New-York tribune., 1902-09-07
THE LADY OF THE LACES-
CHAT WITH HER on IRISH WORKMAN
SHIP-WOMEN WITH FORTUNES
IN LACE
Her days did pass
In workins with the needle curiously.

In working with the needle curiouslY
Mrs OdelI is the Lady of the Laces, and she
1 es in the midst of ''cobwebbyp fabrics All ABOUT
are lace curtains on the tables and sofas; lace
bnleros and zouaves hanging over the backs OIL
chairs: boxes and boxes of laces delicate collars
and cuns, sleeves and vests founces' hahoker-
chiefs and bits of cobwehby edg1ng
sure twas back in the convent l learned It, Cod
Mess yop dear" said Mrs OdeII. IN brogue, with
the breath OF the shamrock in it; little brosue
not uouthed but spoken trppingly on the tongue
fall of delicious accents. that makes the nNes OIL
,Au think how the human tongue can talk music
a henitching little brogue entirely. ana Such as
never could have come out Of amy place nut
County Cork
The Presentation Convent of the Sacred Heart
ar YoughaI County Cork, 1t was, she continued
1t was Mother Angelina Mary Masdaien 'Iooid
that founded it. the convent and the irish point
both SIRE she had fortune Of fSo.o00 and she
huiit the convent herself. and she taught the nuns
how to make the Irish point affher an oiu
,oce of the time Of Queen Eliza beth, God rest her
soul for kiiu' the Catholics. she did Eighteen
years was I taking lessons of the Sisters oi lhe
presentation in YoughaI, and can make the
Irish point with me eyes shut There it Is dearle
! there's the Irish point
4 delicate edge, two inches wide. flny the
dew laden cobwebs in the grass of a summer morn
ing; a bit of boar frost, caught fast in thread;
bar Of music woven into a linen mesh. That was
, the irish point.
! Sixteen dollars a yard dear" Mrs. Odeli;
"and ! can go downtown to-day ana get IrlSh
point clrtafns-God save the mark-for s. the pair
And whin l say Oh well, now; Irish point. is 1t?
Well well: sure they're not lookin much like the
! Irish point saw whin I a child, in the ould
7 countlry'-why they look at me contemptuous
like an don't even the trouble to answer me
Why should they? Sure. they're not KNOWN any
( he+tber thuselves the crathurs. Why, they even
call this Irish point and Mrs. Odell caught up a
hig collar of Irish crotchet and held it aloft with
/ a desperate expression upon her comely counte-
nance.
Figure TO yersef now" said Mrs Odell "callin
/ that coarse heavy lace by the name of that dell
cate little draYne O the wurrud. Faith, me heart
aches fer the laces whin some folks o thin do be
comm in here an calm thin out o their names!
| Such names. such names. as they call thin. Sure
its a profanation for the dear laces to be in the
hands O. some Of the people that have thin.
woman was in here the other day with handker-
! chief that she wanted cut over into something or
other I looked her with me two eyes. an says.
| Madam do We know how much that handkerchief
IS WORTH
! pOh. it's not worth much says she
.s.Only a matter o $500 So, says l. Twas a
handkerchief had been left her and she hadn't the
sinse to know what II So thin she thought
better of 1t and decided not to have it cut up
Then I was out the country home OF the
Blanks" said Mrs. Odell. speaking a great name