The evening world. Newspaper, May 3, 1918, Page 21

e Story ina Yard of Silk ious Strands of Silkworm’s Web First Made Into a Fabric by Chinese Empress—Silk Once Sold for Its Weight in Gold OMB thousands of years ago the Em- press Si-Ling-Chi was walking in her garden when sho observed a pale, green worm feeding on a mul- Italy, and to this continent througb the Spanish conquest of Mexico. It was introduced into the American colonies, and in 1747 Gov. Law wore a cout and stockings made from Con- | necticut silk. A domesticated silk- | worm spins a langer cocoon than his wild relation. ror Hoang-.:, the Empress devised Means to weuve tho dainty strands ing seasons, at each of which it sheds its old skin for a larger une. Having berry teat, ac-| Tho egg is the size of a turnip seed cording to Chi-|and from it hatches @ worm an nese history.|clgnth of an inch in length These Afterward it spun|are kept on trays and fod with leaves & web, At thelof the whito mulberry or osage } @uggestion of Em- | orange. The worm has four moult- into cloth. So she was proclaimed ) the discoverer of a boon to mankind, and received the title “Goddess of the Bilkworms.” ‘To this day tho “Con- _ Con Feast” is celebrated in her honor. reached full growth, it seeks @ quiet Spot vo spin ILs co@on, The silk comes from two glands in a semi-fuid condition, the two strands then passing Unrough the spinneret, a double vritice below Lae mouth, wher they are united rom nine to twelve inches of wilk per ininute are produced wt the beginning nto uw single thread. || | The regard in which silk 1s now held } 10 scarcely less high; it 1 durable, a delight to the eye, delicate to the touch aud its rusile 4s music to the ear. 4ll cocoons not intended for seed are According to Chinese authority, the | Pltced in a stcum heater to stifle the use of silk dates from 0 B. C., but ehrysalis, as the moth, in breaking | but the rato decreases, and about three duys are required to complete the cocoon, At the end of ten day from tie cocoon, ruing it for spinning it ig not so ancient as cotton or wool. | One Mulberry trees have always abounded in certain parts of the Celestial King- dom, and on these the silkworms fed for ages before their use became known, The worms are still found wild in many parts of Asia, but pro- duce an inferior quality of silk. So closely did the Chinese guard thir moth Jays fre ired eggs. nh three to It takes from cocoons to muke recled silk, which at its weight in gold, The coooons ure sorted according to thelr color and fineness of texture, placed mm warm water to soften them, and then wound upon @ reel. This produces raw silk, which, after four | 2,500 to | pound of Was once valued | hu HOME PAGE Friday, May 3% Copsrieht 1018 we The Trew Pu i* (the Now York Be being soaked in warm soupsuds and dried, is wound uvon bobbins. | trom several” bobbins are | UN Logetlier, according to size Lis process ts re- | d of the proper size | ng is produced. | hly ingenious; if| 4 single Strand breaks in any of the | Secret that, for a thousand years, silk was exported without the buyers be- ing able to discover how it was pro duced. Aristotle is said to have been the first European to learn the secret, but for five centuries after his time Greeks and Romans persisted in be we Meving that it was the fibre of wome|ally sips” O° “MAchine automatic. | plant. finishing touches are added by the In tho sixth century A. D. all silk| “Witer-stretc Which pr Persta, and when the Emperor Justin: | sinootiness and eveniomsy ot tae ee fan engaged in war with the latter | Obtained in any other way. Die - Dyeing | country he found his supply of raw |S # me impor upon it dependa the permeom, %F | material shut off. At his instigation, | the colors. The a Bs accdak) A two monks braved the death penatty| out in strong soupsuds, PET i | and, in 655, smuggled the first silk-| dye tha Bite ie sat lied the silk is put | and live stean rs it its lustrous, | worm eggs out of China. ‘rom these Practically all the silkworms of the ‘western world are j culture spread to Spain, Gr eA ot foduaral kau! ton Then Wa oa Be | The Housekeeper’s