Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1900 — WHAT “KALSOMINES” ARE. [ARTICLE]

WHAT “KALSOMINES” ARE.

Kalsomines are cheap and temporary preparations, manufactured from whiting. chalks, clays, etc. They are stuck on the wajls with decaying animal glue. Alabastine Is not a kalsomine. It Is a rockbase cement, Which sets, and it hardens with age. It can be re-coated and redecorated without having to wash and scrape off Its old coats. Alabastlne is utilised to a great extent in hospitals, a* It prevents the accumulation of dirt and the congregating of disease germs, being disinfectant In its nature.