The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-18

dress they herald the new day. The pctursu
and fantastic costumes have been discarded d
simple checked Bingham frocks under all envss|
ing white linen aprons.
In sharp contrast to these cooking school dh|
are the young women who are studying IN n
rious other branches and clinging religiousJ I
the gayly Powered skirts, tight at the hips iS|
ing away to voluminous breadth and great tnh
at the feet, and surmounted by the queer Id
crisp cotton jackets, for all the world like bsdl
cut kimonos and punching up about the mech !
an ungraceful fashion, always suggesting hun
shoulders.
To make beautiful laces and fine embroidss
seems to be an almost natural art with the M
pino girls, an inherent aptness resulting undsA
eddy from the uncounted generations Of lace M
ers before them. The strong, supple and w
cately slender brown fingers are steady Is ha|
The clear dark eyes are not tired by the nj
cate. tedious patterns which would meal us|
of nerves and vision of women less patient Z
tranquil minded.
Lace making and embroidery were not hn|
duced by American teachers. .but were bc4
to the islands centuries ago by the Spanns|
According to Medna's history, needlecrsh
taught in the convent schools as early a w
and Retana in the early eighteenth century w
that "the girls easily initiate the laces and 4
broidery Of Europe" and that they perform "
work fairly well in little time"
The foundation being laid, 1t was an opvd'
nifty quickly seized by the American tescne
and while the instruction under convent teae'7
necessarily was restricted to cornpsrsn'Y
small number. It is the hope Of the nstna
of these days that needlecraft speedily snaa
come of universal knowledge among nHp
women. Also It is hoped that through their
ness for embroidery and lace making there
be opened up for them a steadily remuhe''
occupation.
In the nurses training work also the ioa
been to provide the young women with rema1
tive work, but the beginnings in that line W..
the face OF stubborn prejudice and oppc-
The natives were extremely suspicious OF oc'
and hospitals and 1t was quite beyond @nI
hension that any young woman OF mooese
good taste should be willing to undergo w"
experience.
A campaign OF enlightenment had 70
ried on before 1t was possible to estaol, -
ing classes But the readily adaptaoe fNs
once convinced that the finest OF young >
became nurses among more advanced Nv
lightened people, speedily abandoneo W.
udice. The set OF the wind Is now u su. -
the opposite direction and the 'o0
trained nurse has so caught popular nns
the number OF applicants each year Is
than the capacity Of the training scno~
In basketry and rug weaving anotnei
line has been opened for women ano
good fortune 1t happens that the islan0. 49,. -
in lavish quantities all Of the requires .,tr
which with their commercial vaiue -
hitherto were permitted to rot In u. -
Still another line OF income is from Wv
ing and canning OF fruits for comme' 800
which at once makes income oearlne 1870 [
wasted human energy as well as 'a'
unused fruits. ,oune
So summed up the training Of the 49, 80
pino women means that when the
came to teach them the desire for . I'm $500
cd of living the new and strangely sns
conqueror showed them at the SA'"'
the desire might be grained -.