India Shawls

Since the introduetion of the Tibet goat into France the cashmere shawl bas been imitated with such wonderful exactness that it is hard to deteet the imitation from the original, says the Chautauqunn. Experts say, however, that the genuine India shawl can be deteeted from its having a less even]y woven web and also from its brighter eolors. It is likewise said that the bopder of the real India cashmere shawl iu invariably woven in smal! pieees, which are sewed together and the whole border is afterward sewed onto the center. It is a mistake to think that the shawls are manufaetured in India in the f orín in which they are sold here. Generally the borders and centers come out separately and are put together in sizes and of ten in patterns to suit the customers. A number of shawls sold as "real India" are aetually manufaetured in France. Persons familiar with both articles say that the original is softer than the imitation and that this softness arises from the way the thread is spun and partly also because the Tibet goat deteriorates when removed from its native hills.