The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-30
WEAVING CLOTH OF GOLD <
 FOR EDWARDS CORONATION
Factories Now Engaged in Making Robes Which Will Be Worn by the King When
 He is Crowned.

It Is pure white and of wondeffu1ly rich texture. One can understand thee the care bestowed upon 1t to pFeeerve 1(o spotlessf purity is as great as that o1yo4 satin will also be embroidered at IT. School of Art Needlework. Ns
 A cloth of silver made exactly hke M~S Kings cloth of gold. with the sxceptio1 ing prepared for lining the puSple ve1vee robes of the royal ladies. S
 On the opposite side of the weav1u4 "shed' the looms showed nothine 5Qs ing outcome of the Queens wish.
 Foreign manufacturers had abgokD44 practically all the velvet trade Of tA country; EvsrySody Tpss TSs esve nS.sr changed this. and velvet weavers 1ne have for the past thirty-hve years dr1fte4 entirely into the sily and brocAde uaQe are nov plying their snutsles n on @ coFSeS S1 many hundreds of yards of the ruby r91 for the peers and peeresses robee VIII be turned out at Draintree and alno " Yorkshire during the next few mehfAA
 Velvet for Princess of walss.
 saw on the looms the rich purple -. vet. for the robe of the Prdnceas
 The pile Is 90 close that the weaver cso only make half a yard day: He sAt4 with proud delight. that it had noyeE been his lot to handle so rich q vsixse before. The color was beautiful eeyon4 description, but the shade. like that o< the red velvet. had only been arrfye4 oGl by repeated experiments In fast dyeDs
 Leaving the royal weayinx shea. greater humber of looms were at WNRx manufacturing silks and brocades cf alk kinds in execution of tho orders wh1o4 there was evidence of 2 revival In thu branch of British manufacture
 why do women buy. their silko abread?" was the universal query during home-made home goods. and I reiterated tho question again as gazed at the lovelN fabrics which are being made at Bratur tree.
 Preparing the Web.
 Passing through the warehouse vheee samples of cloth-of-gold. cloth-of-a asnra' nurpIe velvet % some of which had only just been received with the royal man date of approval. were unroiled rom their wrappings for my inspection. came to the winding room. where the web va
 There some thirty women and s1ris. neatly dressed and wearing spotless white aurons were tending the revoiWno .sswifts. and shoots on which the sillk Is wound for the wesvers.
 Idrht as xossamer were these threads. | and only delicate. dexterous hand could manipulate them. T te W1ttirt uhuSs " i gin her training at the factory as soon as she leaves school ana before hard l work has coarsened her hands. l The silk for the warp Is wound on so l smaller bobbins than those for the web, l The process is called preparing for tne | warDer." ss
 The bobbins are put Oh creel beside the warping mill. species ofs revoivlns | roller, hollow, and constructed or oak | bars. It is five yards in circumference, which answers to the length of the warp prepared in one piece. The mill is work | ed by the warper's foot continuousiy treadfns up and down piece ct mscn1 zen, | a nism attached to the bottom of the nl1H nv crossed lines of cat-gut, which keeps | if perpetually revolving.
 While with her foot the waTper keepr ,,s | the mill turning. she deftly warps or s1,sdes sn with her hands the. siiken threads from the bobbins on to the min: ns M n,,mber of threads used Is according to the quality of goods required An un- - precedented number was beng used use tps fcs ths warp of the cloth-of-gold Tor tne Kings mantle. as also for the royal vei- vet of purple.