THE FAMOUS CHINESE RICE PAPER.
Eighteen hundred years ago the Chinese made paper from fibrous matter reduced to a pulp. Now each province makes its own peculiar variety. The celebrated Chinese rice paper, that so resembles woollen and silk fabrics, and on which are painted quaint birds, and flowers, is manufactured from compressed pith, which is cut spirally by a keen knife into thin slices six inches wide and twice as long. Funeral papers, or paper imitations of earthly things which they desire to bestow on departed friends, are burned over the graves. They use paper window frames, sliding doors, and paper visiting cards a yard long. It is related that when a distinguished representative of the British Government visited Pekin several servants brought him a huge roll, which, thqn spread out on the floor, proved to be the visiting card of the Emperor. _____ i __ — ______
It is' better to be alone in the world than, to bring up a boy to play on the accordeon.'
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2191, 24 July 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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165THE FAMOUS CHINESE RICE PAPER. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2191, 24 July 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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