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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1907)
4 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; JANUARY 27, 1007. Italian Lace Making a New York Industry 3' VKRT morning daughtsr of Italy gather in a Mr. sunny room In Richmond Hill house, at a Mao dougal street, for Instruction In an industry that until recently was spoken of as a, lost artnamely, laca making. Fut these same girls in a factory and ihey would partake of the sordlsnosa of their surrounding. Here there Is an Immediate reversion to the picturesque type. Aa they alt, some cf them bending over the square pillows, some plying the needles, some busy with bobbin or wind ing bits of thread, they are a revelation of the charm and beauty of laoe making. Miss Carotins, Amart Is at present In structing the class. In speaking of the lace making revival she emphasises the Italian's Inborn distaste for the mechanical trades. They are, she says, essentially In dividualists and must be treated aa suoh In order to get tha best out of them. "The laoe schools which now flourish an over Italy were established principally to revive the dormant art of our grandmoth- W8il as to prevent. If possible, the enormous loss of population due to emi gration, which. In turn, came about from lack of employment," she said. "Here we have established a similar aohool to help the emigrants to live in their proper environments, to earn their Uvlng as they are best fitted. "The soul of the Italian Is attuned to the beautiful The sweatshop, the factory, the telephone and telegraph' booth exert a most deplorable effect on Italian women. "They soon become uninterested In their work, then they are Irritable and finally unmanageable. They are trying to fit themselves to the wrong frame. "Some of the brightest and best girls we have here came after a nervous break down in some factory. With us, we have absolutely no friction. They love their work, they never make excuses to be an ient, and It is no unoommon experience to hear them beg to remain after the work ing day Is over to finish some pattern. "We find nothing surprising In thla, The American girl pt the same class la born with a different Inheritance. When she earns her living she turns naturally to commercial means therefor, but for genera tions Italian women have worked at the loom In their own homes usually, always In a pleasant, attractive environment The lnve of this work Is In their blood. Just aa the clicking of machinery brings a thrill of pride and understanding to the Anglo- said. euxon. "We can take a green Italian girl Into the workshop and In a few weeks she Is working at the most Intricate patterns aa If she had never done anything else. She has an Inherent knowledge of the fitness of design, of the beauty of Una and form. Bhe handles these famous patterns as If she could read in them the stories and , , in m M . ,i . mm 11 fl m i Fill tf tiii '- -- , . f ''IfcssslssisassM X.ET KABTMAJf rE ATM Em TOUB HEST began to send me samples of their laces to copy. Some of these pieces were abso lutely invaluable; once loet or destroyed the particular pattern would be gone lor ever. "My sister, took photographs of all these patterns and at the same time I commenced to form a collection by purchase, exchange and through the many gifts which repre sented the good will of my people. It is from these samples that many forgotten r itches have been revived. "Many American women who have mar ried Italians have gone heart and soul into this work and labor side by side with their Italian friends for the be ttei'iiiAnt nf run. 'At my villa, TresJuano, near utinn vr thr a.ncraiii - Florence, It was no unusual experience for they leave the Question of artiatiu ntnitn to a peasant woman to come and beg me to the native dotov while they handle the help her to recall some old lace stitch practical Interests with great Judgment which her mother or grandmother used to "The Countess dl Brazsa, who was Miss THH SHOW ROOMS. Blocum of New Orleans is one of these. In Bologna the Countess Una Cavasza baa a school for old embroideries. The Marchesa Etta de V1U de Marco, who was Miss Dun ham, a New Tork girl, has two schools, a make. "At length 1 formed a small class, and this gradually grew Into a school without my realising the responsibility I had as sumed. I have always been specially inter- romances that are an InMndn par . I- mhi m . i i . a i n i n i ,t, ... . ... v y Mi( " wo o . . . m in uiu c?!vitufcu iw, ymuw iocs scnooj in me ADruxsl and a "" etitcnes that are very popular here in "In my own experience In Italy I have America and I tried to focus our attention known workmen who have been em- on those, with great success, ployed in the famous glass factories of "My experience was duplicated by hun- Venlce and who have broken down when dreds of other Italian ladle living on es- jut at work In a factory where only cheap tatea all over the