Scrapbook. descende F the bedspread is showing rents it ture th hilat may still be Of use us a silence ob Of ewed ores clot. Cut out the good portion,| cut in pleces und bake In hot r mend the worn purts, and cut to fit! OVEN about fftecn minutes a table. Bind tho edge with tape or| yy nop Peepers Mies giniva ce cual not serub tilling, Simply wring ps of muslin and you bave @/ our a soft cloth in as py water and of much water nent and sep- rections of tiling. serviceable silence cloth, | Wipe the tile. ‘The us [1s apt to loosen the To cleanse a bottle put some crushed | tute the eee shells into it and fill the bottle halt full of strong soapsuds. Shake thoroughly; then rinse tn clear water The flour, salt and sugar sacks servo Maeby purposes in the kitchen. The printed matter can be easily eradicated by soaking the sucks in kerosene over, Right and then washing them ta tae | usual way, To brighten the brass curtain rings Polish them with vinegar. ‘The brass fJardinieres, candlesticks, &c,, should be rubbed with pieces of lemon dipped fn boiling water. Polish with a soft cloth. Depew Is Wounded a First Time And Also Sees an Example Of German Kultur The food was tine, and there was lots slioll case, but of it dre of them a vat I do not think there were any do this German doctor tors in the world t th ura, Buy B iby to h That and they were alway ing to make have mado me sore things easy for us. They did not the dressings off your wounds 1} some of the butchers do in some of Ko Ban One of the to ery w her By I guess she had hun- would not would but it mi ip French girl feel very bad, and she be- French off d found out about the not te this our dispensaries that I know of, but doc and officer went up and Copsright, 1018. i 3 : took them off carefully, Everything spoke” to. the German. ‘Then th If ants have taken up their abode, Pret. 1018, ty KR a, Co. BY arrangement mith the Georen Mattber Adem Serine) Los Very clean and ‘sanitary, and French officer left, und the German “4m the closet, sprinkle ground cloves Att ott nsas ay ae hrogehd ed in the United Biates Navy, Home of the hospitals had sun parlors, c#lied to the nurse and she went over ‘on the shelves ne Brown wad Surrey that ae la teioede with bis which were weil » you can be to him and stopped crying on Yau. 1. 1u the Flanaers ixmude, and y talked for a little while, and ing io cake a Ger fis Command te o give it up Sure i H iG fo restore your sponge, in case it se the wien on either side dit Sotpst tutes ange SomaRE tien at? = Some of the men made toys and then she put out her hands as if she tai tates ni bas soured, rub a fresh fomon thor-| ‘lion Ws forced out of anotaer wened tollswiog s band Nok? fancy articles, auch us button hooks Was going to leave, He put out lis y 5 ; : gepougdly into the sponge and then ey ereuehard and paper knives. ‘They the hands, too, and took hold of hers, fe rinse several tiuies in clear water, CHAPTER VII. at first ana then for a whit my Jeg bandiea from empty il he And the nh ty 1 her weit . and tele — was numb, A couple of hours after shrapnel, or pieces of Zep or broke them, We heard snap. Sy) When thickening gravies use a (Continued ) we took our trench back, I started anything else picked up along the | There were men in that ward who Py fork instead of a spoon for stirring BOUT 7 o'clock that evening out for the rear and hospital, The front. had not been on since the day “end you will hae a much smoother wo received reinforcements Wound had been hurting for some "y alipien: Gartainiv: work. Hid y came to the uu, and one of gravy. io time. ‘They carried the Captain out phey always have more to do than {ici Was supposed to be dying, but i eal nd retook the trench, No on a stretcher about the anime time, jney Gumaye ave more to do (ha an absolute fact that when we To remove the odor or taste from oner had we entered It, but he died on the wiy from loss of siuin, and are always cheerful and 1 her weream there wus not aunin gaucepans in which onions or fis however, than the blood. Mresh troops came ap to Te ready to play games when they have tt aKa ee tall wou wk bave been cooked, put