Show ROPES OF HUMAN MAN HAIR 1 d We are const constantly nUy getting some same some of our cherished ideas shattered by re re- f search One of the stories which was not always accepted as an axiom relates re reo r lates to the ladies of Carthage who 5 we were taught cut cut- cutoff off their hair offered of or their tresses In the temples ol of 1 the gods and then turned them into ropes for the warships when their country was threatened The news now comes from Antwerp through a French source that a manufacturer In that city has turned his attention to this method of rope of-rope rope making He asserts that human hair hah possesses great durability a strand can lift just three-quarters three of a ton ton and another advantage is that such a rope does not stretch The Amsterdam manufacturers manufacturer's manufacturers manufacturer's manu manu- idea is to use his hair hall ropes i. i for aeroplanes In place of ot wire stays |