Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-11-24
CLASS IN TEXTILES
BUSY At HIGH SCHOOL
Mrs. Servis Instructs In WoOIens
and Their Uses.
Ten Young Ladies, Most OF Them
Teachers In Country Schools TAX.
ing COurse-R0Om For M0reo

The young ladies who are enrolled
on the new sewing and textile course
at the high school are getting well
started into the work and now take
more interest than ever in it. Satur-
day morning despite the bad weather
there were ten Of them present and all
taking an active part in the mornings
program.
Mrs. Servis took up the subject Of
wool and wooden products and eXhib-
tied a piece of native Turkish carpet
made by little girl in that far-off
country. The carpet is known as the
''Kiz-Kilim,' and is made by nearly
every young lady as a bridal present
to her husband. The carpet is now
more than 20 years old and increasing
in value and beauty every year. Mrs.
Servis spoke of the methods used by
the Orientals in dyeing the fabrics
so that they hold their rich colors in
definitely. The Mohammedan peoples
are forbidden by their religion to own.
or paint any pictures especially of
human subjects and consequently find
their art expression in the rugs and
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lous prices all over the world. Need
less to say wool is the substance used
in the manufacture.
The young ladies will take the
result Of their days work at
the school back with them to their
scholars and in a practical way in
struct them in sewing work, Judging
cloth, and something of the produc-
ton of various textiles from the in
ception on the back of a sheep, the
house of the silkwOrm or the snowy
blossom of the Southland, to the
finished piece of cloth.
Some misunderstanding has oc-
Cured over the question of who is
providing the funds of the class work.
The high school has been selected for
the place of study on account
it's convenience, but the Lancaster
schools are not giving the instruction.
This is provided by the university ex-
tension division and the charge of So
which is purely nominal, is forwarded
to pay in part Of the cost Of getting
up the course. Grant and Juneau
counties have been selected as the
first places to try out the course on
account of their having partic-
ularIy live school officials and
/ instructors. After the course becomes
used throughout the state it will be
self-supporting.
! The university has profted to a de-
gree by the passage of the Smith-Leev-
/ er bill allowing the states many
thousands Of dollars for home econ
omics and agriculture, the United
States government being in this case
/ the philanthrOpist. The departure in
school instruction is not new as In
diana and Ohio have passed laws rem
dering it obligatory and the trend
seems to be in that direction through
out the country.
There are ten young ladies, all but
three of whom are teachers, taking the
course at present and they find that
aside from the opportunities for adj
yancement, the getting together once
week and talking over the problems
and fraterniZing in general is very
pleasant. The course is not now SO
far advanced but what others could
come in and take up the work, the
idea being to learn all one can for
their own and the children's benefit.
Those present Saturday were:
Misses Mayme Johnson, Nellie Martin,
Florence Wieland, Mary Eddy, Elfrieda
Krohn, Clotilda Uppena, Zada Day,
Maye Boyle, Emma KnOebel, and Lau-
"a Johnson.