a tablespoon- MANS LUNE ee ee eet tT align thes ware Bor the time, or read to some potlu oh, Bae not tel : ful of vinegar into the water when ihein wetlane ch and igh ofc tally eres They suy there were | br ria y I washing (hem, ira ere in the trenen, th YOR SUNI SOc Tete meen iie ; bin, atieg | Plea us, not even waite t {ook the Captain away, ‘Then, Fou nover heard much ubout woviot They: hoot If you are planning wooden window ing for thelr own ‘ares VAUINRE IE ERCAIVAAL ATC REEA GE REC ARNEL DOLE rd He f ue eo aa or porch boxes, it will pay you to at tise ha ' OMY Gaunt’ Whaslie oF LINE ke oF aaYe i: people say tha ewash Je of the box be- ti retire that plece of work, but I ; ; j s 0 feht- whitewash the | e of the box be 2 They kille the hueatal thing like that from 1 id f fore putting in soll and plant Le They killed : hospital a haan 4 ; 4 ystem r} b 1 n por r rward 80m aes Or uv ' 4 of the This will preserve the box and will lumbers of their i other countr w 0 sec! t thing they do in the hospi. 4" bd ' would fo these Drevent insects, ut nin this way. tai | stage hay ey. UO IA Sa noeDls Franc : t pretty Ray a ind Pari t ae ut the fire was glide your stroteber under & big elec Meh is as near the front as some |) |p ; When washing a sateen dress use slide your stretch 4 at than. ¢ ena arin’ Wank a , fi » heavy that tric magnet A doc comes in and Ld - i ' t W borax water and you will retain ty ® ! é OTe ICC Gan ont Pad. 4 os Gunner Depew. when they coun- Places his hand over your wound, and At ; san ePrigines 6 : ter attacked ma they. let down the niaxnet over his Trey ald w Mound 8 eat 4 ple who To avoid the necessity of stirr hud via Sativa cages ne thi it band J turn on t juice. If the : he pet a “ H 1 } © stewing it put it in th : mre ERI AO Lu He wheil fr vent or bu in you is ¥ Br W ‘ 1 Ld ar age ha iG water cea Lihey. WERe Giter WalHnd drove ua bes More han Leven oenumnbimn dhect poor bie f they € i Ku : i > nd the r : y You cannot feel the pain. ‘The tirst aunch this nu id saved eugar. If you have no double boiler] yond the trench we had originally You cannot b Ind WAR TET a cleats wilt He: AGS place fruit into a jam jar or sauce. | occupied doctor reports to the chief how deap . M* } oe ee, ee ; ea, ; nat t Y pay, then set it into a larger swuce-| wo lef n there, with our artile YOUF Wound ty und where it dy altu- hit wan not complet mules 2 on i ee pa of boiling water, Let this slm-liery taki of then ana un arly ated, and then 4 nurse comes up to ; Tear ee dead ana stra, 0 ey wer until fruit is cooked. you, where you lie, with your clothes 5 W isa ri \ is ked. chine guns trying to entiiade tue we ! v ne 6 an di r owas i and moved to the right. ‘There way Still on, and asks you to take the pe‘o iigis f Burt d moved to the right. There wos o man # will ever forg ue ‘ The oatmeal left from breakfast} bunch of trees there, about ihn» Pressure Pihem task vo will make a nico dessert for luneh. | Sail woods, and ae we {yt ‘Then they lift you on a four wheeled OF the Legion T have peti soa, Wake one and « half cups of the cold | Germans concealed in it tire Catt, und roll you to the operating One of the patient G ; é oatineal and sweeten to taste, If} on us and we retire orve theatre, They luke off your clothes qoctor, w Rach i ‘ ; : thick add sulicient milk to make alt We were pretty mu At. there, C remomber I liked to look at po ma , ; f ; ooeenmmeaaanasamenmma tered by this time and badly cut up, the nurses and surgeons: they looked eg. 11 as ' ‘ak da ! rived there and w vod in their clean white clothes, — 4 ut h Sea-Water Bread. Hers ot our. tron ihe thes pticeenuliaw arediea into. thitete i Be var ; uid) “ Pcana ett Dups——What was left of squ you, which hurt a good deal, and you phe ‘@ would ‘o : Z LONG comes & French aciagtisl eri cons and singly,” Our Cuptan take the pressure. After a while, they and that Phaees al we Probably you h who urges us to mix the dough | hug yot it 4 fifth time, meanwhile, begin cutting uway the bruised flesh, — isut there wan a nu h 4 , used in baking bread with sea} but he would not leave us, us he wag Temoving the old ¢ bieces of