The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-08
NEW N IN STRAW.
MANY WOpEL USES MADE POSSIBLE
BIZ a DISCOVERY IN DHEING.


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Fancy prn,a. No. 4, r,ron. nv pe,snnts
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horo 49, asS iow years many ~ h,asah.
Inc ana oonaua, ~ iosafu W.,
and IT. 90, "A manipulation U e'te", 49,
ionn $1,000. piaoio SUBSTANCES -
srch .bado, 80" NJ" ~ menaso = -
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ond no en- Iii IL'o'ns, was auito loaA =
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od.o has 49, Q nlnste,ou' "nu = noods
sooaon VI ihno'o1'on 49,
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yo,Ioy a,ror. .n'o $40" nN. ..S,,o,od tho
oo,nnars " u th"V aoou' -,
tho r.,nha. nv o"n se' " a. saonos,
nrrnio fro. VI paio'. 49, sho,, %
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honnihn,, ."o mater " snn.a" "
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ohonna, ~ 'ho ''ino 49, 49,.
t,,oro ,.,rIN 'i" -.
tr,,,r,os ana eo'a nno -
.rih'heu ana trimmed. according 10 her idcas'
Now she gets straw rulings, gimps, and braids
by the piec, or 90 u,on, h,,ndred v,rds md
ee'o"i 30 many hu""''o s"iu'' u
makes Up her %costlies, hats on such frames as
may be worn, There IL n big business done In
these fancy hr,ids .,5 90, keen desionera b,sv
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various kinds of ornaments. Cotton. hemp,
horsehair. silk and every nos,,ble dissertation
of vegetable and e grass a6re are being utilized.
and Just as fast ns now designs are approved of,
and found IN ho nroo,,coh,o - vol "a attractive
~ ~ no W. "S
heforeign factories turn thom out.
America does only the simpler patterns of
this fancy s,ro,, 81 W. WI a., NJ In.
'"n. i""'' S'ra" WORK. y Ne" iork hrIno III
portcrs has recently started a factory OF its own
alxovs h, n,ada ohs,as : i,,,o honaI,so =
always NC hiaue ABROAD L Judge because 50
cheaper there. The heat NJ /, "a made in Flor.
oroo ~, g., u an. -
doe, not make it; but much Of the designing
may be done in Paris. and French milliners
The crude material Is secured and colorcd
by the manufacturers and then the peasant
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odd moments. In any town where there is a
%.SV ia'.prs lne woneh can D seen slroiiihs
ABOUT IN the evening hours after their house
They keen them hailed I'm carefully 70 avoid the
.n.s Z = ~ " ,"lel"ns 'oa'oiu II
dust and dirt, much as a New England, woman
does her knitting or crochet. some of the more
siaoorate patterns are tircs9ine TO do md there
peasants don't mind that; they are accustomed
u s s 'n,nsS axe long In So,npieIion; Inc
with the foreigner for that very reason. The
iaoor ne would nave 10 use mere would cost him
straw factories abroad: however. are owned
Looking over the piles of straw gimps, fut-
the dealers counters, it is hard to believe that
ynsy are rrHl.g maze our OF straw ana NOT Or
fabric. There are rows, of cleaning stun. woven
ot what might be DlGached rice straw, so crystal
pure Is Inc tone; an ready, TO De made up into
VIZ Pun oIpmn ior eApehsl'e mats. ana JUST as
pa!"prs anu mhhagcn9Ie az q cloth surface would
tie pink.tinted arabcsques and bugles, ana vnrie-
Eatea roseI'es anu aiErettrs' an OF mere straw;
put iookihE very little ike that material and
far pretticr than, any straw decoration could
posslbly nave looked three or four years ago,
ZONE on 0t these Dorderings are ns shagky and
iapric ever turned out from a loom. only
When one touches them one reels the resisting
surface. One contribution from Italy Is made
OF honle-dyel native ltaiiah grasses, III the SOFT.
thar na1mS Sps ssc S,o ;n Sr ana ssee oIS ana terra ,pno co, 20
aned: yet gay and most satisfying to an
nfusE 5 eye: a Priiiian,iy Mhite straw rutllng
nearly threc inchcs deep SHOWS Inc intricate
pattern Of eHGnisiteiy wrought lace and The
KHAN siitan OF th IrosIihg cr O ythsr innH hax AZ slender
running through the open work o: the pattern.
ana an sorts OF raised cnor3,,dcry designs are
Pm ersianl a m o Tbinesc c dasisns. t lneEin are so dH III ,Sc
world as though interviewer from woollcn or
siiH threads: By the way, the closely woven
straw oraids with which men straw hats are
Wade are az prepared and plated IN China;
NO niahutacturer W mas ever pretended
10 rival that country IN that particular line of
R9ous. ehlha docs none OF the fancy straw
pI"inihg anu dyeinH. pm Gonnnes herself to those
pam patterns mat she already understands.
me process OF preparing most OF the raw
i m and u ne IN a SIrnW GOODS anGtory takcs
tnhe anu Pntiehce, s"tu an authority on me
Snoect. axe Shlp' LOT lhslalcr' me chip
peetlngs OF snaVlnEs are Got from the pliahle
pnFs OF lne tree 1nst undor inc PARK. Those shay