The Practical Ostrich Feather Dyer

SYKES & STREET, SOLE U. S. AGENTS FOR St. Denis Dyestuff and Chemical Co., (LIMITED.) A. POIRRIER, President. No. 105 RUE LAFAYETTE, PARIS, FRANCE, MANUFACTURERS OF ANILINE COLORS, ARCHIL EXTRACT, CUDBEAR. &c. INCLUDING MANY Specialties for Feather and Silk Dyers French Extracts of Dyewood and Indigo, &c., &c. 85 Water St., NEW YORK, U.S.A. BRANCHES: BOSTON—35 India Street. PHILADELPHIA—43 N. Front St. AGENCIES: R. R. STREET & CO., Chicago. Ills. S. H. FRANK & CO., San Francisco, Cal.
GROUP OF OSTRICHES.
BY ALEXANDER PAUL.
REVISED AND CORRECTED BY DR. M. FRANK.
PUBLISHED BY MRS. DR. M. FRANK, Textile Colorist, 506 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. 1888.
Copyright, 1888, by Mrs. Dr. M. Frank.
All Rights Reserved.
In the preparation of this work it has been my aim to present Recipes, simple, yet complete in every detail, for dyeing every color and shade of color known. Reliability, practicability and rapidity I claim for this work, and would ask that it be judged not from a literary standpoint, but as a thorough and practical instructor in the art of Ostrich Feather Dyeing, as simplified and perfected by me during years of hard work and research. It is the first work of its kind ever put before the public in the English language, and will, in consequence, receive from those interested close scrutiny and criticism, which prompts the author to offer $1000 to any person who will prove that the recipes herein contained, or any single one of them, will not produce the desired color or shade perfect and in the time mentioned. The old methodical orthodox dyers will find a decided advantage in being enabled to make colors in minutes, that heretofore required hours and days to complete. Technicalities and high-sounding phrases for the names of colors and terms of the dye-house have no place in this work. It is not necessary for a man to be a chemist to be a practical feather dyer, other authorities to the contrary notwithstanding. Good practical common sense and judgment and a knowledge of the nature of the goods you are handling, and throw theory to the winds.