dirt, took special interest int rE ti : waver, says tho Ilustrated World, He| the rank! filer and so forth, and seraping away the 1 i hur coe Mnint Gapatic. é oy he But ed ou when we ran Splinters of bone {5 Albert Le Bt Bernie, A neva, DhaT e woods. We carricd # a You think for sure you are going i rng macist, Uo claims gi © guns with went, aud to bleed to death, The blood rushes 1 ued And t bility and gre a gunner would run a picce et ie gh you like Hann ne 4 nen they « ” be the features w® opened up for them, hurry you to your bed, and cover you "i pany But what are tho reasons for this? |* n on again me ironpy came byer with blank ung et (water nd f CHAPTER VIN wade 4 u 1 trench further to hey raise ed on chairs oi ith in i Dough, he says, has a greater aint ped us, and we drove so the blood will run up toward your it PTER TL ‘ for soa water because sea water co nut Of the woods and head, and after a while, your eyes vit t ut tains mag ne e Th ) ve open’ and the doctor mays, “Oui, oui, i! t he b t jonger, Al On we had the Germans tn vivra,” ineaning that you still have k t the a futy water conta Lnu r of be a H vost directly from some time to spend before finally 1 ‘ y t b 1 . mineral substances 1 w eaned them going west ‘ To make the mixture, he recom Ws were kept Tha treatment we got in the hospita he “ snd ’ Mu mends that water be taken at [th da men who made was great. We received cigarettes writ 1 i i las kee gome distance from @ to die tobacco, inatches, magazines an ‘ w int H ie purity, The yeast is mixed wit us sh v the thigh some clean clothes. ‘The men do not tal ne ' t t Usual fresh water; the dough wit t t ter the Captain got about their wounds much, and every 1 11 alwaye water, back. fell Just like # needie-prick body tedeg to bo buppy and ohew it {row @ piece wore at bow ¥ Original Fashi Maurice Ketten. on Designs For The Evening World’s Home Dressmakers By Mildred Lodewick Conrright, 1018, by the Prese Publishing Oo, (The New York Mrentng World) ~ = ~ | Dainty Dress for the Junior Mies ROCKS for little oaeeaeaaaaee F tots are taking on a standard #0 high—and right- fully @o—that as much consideration ie necessary for them as for clothes of the grown up. They must not only be pretty and = dainty, = but smart, and of fine and modish fabrics. Indeed, though in a realm of their own, the frocks for little tots bespeak a loyal but modest allegt- ance to Dame Fash- fon, Materials and styles that are mod- ish for grown ups are adapted in in- teresting ways to produce the most fascinating little frocks, and mothers who are handy at sewing can make them at a trifling cost, ‘The one T have de- signed here exhibits the slip-on style, and the loose hanging pan Chambray or linon in white would be sultable for it, | with a striped fabric in red and white, or blue and white, as trimming. waist }is cut kimono fash- fon, and is in one with the loose panel which drops over the skirt, A more smart and attractive fine iyhing could not be obtained than the narrow band of red and white stripes, The belt, which appears at either side of the panel, buttons together In the back. An effective detail is the band of striped fabric which finishes the end, through which the buttonholes are thus lending to the back of the frock unusual trimming touch, Although tho striped collar land cuffs are not new, they are be- ning, but the tiny black or red moire ribbon which aces up. the opening is distinctly o! e je. )°Prhis’pretty little frock could also | made, an with soldiers, Then, it was pretty rough stuff at Dixmude, and after resting up at the hospital I was keen on going to seu again, The Cassard was in dry dock for re pairs after her last voyage to the Dardavelles as convoy to the troop- ship Dupleix. Everything was being ALBERT N. DEPEW EX-GUNNER_ AND CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, U. S, NAVY MEMGER OF THE FOREIGN LEGION OF FRANCE CAPTAIN GUN TURRET, rushed to get her out 4s soon as p FRENCH BATTLESHIP CASSARD sible, and crews w working day WINNER OF THE and ‘night. There were other ships FRENCH WAR CROSS, there too —s#uperdreadnoughts, and dreadnoughts, and