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Show H In addition to the recently discovered artificial H silk, made from wood fibre, another artificial cloth H has been devised. This material is the product H of a German inventor, and is composed of threads H which have a cotton center covered with paper. H These threads can be woven into a variety of fab- H rics, and the cloth Is strong enough to use for H napkins, table linen, and even underwear. Cloth H so made bleaches well, and clothing made from It H is warm, since the paper makes it an excellent H non-conductor of heat and cold. Moreover, it la H very cheap, costing a third of the price of cotton H and a tenth of that of linen. |