The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
TURKISH CARPETS"
MADE IN IRELAND
New Bid for Capture Of the
Enemy's Trade in War
Time Recorded.
TOY INDUSTRY GROWS
Special Coeressemdsses 70 The Sou.

DuBLIN, Dec. 6.-ireland 10 no longer
injurious of her own things. but once
In . while she still overlooks q native
achievement. For instance, Manchester
has just told Dublin that ireland now
manufactures Turkish carpets' which
would deceive the elect Of CONSTANT
nople.
Turc-1rish carpets are now added to
Turc-1rish cigarettes. II is a bold bid
for the capture Of enemy trade In war
time. Costly carpets can hardly be re-
garded as a war industry. but the Done
eai factories. from which the Turc-1rish
specimens come, are ~conQuering the in
stinct of economy by sheer merit. Even
now there are enough orders to keep the
workers employed. The skill and beauty
OF the work make steady progress IN
the calm highlands, where George Rus
sell spends his summer holidays. The
design and color Of the carpet which
was exhibited at Manchester ravished
the expert eye, and We are told charmed
an order from an Egyptian connoisseur
Carpet Maaufactsre.
The manufacture Of hand tufted cat.
pets Ia about ffteen years old In County
Donegal and has given employment to
hundreds OF peasants who have IN
herited through ali the troubled ages Of
Irish history the subtle fair for form
and color that distinguished their Celtic
ancestors. The Kildare carpet factory.
which was r~eorganized m a commercial
scale about Ave years ago. has sue
cumbed to the stress of war. II spe-
cialized In large carpets Of the gorgeous
n expensive sort which hrds patrons
In American millionaires and the q
ayers Of international hotels. To-day
even these personages and institutions
are cutting their carpets according to
their cloth. So the Kildare industry
languished. but It has now come into
the hands of the firm which deals most
extensively in Donegal carpets and will
be reopened with a good backing OF
capital. The successful struggle OF the
Irish carpe industry In war time Is
made still more noteworthy by the fact
that. like all other textile industries, II
10 suffering from the scarcity OF dyes
War industries are booming In Ire
land. The woollen factories are hum
ming nieht and day. The only shadow
on the growth Of the munition shops 10
the fear Of the publicans that Dublin
may be made a scheduled area. Irish
agriculture is enjoying golden hours.
Naturally. however. the smaller and
more artistic home industries rave suf-
fered. The men are at the war or In
the fields and workshops. Many OF the
girls are making munitions.
Lace Industry suffers.
The demand for the minor luxuries Of
life Is declining with every new pam
phlet that issues from the Irish War
Savings Committee. There II talk Of q
commercial glass factory in Dublin. but
the little industries in stained glass and
enamels have fallen or evil days. The
lace Industry. a very important anair
In rural ireland. has been hard hit. and
there is some depression In the famous
centres In Kerry. Cork and Limerick.
There Is one cheerful feature In The
outlook for Irish home industries and II
Is mainly due to the enterprise and
energy OF the country's educated women.
They have called a new industry into
existence to redress the balance OF the
old. In the notable Irish number Of the
Times which was published on March
II. 1913. a writer wondered why Ireland
had never adopted the industry OF toy
making, Soon after the outbreak of war
the great millinery shops In Dublin and
Belfast were obliged to dismiss a large
number Of seamstresses and many OF
these probably would be destitute to-day
II q band Of good Notwithstanding the
leading sufragists-had not come to their
help. Workshops for the manufacture of
dolls and other toys were started In
Dublin and Belfast. Some hundreds OF
girls are now employed and the number
Is increasing rapidly. Fortunately 1.-The
financial results are most encouraging
The Industrial associations. which are
the barometers Of Irish industry. say
that most Of the new toy factories are
selling as quickly as they can produce.
One may hope that the toy industry ID
now firmly eStahlished In Ireland