Oxford eagle., 1894-10-25
ABOUT BLACK SILK.


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There arr really very s=- ~o=sea
who can distinguish b~sweSa n god
black six and an izfersor o1e. and =
few hints Etven hv an expert and re-
ported in th> nelt1eztor viii 6aubsles.
- seeePsable % many shopP<->e
IN the 6rss place zerer h< h~~uile1
into h-yfn~ cheap six VERY cft-z a
p-~sext Of its eh>7Pzess szxrests .
genuine bargain Szt ,h> ~tse woz2z-
znlsSs shs kngs-S of sro.o1 re2s1z tor the
reSsaetis-- viii ehoose soze 0sh~- Esa-
te-izl II 49, cannot aSfo-a 70 purchase
six At an adequate prize CoStiis~~s
: q coarse 10 guarantee % r~ai vzlze.
- the shopp-r i advised % pzrcAas~
an eighth II = yard q an admired
fsh<ie and tes- Is .s leisure wheu 80
reaches hoz1e- Thts mar seem Ike a
waste 20 the ov~r~econ1z1ical mind. bat
Il viii prove = good inves.raent II -
prevents bad bargain in the e7d-
In testing Piece % six frs. try 20
tear Il both lez-thwise and c-sSSswsse.
II Il gives wzy readily In either diree-
tto1 yoz azy BE szre either tia, the
dye has destroyed the fberS or that the
thread : male aP o< what Is known Is
waste silk Pure six p-,pexiy dyed
l. the stroa-est textile known. ID.
nearly all the cheaper dyes. and par
ticnlarly the dark eolo-s ard black. are
made With szeh 9 basis that they e7.
into and weaken the tahrse-
The frun-ss Of the weave rszy be
proved By -erzpsng diaEO1zlly serus.
tie six with the thumb nail II tie
material Is s-runx and pure auy
amount Of n2nfpalAtio1 viii not make
the threads slip. and II the nail makes
o spaee a. wide q. its own thickness -
tween the threads the silk i certainly
Of inferior quality The next ses. IL ap-
Piled hT rzvelfzg hit q the sIIx ard
carefully examining bosh warp and
weot- Often pure six warp has .
heavily loaded voo.. and IN other
czses- especially IN satin -veaxe~- the
--o.Sf has an interior haekTrx. the sur
fze- h~ing q good silk Pure six hzs
. good lus-er and = we-y so<t- hu- II
the <losS = srtlScial The fzhrss viii he
hard and brittle whe1 = pare sIIE las
been dyed Improperly IL books -e-y
1Ech ike eottoz. bat Il l. .urn~-hs.
su.rer
Another excellen. tss. e11sss-s in
pallinx oz- the threads hosh wsv~ zue
tryTnx their str~zgth Csseh thea with
both hA11s sr i7ch .pers- ~T-- O qzs-x
.er< s11 1.1-e the so-ee n<-<e-i 20 h--sk
then Ethsy part easily th~ six :.
not God Tear th~ six nlnr- sAae
Eoes fru1 ~kSch the threa1s have h-~z
taken ard II tkerz srs pz-kzr< aEo--
the tear they zay he rexar5@<i A. t-szs-
eating s.-u1g tex-zre- A z=etha.a q
testing that u eors5.e-ess css-e1-ssr~ =
20 burn = frzgze7s cf the Six and as~o
soDe - the rzvelzzx~ II the siTx i
p1re sn6 well dyed = vii take S--
slowly. er-z when bid directly i tie
Ea7-. ard th- a-e xii 70 oz- afzo-.
- son ss the siik = ~ifhzrz-u- lez--
Ing asheS that are ne2-iv =. hs.es<-
Weighted zr1 inP-op~riE dyed SIX i
kixhly in1an=ahse- Il sz5-kfy takes
tr~- and the ire Is dfzezI- ~ ex-sz-
-ziSh- szsold--i-z after the SIX i ~
E0--6 t-uz the Ez=e ard ies=f--
zsAe< TIA. Eoe@p tke shzP~ of th- eSosh
z1<1 are II li<h- yeLlsxS.A r-s tfz..
C1trnu n IT, f4h-sr can he rsa3SlT d.
tec-s-1 hy the o..or % tas s-oks- E--
erT -1Zszz shnzl6 rr-~-h--- -hz. ne
requisite qualities = roa.z six are
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sz,1 Erh-z>-~. ~ zs--e- hso-< thic< th-
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