The evening world., 1912-07-13


Ing rooms In the house itself and in
tho wing away from the first floor
library are big. light. bright rooms,
furnished Just as they were for sitting
rooms before they were converted TO
their present use. Here n dozen In
structors show the girls who attend
the school how to embroider, how 10
SPIN how to make lace. how to draw
designs. how to mix colors, how to cut
patterns. how TO enamel on silver and
copper. how to bind books and how to
make gowns Of every description. In
time the school Will be self. supporting
through the sale or its products. A
IL IL now, Miss Gleason pays the deficit
OF each year.
The hrst workroom. where there II
woven the exquisite popiins whose Hna-
ness OF texture ana lightness Of weight
siVo n shimmering appearance Of
wonderful richness. has windows
through which the climbing roses comc
nodding close to tho looms. Here a
half dozen girls. their cotton gowns
covered with big. blue bingham aprons
that give them the appearance OF art
students. work in front OF the looms.
To one who visits Dun Elmer the i'm
preston Is immediate that the girls
not only have an interest in their work
but real enjoyment OF the place work
OF the comradeship. OF the comfort.
All through tho workrooms, the lace
room where girls are making the cob
| web fabrics that are winning for Irish
lace q reputation moro artistic than the
better known Irish crochet has brought:
tho embroidery rooms, where girls work
win linen thread. so glossy that II
looks like the finest silk, patterns from
old Gaelic art In coiors that reproauc,
the soft greens OF the Irish hills. IN,
soft blue OF the Irish skies and the soft
gray OF the Irish clouds. the Atmosphere
IL one OF quiet and pleasant enjoyment.
That the girls Of Dun Elmer adore Miss
Gleeson 10 evident. That Miss Gleeson
regards every girl as her personal
friend Is equally evident
ThtRTY.EloHr VARIETIES OF
BEAUTIFUL IRISH LACE.
zone of the reasons why we're teach.
ing tho finer lace work" Miss Gleesop
explained. after she had left the lace
room with Its exhibit Of fairy handi-
work. is because OF the frequently
made statement that Irish lace ia n fad
that VIII 20 out OF fashion. leaving our
lace workers worse OF than they were
before the demand for the lace arose
but tho peon'" who speak o: Irish lace,
as rule. mean simply the Irish crochet
Now there are at least thlrty-elght other
varieties OF Irish lace. some OF them
hardly known. anl many OF them fner
than any other lace that IL being m,do
at the present time. There Is no reason
In the world why. when this lace a.
better known In the lace purchas ing
markets, there Will not be AZ much d.
mand for II as there has been for ina
Irish crochet. That In why we ara an
couraging every laccmakcr we know IN
learn 10 make as many designs as nos
sible. Proficiency, not specialization. IA
necessary to guard the Industrial work :
err against the possibility OF lack o,
work. For this reason we allow no girl
who comes to tho Dun Elmer Guild 10
consider that she has completed her
education and Is equipped to meet The
world unless she can do more than one
thing adequately enough 10 earn her
living by It,"
One OF the revival industries OF Dun
Elmer II the rug making. Rug making
suggests TO the American busy fnr-
tory. dusty, GRIM, filled with whirllng
machines Dun Emer rugs are made In
a bright. White room that opens on one
OF the love'iest gardens In Ireland, a
garden OF roses, and hollyhocks. and
foxgloves, and sweet William and swee,
peas. And the rug makers are eiyh,
girls. who sit before the big looms
knottlng with wonderful rap.dity the
colored threads. sorting. planning. tying
so that when their work Is done the re.
suit a. one OF those soft. deep rugs tina,
are even now winning fame for the Irish
product
There are 5000 knots In a square yard
of these rugs. One OF the larger rug,
requires the work OF three girls for ri,
weeks. Because Dun Elmer pays It,
workers a higher rate than any othe,
Industry OF the kind. the price Of Dur
! Emer rugs Is correspondingly expen
sivs. The certainty assured by the prlc.
10 much the same as the Irish trad,
mark-good quality Of work done unde
good conditions Of labor"
II 10 on this account. perhaps, tina
the recreati times at Dun Emer ar,
distinctly different from the usual fac
tory noon hour. The girls may come gu
whenever they please from their task
TO the garden. 20 the lawn. TO tho ten
mis- courts. whore balls and racitsts wal
them. And. although there II not AZ
,disy IA Dun EmS. there u plenty 0,