The Washington times., 1916-11-28
When Hands and Mind Are o.
cupied, Mental Troubles Have
No Place In Thoughts.
ONE WOMAN TELLS ABOUT IT
Miss Mary Hubbard Found the
Work So Fascinating She
Won't Stop II Now.

A girl who 10 successful leading
other women into an undsvelopcd
field OF work by the strings OF an old
craft IL to be found in one Of the big
studio rooms at Carnegie Hall. The
girl IL Miss Mary Hubbard, OF Pitts
Held, Mass, and her work In weaving.
A number OF years ago. relates Miss
Hibbard. she was broken down In
health. when she had partly recov-
cred her physician suggested that she
20 to the sanitarium OF DR.. Herbert
Hall. at Marblehead, Mass. and learn
weaving. DR.. Hall was one Of the
pioneer advocates OF weaving. II IL said.
for people who require manual work to
keep their minds from themselves. He
has Ave shops and twenty-six looms nj
work. successfully proving his theory
every day.
Forces One 70 Conceutrats.
I'm weaving" Miss Hibbard explains.
you have to concentrate. That IL why
Il II considered the best OF all the
crafts for nervous people. You cannot
do the work with your hands and with
your mind on other things. IL you do.
| trouble with your treadles. and your
shuttle misbehayes. Aside from all that.
you cannot work out n pattern without
ut IL very fascinating work. I have
not had a single pupil who has not be-
| come enamored Of Il at once. You sec.
| from the creative standpoint. u H. as
unrestricted as any form OF art You
| cottons, copper threads at your disposal.
\ From this gorgeousness OF array you
| can choose anything you want and DO
anything you want In the way OF WORK
She led the way over TO one OF the
looms. where n beautiful teble cover "
blue and gold and silk and copper thread
| was stretched on the frame,
But now you have worked out ons
| end In a pattern to suit yourself, as
you've gone along. how are you coins
10 know how TO match u on the other
end IN Identical dimensions7' was the
question.
Plain Weave Not Difacuit
"oh. you make notes. telling what you
did In the nrst place. when you were
making your design. Then when you
come TO the other side you have Il all
there and only have TO follow your
own directions. This kind Of work Is
the more expert and Is really only done
BY the advanced I pupil Tns plain n wsa, ,S
difficult: In fact, Il In very easy. and IL
grasped by the elementary pupil at once.
The difference In threads. whether you
work with n single or double thread. Ii
made by shifting the shuttles-as every
one knows who has operated Q loom
On the opposite loom Miss Hubbard
showed a rainbow warp, an experiment
she was trying out. and which was re.
suiting In a wonderful plaid design all
in rainbow colors. She uses silks. mer-
cerized cottons, threads OF all kinds
and woods. You can use most any
thing you can get into the loom" she
laughed, when talking about materials,
And who would have thought OF max
4 ing a sport hat the product OF New
England loom! She brought IL out from
the cupboard In the corner.
II was of a pink and white cotton
weave. She had simply woven the ma
terial. the white In a broad band. with
the touch OF pink In the stripe. This
piece was cut out TO ne the top OF the
hrim. Another piece covered the crown,
drawn down snugiy around the waist OF
the crown. with n conventional rose
| worked into the front In a nat wool de-
sign. IL was wholly original. smart
and satisfactory to look upon.