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Show CLOTHES MADE FROM WOOD Strong Probability of the Future, According Ac-cording to a Technical Authority. "It will prubably not be very long beforo wo can go Into one of the dry goods stores and say to a clerk: 'J-et me see what you havo In tho line of wooden suits.' Ho may reply: 'Hard or soft? whereupon It will bo our part to specify that wo want a suit of 'good pine, 'without any cheap sapwood.' Vests of this kind aro already worn by the cardlng-room foromen In some of the woolen mills. The material resembles re-sembles a stiff, thick cloth, nnd Is apparently ap-parently as durable as leather. It Is not Improbable that In tho future cheap suits, costing about 50 cents, and guaranteed to last for years, will bo mado of spruce or pine. Napkins, shirts, collars of the finest quality have long been made from the fiber' of hemp; und. In using wood for heavier cloth, the process Is equally simple. The wood Is first ground Into a soft pulp, and this pulp is pressed through holes in iron plates. It comes out In long ropes about one-halt Inch In diameter. diam-eter. These ropes, which aro vory easily eas-ily broken at this stage, are dried, and then twisted tightly, till finally they become as small ns threads. Part of the threads are used for the warp and part for the (Wing, out of which n strong web of wooden cloth Is woven." Technical .orld. |