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Show HONOR DEAD BY BYBURNING BYBURNING BURNING MONE MONEY MONEYVillage Village in Indo-China Indo China - Does DoesThriving DoesThriving Thriving Business Sup Sup- Supplying Supplying - . plying Funerals . The world depression has notdimmed not notdimmed nodimmed dimmed In the slightest sUghtest degree deree ; the theprosperlly theprosperity thprosperity prosperlly prosperity 61 or of the little mtle village v1llat v1llatc > c of ofI.1ngbuol ofLangbuoi oLangbuol I/.1ngbuol I.1ngbuol I .1ngbuol 1ngbuol Langbuoi / . , . In French rrench Indo China , the theInhabltnnts theinhabitants thInhabitants Inhabltnnts inhabitants or of o " which "hlch hlch continue contmuc to totur turnout turn turnout : out paper money by the ton lon to be beburned beburned bburned burned at nt funerals funer'1ls funer1ls ' so the decease deceased deceasedwill decease'will deceasewill ' wl1l will ha\ ha have hae hate \ e plenty of money In the theDC theneat thnext DC\ DC DCt neat . \ . t woildDard wOll woild woildDard 1 < Dard IIuntei Hunlel . , one of or the leadlnJ leadlnJautholiUes Ieadln leadingauthoiities , autholiUes authoiities in till tills thh ' ) countly counhy country on the theart theart theart art of papermaking p'lpermal.1ng plpermal.1ng plpermal1ng ' . , , would wuuld not how how- however however . - ever , recommend recommentl tlie the same panncC"1 panncC1 panucea panncC"1for panuceafor panaceafor " for the United States St1les prosperity , he heshI hes hesild s\hI s hI s ' \ ild on his retuin retmn return iftcr 1fter after i a ' \ four fourmonths fourmonths fourmonths months ' jouiney jOUlney Journey to . the t.he I\ir I ir 1'ar 1ar r ' \ J.r Jr . Eist Dist 1st . Sir Mr Ir . IIuntcr liunter Bunter , , whose conlriln coolrl1n contribi lIons lIonsto Lionsto tlonsto to tho the ' art 1rt of papermaking pnpermaIIng , Invc h'l\"e h'l hl "e e Lave ' \ " won wonhIm wonhim worhim hIm the title of "the the " modern Guten Gutcn Guten- Gutenberg Gutenberg - berg " anil nnli and the gold medal mednl of the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan Institute of Graphic Gr'1phlc Gr1phlc Gr'iphic Griphic ' ' Arts Arts Artswent , , went to r . I Langbuol ngbuol ingbuol because be'lU5C belU5C ( ' ' he had hadhe'lrd hadheard hariheard he'lrd helrd heard ' that th"lt thlt " Its mh'1blt'lntsere inliabltants mh'1blt'lnts mh1bltlnts inhabitants ' ' were \\ere ere here \ oper oper- oper operating oper.atlng operatlng - . . nUnt ating ; tho til0 the oldest paper mill In the theworYel theworld theworld worYel world lie reported that the L'ln Lln Lang Langbuol Longbuol ' ; buol villagers vnhgers were carrying on the theClaft thecraft thciaft ( Claft craft of papermal papermaking papermakin ln ! ; which wlllch theirin theli thell their 'lU lU -in in 'lUcastors ' - ancestors incestors castors cestors first began be1n begin ; ' on the same site'lbon siteabout site siteibout ibout about 'lbon lbon ' t 700 100 sears years cnrs ago ngo , . ' Their Thclr papermal papermaking lng methods aril arilvery ar arvery < . ' very primithe prJouthe prlmrthe and crude , " Mr 'IIr IIr : ' . nun- nun Ilnn nunter Hunter - ter eplaInel1uAppal explained e\-plaInel1 e plaInel1 e'plalned eplalned \ . ' - uAppal "Appaiently Appaiently "Apparently