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Show HOMESPUN FOR CLOTHINQ. Material from Canada In Urtai Utnand Ainonc Man of raaliton. tfW'a Rough, plcturcsquo material of n light gray or crenmy color nnd coarse as a towel Is occattonnlly necn tu tho streets of Now York, worn by men of fashion during the hot weather, nnd ubunlly all threo pieces of the suit nro worn together. Mnny pcoplo wonder where tills cloth comes from, wvys the World, for it Is not to bo found In any of tho tullor shops nnd Is never seen In reaely-mado clothing. The material Is Canadian homespun. It in not tho homespun which Is made in tlio steam mills, hut Is tho real article, arti-cle, nnd It Is mnde on hand looms by tho Inhabitants of Canada during the' long1 winter hero. No two pieces are over alike, nnd It Is impossible to "match It." This cloth Is admirably suited for hot weather. Its rough coat makes It look thick nnd heavy, but It is loosely woven and tho wind blows through It. Then, again, it can be thrown Into a tub and washed.. This cloth comes hi nil varletlcsof gray nnd contains no dye. The habitant saves tho fleeces of his sheep, ono or two of which nro likely to bo black. Ho mixes tho block with tho white wool, and if ho has no black sheep his homespun will bo all white. Tho French Canadian farmer wears this homespun himself. It is so cheap in Canada and so universally worn by the poorer classes thcro that a gentleman gentle-man from Three Ulvcrs says: "Nobody lnaklnrr nny protennlc tt fashion or stylo In Cnnnda would wear tho homespun home-spun of tho country, which, liko bluo jenns in nomo parts of tho west. Is regarded re-garded ns tho 'mark of tho countryman. country-man. Yet It Is nn excellent, honest, serviceable and handsome material. 1 have seen It In fashionable tailor shops of London, where It Is sold for 11 high price on Its merits. It has nu air of picturesque distinction pos-bossed pos-bossed by no other material for men's clothes." Who has ever seen American home spun? That, too, never gots into tho New York market. Tho homespun made by tho farmers nnd farmen' wives of Maine Is n handsome, closely woven brown material, stained with butternut Juice. In the mountains of West Virginia also strong, serviceable material Is made nnd worn by the "poor whites." Most of tho Scotoh homospuus nro make In btenm mills, ns aro many of the Irish. Fromn commercial commer-cial standpoint they nro better cloths than thoso inado by hand, but thoy lack tlio Individuality of tho latter, and are not so artistic. |