Paper Underclothing

The Japanese are now making underclothing oí their finely crisped or grained paper. After the paper has been cut to a pattern, the different parts are aewed together and hemmed and the places where the buttonholes are to be formed are strengthened with calicó or linen. The stuff is very strong and at the same time very flexible. After a garment has been worn a few hours it will interfere with the transpiration of the body no more than do garments made of fabrie. The stuff is not sized, nor is it impermeable. After becoming wet the paper is difflcult to tear. When an endeavor is made to tear it by hand it presents almost as much resistance as the thin skin used for making