battleships, and ar- Cierht mored fet te all being arernauied ae 4 Poh was watertight We received and placed guns of vmpared te 4 newer design, illled ‘the magazines Naturally, wo Wero not taking all with the highest explosives known to ts punishment without any come- naval use, and generally mac back. Our guns were at it fast, aud for w hard job. Our magia from the way the fire slic doin filled with shelly for our big certain places we knew We were Id ineh guns. A M-inch shell cant making it effectiv My guns did for a hole through the heaviest. armor two enemy piecos that t know of, and © at 12,000 yards, and will do more perhaps several others damage than you would think Une ¢ pur seamen we hit 190 times Finally we had ro! by fragments of shrapnel, so you can Present, Then we set for the Se what they were Up aguinst in the Dardanelles ax ex dodging line. A gun turret in action which had on bow ian + auc the best place on earth | provincial Prench t for @ nervous man, nor ¢ wh » Like Normans, his comfort. ‘Chere is an awful loc of Turcoa—all kinds. When wa beat, and noive, and smell, and work, i we had to squat do the wl the time ina Nghung gun turre steel mesa deck and eat f metal But during an engagement LE would plates, rather be a wun turret eve There had been a not line than between decks, At that fore we left that the Zopp anything dues happen in a turr begun sea raid and ee 1 t sure wil, and ne rain eye out em, ‘This ne el wt to be a fake, thou 1 we ' i half an hour of a ben a single eign we Ww " 100u 1 started awa Woe made the trip to the Da fitteen, We have muc aptain and given trouble gu it was dry d ard bow turret, for Us aga aie 1 KU 1 had # gut ba wt after a quic ractica and VoyiK elves up wi ed the Darda- W way, abd again th they were in Wirt n work, day and night, t rt t ‘ ido it over aga M. when we draw ‘t tur in twelve da , front Wo were lu ng inshore, only pened receiving wn nasi ast when , ; the Turks wot our range and landed two peuches t we got out. We for "V" Bea early tore rudder off getting to vor right forward wa As wo drew f , for « few of tis acted Ka using shrapnel on 1 in no as is’ eevee, time at ail yur fuanels were shot full (To Be Contiqued.) STYLISH BUT SIMPLE DESIGN E, for a | [heavy gray Hnen. It |woing to | nyseit. collar and {f9 and white but- ns, gray col'ar Jand cuffs and rad buttons, A tle could be w a change TO COPY. i anaaaannnaanaaaaaaatl be made tn a colored fabric with white collar and cuffs and trimming touches, With no opening except ut which allows it to be siipped on over the head, it is as simple as any little girl's frock could ve, Answers to Queries Fashion Editor The Evening World Will you please tell me’ to what uso I could put one and three-quarter yards of embroidery banding Uke sample? Is it suitable for a dress? If so what goods and color would you sug- west, also style? Tam thirty-three years old, regular 36 size, have light hair, blue eyes, Pale coloring. MISS C. D. Your banding would be effective on a dull blue wool jersey dress. Made in this way tt would be smart for this summer. Black worsted mbroidery stiteh, t The Ereniog World ry much would smart desixn one-piece nen dress to be made of ike sample, ods nust be plain, as Tag attempt it Am 5 {vet 6 welgh 140 have dark and eyes, twenty-five yeurs MISS I. V. inches ta unds, own b ben desired tor. ‘The Kyening World / I have enough of ri \ bright blue satin like A\ sample for an eves ning dress. Would Uke tt plain, as shall make but wish to have a pretty, becoming style, Am forty years of age, 5 feet 8 \ \ inches tall, weigh 147 |e | ) pounds. Have gray a \) hair, brown eyes, ~ \ vod color in cheeks 4 youthful appear- MRS. M'H, silver —eme broidery on tab which hangs down of skirt r cloth to the bode Silver ribbon aud bead strap over right shoulder, eee AT A PINK TEA, MAYBE, 1 appene n a crowded street | ur. Feminine knitters wore om hand, working on sweaters n stages of come b 1 One however, was ongus » of dainty white uctor punched her of watching the progress rk, Fin curiosity gos of him, and he queried ine ‘chat? Indianapolis News, where does @ soldier weag 5