Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-19
MRS. MGUNE'S
ART LECTURE.
..a Excellent Paper on Silk
Culture,
or,REST IS AWAKENED.
u.bt manufacture as superb "
CD .,.uaie Anywhere-A Col
,.,aop Of Beautiful silks

.,of art lectures terminated
uItb Mrs. A. w. McCune's
.-oar on the silk and lace in
in r,ah. The university lee
~ Uni as well filed by an attrac-
r.rcs The lecture was intro
series Of stsreoptieon views,
s,r tbe latest work In art both
,,l painting. Levi G.. Richards
M views ia a most interest
nitnr ,,.c,..... 80
.aaIIy on the subject Of SILK
entered into her lecture. She
5a number Of varieties Of silk
s. purehased I'm Euronc, ana
attention to the luster displayed
French silks. She oontended
rT1 could manufacture a fallric
ss superb. ard urged the ladies'
M become Interested In the in
and take it up at once.
vsunes paper was as follows:
Il NOTABLE employment Of the
4 a subject which demands the
.5s on he day Tonight ! wish
1Ds ths merits Of sericulture as a
"a tsh.r shifted 10 the youth OF
4 Immunity
bur thousands years silk culture
4 IN known % mankind II was
1r. that the process Of silk max
y, inst discovered. Approaching
,ath contained 10 this great arr
n Fas the penalty 10 any who
lIyuige the secret of its man
90 other nations. The Chi
arslly kept the secret for two
l yeas. In 55j A. d., the Ro-
rpN0r Justinisn, succeeded In
.s some silk worm eggs from two
m monks. who had brought them
4 guntn0ple concealed In their
-, From this time the art OF
rang f0urshed In Europe
II g tells us that wherever seri-
has been largely engaged I'm
a.11 has become rich. The wealth
4 i,ar is due largely to her silk in
rs France is today the largest
II Uiucng country In the world
lore Is the greatest factor In
Il ta.'h and Is one Of the influences
pa, made France a center OF art
end OF the Franco Prussian
a vas forced 20 pay a large in.
-r % could not have been paid.
Il 3 b the fact that the strength Of
n -r was wanted in wars. had not
hsr and daughters come to the
l'1 poman high and low, rich and
h ga'y and with a noble purpose.
naa making OF SILK. In the spring
< 1se1 c0c01ns and they reeled,
pei woye the SILK in winter hours.
n nt0ns came 10 buy the beauti-
4 F1lcS Of their labors and the
-ls debt was soon paid. France
by gained the wealth she had
81 tVush innumerable wars, but
se.oped the industry which has
n an,e maintained her national
Il fly And 20 this day # Is the
. 10 France Tor even women OF
. and wealth TO make silk for
II gn gowns.
Il al 20 us inquire. has been the
. Of ibis vastly important in
a p our own country? Thousands
4 h have been expended In Amer
Il ~ ile establishment Of the silk
A i More has been expended In
-el states in the effort 20 End a
'.'e 'or aIk than would be neces-
4 . establish the silk Industry IN
ll ue0igla an attempt was made
-.' @rlou.ture but Il failed.
l's and also in the New Eng
s,'a large sums of money have
. vested Do attempts 10 establish
4 t. california was thought 90
4 '.lI place for the industry. but
4 i",4 Dos climate 10 be insult
A ,ns raising of the tender null
\ "'a upon which the silk worm
Qot' no.! reach the trees Ia
4 lonsequeutly the young. ten
t 20 MOI appear In the spring.
.eQ lne wealth resulting from
A ana manufacture of silken
H.. u Qrlie1 Co America? Not so.
..'u.iue conditions OF our inter-
l region are most favorable Tor
4 ,,-pm'nt of this Industry. Com-
80 leh people are acquainted
I1,l mat silk worm eggs i'm,
. -l.l Japan as soon as they be.
rstAaled are improved on in
!. .i il-ie Us no place In the world
~ ~. p.el 20 silk raising than our
n-. ms is no idle boast. IL
.,.5 eh.eh experiment has dem-
SUBSTANTIAL proof Of which
m, r. ule iaet that Utah. a state
'.aIs o.d. took an the prizes
~ American silk al the Chi
4 worlds faIr Wv "
Z consider this circumstance
4 ~ y admitted that the women
y m mis- Industry a rare
~ u ~. lha production OF
4 serIcu.ture were properly
III. 4oli1 place Utah In the /
s,-. 's.ef states financially. and
D. XIV ,le Way for pursuits i'm