Apparently " entl , they theyhno theyhate thejhave hno hate , not changed ch\nged ch nged ' \ In any mnrhed marked mnrheddegree markeddegree markecdegree degree since the Invention In-rentlon In rentlon - of paper papernway paperaway papciaway nway away back bach In 1 ISO 1Z0 0 A . , D ' The .rhe rhe . product productturned productturned produclturned turned out by the villagers vlUagers of'tnng oftnng aftang of'tnngbuol aftangbuol oT"Langbuol oTLangbuol ' " buol Is pretty terrible terrlble stuff stull ' . Hon- Hon How- How However Honevel Howevei - evel ever , they are Ilre satisfied saUsfieti with It and anddon anddon ancdon ! don t seem to be able to turn out outenough outenough oulenough enough of the spirit money , for forwhIch forwhich foiwhich whIch there is a great demand aU all allthrough aUthrough al : through Indo China C11Ina ' About . 400 4.00 men , women and chl1dren children chlldrcn - dren 11\ 11 the 11e late \ e in Langbuol Langbuof L'1n L1n ' uol , , which Is a athatched athatched cthatched thatched root roof settlement along n a nI nmud amud rmud mud trail trall on the edge of the jungle junglefifteen junglefifteen junglefifteen fifteen miles mUes north of ot Hanoi AU All AUthe Allthe Allthe I the Inhabitants Inh'lbltants Inhlbltants ' work on some phase of at papermaking papermnklng papermakino . But the best crafts crafts- craftsmanshtp crafts.manfchip craftsmanfchip . - m1n&hIp m1nhIp manshtp & and the Ule clilet chIet chief energies cm.rgles cmrgles encrgles . ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the vl11a villagers vlllagcrs erc ; are ' de\ de demoted deoted detoted \ oted to the Ole pro productfon productlon ro roducUon ducUon ductfon of ot ; spirit cplrIt cplrlt mone money ' . , There "l1ere l1ere " are arc two principal prInc1pJl prlnclptl varieties mrlet1es varietiesof ] , of ot this money . , One kind hind consists of ofordinary ofordinary oordinary ! ordinary perforated perfornted paper ; this Is IsI Isu"cc1 Isused lau I u"cc1 ucc1 used " cd at nt the funerals of or ordinary citi- citi citizens citi citizens - . zens , who wi'o wio wbo ' , It Is believed belietetl bellc , ed , , will wlU have haveno haveno haveno no great nocd need of large funds In Inhe1 inheltcn Inheaven he1\ he1 he1en heltcn \ en . A special sped'll spedll spedal ' brand br'lDc1 brlDc1 ' of ot spIrit spIritmoney spiritmoney spiritmoney money , artfully decoiatcd deco11tcd decorated with lnvIsh layIsh lav lnv lay ' Ish Illustrations lllustrat10ns iflustrattons of or gods , is burne burned burnedat burnedat at the funeral funernl of or tlie t1JC the "arJstocrnts arJstocrnts "aristocrats aristocrats "aristocrats"of aristocratsof " " at of Indo IntIo Intro China . . The "nrlstocr'lUc nrlstocrlUc "nrlstocr'lUcI "arlstocrltic arlstocrltic "nrlstocr'lUcbrand "aristocratic'brand aristocraticbrand " ' I ' ' brand of spirit money money rnone Is 19 In high lugh de- de denomlnation de do denomination - . nomination nomlnation nominatlous < ; ' ! . . It birns b'Jrns bJrns hirns ' with a t : heavy heavyacrid , , acrid smoke smoke smote , , which floats flo'lts flolts ' lazily la'zIly ' : to toward toward 1\ 1 \ 1ar ward ar th the " hlll hliip blue ( ' sI.Iec sIIec skies skies . : ; , but cvcntllal1y eventually cvcntllal1ymanages eventuallymanages