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gather tables, writing desks, and benches. The walls of
the khadi court were hung with instructive mottoes ex-
plaining the economics of khadi; and statistics of prices
of different varieties of khadi and an analysis of their cost
of production to show that in khadi activity there could
be no scope for profiteering. The latest patterns of khadi
from the finest Andhra to thick bed clothing from upper
India and all the various lines from coating to saris,
-chintzes and prints from ail parts of India were duly re-
presented. Local manufactures were represented by a
fair variety of woollens, elegant embroidered chug as (over-
coats of indigenous designs) and Swati blankets which
are amazingly cheap for their quality, and stuffs from the
Kagan valley in the Hazara District and Chitral, which
owing to very soft fleece that is found there showed the
immense possibilities of the development of woollen in-
dustries in these parts.
The last day was set apart as the ' Ladies* Day*
when the khadi court proved itself to be so popular as to
take the organization by storm. They came in their
thousands, a fair sprinkling among them with notebooks
and pencils in hand and showed keen interest in khadi by
taking down texts of the more striking of the khadi
mottoes. The sales exceeded all expectations and all lines
in the ladies' section were exhausted, more having had to
be indented telegraphically from the Punjab. In the
meantime the gentlemen's printed turban stuff was requi-
sitioned for feminine wear !
Next to the khadi court in popularity was the techni-
cal court where all the processes involved in the manufac-
ture of khadi were demonstrated. Of special interest was
a modified spindle-holder which took in a bare spindle
turned by a resin-coated string. It cost only five annas
and increased the revolutions of the old style Punjabi
charkha from 50 to 140.
Paper manufacture and different varieties of palm
and cane gur were shown in still another section. The
Government departments of Health, Agriculture and
Industries also had brought their exhibits. A comparative
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