The Queensland people have recently uimd by experiment that'there is- r -.lire in the loaves of the pincappli vliich may be used in the production i' a hind of silky cloth. This lias, ■mvfivcr, been known for some time -< .Manila, where the native girls an Ir.itc clever in making what looks like caarsc, silky chill'on from pineapph ibre. Ono of tho prottiest frock::>rn at a. recent Chicago wedding v/rui">!o of this material, on which r, .•ill black spot had been embroidered, •r.l many curious questions were askcu to tho nature of tho lovely toilurc.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 4, 30 September 1907, Page 6
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94Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 4, 30 September 1907, Page 6
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