THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK 
wear and hosiery. It is now being used for 
plushes, velvets, motor rugs, pram covers, 
curtains and upholstery. 
By an ingenious process, the filaments are 
spun hollow. These little tubular filaments 
are lighter, bulkier and warmer than other 
Artificial Silk filaments. They are more 
like wool. They have 50 per cent. more 
covering power than the solid filaments. 
And they rustle like real silk. There seems 
to be a great future, not yet realized, for these 
hollow yarns. They will be in great demand 
in cold countries, 
Eventually—in the very near future—Arti- 
ficial Silk will be used in the making of 
clothes for men. Bradford does not think SO, 
but Bradford cannot stand out against the 
victorious march of this new textile. 
Artificial Silk is now being used for men’s 
ties, socks, pyjamas, shirts, etc. Why not 
for suits and overcoats ? The general belief 
is at present that a suit made of wool and 
Artificial Silk, half and half, would not hold 
its shape ; but this is only a theory. 
“ There is no reason why a standard suit 
of clothes could not be made as cheaply as 
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