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lion of a broad-minded manufacturer for the weaving of six three- 

 lumdred-yard pieces of silk in three grades eacli of taffeta and messa- 

 line. One of the grades was slightly weighted, the other two grades 

 were not weighted, being what are generally known as pnre dye silks. 

 Believing that to be a good investment for the consumer, a fabric 

 must be constructed to fill the requirements of the purpose for which 

 it is to be used, the Committee arranged a large-scale wearing test to 

 see what reasonable wear these fabrics would give when made up as 

 petticoats. Through the cooperation of this Committee of the Asso- 

 ciation, the Museum was enabled to obtain specimens of the silk 

 fabrics which were used as the basis of this wearing test. The speci- 

 mens sent the Museum included samples of these standard fabrics in 

 the several grades, and live worn petticoats made therefrom which 

 had been subjected to the test. 



A specimen of Montagnac overcoating, a soft, fleecy, twill-woven, 

 carded woolen fabric finished by means of special machinery, was 

 contributed by the Worumbo Company, of New York City, for in- 

 clusion with the series of carded woolen fabrics already presented b}^ 

 this firm. 



In continuation of tlie cooperation given in former j^ears by L. C. 

 Chase & Company, Boston, Mass., this firm contributed six new 

 specimens of beautiful mohair upholstery fabrics manufactured in 

 the Sanford Mills, Sanford, Me. 



The Museum's collection of raw silks was increased by three large 

 composite cocoons of the African wild silk moth, Anaphe infracta., 

 the gift of Hector D. R. Hunt, Nalq^asanja Estate, Kampala, Uganda, 

 East Africa, through his sister Dr. Matilda Hunt. Anaphe silk has 

 been used for the production of schappe and spun silk yarns and 

 considerable trade was being developed in it at the beginning of the 

 World War. 



H. R. Mallinson and Company (Inc.), New York City, continued 

 the custom of former years of sending the Museum specimens of 

 their new productions, and contributed two specimens of novelty 

 silk dress fabrics: One of silk and m'ooI printed in Egyptian designs 

 rhe other a Mandarin Crepe printed especially for the Second Annual 

 Silk Exposition, with a design " The Development of the Loom," 

 showing the hand loom, early power loom, and the Jacquard loom. 



The Linoleum Division of the x\rmstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, 

 Pa., has continued their cooperation of former years by replacing the 

 specimens in the exhibit illustrating the manufacture of linoleum 

 with a new and larger series of specimens showing each step in the 

 manufacture of printed and both molded and straight line inlaid 

 linoleum. 



