The Washington herald., 1911-04-13
HELPING IRISH PEASANTS.

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At the forty-second sale of the Roya:
Irish Industries Association at Lans-
downe House. London, Hibernian peer
esses assumed the role of shopkeepers,
and were successful in disposing of i'm
mense quantities Of goods. Much of
the work on sale has been done by
Irish peasants, and some Of II by dis
tressed Irish ladies. Altogether. since
the association was started, a sum OF
ss2d,lo0 has been realized by the va
rlous sales. and the great bulk OF :,
mas found its way into the pockets of
some Of the poorest among the Irish
peasantry.
The Duchess of Connaupbt and
Princess Patricia were received by Lord
Arthur Hill, Lady Lansdowne, and Lady
Londonderry. There was no formal
ceremony. and the royal visitors pro-
ceeded at once to an inspection of the
stails' at which they made numerous
purchases, some of which were intended
as presents for the duchess prandcbiI-
dren. the sons OF the Crown Princess Of
sweden. Both the royal ladies wore long.
proaotall coats and large hats
Inc appearance in the ballroom of a
remarkably handsome lady, ..divinely
tall, fair, and with rose leaf complexion
attracted general attention but very few
[ecosnlzed the new arrival as Miss
Hladys Deacon, the daughter of Mrs.
Baldwin. Miss Deacon's youngest sis
ter was married last summer 10 Prince
Albert Radziwill. While the titled STALL
holders were pushing their wares. Irish
music was played by stringed band
Lady Londonderry booked some splendid
orders for laces for the coronation and
also disposed of numerous wells, scarfs.
and founces from the vast stock she
controlled as president of the associa-
uon stall. Flounces of Carrickmacross and
Limerick were much sought TO cover the
satin kirtles which every peeress wears
as an underdress beneath her robes on
corona ton day
Lady Leicester assisted her mother at
her lace stall, and. like her, wore hand
some black robe. with sparkling gems
at her neck, and long white pumes in
her hat. Lady Castlereagh and Lady
Massereene also We're selling lace. Laces
too. were sold at the County Longford
stall, where Lady Granard proved an in
valuable helper. She was dressed in
prunella velvet and sables. with a sable
toQue and black ospreys
The Duchess of Devonshire hclned her
sister. Lady Waterford to sell the prod
ucts of cottages around her Kerry home,
and Lady Kerry and Lady Hope also
disposed of Curraghmore handicrafts
The Duchess of Roxburghe. who was a
generous buyer. wore black. with dia-
mond neck ornaments and a folded straw
hat lightened with a fat white satin bow
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good customer at the stalls. and Lady
Ma"o was selling attractively bound and
embroidered books at her Irish school
of needlework stall
Lady Kilmorey and Lady Arthur Hill
did well with fleeCy rugs and cloths spun
IN the northeast. and Lady Alexander
PaGet was another worker for Ulster
The Duchess OF Wellington and the
Duchess of Somerset. both ladies attired
in black. were extensive buyers at various
stalls. Lady Allendale wore a handsome
dress of deep violet with toque to match.
and Miss Daisy Beaumont a debutante
OF this season. was assisting Lady Mas
serene. who wore a picturesque empire
dress OF sea-green satin, bordered with
opOSsum. and A Charlotte Corday hat of
lace and satin.
There was n great demand for Irish
lace for coronation wells. and also for
court wear on May and 9. The beauti-
ful variety chosen was generally con-
sidered a great improvement upon tulle
Lady Granard was selling County Long
ford products. Brisk sales were effected
in point lace and Irish lawn blouses
frocks. and robes by Lady Bessborough.
Lady Oranmore. Lady Ely. and Countess
Hochberg.
Lady Kilmorey and Lady Arthur Butler
sold Irish tweeds and rugs. and in the
corridor Lady Hertford and Lady Fingall
were dsposins of large quantities of the
spriEging work which has become so
popular. Nota BILE visitors were Lady
Drogheda, in dark velvet. with a leghorn
hat. plumed with mauve feathers; Miss
Gladys Deacon. dressed in dark blue.
much braided, and a large fat hat COW
cred with black osprey: Lady Mayo. Lady
Erne. Lady Waldegrave. Lady Fitzger-
aid. Lady Evelyn Barring. Georgiana Lady
Downshire, Lady Ormonde, Lady Bective
CaSsandra. Lady Rosse Lady Henry
Bentinck. Lady Doreen Long. Lady Ken
mare. and Mrs. Robert Grosvenor
The association now is more than twen-
ty-five years old. II owes its foundation
to Lady Aberdeen, who when her hus-
band went to Ireland as lord lieutenant
III lcN'' SSIdbliSleu IL dS an OTgdnlZd-
ton for developing the home indus
tries of the country. Since then it has
greatly enlarged its sphere of opera
tiOns. The London depot in Motcomb
street. Belgrave square. was opened In
1891. and in the following year the asso-
citation was incorporated. In 1885 the Lon
don council was formed. with Lady Lon
donderry as its president and Lord Ar
thur Hill as chairman of the executive
committee. and by this means all the
ladies interested in promoting Irish cot
tage industries were drawn together and
"A big combined sale in London took the
place of the many small separate sales
that were formerly held for the benefit
of each individual industry.
The association itself deals with
varied list of products. Irish lace is
naturally one of the most important
and beautiful. and as the association only
deals with the handmade article, those
who are not expert in the differences be-
tween handmade and machinemade lace
can buy at the sale in perfect confidence
that they will receive the right article. The
lace is made either by the peasant work
ers in their own homes or by girls In the
convent schools, or in workrooms pro-
vided by the organizers of the different
industries. The finest and most costly
lace is the Needlepoint and the Rosepoint.
or "Inishmacsaint''- give 1t its Irish
which the work is raised No
but the whole design is built up from a
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