Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1903 — Expeditious Work. [ARTICLE]

Expeditious Work.

“Now cast your eye upon this tablecloth,” continued the experienced traveler. “The cloth was large enough for twenty-four covers. It had a hem of drawn work a third of a yard wide, and the rest of the surface, excepting the spaces left for candelabra, was covered vyith embroWfaag, which stobd up half an inch or more. There were twenty-four napkins, a yard square, with hems of solid embroidery. That cloth was ordered by somebody and never taken,” said she. “The original price was two hundred and fifty dollars, and I got it for seventy-five. The napkins I ordered, nnd had to pay twentyfive dollars apiece for them. The set is worth two thousand in this country. Japanese merchants are enterprising, and are not ashamed to seek patronage. When you land at Yokohama you will find the corridors of the hotel lined with Chinamen, runners from tty; dressmaking houses. They give you their cards, come to your rooms to get your orders and give you fittings, and the next day they will send the dress home. Jack ordered a broadcloth suit, with a frock coat, and it fitted him better than any he ever had In his life. It cost him fifteen dollars and It was as good as any suit he ever paid eighty dollars for on Fifth avenue.”