250 GOODYEAR ON GUM-ELASTIC. 



BANNERS AND FLAGS. 



Gum-elastic vellum and tissue are cheap and durable articles 

 for banners and flags. The reader will be able to form his own 

 judgment of the suitableness of the fabrics for this use, from the 

 maps and plates of this work. 



FRINGES AND TASSELS. 



These are made of gum-elastic cord, which is spun and 

 twisted while the gum is in a soft state, with the same facility as 

 common thread. 



The brilliancy of color is not in all cases equal to that of 

 dyed silk, but it possesses the advantage of being unfading, and 

 the goods are not readily injured by being soiled. Articles of 

 this sort may, at least, be found useful for coach trimmings, &c. 



POCKET-BOOKS AND WALLETS. 



These are made of gum-elastic vellum in imitation of morocco, 

 calf-skin, and Russia leather. Tissue is suitable for lining them, 

 and for gussets, as well as for the gussets of pocket-books made 

 of leather. These goods seem adapted to every variety of pocket- 

 books and portfolios, which are subjected to usage that exposes 

 them to friction and dampness ; such usage tends to destroy 

 leather very soon, but makes comparatively little impression 

 upon the gum-elastic fabrics. 



