, 1868-07-28

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better than the cotton, the combination
of articles made from cotton with those
made from wool.
We all know the inestimable advantage
of wool for winter, both next 10 the skin
aud for outer garments. It's use contri-
butes not only to warmth, but also TO a
uniform condition of the system and 10
health. In summer, also, no article of
clothing can be more useful for under
garments than the well-known gauze fa-
brics which are knit or woven from wool.
We need not give the names of the many
slight, delicate, and elegant fabrics which
are made for ladies' dresses, in warm
weather, from this article, combined with
some other substance. They equal in
beauty those made from any other ma
%terlaI, and have the precious advantage
of being safe from fire, provided the un-
der-clothing be of a proper character.
They ought 10 be generally worn by Ia
dies, and when made into garments care
should be taken to select lining material
equally free from capabllity to blaze for
it is from inhaling the blaze in the actpf
breathing that much of the danger consists,
and this may be occaSioned from a very
slight article of clothing. Linen fabrics
are made for the purpose of Innings, aud
should be more generally used than they
are. The fact that, when the dress
catches fire, it so frequently terminates
fatally TO the wearer, is due to the uni
verSal use of cotton for under-clothing.
The mode of wearing it, exposed 10 the
air by means of an ample skirt, contributes
to the rapidIty with which combustion
effects its dreadful work. When, in adj
dllion to this exposure, the outer dress is
also of cotton-the material very light
a more certain means of destruction in
case of catching fire could scarcely be
devised and yet such is the common
habit.
We have not referred to silk because it
is well known to be Of such slow COM
buStion when accompanied with other
proper articles of dress as to be sufficiently
safe; but it is on wool that most reliance
can be placed, and it is commended more
particularly 10 use, inasmuch as our coun-
try is capable of producing it in sufficient
quantities for the consumption Of the
whole people. and the generality of ito
use would be the means of enabling our
farmers to furnish in the mutton of the
animal an article of food which has no
superior for the million, and when WELL
chosen no superior for the epicure. Our
MANUFACTURES are now mixing cotton and
wool in a fabric, which is produced at a
low rate, called domet flannel and if
urgedt to it by any sufficient demand would
doubtless manufacture articles of a mixed
character, containing wool alone-of the
nature of the barege de LANES so much in
demand q few years ago-or cotton and
wool, or linen and wool, or silk and wool,
that would have the recommendation of
entire safety but we fear that, from the
joint effects of cupidity in the manufac-
turer and Indifference in the wearer, our
habits will remain unchanged and these
startling accidents will continue. Mo-
theirs, in the mean time, will huddle their
children together on feather-beds during
a grand storm, and create a fear that be-
comes hereditary as il is foolish, while
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