Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-02-21
SWEAT Shops 0LD|LURED BY ARCTIC
Philadelphia Woman Traces ORR
Din Back to $500 3. c.
Miss Lamb Tells o. Her Researches
% University Museum Audience
They Existed In Ancient EsyPs
First Needle . Thorn.

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According to the reports of Miss m.
A. Lamb, q Philadelphia woman who
has taken upon herself the task OF
raising the needle to Its rigntruI
place in history. upon the results OF
her personal Investigations among
relics OF the most ancient peoples, tne
sweatshop originated in Egypt sno
the first needle probably was piuckeo
from a thorn tree by Mother Eve
Some few minutes after her historic
''leave-taking OF the Garden OF Eden.
Miss Lamb appeared the other day
in the lecture hall OF the Museum
OF the University OF Pennsylvania
and every assertion she made to an
interested audience was backed Dy
photographs and exhibits sufncientiy
accurate to convince the, most unoe-
lieving Of skeptics. OF course. there
were no relics Of Adam and Eve: the
assumption concerning the means
taken by them to add to their abbre-
Waited costumes after cold knowledge
had started the first OF all human
troubles, is nothing more or less than
a long shot at doubtful target But
Miss Lamb did show photograph OF
the very oldest piece Of combination
leather work and embroidery In ex-
istence, piece that is carefully pre-
served in museum of the old world,
and demonstrated how positively 1t 10
known to antiQuarians that the skill
fnl hands responsible for its exist
ence were busy at work during the
reign Of Solomon. s-,
To prove Egypt's responsibility for
the appearance of the sweat shop the
women lecturer showed very strik-
Ing photograph of tapestry hall OF
the ancient empire taken from stone
carvings Of very ancient period and
beside the figures OF woman and
man, men being among the most ex-
pert of the early needle and loom
workers, there was a series of hero
glyphics that. deciphered. bespoke the
plant of an old Egyptian woman
who was much displeased that her
daughter. after serving an apprentice
ship in one of the shops. was not be-
ing paid in proportion. to her labors
And the strange writing goes on to
describe the shops-small places with
many occupants who are; deprived OF
sun and air willie they work. .
This was $500 years before Christ.
Going back even further Miss Lamb
produced etchi1gs from the cliff
abodes of the cave-men Of period
that belongs somewhere in the hazy
stretch Of time known as the stone
age. and time after time the rude
skill OF the rock-dwellers was shown
to have turned to the portraying Of
the fancy sleeve-dress of the tribal
chiefs and leading warriors. An actual
photograph Of a tunic, dug from ten
feet Of peat In an Irish bog and EVIL,
IDENTIFY part OF the apparel of one
of Ewes earliest daughters. was
thrown upon the screen in the lecture
hall. The process Of petrification re-
vealed It to be made Of two pieces
Joined together by a system OF stitch
ing similar to what is known now as
"drawn-work." 1t seemed sufficiently
convincing to the women part Of the
audience and the rest of Miss Lambs
admirers took their applause as ex-
pert testimony. ,a-.@s.
Thorne from the trees Of antiquity
were the first needles. After them
came those of bone. flint and shell
and the succeeding steps we're taken
gradually through stone and copper to
the steel implement of today. Miss
Lamb showed pictures OF the FIRST
cousin Of the needle. the safety-pin.
and It seems to have had it's origin
lust 1000 years earlier than Chris
tianity. 1t was Z mere matter Of de-
tail to carry the story through Chal-
dea. Babylonia. Asyria and the lands
Of the ancient Hebrews .
From all that the patiently investi.
eating Philadelphia woman was able
to tell her audience. yesterday It is
assured that Abraham. Solomon and
Mohammed wore richly-embroidered
silks and cloth Of gold; that even be.
fore them the stone men. content
with lesser attire. made fancy wrist
lets and arm decorations, and. finally,
that the needle as we see t.. IA only
the present.day descendant OF the bit
Of thorn bush the first woman
plucked on the outskirts OF .Eden In
an emergency born OF the very ear
Hest "movingday" recorded. s@s
Wonderful Repartee.
At studio tea painter said: