Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-08
VEGETABLE CLOTHING.

About two hundred years ago the Gov
ernor OF the Island of Jamaica. Sir Thomas
Lynch, sent TO King Charles H. of England
vegetable neckfie, and very good neck
tie ii was, although it lad grown on a tree.
and had not been altered since it was taken
from the tree.
\ gentleman who witnessed two natives
manufacturing this lace, thus describes it.
s tree about twenty feet high and six
inches in diameter, with a bark looking
much like that of a birch-tree, was cut
down. Three strips of bark, each about six
inches wide and eight feet long, were taken
ON the trunk and thrown into stream
of water. Then each man took a strip
while it was still in the water, and with the
point of his knife separated u thin layer of
the inner bark from one end of the strip.
This layer was then taken in the fingers
and gently pulled, whereupon it came away
III an even sheet of the entire width and
length of the trip of bark. Twelve sheets
were thus taken from each strip of bark,
and thrown into the water.
The men We're not through vet, however
for when each strip of bark had Welded its
twelve sheets, each sheet was taken from
the water and gradually stretched sideWise
The spectator could hardly believe his ewes
The sheet broadened and broadened until
from a close piece of material six inches
wide, 1t became a filmy cloud of delicate
lace, over three feet in width The aston
ished gentleman was forced to confess that
no Humankind Gloom ever turned out lace
which could surpass in snowy whteness
and gossamer-like delicacy that product of
nature.
The natural lace is not so regular in for
nation as the material called illusion, so
much worn by ladies in summer: but it is
as soft and white, and will bear washing,
which Is not true of illusion. In Jamaica
and Central America among the poorer
people II supplies the place of manufact-
ured cloth, which they cannot afford to
buy; and the Weather classes do not by
any means scorn it for ornamental use
The tree is commonly called the lace-bark
tree. Its botanical name is Lagetto Hatea-
ria.-[C.J RUSSELL in St. Nicholas for May.
BLACK THE HEELS OF YOUR BOOTS.
A book has just been issued by William
\. Mowry, that contains the following
story:
One day, when l was in college, 1
heard young lady say, : l don't think
much OF college fellows
. To my query as to the grounds of so
singular an opinion, she replied
They do not black the heels of their
boots
when l protested that that charge
could not be true of them all, she re-
sponded:
".Oh, no, l suppose not but the excep-
ton proves the rule. | have noticed that
most OF them only black the front part of
their boots; and they like reversible collars
and cuffs "
What does it indicate when the heels of
boots are not BACKED? The boy is not
thorough. He only does what he is forced
to do. If he thought he would pass muster
among people if he did not black his boots
at all, they would never be blackened.
Boys laugh at girls, and say they pay too
| much attention to clothes. How do the
boys like to see their sisters with soiled
| collars, buttons off their boots, a ruffle
hanging on their dress? 1t is the evidence
OF true gentleman or true lady when
the clothing worn is in order and suitable
| to the occasion.
Dress and the way it is worn is an indi-
cation of character. If the heels of the
boots are BACKED, you may be pretty sure
that the boy or man is thorough in what
ever he undertakes. He learns his lessons,
not because he must, but because he de-
sires TO learn. When he is sent to clean up
the garden, he rakes the dead roots and
vines in pile for burning; there are no
stray piles hidden in the bushes near the
fence. He blacks the heels of his boots.
A boy who wears reversible collars and
cuffs will be willing to do mean act if he
| thinks he will not be found out. He re-
verses the collar, not because he likes a
| clean collar, but because he likes to look as
| though he did. 4 collar with the soiled
side hidden is not clean collar. If you
want to be thorough worker, if you want
to be truthful, honest fearless man, black
the heels of your boots, and do not make
believe that your collar is clean by revers-
ing it, christian Union.