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Show LOVELY WOMAN TO WEAR FINE GOAT OF VARNISH (Bj International News K.jrvfce) UONDON, Jan. 1. Women maj saop, with perfect composure and pn-poiety, pn-poiety, dress themselves entirely In ! varnish, from the crown of the hat to the Bole of i'" shoe. The varnish Is opaque, but it is Varnish none thej less, and as clear j.s glass if rolled into I a thin film. in Us luia!! d.:s this dress mater-, mater-, inl was calb-d ''dope, ' and was used to proHvi aeroplane win.; from fire and water. Now it is being spun and woven for ladles' dresses. The onlj difference between a film of Bope, a sheel it cellulose aqd a skein of '.-ilk' Is thai toe first is laid bn with a brush, the second pressed out on a plate and the third forced through a tiny hole. 1 Among hundreds of thei things It !can be made into hats, blouses, skirts. , bootn and every possible article of fe-, fe-, male attire. .Moreovi r. the articles so made re-fuse re-fuse to be spoiled h water, and are s-i fireproof that the wearer, if well masked could stroll tlimugh a bonfire unharmed. 1 es of all shades are readily absorbed ab-sorbed and retained, and the material is as washable as linen. One property of this dope-silk nn- ShrOd bj any fabric is its immunity from lbs ravages of salt water. If a cambric or siiu handkerchief is immersed im-mersed in sea water for u tew das It dissappears, but a cellulose handkerchief hand-kerchief would survive several months Immersion |