THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK

of Artificial Silk filament are made every
Seconp. This is equal to seven- miles of
thread.

Every spinning machine has 88 nozzles, and
every nozzle has 20 pin-holes, through which
the filaments are forced. There are also two
other factories at Braintree and Wolverhampton.


As for the Courtaulds themselves, they are
a historic family. They are descended from
Augustine Courtauld—a fine old gentleman
of France. He was a Huguenot. He fled to
England to escape the wave of persecution
that swept over France in 1685.

The Courtauld family settled at Braintree.
In 1800, George Courtauld started a little silk
mill. It has never been pulled down. It can
still be seen—a little old water-wheel mill
that stands in the shadow of a new large
factory.

The Courtaulds are quiet, untitled people.
They dislike publicity. All told, there are
eighteen of them who hold shares in the
company. They have become richer, I fancy,
fay beyond either their dreams or their
wishes.

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