Show coloring straw make a solution 0 hot water and tannin allow halt an ounce of tannin to one gallon of water and steep the straw in this solution tor several hours make another solution of hot water and glue allowing an ounce of whitt blue to one gallon of water and pass the straw through this and dry it in the open air slowly when dry put through a weak ani line dye several times straw may also be colored by pass ing it through any thin pale spirit varnish while holding the desired col or in the solution 3 |