Show JAPANESE CRAPE alic I 1 nJ lc toll by alio tin ut ACturo ofell alm of pry cooj kllc painted crapes arc a specialty of kioto aind alto establishment arc n work of duller detail and it makes one weary to look nt them after knowing liow toil goes to each yard of alio gayly figured goods although brilliant in color and wonderful designs effect of lelch wide crapes is not really more than equal to of thu beautiful salines eliat french and amar ican looms now turn out for such trilling prices gayly painted nrc chirlly iu japan ellb children and obia or sashes arc lucilo ot iaan aliey arc usually woven in lengths of fifty act and divided for sale into fourths kioh of which is enough for the wido obi to bo wound around the waist and tied of for a childs dimou aad cosla from four to i dollars to make it the crapo 1 out on a board and its elirio nl irio with starch outline of tho principal design acu painted on with an inday bruci this in turn gone over with colored starch which prevents ohp colors from running and tho arst color ii lullu applied fiall rt brah through a perforated cardboard U alio deign is one eliat repeats itself in general outline tho first dressing ol 01 starch Is then washed out and alic next color outlined with and brushed in like the econos of a chronlos chr onlo cach color requires a different pa inting until it canies conies to the end when only lillei of different colors need to bo applied the craid i then washed for tho last time joined in one piece and stretched on bamboo frames that revoke on wooden wheel three or four workmen on the floor where the frame is stretched have their colors and at land and paint in the rest of the design each aup using but ono color and then moving tho crape along to tho next man although it was scorching noonday when wo watched the last of crape paint ing each boy had a big bowl of coals in front of him as ho at on the and tho crapo was swung over tho gentle bent in order clial ajic last colon might dry a as applied ahila the practical man wailed at the wati of time energy and forces that migal be applied to other ends we of the feminine felt bound to insist that ail his machine made launce and de laines in the world were not equal to op yard of kioto painted crape into which tho soul of BO many arbit and some of oscar raptures bout handicraft A japan car st louis it Is i aid to iw almost for Europ caps to hearp tho thu of |