CHAPTER XXXI.

THE WORKERS IN THE TREASURY—HOW THE MONEY IS MADE.

The Dollar with the Counters—In the Tubs—Getting a

Wetting—Servants of Necessity—That Scorching Roof—Brown Paper

Bonnets—A State of Dampness—Squaring Accounts—Superintending

the Work—The Face-printing Division—The United States

“Sealer”—Printing Cigar-Stamps and Gold-Notes of Many

Colors—With a Begrimed Face—The Fiery Little Brazier—What the

Man Does—The Woman’s Work—The Automatic Register—An Observer

Without a Soul—Our Damp Little Dollar—The Drying Room—The First

Wrinkles—Looking Wizened and Old—Rejuvenating a

Dollar—Underneath Two Hundred and Forty Tons—Smooth and

Polished—Precious to the Touch—A Virgin Dollar—The “Sealer” at

Work—Mutilated Paper—What the Women are paid—The

Surface-Sealing Division—Seal Printing—The Aristocratic Green

Seal—The Numbering Division—Dividing the Dollars—Snowy Aprons

and Delicate Ribbons—Needling the Sheet—A Blade that Does not

Fail—Sorting the Notes—The Manipulation of the Ladies—The

Dollar “In its Little Bed”—Dollar on Dollar—“Awaiting the Final

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