The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-11-04

WORK CT NoM..N rc2 VILLAGE
IN0UGTCi-2 l.. TIE D0MlN!oN.


The c,r,-. .l.;.t. o..,,
49, : ''''''''e..' o'''' ave g {
enehss IN PoIt.1IlcH--FFe"cn VII
lagos 81 the =. Lawrence N.,er;
Hard /, o,,,- ~, I'm ,t.a,. a.,
k,c,ar r.,4r,,-,o- rs ,p;e.
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Tire ft@rA of fostering Canadian a-;s
and cF&l,s is one oi he most interest
ing Developments o. philanthropy in
the Dominion Canada is made Up o:
more diverse eIc-neuts, than is general
| ly suspected: tn E'.c:..il influence is
very strong among The indians, as well
! as the Ge@~@rda2ts Of the Cr.ciaa!
Hablt&nts. -, there are also ElssjIl
/ DouEho.ers, Ga!.ic:aus, irish. English.
! ScanGl-aI ian, SEQ Oh and 1t least ii
dozen distinct intii. \ Gi> is.oas Each
oil these have had their native arts
The Z ropean5 brought with them cx-
GulSlte arts Of lace nekia-, spinning,
weaving, e.nAroi. ..lrE, Grg.ag. etc Tho
= IL
AID po.cu;si.la Quill c.G1rsi!ering,
piaili-S aA4 "e2ylnS have never Nr3ii
improved upon by any arts oi CIVIL
-atloh. some OF the weaving, II lart,
IL mas been -0and impossible 10 pro-
duce hF machinery.
Canadian rural life has grown pro-
sale to a marked degree within the
past twenty years. There has peen no
great industrial DEVELOPMENT even in
the cities, aad tho country c0mnluni-
ties have remained in many cases as
primitive as when I.yareeiiuo tuirlcd
her distaf above tha san,;a of Acadia.
There are villages along the shores OF
the ST. Lawrence v here the French in
habitants are iiyin.. the lives their for
bears Of two hundred wears ago lived.
with the imrortant difference th
while they go not to the outside world
the outside world comes to them in
the form of cheap factorv-made utea-
sils and fabrics. The neonle have no.
farther than to have aban-
doned the handicrafts of their auces
tors. Civilization is represeuted by
the village store.
To tbesa b,rror 1tros +,o orts ora
crafts movement n.ao ~ ;r,,,,od;,,a
Who, IN N, s,,.;,a of ,ooo /
the Montreal Rranc1 If fbe women I.
Art Association of ro,asa docidod r. /
hold an exbibi+:o - h,,ior,f+ j., !
order n revive n,,l,io ;r,oroet =, -.
tive arts lit+1o d;Hau,.,. 1,. onaa,,u
tered in getting together q character
stic display. So eager was the re-
sponse, both from workers and n;Iblic
hat depot fcr the sale of Canadian
was called for II was
lot, however, until the spring of 1870.
hat the depo, was formally opene,I
Within The last few months the work
las been handed over TO the Canadian
Guild, this steD having
,een made necessary by the limitations
# the original charter and the rapid
development of cottage industries in
IL parts of the Dominion. The guild
5 composed almost entirely of women.
Though, after the British fashion. the
overnor-general and Countess Gray
re named among the officers as Pat
ons," Lord Strathcona and Mount
loyal is Hon. President" and S,r
lelbourne TAFT is Hon. Vice-Presi-
ent." Several mems names appear
lso among the directors of the socie-
Y, but in the main it is a woman's ea.
,rprise, developed and managed ry
omen
The native arts of tho Erencb c,p
dams consist of many inperious wc,v-
,gs among them tho ceintura necb,
,e CAV sash familiar tn vinter vis;-
,rs to Quebec and Montreal Tiis !
mazing niece Of weavins is a beavv
Dlong of bright colored woolIen
lreads, plated by hand On a rude {
om of sticks. The arrow. or light y
ing pattern, is the invariable design. c
Id the threads form handsome /
inge on the ends of the sash. No ma 8
line loom has been invented which is !
lie to weave ceinture feche. A mod
t one costs s25, and an especially fine t
,ecimen often brinss s1oO. The w-in. Il
ed grandmothers whose natiant s
,nds produce those ca;ntpras biob1v n
zed bv tobogo,,ors srorst,aou. !,
a o+hor ao,,otoo, 90 ,,. a,a. ' =