Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 126
sad thing happens when cocoons are grown forthe silk. The moths are not allowed to come out MAKING GIFTS 113 and break the thread; but are put in a very hotplace so they die inside. The cocoons are thenready to be reeled or wound off. They are placedin basins of hot water because the gummy… … Courtesy of Corticelli Silk Co. Copyright, 1895, by Nonotuck Silk Co.Fig. 65. — Corticelli cocoons from which the moths have emerged. father read it aloud the night before when the familygathered about the big open fire. Once upon a time,long ago, people did not know how to use the beautifulfibers…
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