Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-16
How TO buy linen
aaknces,one tor she lsflic.
BY Jean Hubs


Before me Ilie.ta-he stnrts forth
% huA her uutua u " i good ldeH for
htI ~ piln 1usi HnuWt how much ahp
nifhlN ~ sreud ior nor tlblc linen.
frH linen nis.i luttal4 81 b. ut1f.lallt
Advisable % ketr NJ mind in0 amounts
allolted iu every urt table llHen nnd
10 the llnNF I,icteE fof ItiWRi use BE-
snlikt there are sn many lovely put-
terms IA the nore rxpeHsiNe linens
Tint le ntioo b ash b" eiiiiiirf shstii,
frraeiiinn she nceda ~ fAeiv Gay nse
lp bu,ins iinqns ~ d always ~, D.
ailt 30 50 d. Thoroughly tfus. nortis
Hnn Responsible dtulrt ihis b. tiir
FIRST pferNuiinn. a Nes~rai know led ~
Of the patterns. h,.achins, otc.. inaAes
ID simpler o. i1ilS with disc-ir,innti0r
Flax. oi which lincD n made. -
Woftrd utt into s..fH and tts yarn b.
woNch inte tsrtn whici s. hleachca
ard 'nrl-uryi' and y ilnuiiy o6.fef 40
~ fsgilii.. w the retailers
Variation ~ rsicc.
Tl,e A.trlatiaa ip ,,rieo ~ .Rbic liner
dees usi nter.,. tsco.safily. q taFiu.
iion ia atruhiiliA ar quality
Tifr dlne4cnea IN pricc berins Wi.1
thf nr-i steps ih ire manufacture 90
ir~n Weii-spun naNcn yarns hrins
The hlenrst rfiges Elinnugh other
,afns mnA ,,"s-i iust 30 much
strenath and dnrapliy. % costs quite
i bit more ~ WcaN" cloth from tie
nner eossamer-llfe earn tnm u does
To- weave b, from sne 'uatrer lUrns
Set The ueafins 4,siitics are aaoui
the -ame .n either rase
Patterns
Perhaps the u idest variation 10
prices oc,nfs when tlc question OF
patterns " considsrcd. The pattern 81
cloth ~ determined pt ~ Interest
ing process 81 dropping threads
during the process 80 weaving. Tnis
procedure n ratried oui antomn ttcally
rs the .Iaennafi looms, bat u entails
ntst carelp' pr paraiion ~ 'catds
and mafhinefy. OhgibuSlt then. n
neM and Intricate pattern VIII bee
much more espensiro tlnn ole 40 the
IN -fps.tiorca PATTERNS. althouEu the
yarn used in ibs Wcat.ne oi both may
he the sumo
There arc Fashions IN table linen ~
well as ~ gowns and millinery 20
0ftpntimes rrnl BARGAINS mas be- found
when tlie drnlefS diFfnrd ~ dlscou
tirue e"rtain patterns
llleaehing.
Rlearhmg 4 ,eit iinpnrtant step
in The uanufueiur" 90 linens Hn1
causes great variation in cost.
Formerly an linens W"re grass
cloths were spread ont on the green
nelds nsnr tae factories ahd lett thegc
until the rains. sin, and tie d"ws
made them SNOW white.
This process was awkward ana very
slow. 40 the ch~iiisi WAS called upon
and he used "a trv simpl. chemicals
which blca he'd in u ,ciy short time.
Mort % the bleachlng at th" pres
6nt time D. done chemically and the
process Whom properly carried out
~dots not inluro the lnbfi".
great mitns consumers stu de-
mand the gFass ileaphed iabrir. 80 "a
fsw manufacturers iurnish it 10 ~
more expensive. since there ~ "a gtrat
increase lu thelthst of naiuugi ctur un+s
n. and of see,sft "a ingA~r pri . fnn-t
ae paid hy th1st $50" insist on nav
inc d.
81 the buyer understands these dii-
ferent - IN pattern and bleaching tc
viii realize that qnality aud price du
not together always. and she vii
not turn anat ff0m u good piece ui
linen mgrUi. De- ause the price b. law
f~lsl' tincns.
The fame hieh irish iruv,,r ... e..
mas heen honestly earned Belfast r.
the center of The irish llneu Industry.
and thefe are seNNgd large establish
mcnts thore whose product takes the
very first muk Mosi uf % comes iu
tae American market and mas hr SOLD
with assurance uf ~ uutahiliA.
scot, q aud German I.'ncn-.
scotch llnfn tnuls nearly as hlen
~ the irish product Perhaps the
Weaving g. loss nnc. and Tie ocslgns
not quite ~ altfart live hut for gen
efal use the housckooper Viii ma
them most satisfactory. German linen
Is soft aud coarse and has great dur
ability.
The scotch and German linens So,
nt moderate prices, from dollar up
or ia various Lengths. as tw" dollar
or tNo dollars and q half.
standard designs such ~ tlo sham
rocs. neur dc-iis and nnidcu-hair, ar,
shown Ia the less expensive cloths
aud there are new patterns each SEQ
son In the higher priced linens.
tied Iincn.
Bed linen n.ai he hnugni "u1er iu
cotton 90 Hneu. Linen i~ cooler aud
goine ponrle tc nsider ii more hyeicnic
cotton sheet Of the hest Gu"iil
however. b. more attractive, .nd VIII
be found thurnignly satisfactory.
Domestic cotton sneeting r. Just az
we'll woven and dufa dt HS that mad,
lar England. althoush t1e latter cost
nearly twice as much Donnie duif
on the imported mntcriul has Go De
paid 40 most off the cotton from Whir1
~ ls woven lH sf ~ ~ tht lsHsIrN Hl'"
ulaciurers from our hih'ru pmuiu'
tlOns.
ToNels
TIE bride bus many attractive lHi-
terms from which 10 choose, when has
ing hci towels. ToWci4ng may hH
bought b., the yard and embroidered
~ chueheted edge nr insertiun may
be- added Go BE-. thus making % p"rtlc-
u'arly nice towel
For every daN use. substantial ana
, well finished towels may he purchased
r. Tor three dollars und half DOZEN
81 b ~ much simpler 60 get Them
, than go bias hucA hy me yard ana rni
and hem 10.
The substitution ~ cotton for linen
. ~ cnsiest in The ease 81 towels ana u
10 Important therefore. Co buy towels
. irom relinlic denicr.