New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-27

Cassie Rogan is making effort to revive the
making Of patchwork and applique quilts. quilted
in the elaborate designs OF a century ago. This
quilting was nearly lost art that the only
person who could be found possessing the requisite
skill was woman eighty-hve years old A number
or old quilts have been collected, named, like the
coverlets. according 10 their patterns. Wash
ington's Plume ''Peony." 'Dogwood." Double
Irish Chain' Desert Leaf" Love at the Win
dow" and Ocean Wave"
The initiative in this revival OF mountain In
dustTies has been taken by various agencies, such
as the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
church mission societies, Hull House, Chicago,
Bsrea College and wonens exchanges
is scattering settlement OF French speaking farm
ers descended from the Acadians who were ex-
preserved not only their own language and national
traits. ont to some extent also the manners ana
free according TO Charles Dudley Warner, from
ern life" AS their ancestors did a century and a
half ago. they card and spin the cotton that they
War Of Secession il was oom1non for the Southern
Louisiana sugar planters and their families to wear
suits of the Attakapas coItonades but the war In
teIrupted this demand and the subsequent depres-
eeived new impetus through, the efforts Of Mrs
now twenty-five or thirty families have as much
ene can n f 10 pptrns end use no dye but
indigo though considerable variety OF color is OBJ
Wei as dinerents shades Of blue. An. the work
cept the raising of the cotton. and in some cases
much of that is done by the women.
ON ENGLAND FARMS
The women Of the New England farms often find
the time hanging heavy their hands during the
long winters Many of their old occupations have
been taken from them. and they DO not know what
TO do with the time thus gained To meet this
need rug making and weaving industries have been
started in various places. At Pequaket, n IL. the
making Of hooked rugs was introduced by Mrs
and are used for wall hangings and chair cushions
AnOf was
oxford COUNTY, Me by Mr.. and Mrs Douglas Volk
most entirely the result of hand labor The founda-
ton fabric is hand woven and the dyes from
VIII fade more or less in the course of time but
that these vegetables dives if thew change al all
will still retain much of their original color and
remain harmonious in tone, while commercial dyes.
though much easier TO use, change into shades
quite different from the original color and less
the predominating coIors in the Sabatus rugs and
Of the various rug making industries which have
grown out Of Mrs Aibees pioneer efforts in New
Hampshire, perhaps the most important is that
established among the wives Of fishermen the
women though intelligent and sufficiently well pro-
vided with the necessares of life. had little to oc-
cupy their time during the winter and but little
ready money They We're ambitious to raise money
for church purposes and for building wharf. etc.
and when they heard of the success OF the Abnakee
rug Industry a number Of them DESTROYS TO
undertake similar work They were already IA
miliar with the process of hooking rugs, and they
fortunate in having the benefit of the tnitia-
tive moral support and financial backing OF Mrs.
Seth Low and two other NewYorS women
whose summer homes are at Northeast Harbor, as
we'll as in obtaining the aid Of capable designers.
The rug industries have been instituted in con-
New-York the best known being that OF the Char
fly Organization Society.
Many other handicrafts are also mentioned in the
Bureau Of Labor's report, and in nearly every
thing women seem to have taken leading part
from the beautiful lockwood pottery, originated by
Mrs. Maria Longworth Storer to lace making.