country, and from theso 1-4 Hartman's Furniture Is the Sturdy, Reliable Kind that FAR-SEEING BUYERS WANT The C2 great ITartman store Uirongliout the. Vnited StaN-s have good made) to their special order. They are goods made with care, of elected material and of most reliable construction In every deUlL We will not be part to. tricks of cheap manufacturer who cover up de fect In their good with potty and varnish. Our good are the old-reliable, kind, the kind that ha the lasting quality, the kind that give satisfaction today and will give satisfaction for Tears to come. II art man's New and Improved Part Payment Plan Carries with It the privilege of paying roar bills as your circumstances permit. " olid Oak Txtenalon Table Like cut. Made of solid oak, has five heavy legs, extends to . oi top is 4i42 Inches niceiy nmsnea. Hart man new special. extra well made, has easy-running slides 15 Year Mosey1 Hsrtk sr Mosey lack All Goods Like Cuts ip jj AUCeecs Market is rtsis Figures Bpeelal Colonial Library Table Illustration. lias new badger Exactly like liter finish, whim can I be tolit from real quarter sawed: muHslve colonial legs, with shelf beneath; large slse top; only Ill linn 12LS swing Machine 5 drawers. unu oaa rase, luily guar antees complete with ful set of attachments and parts uiy guar- 18!! ffpeclal Bed Combination See cut. 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X CREDIT TERMSi $100 Wortb, $10 Cashi $S a Month Larger Amount In Proportion Oak Chiffonier See cut. large French plate mirror beveled, 6 easy running daw ers, each fitted m Qe with locks; at fx0 Hartman's, II , only All Heaters, Stores and Ilanges must go. Grand sweeping clearance. Remark able prices prevail. mtm. ' TUB DANTE HOOD, products were made, to return to health many philanthropic the attempts rrew and happiness when once more set at the well known Co-Operatlve Industrial Society wora 10 wnicn mey were accustomed, of Italian Woman, which Is represented by every piece of which brought a feeling of schools all over Italy, large workshops at artistic satisfaction to the most humble Rome, Pisa, Florence and agencies In all the artisan. They are the people who, when smaller towns. It has for Its ohlert tn hein the Campanile fell, went through the streets with tears running down their cheeks tn their grief over the loss of their wonderful tower." In order to explain the lace school here the peasants to earn their living In a suit able manner, to make it possible for them to stay In their home and to revive the art of lace making. "A soon as the rumor of the eetabltsh- SliHS A marl explained the schools on the ment of my school got about I found my other side a an introduction. path made very easy, almost flower strewn, "My own school Is a sample of many," in fact. The ladle of my acquaintance needle embroidery 'school In Casamasella, near Otranto. Marchesa dl Sorbella, also an American woman, who waa a Miss Robert before her marriage, ha a school near Perugia for rare stitches in colored embroidery. Miss Minnie Luck, an Eng lish woman, ha a school for pillow lac In the AbruuL "Naturally, In time we turned our atten tion to America. This little school Is the result When I tell you that less than two year ago w started with a capital of S2.000 and during the first twelve months had sold and taken order for about $8,000 worth of goods, you can see that we took a right estimate of our countrywomen' pos sibilities. "For the household linen we have re vived the use of the old missal letters, as they are shown In the Illuminated parch ments and In the old pattern. These let ters are complex enough to suit the most elaborate taste, or simple, If one prefer, but their line are exquisite. ' "Sometime we have them inset into the sheets; sometime they are merely em broidered on them, as taste and economy suggest. For the towels we use a great deal of the old blue linen embroidery and smaller letters of the same missal origin. "The most popular article we have sold, both In New York and in London, Is the so-called Dante hood. You can't look at on of them without recalling an old Italian picture. Nearly every household that boasts any kind of lace collection has a number of these caps and many patterns. They are becoming to nearly every faoe and are being used extensively as opera hoods. Some of the patterns cost 140, some $100, but they 'are well worth what they cost, for they cannot be duplicated In cheaper ware. , "Many of these lace are exact copies of drawing found In frescoes In old Italian palaces and churches. The only two hand looms In the world for making the filet, or net, which forms the groundwork of many of the most beautiful patterns, are located In Rome and are the property of the so ciety. Some of the filet Is made, as we do it here, with a needle, but for the larger pieces tha loom work Is more practical, and so I bring over a quantity of it each time for the classes to use. "The Italian