The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-23
CHINA's WARES IN OUR MARKET.
ODD Novelties for Woman's Wear That
Come as a First Fruit OF the War.

Come as a First Fruit OF the War.
Washington City Post
one Phase or the war in the East which
has an interest for American merchants
is the effect upon Chinese manufactures
ana their importation into this country.
In works Of art, household ornaments.
decorations and kindred articles the Chi
nese excel. and in these departments they
are DESTINED 10 become active competitors
with their eonquerors in the kingdom TO
the north. Canton is a considerable GEN.
ter Tor the manufacture of these articles
but Annoy. Euchaa. Marking and Picking
possess artists and guilds whose work
manship Is famous all over the empire.
business man on T street, who has
had long experience in handling goods
IN Eastern countries, states that the eff
feet Is already felt in his department, and
that the fall stocks in this and other
cities Will include many articles of Chi
nese manufacture. interesting especially
TO ladies. The treaty between China and
Japan has given warrant OF freer trade
with the ports OF the former country.
impoverished by the expensive war; a
period OF stimulation TO the industries
has followed. and Chinese manufacturers
are now anxious 20 increase their trade
and send their products away to foreign
countries.
Buttons from the Flowery Kingdom will
be among the fall attractions for fastidi-
Gus purchasers. A large consignment, Of
buttons or various artistic designs formed
a part of a cargo landed in New Work
last week They were brought by an En-
glish freighter by way of Hongkong, for
a New York wholesale house, and can be
sold to retailers at q figure that allows
a considerable profit. The finest of these
are cut from shells of high lustrs, of
which the Chinese utilizs as many as fifty
species The Chinese mussel and oyster
are the most prominent OF these. There
Is one variety. says the merchant, who
has just returned from New York, where
he inspected q portion OF the cargo, that
gives a blue, black and white button,
which looks like cats eyes in Ceylon, and
called, according TO the place OF their
manufacture, Annoy or Canton cats eyes.
These buttons cost all the way from
a half cent 10 ) cents apiece in China, and
they can be sold here, ID will be seen, at
a reasonable figure and still leave the re-
taller a good profit. Among he other
varieties are one OF a pale fawn color and
of translucenCe, which is known to the
trade as white cats eyes. There Is an
other which resembles light brown onyx.
These are valued chiefly FOR ladies' dress
buttons but the same kind or shells are
utilized by the Chinese for the manufao-
ture of beads. rosaries, earrings, brace
let's neA klaces and for other ornaments
where pearl IS generally used. The but
tons produce a very fine effect upon SILK
dresses. when they are sowed together IN
double lines upon vest or WAIST, where
they appear TO be fine ana prlihant
stripe. The Chinese have queer custom
of setting the cats eyes and onyx oails
alternately with carved fruit stones,
which produces an odd effect.
The girls VINO love bangles VIII also zoe
supplied from the Chinese market when
the fall trade Is opened The Celestiais
are experts III making these articl. s. ana
there are hundreds OF their IN
gsnious hashionings that are equal
ly handy fof attaching 10 pan
cIes or as charms for watch chain
Some OF the designs that meet with FAVOR
among the Chinese are reproductions OF
objects familiar to their daily me- such
as tha sitting Buddha, a Celestial poodle.
srogo,s ana living serpents The work
ana finish OF these articles are admirable,
ana thew can be brought from China AZ
nrice much below their cost or 'nahulac-
tura IN this country. a LONDON nrm mas
recently undertaken on an extensive scale
The bringing Of these articles to dinereht
American ports . ~h,r.
ha,rnins such as the Celestial ladies'
go yJttherto they have been very rare
o,,,st5a or few large Chinese cities
Tbav are made II silver or gold, slghtiy
es.taned in a thin bar waved ana cor
rurated 70 get hold. they are pen. ~
sr;ous forms TO suit the individual tastes
Of the wearer. The more Vaiuaole on
ara made OF special alloys 10 prevent
-, s~ovc breaking after they rave hesh
sa,t few times. The Chinese ladies'
ge.ne these hairpins very much. ana 20
- great expense. when they have the
70 - do so. for elaborate patterns
ana designs. These imported hairpihs are
sa,i 10 be an Improvement oecaus w.
~
wiz - go, ana shape, which prevents
peeu'n =, a,,er Falling out OF the hair.