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Show THE MAKING OF CLOTH. ' iBver; woven fabrlc is made by cross mg or interlacing two distinct aeriS of threads together. When the yarn 27 the spinner ft?. So7n?3 upon the loom in spools. So wonder fully, automatic are these modern ooms that when a bobbin ?8 emptied L V 0ud, Ut and a f WoS I IB put In itplace without stopplnc : thp oom There are all claaSW looms for all classes of material, tiomSl SiaeV2f,C8 u? ? thG "? icns. To attempt to describe one of arnnJ"6 ?rj?ci which thoy ?w con,stctedwould, involve , the ?rTt aA "Hseuiess' of ?echn call uea The .power lpom. ia one of the most remarafte and complex of ml chanical products, the growth of rnfj i.m t remotl' at there would , Tern Th,? fln reIa"onsP between them. The first product of the lcom 1 s usually uncouth, harsh and anv- thing but Inviting in appearance It - nas to pass through many processes j fnr0 il is fln,shed and ade ready ! for the market. It is first mended so t as to correct weavinsr faults ns far ?LTSiyG- , Then iris ""oared ana id ovl? ? f,e0M5d- Am it Is look- .f S ?k ?, mon(Jed before It passes 8i whlcne llnS r mill,ue "chine. I nri ' soap and fuIlers' earth, KlU?the flni3h that ls required, ;.; is fL nL tscourd aEa'n- Tenterlng 5 Hnil n xt Proces,;- This sets the & SSSriS1 a .f ysfaclnr idth and touii tlS fr tb0 PtIons that follow, tho first of wbicn Is called j Sfe-nS6 mimouns of U"' SSk! on the glggtng machine raise up tho f a5d7pnS t?e f"rface of the c,SJ Th ;,Ienthcm 5Vn PrlSht position ' J p,1 or naP. s the result, Th.s f produces a remarkable change In the i appearance and condition of ?he fab- : I rlc Shearing is the next thng Thls ''5 cuts off all the raised fibers leaving ! thorn of a uniform length. There- ? gulred gloss and solidity5 are obTalned : t pert BOWPIref nWhlch '0II0WS.-RU- t pert Bowers in Harper's Weekly. 2 |