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Show V to Get Your Money's Worth ' 1 When You Buy Silk, Wool or Linen the law Is Tery strict tie adulteration 0f food It t Met practically no notice of -tendon of clothing. fatal case of consumption , Etarted by people getting wet cheap shoddy clothing Mated np the rain like a eek passes but one iL!036 chnd or other betoe i toned througn wearing flannel oaUrtal as Inflammable as eel boots with their spongy S eoles have sown the CJt?nlc rheumatism consump-Mier consump-Mier 1U In a j.orag WWI4 otherwise hare grown M4 strong 1? ways by which tte ! a to,,teI1 Aether she Is get-l get-l ;JMlon or the genuine artl - CST6 .0ne ls always t0 - ,Jr 'est dealers dealers " b e alway'1 PrTed a'l J ri"erfed for em. The tt,E5?, tte better way is T km, for herself. - Cfe7Ue ehonld ow a few !?Vr snjcs woollens and WnT k certa "ly be amazed at L r toTestIgation. ffloaesf fraud is in tne case Hei of rter lc ,s tte better k ,.rL women when they ttSL will be surprised " SnTS1'8 ""at Its weight nblei SnSar starch "eeWleral sa,U are nsed i material, but they practically destroy Ita wearing properties In onr grand mother's days a silk dress would last a lifetime now it won t last six months Here are two simple ways of testing silk Cut off a small p ece and boil it for a quarter of an hour in a weak solution of caustic potash which you can get at any drug store If it Is pure iVCs. it will be completely destroyed If not, what remains will be cotton Another way ls to place a small sample in strong hydrochloric or sul phnric acid. Pure silk wiJ dissolve jx from two to fire minutes but if it is adulterated with wool the latter v ill remain unaffected. Blankets underclothes and otner dress materials that are sold as pure wool are often frauds Cneap woolen blankets contain on an average not more than fifteen to twenty per cent of wooL The rest of the material ls cot ton. The thick woolen effect of thes cheap blankets ls obtained by "felting short woollen threads on the cotton cloth by heat moisture and pressure A simple test for wool ls to place a piece of the material In oil of vitriol for one or two minutes Then take it out and wish it thoroughly taking caro not to get the acid on your hands Oil of vitriol will destroy all the cotton adulteration while the wool will hard Iy be effected. , Cheap linen like cheap wool has anj thing up to 60 per cent of cotton in it The presence of the cotton can easily be detected by immersing a piece of the linen in oil of vitriol for a couple of minntes and taking it out and washing it thoroughly If it is pure linen It will not be affected but if as is more likely it is adulterated with cotton it will be completely spoiled J |