Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1911 — The Age of Linen. [ARTICLE]

The Age of Linen.

It is highly probable that tbe manufacture of linens is of greater antiquity than that of silk. Archaeologists generally admit that the mummy cloth of the most ancient dynasties was a variety of finest linen. The Egyptian and Jewish priests wore it at all their ceremonies. We find mention of fine linens all through the Old and New Testaments. When the queen of Sheba visited Solomon she was habited in linen. In Revelation tbe angels are clothed In “pure and white linen.’’ Genesis tells ns that Pharaoh arrayed Joseph In vestures of tine linen. Silk is mentioned In the Bible only four times.