Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-22

silk.
Southern Europe leads IN the SILK
worm culture ~ Italy. southern
France aud Turkey. with China and
India. Several species ~ moths. ma
lives Of india. china and Japan, proc
duce the Wild silk
Tussah.
Tussah Il the most important ~
the "Wlld silks" SILK plush aud the
ooarscr OF buff cOlOrsd fabrics are
made at this SILK. While manulact-
urcrs do not favor the Wild silk, tho
coarse uneven weave ana softncss
make Il "a iayorlte with artists ana Il
IL being used for interior decoration
as well as for clothing.
The sllk Worm.
The silk of commerce begins win
AN egg no larger than mustard
seed 4 diminutiVe caterpillar conoB
out of this seed. e h. kept ia a frame
and fed ON mulberry leaves.
when the caterplnars are fu,l-
grown they climb upon twigs placed
for them and begin 10 spin OF make
the coco0u. The silk comes from tiyn
little orlflues IN the head ia the form
OF glutluous gum which hardcns iu-
Ia fine classic fiber. With a motion
90 the hgad somewhnt like the figure
| eight the silk worm throws this
thread around its body from head io
tail until at last "a ls entirely envsi-
nped fts body grows smaller ana the
1 thread grows liner until al last u has
spun out most az the substance % is
| body and tho task b. done.
Coco0ns Are BAKED Slowly.
lf LETT alone va the proper time. g
\ moth would eat its way out ct the
! cocoon and destroy the fiber. few
I nj
I supply Of moths the remainder ar5
baked at how heat which destroys
the worm hut does not injuTo the silk
I This becomes the cocoon Of com
mcrcc.
Rccllng SILK
/ After the cocounH are heated for "a
! suffitient length OF time they are
! taken GO the rcclcrs who wind the
filameEts into the silk yarn which
makes the raw material OF our mills
The cocoons are thrown into warm
water mixed with soap Ia order Ia
dissolve the gum. The outer oi
/ coarser covering % brushed OF down
10 the real Bin and the end OF thu
thread n found. -Four five cocoon,
are wound together. the sticky fihori
CllnEinR tn each other as thcy pas,
through he various guides, and ar,
wound ns u single thread OF the
ifftn. ~ lNf tNtfhu NnWliuh from hNf
n cocuen h becomes smaller 80 othci
threads must he added The silk ID
dried and tied into hanks or skeins
"Organixcn ana Tram"
/. The raw silk goes to the throw
stor' AZ the mill and he twists ths
threads ready for the loom Those
threads are OF two kinds Organize
or warp and tram" or ruling Ths
warp runs The long way 81 woyeT
fabric that is parallel with tho sol
wage, and q must be- strong elastic
ana NOT 1fily parted by rubbing
Preparation ~ Threads.
To prepare the warp two thread "A
Of rev SIR are slightly twisted TWiHl
b ylwayr put Into yarn 81 any kind
90 Increase Us strength These threads
are united aud twisted together and
ihia makes "a strong thread oapabi,
0f wiihetanding any reasonable strair
in ihc loom. aud " viii not roughcn
FOR tho Wunf or tram which n ear
rlcd across tho woven cloth on tn
shuttle mo fhT nd should be- h
loose and fluffy as possible. severe
threads ore pat together, subjected q
only very slight TWIST Just enopEi
% hold the threads together 80 the.
viii lie evenly in the finished fabric
ll0lllne orr.
After n leaves the upinners tn
; yarn " aHnin run or on reels 10 b
iaksn 20 the aye hopse. First 4