Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1917 — Japanese Make Paper Clothes. [ARTICLE]

Japanese Make Paper Clothes.

Underclothing made of finely crisped or grained paper is manufactured in Japan. After the paper has been cut to a pattern the different parts are sewn together and hemmed, and the places where the buttonholes are to be formed are strengthened with calico or linen. The paper is very strong and at the same time very flexible. After a garment has been worn a few hours it will interfere with the perspiration of the body no more than do garments made of cotton fabric. The paper is not slued, nor is it impermeable. After becoming wet the paper is difficult to tear. When an endeavor is made to tear it by hand it presents ahnost as much resistance as the thin skin for making gloves.