The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25

Whole gowns are fashioned of it, blouses of fairylike texture tempt the purse and the vanity of the elegante, while no dress Is considered complete without the addition of a jabot, apele- rine or a trimming of Irish lace Lady Dudley, wife of the ex-Viceroy of Ire ! land, has encouraged the manufacture and sale of lace to the utmost of her ability, and Lady Mayo seconds her ef- forts in giving designs, advice and as- l sistance of all kinds to the workers. But lace, tweeds, friezes and serges | are not the only manufactures dis dressed Ireland produces. Lady Ken mare, in the delightful and poetical re- gions of Killarney has organized | new industry in the shape of inlaid | furniture made by the natives, which 1 can vie in beauty and finish with any other work of the kind.
 It is almost superfluous to mention | the well known lingerie and art needle work executed in convents, schools, &c., and encouraged. presided over or | actually created by women. When one l considers how difficult it Is to reorgan- ! ize dying trade, to enter upon busi- ness as an untrained person, to find out | the best markets for the sale of goods, | to create fashion, that most capricious | of females, and to make both ends | meet, 1t must be confessed that women l of the present day have shown remark able aptitude for organization, clear | ness of aim and unparalleled activity and perseverance in carrying out their somewhat ambitious aims Lady Warwick's experiments in technical schools, ardening and agriculture are we'll established and have opened sev- eral new careers to women.
 | Lady Henry Somerset's temperance work and her homes or inebriate wc- | men are the outcome of a lifelong de- votion, and one knows not which to ad- mire most, the strength that has ena- | ioled her to travel all over America in the cause the silvery tones of her clear voice when she pleads for the poor and 1 the wretched, or the admirable dsci- pline and wisdom with which she rules her little communities, and the decided success that has attended them.
 The Duchess of Montroses mobby is the establishment of district purses l Up to a few years ago such useful wo- men were unknown in Scotland, the training of village midwives left much to be desired, and the poor in time of sickness were forced to depend on the ministerings of relatives or the unskil ful if well meaning atternpts of friends
 and neighbors. The duchess has or ganized training home and nurses home In Govan, one of the poorest su- burbs of Glasgow, where any amount of experience can be acquired, and
 thence is able to send out duly quail
 fled nurses to any counties that re- quire them.
 Tiny ventures of all kinds have been I practsed by other busy ladies' accord ing to their several capacities and idio- 1 syncrasies. One, for instance, has
 started holiday home for poor chil-
 dren from the crowded cities where the
 little ones may beathe fresh tir and en- joy the delights of running wild in the country for a fortnight: another takes charge of crippled children. perhaps
 the most pathetic work of all, and en-
 deavors to restore them to health or to teach them trades by which they may
 be made self-supporting and happy.
 The Marchloness of Breadalbane has
 initiated an irteresting experiment in the education oforphan boys taken
 from the poorest class. The boys, about dozen in number, are lodged in
 nice workman's cottage in a beauti- ful village, superintended by an intelli-
 gent working woman, and sent to the
 village school All these boys have
 turned out wei. One Is a station mas ter, another an organist, third an es-
 tate cerk, a fourtha head grdener, one or two of them having shown special capacity were sent to college, and did excellently.
 The great beauty of all these schemes
 in the voluntary effort comprised in them and the personal influence re-
 quired to bring them to a satisfactory
 conclusion. They show that many wo-
 men are seriously trying ta grapple
 with business, educational and social problems, and are busy in more senses
 than one.