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DRESSINO In grass-oloth, exquisite 

 and nimy. Is almost as old as the 

 country In whicli it is manufac- j. 

 tured. Today, industi-ial scientists are ^ 

 reviewing it as a substitute for cotton. 

 One enterprising Arm of shippers was 

 planning the introduction of it into the 

 American and Kuropean markets on a 

 large scale, previous to the general up- 

 heaval throughout China. Then would 

 the ateliers of our costumers, and others, ' > 

 have been showing some of the moat 

 charming fabrics ever used for garment- 

 ing. *-» ' 



Grnss-cloth, so filmy in texture th.at C/3 

 tissue is tlic better word, has gone to 

 clotlie tlie fulk of I'liiiKi for four thou- 

 sand >p.-irs and more, and tliov are so 

 wedded ti. It thai thov will not make u.sc 

 of a sub.stitute. In the Far lOa.st, and' in — 

 'India also, this elolh, which i,s as soft as 

 the softest down, line as the finest silk, 

 and stronger and tougher than the best 

 eandjrle, is \ery extensUely ii.s<-d, bein:;- 

 from its strenijtli and fineness jiecnliarly 

 lilted fuL- elothlns; duriUK the iiot sea- _ 

 .son. But, out of Asia this imp'irtant 

 textile Is only seen, and that but seldom, — 



The mater-ial of it is surprising in view 

 of the' contempt usually Klven to the C/D 

 plant -outside China. Little is known, r/^ 

 however, of many of the fabrics popular 

 among millions in distant i)art.s of the CD 

 Old nnri .Ww Worlds. Anions numerous r/J 

 others, for instance, for many years the 

 material ti-om which the .so-called JManlla 

 handkerchiefs Jire made ptr^zled every- 

 one, and wl.seacres refused to believe 

 that its basis is fiber. In Bnglajnd, ex- 

 perts declined to accept It as the fl.ber 



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