Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1919 — Crepes and Pongees. [ARTICLE]

Crepes and Pongees.

Crepe de chine, in spite of its name does not come from China but from Japan, Italy and Franck. There are no factories for making silk piece goods in China, all the weaving being, don< by hand. With the exception of poo* gees, the products of the Chinese looms are not popular abroad, except in Oriental countries, being too heavy, although the patterns are wonderfully beautiful and the colors exceedingly rich. - r The pongees are woven in the homei of the peasants, and as they come from many looms no two pieces ever exactly alike in weight, fineness, coloi and texture. The Shantungs come froai the Llutang district, and the Nanabni from the Nighai district, t