"I said, Agnes was worried about herself—about a sharp pain—and—and the way her mother went! I told him she had got me to go with her to a doctor and that the doctor had said—"
From tHe "NortH-Cuiva Pawy NEWS,"
OP SEPTEMBER 25, 1878
An interesting and in many respects unique, exhibition has just been inaugurated at Berlin. it is devoted Wholly to the paper-making industry, and the exhibits comprehend everything that can be made of paper, from collars and cuffs to furniture and houses. The number of exhibitors is upward of 487, and they comprise among them makers from every European State, and the exhibits include the productions from China and Japan which form part of the collection belonging to the Museum of Art and Industry in Berlin. The Whole of the processes connected with paper-making are shown by the aid of the newest and most approved machinery. The great attraction and curiosity among the various exhibits is a small house, the body of which 18 built of wood, but covered with paper bricks, capable of. withstanding wind and weather, cool in summer and warm in winter. The roofing is of paper, as also the wainscot of the interior. The whole of the fittings and hangings inside are of the same material, and the furniture is composed of papiermache, used in the place of wood, which' it effectually replaces. Vases capable of containing liquids, tablecloths, and table-napkins are also shown. The. palm, however, will be awarded by ladies to petticoats and skirts of the latest tashie and trimmed in the newest style, but all made of paper. A sailing vessel of ihe same material is exhibited. and an ape copied from that in the Zoological Gardens of Dresden. In fact, every description of article capable of being formed of paper finds a place in this exhibition.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.