The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-04-28
TO REVIVE LACE MAKING.

The lost art of Irish lacemaking is
about to be revived. At least Miss
Marion DAILY, herself an Irish woman,
is endeavoring to establish a lace
making school or colony in New York.
Miss DAILY has been intimately con-
nected with the lace making industry
in ireland and she thinks that New
York would be a splendid place to
bring forth the art in all its glory.
There are at the present time several
lace making establishments and the
proprietresses of these are women
who have been attracted to this coun-
try by higher wages and large indus
trial opportunities. Gradually lace
making had fallen into decay. People
forgot the patterns, forgot the stitches
and lost their cunning with the nee
die.
About twenty-five years ago the
renaissance lace was brought forth
and this completely eclipsed the Irish
lace in quality. Women of fashion,
peeresses and such, turned to this
new found art with zest and it was
not many years after that that the
lace making process Of Ireland was
becoming rather feature of the coun-
try. In Cappoquin, County Waterford,
the revival began, tie gentry gather
ing together the wives and daughters
of the little town and outlying villages,
and teaching them to make the true
old Irish point lace. But this did not
last long.
Foreign competition interviewed
when families in France and Germany
worked upon this industry all night
and in the end they could afford to
sell their goods at a lower rate than
the Irish maidens. Miss Days .ica
is to interest some technical trade
school or institute for girls in New
York, in starting class in lace max
ing with her to teach or superintend
Last year Miss DAILY was asked TO
open a school of this sort for the
fashionable women ana 1t has become
quite a fad. 1t would be splendid
thing If such an occupation were open
to women and there are many women
who are just fitteu for this combining
work who have found it rather diff
cult in establishing themselves in 9TH
er business. Nothing could be more
womanly and it is to be sure most
refining and pleasing work.
QUESTION OF MARRYING YOUNG.
Marry young, urge many of the
most noted of men, and others are agi-
tating the subject until one really
thinks that young couple might en-
ter into the holy state of matrimony
simply to please those who are just
at present most interested in the ma
trimonial affair. A majority of the
clergy agree with this view of marry
ing young, which is held by so many.
It is true that women should marry
young, and also men, but the question
is how young? One is young at Is,
and surely no one would think of such
thing for children of this age. Eigh-
teen is also young" and in this case
the person in question is but little
more than he or she was at 16. Well
then, %? That's decidedly better for
the girl, perhaps, but men of % have
their entire lives before them, and
this is where the argument begins.
Some who know say that when a
man marries he will work harder for
the goal for which he is striving,
while others emphatically declare that
with such an eneumbrance as wife
it would be decidedly more difficult
to progress and he might lose his ambi-
ton. Both sides are pain, but neith-
err broad and why not leave all of this
to the discretion of the parties con-
cerned? They know best whether their
circumstances will permit of their
marrying, and hey know, too. what
they are capable of undertaking. When
a girl has reached her twenty-second
year she is, or, rather, should be, full
ly equipped with her entire share Of
common sense, and man four or five
years older should have also attained
enough knowledge in the matter 10
carry him safely through.
THE UNrIDY GIRL.
II a girl is unusually pretty and at
tho sauna tina uptidv she NAV sIa-