The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-27

part of it is found in the way tbs
agents grind them down in price.
Here the women q receive at least
three-fourths of the money for which
the article is sold, and the prices arc
high, for II is beautiful work and
worth every cent of it. No machine
and no woman taught here could pro-
I duce such results unless they began
young, as have these girls and
women"
Once again. in learning of this for
eign work, one must recognize the ar
tistic ability behind it. These en-
broideries do not follow patterns, their
design is not stamped" The Italian
girl will first draw her pattern and
then work it. Not so the Bohemian.
She creates as she goes along.
Where do you get your design"
one woman was asked.
Design? You mean this?" point
ing to the work. 81 don't know,
From the grass, the tree, the little,
flower. / get it everywhere, from my
heart from my head. 1t is all around
me and take it and put it in here"
One woman came into the settle
ment house with a piece of heavy
dark linen. On il was embroidered a
border about a foot wide of horizon
Glue and deep red. She held 1t out
to Miss Carroll.
81 make curtains" she said. Door
curtains? You like?"
Miss Carroll being a young woman
Of excellent taste said she did like"
So here's this woman making a
wonderful set of portieres. A peasant
woman in Bohemia would probably
never make these, but here they have
seen curtains and portieres in the set
Element house and other places and
1t has occurred to one embroiderer to
make such a set.
Opportunity for Lace Makers.
There Is another line of old world
art that would flourish here if there
were a large enough number OF per-
sons to carry 1t through That is the
making OF Belgian, Brussels and other
kinds of lace. There are few BelRians
In this country who understand this
art. One woman was seen who Is kept
busy supplying private customers. IL
was interesting to watch her. This
lace is made on what Is known as a
lace pillow" a hard stuffed affair. A
pattern is then pinned on and pins
placed on the dotted lines OF the nat
tern. then the deft hands OF the
worker handle the numerous shuttles
that mold the fine thread II looks
like an impossible tangle to one I'M
familiar with it, but TO the lace maker
II is all as clear as day IT is impos-
sibie TO produce more than yard of
two inch lace day, in fact one must
be lightning worker to do this or
course II this sold for SO or 81 a ward
a days work would be we'll paid. but
II does not always bring so much.
Lace making may be one Of those old
world arts that will not stand trans
planting. IL the lace making in IT,
seit Is too slow a process here. Lace
mending and repairing Is not, and ,r
many OF the shops that handle the
nne hand made laces from foreign
countries there are italian, French
and Belgian girls employed in mend
ing and restoring old pieces.
All OF these things that are new IN i.
dustries in America have been turnad
up oy Inc war. Each Of the foreign
colonies seem TO have an art To con.
tribute. No longer will America hs
looked upon as wholly machine made
for now, as never before, she Is A.,
veloping and approaching the anai
handwork of men and women VIII
have been here all the time, hut vvh.I
have been hidden away in som. a.
corner of the city.
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