The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-20
ORIENTAL WORKS CT ART ARE
PLANNED BY TRAINED MEN
IN THIS COUNTRY.
Chicago News Letter Tells of Events
Happening in the City of Inter
est to Outsiders.

CHICAGO May 20.-That practical,
commercial America is today supplying
the inspiration and designs for some Of
the best Industrial art works of the
orient is the interesting fact that has
Just come to light as a result of an
investigation into the oriental rug in
dustry, reports a Chicago dealer
Trained designers are now regularly
retained, it appears, by several of the
large importing houses to supply pat
terms for the most valuable Persian
and Indian rugs, the proper designing
of which is fast becoming a lost art in
Asia, the land of its birth. Chicago is
the center of this work, which has
grown SO important that special train
ing for it is now provided by the Art
Institute of Chicago, the largest art
school in the country. The men and
women who intend to adopt this pro-
fession are given a complete grounding
In the theory and practice of design
and the principles of historical orna-
went such as the simple rug weavers
OF Asia Minor and KhOrassan never
dreamed. The designs produced by
these workers, which are truer to the
old standards than most of the modern
Oriental ere aticns, are sent to the east,
where they are made up into rugs by
native Worlmen and are then ship
ped back to the Windy City. The de-
of "a ind in
Asia, through the Whols sale intrOduc-
ton Of aniline dyes and a growing
spirit of western cOmmercialism, is
largely responsible for this move on the
part of the importers, it is asserted
although the desire of American art
patrons to possess rugs of special de-
sign is also an important factor AS i
result of this there is a growing de-
mand for competent designers, the eff
feet OF which is shown in the report
of the Art Institute authorities that
students are focking to Chicago in
increasing numbers to train themselves
for positions in the broad field of the
industrial arts.
War on White Slave Traffic.
Club women of Illinois have taken up
the warfare against the white slave
trattic"-the capture and sale of girls |
for a life of shame, and their virtual
Imprisonment in dens of vice The |
Illinois Federation of WOmen's clubs |
has endorsed the Lederer bills which |
have been reported for passage in the |
Illinois legislature the model bills
aimed at the debt system, importation |
of girls into the state for immoral pur-
poses and the degraded cadet" Off;
cial notice of this action was received |
by the legislative committee recently |
letter from President Elizabeth Haw-
ley Everett of the Illinois Federation OF |
Women's clubs, who wrote: The bills
regarding which you wrote me blouse |
Bills 1872 and 1889 were both endorsed |
by the Board of Directors of the Illi- |
nois Federation of Womens clubs at
the first session we have held since
your communication was received At !
ter the endorsement, these bills were |
placed in the hands of our legislative
committee, Mrs. George r. Bacon of /
Decatur, chairman, that such assist |
ance as is in our power may be given |
We indeed place this subject among
the first of those that should claim
our interest and our hearty assistance"
Steps to perfect a business mems or |
ganiZation to wage a persistent cam
Daign for state laws aimed at the re-
Cruiting for white slavery" and law
enforcement have been taken, repre-
sentative men of Chicago having ex-
pressed to the Woman's World COM
mittee their willingness to help finance
the fight. Detectives, lawyers and lee
turers will be used to make the fight
effective.
Revival of Business.
Revival of business may head off the