Show HOMESPUN FOR CLOTHING A A j material from canada in great demand among zong men mell of fashion Fat blon rough picturesque material of a light gray or creamy color and coarse asato as a towel is occasionally seen in the streets of new york worn by men of fashion during the hot weather and usually all three pieces of the suit are worn together many people wonder where this cloth comes from says the world for it is not to be found in any of the tailor shops and ana is never seen in ready made clothing the material is canadian homespun it is not the homespun which is made in the steam mills but is the real article and it is made on hand looms by the inhibit inhabitants ants of canada during the long winter here no two pieces are fever ever alike and it is impossible to match it this cloth is admirably suited for hot weather its rough coat snakes it look thick and heavy but it gs loosely woven and the wind blows through it then again it can be abrown into a tub and washed this arbth aoth comes in all varieties of gray and obtains no dye 1 the habitant saves the fleeces of his adeep beep one or two of which are likely lo 10 be black he mixes the black with ibe he white wool and if he lias has no black cheep his homespun will be all white i the french canadian farmer wears this his homespun himself it is so cheap jf sn canada and so universo un universally ivers oly worn by ahe he poorer classes there that a gentleman from three rivers says nobody mald making n g any pretension of bashi fashion ion or tyle in canada would wear the homespun of the country which like blue jeans in some parts of the west is regarded as the mark of the the countryman ni a n yet it is an excellent honest serviceable and handsome material I 1 have seen it in fashionable tailor shops of london where it is sold for f or a high price on its merits it has an air of picturesque distinction possessed s by no other material formans for mens clothes who has ever seen american homespun that too never gets into the new york market the homespun made by the farmers and farmers 1 wives of maine is a handsome closely woven brown material stained with bLitt butternut ernut juice in the mountains mountain of west virginia also strong serviceable service alle material is made and worn by the poor whites most of the scotch homes puns are make in steam mills as are many of the irish from a commercial standpoint they are better cloths claths than those made by hand but they lack the the individuality of the latter and are not so artistic |