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Show cach with its paper tarpauin. Every litdle cart has this oiled paper protection, impervious to water and lighte weight than cloth : in ; which during sunny weatier i the bying conditions they are subjectd to year afteryear and fially wear out anl through constant.use, as any other supposedly more durable material. The jinrikish men n e towons and villages duringthe periodical rains wear mantles of ofld paper Jor this material is not only effctive in kecping them diy, but may be purchased i large pieces for a fiw cents, and the sturdy little men who drao the confortable High-leeld carriages are not affuen. The workers i the fulds,the men Iabourin o the roads, and the watdhmen o the raioay crossings depend upon coverings o paper o keep them diy The oiled paper of Japan may be purchased in the smallest of shops, and ever peasant cottage has a small stock of sheets of divers sizes which are used over an over for many housthold requirements. In the districts wheretea i cultivated stout ole aper bags are used for holding the leaves and it is not unusual to see sacks that hag iven service for half@ dozen years, lterally covered with patches of paper whor they have been repaired. from time to time. Paper bags for the storing of grain ar also common, fir paper that has been oiled or tanned with the fermented juice o by insects. The Occidental traveller never ceases fo wonder at the almost unlimited us of paper by the Japanese; their expert adaptation of the seemingly,frail material fa exceeds in ingenuily the skill of the Chinese and the Koreans This is not 10 sqp that the present-day Chinese and Korcans have not wisely an that s uniqu, forinplac of the regularly-shaped mats used ot fors of Fapanes houses, the Koreans use thick oiled paper, a thotoughly practical. material when thei metho of heating is considered In Kore the rooms are kept warmno by the picturesqu hibachi of Fapan, but by an oven under the floor. The smoke is emitted by way o tile chimngy running underground and finally rising within a wall at @ considerabl distance from the house, though in lowly houses it escapes directly from the hous Al rights reserved |