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FOR anyone who still puts pen to paper and, as such, possibly mourned the closing of Mrs. John L. Strong, there is Connor, a luxury stationer that has just opened at the Plaza Hotel. ''Most stationery houses have gone down-market,'' said Justin Felber, who founded the company with his fellow Strong alumnus, Henri Richter-Werner. ''We wanted to go up.'' Which means: an archive of hundreds of vintage and antique monograms, as well as die cuts hand-engraved into steel by master craftsmen in Paris and updated each season like a fashion collection; cards made of 100 percent cotton, which won't bleed when written on with a fountain pen; envelopes lined by hand with tissue paper; and cashmere carrying pouches made by Loro Piana -- all of it encased in Italian silk linen boxes wrapped with two ribbons like an old steamer trunk. It comes with a price: cards range from $10 to $20 a piece, with a minimum of 100 to a box. ''We cater to people looking for something special,'' Mr. Richter-Werner said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the development of a paper that can be used to check the freshness and safety of food. It reports that the paper is being developed by the Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network and Canadian universities, and is said to be effective in spotting the pathogens present in food. It mentions several properties of the paper including the ability to expose bacteria and pesticides on produce. Also mentioned are views of Sentinel's director Robert Pelton, on the future of such papers.

Delves into the issue whether or not tissue was invented in New York.