A two-page "Designing" column from The Textile Mercury presenting new fabric designs for manufacturers. It gives two cotton designs (a 13-shaft shirting and a 12-shaft fancy dress check) with pegging plans, drafting and sett notes, plus woollen and worsted designs 38, 39 and 40 with suggested warp and weft yarns, thread counts and colouring ideas. Design 40 is a large twill-based figured pattern repeating on 64 ends and 64 picks. The page also carries short trade news items on Russian wool, Russian trade in Persia and the Merchandise Marks Act.