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Show j EASTERN USES OF PAPER. Japanese Would Find It Hard te Get Along Without It. The Japsnese use paper at every moment. Tho string with which a deft-handed "darling of the gods" doe op the artlclea you huy la mado of paper. The handkerchief (thiown away after nsol la paper, the pnrtl-tlona pnrtl-tlona dividing the h.ni s are paper, and tho pane throuith whlrh an Indiscreet Indis-creet eye looks at you la paper! The pane It certainly wanting In transparency, transpa-rency, but there Is a simple remedy. One flnccr Is psssed through tho paperthat pa-perthat Is nil! Afterward a small piece Is stuck on the opening with a grain of rice. The men's bats, the ctnnk of the porter who carries his burden, sing-Ing sing-Ing a cadence, through the rain; the garment of the boatman who rondurta you on bourd, the tobacco pouch, clK ir case all are paper! Thoso olegant flowers ornamenting the beautiful hair of the Japanese ladles, and those robe collars which are taken for crape paper! |