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BAGGAGE COVERS. 



Baggage covers are manufactured of plated, corded, and 

 barred caoutchouc fabrics. These fabrics are lighter, stronger, 

 and much more suitable for this purpose, than the India rubber 

 coated cloths that have been heretofore applied to this use. It 

 may be said that this is emphatically one of the proper and un- 

 objectionable uses of gum-elastic fabrics. 



DESK COVERING. 



See Chapter I., — Educational. 



BED SPREADS. ' 



Plated cloth and vellum are both found useful for this pur- 

 pose. They are made from a yard to a yard and a half square, 

 and are commonly cut from the fabrics that are sold at the 

 shops, for the protection of feather beds and matresses in cases 

 of sickness, and in the nursery. When spread upon the bed and 

 under the clothing, their use is without objection. This article 

 is not designed as an outer covering or spread, and should not 

 be used for that purpose, except when persons are exposed to 

 storms or extreme cold. 



BED COVERING AND TICKING. 



The porous, fibrous, and plated fabrics will be found suitable 

 on ship-board and elsewhere, for the above uses, on account of 

 their cleanliness and durability. 



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