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Show Tinted Paper. Mrs. East, the wife of an English paper pa-per maker, happens to drop a bluing bag which she holds in her hands into a vat of pulp. She is frightened and says nothing about the accident; her husband storms when he finds that the paper has a peculiar tinge, but tho astonished workman can throw no light upon the matter. Thereupon he sends the paper to London with instructions that it be closed out at any price. The public, however, accept it as a purposed novelty. It becomes the rage; orders pour in for more of the same sort. The wife confesses, con-fesses, the husband forgives her and well he may, for his fortune is made. This is the very simple origin of tinted paper. Illustrated American. |