The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-05
And Very Fine ShawIs They
Are, Too, With Warmth
And Beauty to Rec
Ommend Them.
have LARGE HAND LOOMS

been men cooks.
The dressmaker who made the great
est reputation in century as the crea-
tor of the beautiful in women s attire
was Wirth of Paris.
And now Kenosha fremen are prov
ing their prowess as fabricateurs Of
things beautiful and useful.
George Gill of the Central station and
Capt. M. j. Jacobs of the North Side
station have both learned how to make
beautiful wool shawls and blankets
which are more durable and more at
tractive in appearance than those made
by machine.
Started In the West.
1t came about in this way. Last
summer one day, a North Dakota fire.
man who was visiting Kenosha dropped
into the Central engine house and in
the course of his visit told the men
there of the shawl weaving which oc-
cupied the spare time Of the fremen in
his home town. He related the story
of the wonderful spread of the shawl
weaving fad among the fremen of the
country, originating as it did in Cali
fornia and extending until there is
hardly state without some frehouse
where the men use their spare moments
an manufacturing w0rsted products.
Kenoshans Learn How.
Mr.. Gill was the first to become in
terested, and with Captain Jacobs, got
directions from the North Dakotan for
the manufacture of two wooden frames
upon which the shawls are woven. AS
soon as these were completed they sent
for a supply of Shetland floss, an all
wool yarn of which they make the
shawls. 1t is long and tedious work
but all the men who have attempted it,
become fascinated with shawl weaving
and although there are 1000 knots to
be tied in each shawl after the six
thicknesses of threads have been WOW
en- into it, and the weaving of these
threads constitutes tiresome task. the
men have stuck to it until dozens of
the shawls have been turned out in less
than year IS time.
Combine Colors Tastefully.
The weaving gives opportunity for
originality of color design and both
Capt. Jacobs and Mr.. Gill have turned
out some charmingly dainty and at
tractive designs. One which was made
by them for the wife of Chief o 'Hare
was of cream colored wool with baby
blue cross design in the corners and
fringe of both cream and blue.
just before the state fair last fall
Capt. Jacobs and Mr.. Gill had finished
six especially handsome shawls and
sent them to the state fair to be ex
hlblted but because, according to the
1916 classifcations all fancy work was
IN the woman's department, the exhibi
tlons had to be refused. However, the
fair board promised to create men g
work department, for the especial exhi
bition of this work and asked the fire.
men to again send an exhibition in
1917.
Make Bed Comforters, Too.
After the plunge into the realm of
handiwork had once been made the fire.
men became so interested in the crea-
ton of useful and beautiful articles
that they tried their hands on bed COM
forters with the result that their dor
mltory is more comfortable and more
attractive because of the presence of
s1lkallne, worsted-tufted comforters
that combine warmth with attractive
ness.
The tremen have been besieged by
requests of friends to make them
shawls since their skill in this direc-