Show THE HUMBLE CATTAIL CAT TAIL A MATERIAL AND ORNA MENTAL often turns up in odd places cattail covers tor for sofa and album utilized tor for curtains and quilts copyright all rights reserved rc im cd very few probably are arc aware that the fur or vegetable down of ohp cat tall Is II a marketable article superior to feathers or cotton for many purposes it Is not quite so 10 valuable or useful as elder cider down but it approaches appi caches it ery cry closely and Is draper than any of th the three As a a matter of 0 tact fact a great many people are today using articles covered with fill cat tall products who iwho havo have no idea where the material comes from it 19 1 9 IL a vast extent of country comparatively ively speaking from illch the cat tall Is leathered gathered it comes from the tramps samps aloric tile tho numerous creeks that put in from the delaware delamare bay from morris river to cape slay bray the average amount gathered fathered in the season Is 13 it a ton a day the work ot of gathering and it and then it into the many forms naich it must take before becoming salable constitutes a considerable industry one of the most moat elaborate uses to which this material Is put Is that of coa co cring sofai very many of the th supposed plush covered divans are really covered with a fabric of cattail cat tail tall it wears better than the plush and Is infinitely cheaper sofa pillows PIllow li also are made of cattail the same argument gumont ar that aar apr applies lies to the sofa Js in applicable to tile the pillow very often how ever ler such pillows go co by another name because a p pillow I 1 flow avowedly covered with cat tall would probably lie he regarded with contempt call it alaskan plush however or shetland wool that has been treated by a new process proc ces and it will mill WI readily enough and give alro good satisfaction too the family album which graces braces the center table in the parlor of so a many farmhouses la is also in many instances adorned with fill cat tall covers although all housh the housewife cannot be conn con need they are not plush she has doubtless doubt lem paid almost us as much as if it were NN what hat she supposes find and naturally she scoffs at any pet son v iho ho hints that she has been victimized it Is becoming a prevalent custom to use ue cat tall fur on the hack back of liand land mirrors and brulla bousho i which have heretofore been backed with plush some oy ay th that althe the substitute I 1 life is if really brov M ame k va I 1 zt 17 I 1 7 k ij TZ at e A 4 I 1 A jn ax ivi w y 4 lift gathering Qa cat tails ing ine better than the original thi head rest too seen on an the easy chair Is often ot of cat tall and it Is none tho the lean leaf comfortable for or that another article for which the cat tall in III used Is the bed clifft the elder down quilt Is an old time article of luxury the cat tall quilt Is aery whit as comfortable anil and costs about one quarter as much in new jersey at least tho the housewife fully appreciates the value of the cattail cat tail tall quilt however much tier lier less veil nell informed sisters may scoff at the idea |