Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-03-07
EX3TDV AT C A RvEL HALL
Tomorrow and Tbursday---To Save
From Destitution Wrought by
European War.

] AkE EUllEAA.ON Ml44 NlNiu0e SDeGl-
mems Of ladies lingerie. infants wear.
Z table and house linens the work from
( special designs of a colony of the ma
I i've women OF Madeira. which prom
! inent American. Miss Llzinka Turner.
/ formerly of St Louis and Washington.
/ has established on the island al her
beautiful home. the Villa Esperanca
I near Funchal TO save them from the
destiution with which they are threat
ened in consequence of the European
{ war For. although neutral territory
( as an adjunct of Portugal. Madeira. in
( its small way, is as much a sufferer
T from the war as the great nations ac-
lively engaged.
Up TO the outbreak OF the gigantic
struggle the island. with its beneficial
climate. its superb scenery and trop-
( ical luXuriance of sylvia and fora. was
I the favorite pleasure ground of all the
I people OF the earth,who lavished their
own wealth within its narrow bound
/ aries and acquired considerable mon
/ ey in return by the development of ma
( tive industries But with the call OF
the bloodf rom the mother countries
Madeira has been deserted by the
/ great mass of its foreign born popula-
ton, who, in their going, have taken
with them not only the fat purses al
ways generously open for the native
demands. but also the brain and Drawn
necessary for the the successful pre-
ductiOn OF their Industries
In many instances commercial VEN
80, FFr,
years depended as its chief source of
livelihood, are now completely ami
hilated. Among the most important of
these latter were the embroidery fac
tories established at Funchal by the
Germans, and the abrupt closing of
which a year ago. left $500 Madeira
women and those dependant upon
them. TO face what seemed almost
certain starvation.
For their relief Miss Turner has de-
voted not only her abilities and time.
but large proportion of her personal
means. Miss Turner is a daughter of
Mrs. Harriott Tuunernow residing ir
Washington, woman 9f cb arminr
personality wide culture and an au-
thor Of note,and through her. a great
granddaughter of the late Judge Geo
W. Campbell. of Tennessee. who held
the Offices in turn of United States
Representative and Senator to Con-
gress: Secretary of the Treasury un-
der President Madison; of Minister to
Russia during the administration of
President Monroe. and of commission
er TO settle the French claims by APP
pointmenl of President Andrew Jack
son.
In addition to an ancestry distin-
guished throughout the annals of the
United States. Miss Turner has also
inherited a breadth of mind and of
svmpathies cosmopolitan in their
scope. An inveterate traveller. during
a visit 10 Madeira a few years ago
charmed equally by its beauties and of
the diversity of its population. she
decided 20 make her home on the ISL
and. From the first her energies
were engaged in the betterment of the
condition of the native women then
employed in the embroidery factories
upon the meagre wage of from 10 to
20 cents a day To enable them TO
obtain a better result from their la
bors she imported dainty linens and
lawns from France and ireland. and
had the women Of the ISLAND instruct
ed in the 6ner grades of needleworE
on which the materials formed the
medium, herself devising artistic de.
signs for the purpose.
The results were an exquisite type
of work which has acquired the title
of Esperanca embroidery and wliiCI
speedily became equally in great de-
mand among the wealthy residents of
Madeira. the tourists who invade the
island during the colder months of the
wear and the officers of the naval YES
sells from all the four corners of the
earth, who delighted to drop anchor in
the picturesque Funchal Bay
Although the progress of the war
soon cut of these resources of imme-
diate demand. Miss Turner. by no
means discouraged, when the Ger
mans abandoned their factories. gath
cred as many Of their former employ
ees into a colony adjacent to her villa
where they are not only comfortably
provided for temporarily, but where
fnttN AAbftN1 tN ENNB tlANlAl Hft ildLEnNlA
employed at remunerative prices. For
assistance in this project she is look
ing for the cooperation of her own
country. Owing to the further draw
back of the almost continual presence
of hostile submarines in the surround
ing waters. but few ships now attempt
10 touch at Madeira, thus further Grip
ping not only the export of the wo-
mems handiwork, but also all other
OF the island industries
Miss Turner, however. has sue
, ceeded during the present winter in
sending TO the United States few
| cases Of the embroideries by the
roundabout way of Portugal These
I have recently been shown under the
auspices of prominent women with
great success beth in Washington and
/ New York. The prices are kept down
/ 10 as reasonable a limit as the cost Of
I transportation and the duty demand
( ed viii allow, and the proceeds of the
sales are promptly returned to Miss
Turner for the benefit of the colony
| Miss Sarah Harrison Powell. of Balti-
more, viii be in charge of the Carvel
Hall exhibit.