Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-10-20 | Page 19 | Can You Tell When Fabric is All Wool?

I:' Can You Tell I When Fabric J: ' Is All Wool? By BERYL DIXON. $ The laws of our country at present ' offer no protection to the purchaser of textile 'materials. If the price of Jg- S ".ill wool, a yard wide" goods is paid and later 11 is found lhat lh6 mate-Zi mate-Zi rial is half cotton, there is nothing ' jT ; ; left for the purchaser to do out to V : enter it as "loss" in her profit and "it : f loss account. To be sure, there are i any number of stores where the deal- : ers are truthful about the textile ma- ; terials handled, but nevertheless a knowlodge of a few simple tests mav '$ ; , not como amiss. J ; . Sometimes sleazy, thin cotton mate- h ; rial is made to look quite firm and at- 'fa ; tractive by the use of sizing or dress- ing. By rubbing a corner between the . thumb and forefinger the sizing is re- : moved and the real quality of tne ma- . t ; i terial is apparent In very thin mate- t rials the sizing may be detected by i holding the cloth to the light. The starch will show between the threads. j ' r An examination of the raveled warp $ and wool threads will often reveal si much. Cotton fibers aro short and :m ' k broken ends of cotton threads will ap- pear fuzzy. Linen ends of linen Q threads are more pointed than those of cotton. Cotton material feels : farmer than linen. . I Some woolen materials are "made i over," that is, old woolen rags and , short, broken fibers, and the clippings j from broadcloth are used in its nianu- '-Mjfc facture. Sometimes this can be de-,Aft57 de-,Aft57 tected by unraveling the end. The short fibers are loosened and fall out. Colorado Agricultural College Bulle-'i(f Bulle-'i(f .tin. ihomi ! PRESERVE THE LANDMARKS. led'JB ' "Utah history as well as Utah land- ' tmarks should be brought to the atten- JH ftion of the people in a way to make them realize tneir importance," was theM ' the sentiment expressed recently by otU (One of Ogden's prominent women and ca'rM: she'laid particular stress upon the, sefsfl .urgency of the preservation of such alrjfl 'landmarks as bear to the present cat9 generation messages of patriotism. ibleW Every landmark perpetuated by the ef- ouflB forts of the state should bring to the ipotfl '. mind of the beholder some lesson of ne'djfl : ' patriotism, something to make him t love his country more and be more ready to serve it.