graphic Arts Department,

Pan-American Exposition . 426

Books and periodicals . 100, 262, 433,

594, 756, 928

Business notices . 112, 269, 435, 594,

773, 948

Canadian copyright . 947

Canine worker, A . 207

Champion Coated Paper Company’s fire. 761

Chicago Trade Press Association . 921

Circus man’s biography, The . 269

Concerning young writers . 384

Consider the customer . 33

Correct quotation . 433

Creeds and trades . 772

Cut was too low . 245

Delineator pressroom, The . 429

Depend on yourself . 551

Die-cutting on a job press . 375

Do readers read . 887

Early American book-plates . 769

Embedding scrim in paper . 720

Enough printers in the West . 214

Enterprising farm paper, An . 408

Even brevity has a limit . 54

Every deer its own photographer . 898

Exposition at Lille, France . 713

Faked picture, A . 72

Forty-sixth annual meeting of American Association of General Passenger

and Ticket Agents . 261

Franklin celebrations . 764

Handy case for filing samples of paper. 898.

VI

INDEX

Miscellaneous — Continued. page

Home for newspaper men . 93

Importance of Chicago’s postal service.. 899

Indexing trade notes . 244

Indian Territory, magazine, An . 769

International printers’ specimen exchange,

An . 7°9

January number out of print . 757

Just out . 393

Kibbee, Howard S . 397

Labor and capital confer . 748

“ Lack-o’-system ” printer. The . 193

Lessons in illustrating. 214, 376, 558, 758, 941

Literary agent, The . 394

Literary underwriting . 772

Logical organization . 206

Lubrication of printing machinery . 532

Mail plate, The . 4°2

Mark Twain and the compositor . 947

Meaning of “ manuscript,” The . 241

Menu and banquet printing . 359

Methods of advertising writers, The. . . . 892

Naive mark of confidence, A . 251

New use for paper . 573

Newspaper gossip and comment. .61, 217,

370, 546, 696, 887 Newspapers at the St. Louis Exposition. 759

Not chewed deep enough . 748

Office of Public Printer, The . 213

Old-time treasury note, An . 715

Our cover-design . 197

Pan-American outing, A . 249

Patents of interest to printers. . 1 1 1, 251,

415, 581, 757, 914

Peaceful greeting from Pretoria . 745

Perspective in printing . 694

Philippine public printing . 912

Phonetic spelling . 7I3

Photographing cloud-land . 705

Portrait work of Pirie MacDonald . 388

Powdered talc as a wood lubricant . 50

Press Club of Chicago, The . 562

Printer and the ink man, The . 523

Printer’s college degrees, A . 64

Printers wanted in the West . 54

Printing in Alaska . 221

Profits in rare books . 89

Rise and fall of the Biggsville Eagle, The 859

Runs to lines . 86

Securing paid-in-advance subscriptions. . 538

Slightly ambiguous . 562

Some European snap-shots . 231

Souvenir postal cards . 542

Souvenir stamps . 374

Strike of the commercial artists in Chi¬ cago . 57°

Study of composition at the Art Institute

of Chicago . 565

Superintendent of public printing for the

Philippines, The . 247

Testimonial dinner to Stephen Greene. . . 417 Tornado, The — a photographic illusion. 705

Tough manuscript . 224

Trade notes . 108, 267, 425, 587, 760, 947

Tribute to the printer dead, A . 48

Trusts and their methods . 761

Type cover contest . 244

Unique calendar illustrations . 701

Unique way of advertising a city . 257

United Typothetae convention at Buffalo,

The . 102

Use of the word “lady,” The . 730

Value of photography to the trade-paper

publisher . 903

Veteran employes of the New York Even¬ ing Post . 714

Watermarking hand-made paper . 904

Way to wealth, The — some maxims of

Poor Richard . 768

Weighty bible, A . 764

Wesel’s, F., new Chicago branch . 425

What a daub of ink did . 369

What should a book-plate be . 736

Work of John Paulding, The . 410

Work of Don C. Wilson . 229

Worry as a success killer . 212

Yellow journalism . 88

Miscellaneous — Continued. page

Yellow journals and the young . 535

Yule log, The . , . 408

O.

Obituary:

Brown, L. L . hi

Cooper, Edward . in

Frew, John . in

Lang, Julius C. F . 747

McKinley, President . 101

Searcy, D. J . in

P.