eventuallymanages manages to roach rC'1h rC1h reach ' ( the departed llep'1rted llep1rted ' nrIs arts nrIstocrat artstocrat arlstocrat tocrat In heaven heaen heuten hea\ hea \ en , 'lccordln lccordln ' according to the thefirm thelirm thefirm firm lirm belief uf of the Indo Chlne Chinese Chinesepriests Chinesepriests ChinesepriestsThe e evllests vllests priests vllestsThe priestsThe The paper p'lper plper piper ' mills mlns of Langbuol L'lngbuot Llngbuot ' nre are nreprob'1bly areprobably arcprobably prob'1bly prob1bly probably ' the most 1l10st leinnto remote 1 emot ' and 'lntl lntl In'lc Inlc inac In'lccesslblc inaccessible inacccssible ' cesslblc cessible in the th\1 th 1 \ woild w011 world < l . , , Mi 1111 . Hunter Huntersalt huntersaid IIunteisaid salt said ] In spite of this tlu < : , . Lnn Lansbuol Langbuol buol Ie is isthe 1"the 1the : ; " the chief souice somce source of paper p'lper plper ' lor for all ail Indo Indo In [ do ( , China lJIn'1 lJIn1 ' Th The ( ' dallv d'llh dllh dill ' output aver aver'lges averages averages 'lges lges ages ' about 100 reams rC'1ms rC1ms ' of GOO 500 sheets sheetseachalmost sheetseachalmost sheetseach each-almost each almost - almost all nIl of tt " which "hlch hlch h1eh consists consistsof consistsof of spirit splrl t money mono rnone ; , . i TIam Bamboo oo fibers , plentiful pIenUful In the thenear thenear thenear near by junolcs JunIes yunbies . , , are the source so1.irc.e so1irc.e so1irce . . otLangbuol's otLangbuols of ofLnngblloi's ofLangbuol's Lnng-blloi's Lnng blloi's bllois Langbuol's Langbuols - ' paper p\per p per piper ' \ . Th Tlie The ( ' bamboo Is Iscut iscut Iscut cut and then tlum boiled boncd in lime llme . . Then ThenIt Thenit TheeIt It Is w washed shed In a stream meanller meander meanllerIng meanderIng meanderIng Ing through the village mage tillage , and bC'lten bClten beaten beatenby bC'ltenby bcateGby ' by hand h'1nd h1nd ' until It becomes be'omes beomes ( ' pulp The Thepulp Thepulp Thepulp pulp Is placed next in a , wooden ' \ ooden vat vatconhlnlng vatcontaining vatcontaining conhlnlng containing " water "nter nter When a screen screenof screenof screccof of bamboo reeds Is dlppe dipped In thisvat this thisvat thisvat vat the bam bamboo oo fibers cling to the thescreen thescreen 5crccn screen ' : These rhese fibers arc are remo\ remo remoed remoted remotedand removedand \ ed edand and made m'lde mlde ' Into the famous Lang Langbuoi Langbuol Langbuol buoi buol paper p'lper plper piper ' . Two cases fine filled with VeIth wltlr I/.lIl I.lIl I .lIl lIl Langbuol Langbuolspirit Langbuolspirit / . buol buolspirit spirit money were among Mr , . lIun line lIunter's lineter's Uunter's Uunters ter's ters ' luggage . Some of ot this money moneywlll moneswill ,111 111 wlll , be used to Illustrate 1llustr'lte 1llustrlte ' a booh- booh book- book boohhIs bookhis book bookhis - his fifteanth-which fifteanth which fifteenth-which fifteenth fifteenth - which Mr lIr . . Hunter v.111 v111 'clll clll v.111wnte 'clllwrite . ' willwnte wnte write on the orl origin ln and history of ofpaperm ofpapermaking ofpapermaking paperm papermaking : ln ; Zhe I 1 ' lie he rest will Win go to tothe tothe tcthe the Smithson an ln Institution nnl1 and nnl1I nnl1ollier andother andother ollier other museums . I muscuD1s |