The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-04-04
THE IRISH LAcEwoRkERs.
Deft Fingers of Erin's Daughters
Weave Airv Fabrics.

During the current week at the Hom
Store in Columbus there is to be seel
most interesting working exhibit o
the making of Irish lace The exhibit
Is given by three bright Irish cailini di
rect from Ireland, who are touring al
the great cities of the United States il
the interests of this beautiful Irish art
industry
Irish crochet, which is now the most
popular handmade lace in the market
is the principal lace shown. Many low
ers of fine work have during the past
week listened to the description of
Irish crochet given by Mary O'Flan-
agan in the liquid and musical ac-
cents OF the west of Ireland Gael.
While she plies her nimble fingers
making the separate motives of which
the design is built up, she gives a run
ming commentary upon the manner of
building them and the proper materials
10 use for each part. When she has a
pile of "shamrocks,' daisies, -
wheels" overlooking her Worl1box, she
spreads them out upon a paper form
which she cuts herself. and arranges
them TO suit the artistic taste that has
been handed down. to her from a hun
dred generations of lovers of fine work.
Near little brown-haired Miesian
Mary sits her fair-haired Denaan
cousin, Rose Egan. She is occupied
with the more delicate but not less
durable baby Irish The needle with
which she works is the same as Mary's,
and has a similar homemade handle
but the result is quite different Per-
haps q slight smile with little touch
of humor is playing over her face, as
she listens to a discussion between two
bystanders as each in turn expresses
her preference for one or another kind
OF crochet. Rose uses no packing
thread to give RELIEF to the strong
parts Of her design, but depends upon
the beauty of the outline when shown |
against a dark background.
At the opposite corner of the booth |
sits fine specimen OF a race whose
women are athletes and heroes as well
IS its men. She may be sitting with |
pencil and paper drawing a design
which she will afterward work up with
net and fine linen into a piece of filmy
Carrickmacross lace. You will no
doubt be tempted to ask her to stand
APP and explain some of the beautiful
laces that are displayed in the show
case beside her. If you do you will go
away wondering how near she comes to
being a six-footer.
Mary Kate Davoren is demonstrating
lace that is very effective contrast to
the crochet work. Frail, and gauze
like, it is no wonder that its popularity
is growing, and that many visitors are
71lled with the desire to learn as much
as possible about it while the lace maxi
ers are in Columbus.
Masterpieces of irish Art.
A young priest, the Rev. Michael
u F1anagan, is in charge of the dis
play. He is giving an instance of how {
me priests in Ireland have ever been
Wiling to throw in their lot with the !
people in every good work they under "A
take. During the day Father O'Flan-
asan spends as much time as possible l
an the store, anxious to give as much |
information as he can about the art !
ana INDUSTRY of Ireland. In the even {
lngs he addresses societies, schools and J
SOCIAL gatherings He does not confne d
ms attention to Irish laces, but is anx- !
lous to tell about all sides of Irish life q
and to bear a message of pride and
nope from Ireland to her exiled children q
across the sea. A
me masterpieces Of early Irish art he n
would ike to see copied and placid in &
every museum in the United states 4
Every lrishman should know that the II
ross Of Cong, the Ardagh chalice and O
the Iara brooch, made in Ireland 500 O
, cars ago. are the most perfect speci-
mems Of ornamental metal work in ex- a
lstence. He should not merely know II Il
however, but he should be in a position n
TO invite his friends to the nearest
museum and prove it from reproduc- NJ
tons kept there. ~ m
chicago and New York alone are for m
-unate enough to have these comics mn re
% the present. Would it not be a grand RI
uea TO nave the Book of Kells coined
u facsimile and sent all over the world
IS means Of dispelling the clouds Of
RnOTanGC - 1rrY, n.
'cureu me bright pages of Ireland's ca
9arly history? ba
but more important still is the living hi
work OF today Few know that there m
IRE al leaSt Tour houses in Ireland that va
Urn out the most beautiful stained tt
,lass windows for church decoration SD
1afoly and Miss PUrser of DubIin w,
buckley of Youghal and Ward and ca
'ar1heIs OF Belfast have put in manv ce
, SaiIlsu glass windows in Ireland and of
lseWhere that would be the nrida Of hi!
ne greatest cathedral in Arnerioo ha
estments sacred vessels, statues and to
! ldIs are all produced in Dublin ara tn:
.oIh, ana they breathe a spirit of de- bu
o1iOiI ailu reverence such as one might he
Apect an the work Of artists raised in ide
ne e, atmosphere of holy Ireland. ers
IHose OF our readers who meet -Fa :
Ier " flanagan and the Irish girls BILE
10 accompany him, viii learn ,nucb Sir
oouI ireland and her spirit, and will in an
1hsequence come away with Increased me
7sp 5 Tor that grand old Catholic FAY
from Columbus the exhibit goes 70
le stun Baer & Fuller Co. store AT ST Gu
" JUS Iof Two weeks and then to En-
,y-Blrd-Thayer company. Kaneos Blu
iIy' Mo; j. L. Brandeis & Sons. Ona1 w,
z, and the Denver Dry Goods CON-
any for one week each.-CatboIic Co Blu
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