Poetry:

Fish story, A . 73

From “Omar” . 570

Men should advertise . 231

Power of the press, The . 415

Red man’s soliloquy, The . 44

Postal Information:

Attached photogravure plates . 754

Changing the make-up of a paper . 375

Definition of second-class publications. . . 81

Idiosyncrasies of the postal laws and reg¬ ulations applying to second-class mat¬ ter . 943

Information for publishers . 81

Inserts of different kinds for same firm

in one issue . 753

Mailing calendars . 753

Mailing newspapers at pound rates . 268

National Publisher’s Bureau . 375

New ruling on second-class mailing priv¬ ileges, The . 268

New rulings on second-class matter, The 375

One-cent postage . 81

Paid-in-advance subscriptions . 754

Pamphlet concerning second-class mail

matter . 753

Pan-American stamps . 375

Postal information for printers ana the

public . 79, 268, 375, 753

Question of premiums, The . 375

Reform in second-class mailing privileges 725

Returns from news-dealers . 268

Rights of news-agents . 79

Subscription price and list requisite for

second-class publications . 81

Supplements in foreign publications.... 375

Uniformity in second-class rulings . 753

Use of premiums, The . 375

Writing on third and fourth class matter 753 Pressroom:

About a calendar that did not reach us. 921

About how long gold prints should dry

before embossing over same . 76

About methods of make-ready . 712

About printing on butter parchment, etc. 391 Asks our criticism on a piece of printing 710

Badly-slurred work . 923

Bouquets . 923

Department responsibility . 389

Discoloration of red ink . 389

Electricity remedy wanted . 577

Few queries that send us to a back seat. . 71 1 Friendly challenge, A — rapid hand-feed¬ ing . 711

Further information regarding slurring and bumping on a secondhand Dis¬ patch press . 78

Hectograph composition . 577

His first experience with vignetted edges 577

Holiday courtesies acknowledged . 710

How to get relief from electricity in

paper . 923

How to print on celluloid . 76

In a quandary about cause of defective

printing . 578

Information regarding two questions. . . . 921 Is a printing-press right for embossing. 922

Is his cylinder properly adjusted . 77

Junior Journalist , The . 921

New Zealand’s pressman's protestation, A 579

Opinion on presswork . 389

Our opinion on a copying-ink job . 578

Patents . 79. 393. 580, 713, 924

Pressroom — Continued. page

Pressroom queries and answers.. 76, 247,

389, 577. 7io, 921

" Presswork ” . 922

Printing and embossing at one impres¬ sion . 391

Printing on blotting-paper and black-

ground paper . 71 1

Printing on mica-finish paper . 389

Printing on strongly depressed water¬ marked paper . 248

Printing on waxed paper . 76

Quick-drying solution wanted for half¬ tone work on coated paper . 389

Regarding cylinder press feeding . 389

Review of a souvenir . 578

Rollers giving much trouble in summer. . 78

Rule does not print as it should . 579

Rules slurring on a platen press . 76

Trouble by offsetting . 922

Trouble with a new two-revolution press. 924 Specimens of work sent for criticism... 710

To print on palm-leaf fans . 77

Transformation of color . 392

Tympan and ink for bond papers . 249

Wants a red ink that will hold on butter

wrappers . 710

Wants a remedy for dirty type . 578

Wants an opinion on his first overlay.. 578 Wants our opinion on make-ready of an

illustration . 391

Wants to know a secret . 923

Wants to know how to keep colors sepa¬ rate . 923

Wants to know how to prevent offset on

a two-roller press . 78

Wants to know how to produce typewrit¬ ing effects . 922

Wants to know how to take printing off

paper . 922

What a pressman learned by adopting a

hearsay . 392

Why some kinds of coated paper pull off

in printing . 579

Working vignetted cuts . 248.

Yes, you must be an amateur printer... 712 Printers’ Accounting and Printers’ Profits:

All signs fail in dry weather . 879

As to the price-cutter . 877

Combined bill blank and copy sheet . 752

Cost of printing, The . 878

Estimates . 749

Few words about this department, A. . . 749

Good New Year’s resolutions . 752

Master Printers and Allied Trades Asso¬ ciation of Philadelphia, The . 75°

Mr. Blanchard’s system of finding