Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1879 — To Mr Hayes. Transparent [ARTICLE]

To Mr Hayes.

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Strange as it may sc-cm, a Viennese professor has established a glass business, offering carpets, cuffs, collars, veils, etc., of glass. He not only spins, but also weaves glass before the e-yes of tiie neopie. The other-■vi-e brittle glass he changes into pliable threads arid uses them for making good, warm clothing. Tt sounds like a myth, but Mr. Prengel introduees certain ingredients, which are his secrets, and thereby changes the entire nature of the glass. He has j--*»t finished a white, curly glass muff lor a ladv in Bt. Petersburg. He • •barges 40 thalers ($80; for them. Also ladies’-hats of glass, with glass fea'liers. A remarkable -feature of *hi ; glass material is that it is lighter 'ban feathers. Wool made of glass •annot be distinguished from the g-nuine article. Mr. PrengU’s glass invention is something so extraordinary and useful for clothing, etc., as glass is a non-conductor, that, it will probably cause an entire revolution in dress material. Wonders v.ill never cease.