July 25. 



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Hen Gives Some Tips on Foamy Glue 



Dear Jim, 



^ es, Jim, I am one lucky and happy ^;uy. \ our Min 

 is a good guesser, I got your letter today when I s^'ot 

 back from my visit. You say that Min said that if that 

 girl ever got me to herself for a couple a days shed 

 sure have me roped for fair. Well, you just tell Min she 

 aint my gardeen and I dont know what lisense shes 

 got to gass the way she does, but I should fret. Me and 

 Sue met in Chicago last sat night and went out to her 

 home in Hazlehurst, and her folks give me a good we|- 

 com. Sun morning I visited with her dad while she 

 helped with the dinner, and it was some feed, believe 

 me. Regular country stile, and the folks are real home 

 folks and make a feller feel easy. After the dishes was 

 cleaned up me and Sue took a walk and in the even- 

 ing we sat together in a hamick under some trees back 

 of the house. She has had me at sixes and sevens for 

 a long time, and I didnt know if it was safe to go ahead 

 or not, but 1 couldnt keep it any longer. So I ast her 

 would she marry me, and after I coaxed her some she 

 said that she would. Well. Jim, you been in such a place. 

 I gess, and I couldnt tell you how a feller feels if 1 

 wanted to. About a quarter to I we went in to tell her 

 folks. They said that it was all right, but the mother 

 acted a little sad to think her girl was going to start a 

 family of her own. Dont see why she should be sad. 

 Gess I can take care of Sue. Well. Jim. we are going to 

 get married Nov. 28, and I am going to try to get two 

 \^'eeks off for the occasion. Sue is going to quit the store 

 the week before. Dont know where we are going for 

 a little trip, but I want to come down and show my old 

 friends and Min that I sure copped a fine woman. 



About the trouble you have with glue foaming in the 

 spreader. You say it is in a new lot of glue and it foams 

 and gets like yeast, and bubbles and runs out of the 

 spreader. Jim. you sure have a hard one to study. May 

 be the old man has bought a different glue on account 

 of the price and may be he got fooled and some one 

 slipped him some doped stuff. Then again may be the 

 fault is yours. You have to dig into it yourself, but 111 

 tell you some things I learnt. 



Be sure that you dont over heat the glue in the 

 spreader as that will make it boil over and make it poorer 

 to stick. Be sure the spreader is well cleaned every night, 

 because glue left on the rolls or in the trougth will sour, 

 and a little sour glue is apt to make a lot of good glue 

 so it will foam. 



Look at the new lot of glue close. If it is whiter in 



looks than the old lot it may be doped with chalk. The 



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makers sometimes use alum to make glue dry quicker 

 when they make it, and that kind of glue is apt to foam. 

 ■And cheap bone glues or glue that has too much grease 

 in it will foam. Again, it will help some if you don't let 

 the spreader run idle when you are putting the stork in 

 the press or getting stuff ready for gluing. 



About grease in glue. Some will tell you that there 

 must not be any. but I learnt a good while ago that a 

 little bit of grease was not bad. Only it has to be a 

 little. I generally test every lot of glue for grease. Here 

 is the way. I take a bench glue pot and clean it. Then 

 mix 40 ounces of water to 4 ounces of glue. That kind 

 of mix makes a good glue size. Then I put in a little 

 lamp black and stir the whole mix in good shape. TTien 

 I take a clean hair brush and dip it in the mix and make 

 a stroke across a clean piece of white paper. Of course, 

 the mix is hot. The use of lamp black makes it possible 

 to tell about how much grease is there by the number 

 lof white specks that show. Then 1 mark the paper and 



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