CRAPE

is oa light, gauzy material — made from silk, though an inferior quality | 4 f°): {§ now made from cotton. In crape- = rope wesring, silk with the natural gum Mice: is used, and it is the proce of out. afterwards removing this gum which bell leads to the distinctive character of the 4 nal fabric. The wary appearance of soft Ane " €rape, such as is made in China, is pro-| ‘Post! duced by the partial untwisting of the| |? a ailk threads when dipped in water to reacini move the gum. The proce by which | bs the bard, crisp nature is given to English | “**"* [s. 112]