Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1914 — Blue "Bags for Silver. [ARTICLE]

Blue "Bags for Silver.

I had always used white Canton flan» nel bags to stow away silver, but found on opening the bags that the silver was badly tarnished and very black looking. A jeweler told me that the reason for this is that white Canton flannel is bleached with a mixture containing sulphur, which spots and tarnishes silver very quickly. Silversmiths always use blue Canton flannel bags and cases for their silver, as no sulphur is used in the preparation of blue Canton flannel and so none lingers in its folds after it is made up into bags and cases.—Exchange.