Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-04-15
Wauamaksr's.
PnILADEIrHIA, April IL, 1885.

The story of towels is inter
esting. Begin at the bottom.
Russia crash is the toughest
and rudest of linens. The fax
growing regions OF Russia are
full of little narrow hand
looms. A loom is part of a
peasant family's outfit. The
housewife weaves, the children,
the lord of the mansion him
self. The loom is never idle.
One weaves a little and turns
to other work; another goes
to the loom; another; another. |
You can see in the crash their
different weavings. Out of the |
loom, on the snow to bleach; |
it lies there for months. Dis |
colored, uneven, streaky. ByI
and by Mr.. Peasant wants
some money; and cuts off so
many yards of his crash.
That is the story of Russia
crash. You can read it short
in the remnant-like lengths as
they come. This more. The
linen is full as good as it looks
and probably better. The
toughest is very rough, and
worse bleached. The finest
approaches butcher-linen, is
made into Russian shirts, and
here is used as a base for EN-
broidery. &c to 3oc; IL to IS
inch.
A mill in Webster, Massa-
chusetts, makes American
crash. The yarns are Scotch.
Softer than Russia; not twisted
so hard /; towy of course but
excellent, useful, homely stuff
SC to I6c.
American crash with a BIZ
) of color along the edges is
toweling. Scotland and
: Barnsley and lately IRELAND
send us similar toweling. &c
!. to 18c.
! The Germans weave dam
. asks by hand with little skill
s and still less taste; but the,
: make good toweling. 10 t.
i 37Ac.
j. The Scotch do somewha
g the same with modern ma
|. chinery: diaper, bird-eye anc
I damasks. 20 and rs.
lg French bird.eye and fsh-ey
n bird-eye means a little dia
Z; mond figure about as big a
y a birds eye; fish-eye a littl
larger fgure begin to b
m n, pretty. The border is white
SE but marked by the pattern
e 2S-inch; 35c.
Il Huck by the yard, ID t
he 27-inch; 10 to soc. You kno'
IL IL; the common. 1t rises to ric
u and beautiful linen.
=. Diaper linens are Scotc
Is, and Irish in ten-yard piece
IS It, S5c to $3.75 a piece; I6 t
ut 27-inch. The costliest Irish
G iS fine and soft and thick an
sS spongy.The Scotchapproache
Pr it. Nevertheless the Scotch
j.; for those who will not pay fc
of Of the Irish.
IN q, German blue-and-whit
ley check soft linen buster; 20
- 35-inch. Scrubbing line
hard fibre, rough texture; I6
RS 27-inch. Glass-toweling,
to 2S-inch, 10 to CSC.
" ", Fringed towels. Begin
on the bottom again.
O. 9. Small rough buck, I3H
of 23.inch, for BARRIERS, &c. Mo
yed or less luxurious individu
,ho towel,-us it once and toss
ion ion aside-14x27-inch, IL to &c
pom POI For hotel and club and parlo
The car Mushrooms.
Il, , in Essentially stingy hot
les, room towels, I8x36 and 2
,aHs 32-inch, I21a to I6c. Hott
cen not stingy despise so small
Is ISL; 3 room towel. z.....
,lla, Bath towels, so-called, pi
one ne the poor sinner who do
fer penance with them OF vario
sizes, full of hummocks
NIB scratchy linen from end
Day, end, I6c to 81. I'VE 81
). s tape towels, not because tn
a by are cruel, because they Z
TRY. cotton; and Turkish towe
| tI are which are rough or smooth
,are you like, are cotton al
i Z. Only linens to-day.1
,in an Family towels of seve
pal classes:
1000 Medley of Scotch and Ir
.fter- damask, red and blue borde
ra the 10 to 35c.'
IS Of Medley of German dana
,h and red and blue borders, rs
regi; 75c.
,onsi "Old Bleach" is the ma
nited of a famous Irish mill, an
, tS De trademark. There is moth
re to SO perfectly made for use {
!. n''' linen beauty both as {