women are very fond of bags; they use them for half a hundred purposes, for the handkerchief, for the half--finished embroidery, for the laundry, and models of many bags are shown from the tiny one that holds the piece of lace called handkerchief to the solid mass of embroidery that opens for the sofa cushion. These many bags are finished with the quaint fastenings that centuries ago took the place of buttons, oblong bits of solid embroidery that slip Into eyelets. "Many of the articles have another his torical finishing, the little tassels. Ilka bunches of white currants, called clondiliti, familiar to every lacj worker and lace lover of Italy. Sometimes on the dollies these tasst'ls have for substitutes a flat pendant, daintily attached, the copy of a Mf -T. X Prattle of the Youngsters A teacher In one of the primary schools of New York recently read to her pupils "The Old Oaken Bucket." After explaining the song to them very carefully, she aaked the class to copy the first stanza from tlfe blackboard, where he had written It, and try to Illustrate the verse by drawings in the same way a atory Is illustrated. In a short while one little girl handed up her slt)te with several little dots between two lines, a circle, half a dosen dots, and three buckets. "I do not quite understand this, Malmy," aid the teacher, kindlly. "What is that circle?" "Oh, that's the well," Malmy replied. "And why do you have three bucket?" again asked the teacher. "One," answered the child, "is the oaken bucket, one Is the iron-bound buoket, and 1 'the other is the moss-covered bucket that bung in the well." "But, Malmy, what are all these little ot for?" to her mother, a knife In one hand and aw egg In the other, and asked: "How do yow cut an egg in half without spilling It?" Bobby I wish I was a girl. ' Mamma Why do you wish that, dear? Hobby So I wouldn't have to worry about what I'll be when I'm a man. "Ma." said little Tommy, "what tlma was it when I was born?" "A little after 6 o'clock In the evening," replied his mother. "My goodness! Why, it was time to go to bed before I got a chance to celebrate that birthday, wasn't it?" Little Louise, aDout to go away on a loaf Journey, was saying goodbye to one of he father' old friends. "Well," said the oU gentleman, "I suppose that when I see jro. again you will be a big woman and jro. will have little girls like yourself." "No, sir," said Louise. "I am never go 'Why, those are the spot which my in- lng to marryi I "lng to be a wldon fancy knew," earnestly replied' Malmy. narpers Weekly. "Every package o dat breakfast food," aid little Willie, "has a plxture on it of a big, strong man an' It says he eats It very day." "Dat must be a fake," replied Tommy. "Why he's big and strong enough to fight anybody dat tried to make him eat dat tuff." Alta' mother was ill and Alta had been asked to make the coffee, using half an all my life." The little daughter of Representative Burleson of Texas goes to the same school Quentin Roosevelt attends. They have a drill each day In marching out of tha room. Little Miss Burleson waa so placed one day last week that she and Quentin Roosevelt were to take hold of one an other's hand and march out. The Uttls girl held back when she saw the presi dent's son with extended hand alongside of her. "Take his hand," the teacher said. "I'm sorry, but I can't," Miss Burleson, said. "Why not?" the teacher asked., "Ba. A FEW OF THH WORKERS. ' 10 e"18 ". Problem waa too cause I'm a democrat," she said, and ln muoh for the little girl, who came running slated on walking down alone. flower or a heraldlo design. One set of these now on exhibition Is of the sheerest linen. Inset with the flrenze square, and at the corners hang the lilies of Florence In a conventional design. "The Roman blouse, an Inevitable part of every peasant's wardrobe, Is represented with many styles of embroideries. "The garment originally waa intended to slip over the head. It Is cut square In the neck and under the arm gores Inset give perfect freedom of arm motion, a necessity where lifting baskets to the head and holding them In place is a part of the regular routine. Our shirt waist is the natural evolution of this garment, but 1 not half so attractive. "The designs exhibited, which have been made in the lace shop here, have row after row of embroidery and exqulBlte smocking, which follow patterns that generations ago were made for this special garment. The wardrobes of the Italian women of rank contain many of these contadlna blouses, tome of them a mass of solid embroidery, some on exquisite silks, others again cob webs of gold." , The blouse pattern Is modified slightly P Quaker Maid Rye I ' C jggf I Awarded Three Gold Medals Ij sgS 1 "The Whiskey ft ft'XSKv 5SJ &-VwM?3 I with Eeputatlon"Q T I V!V- ' JT . Ule WorM's IM: torie Vers 4 a fl v I (JF vTHi - f .-fjJ ' VJtMr' fel S. HIIISCH & CO. Kansas City, Mo. rK , D. A. SAMPSON, General Sales Agent, Omaha TUB ROMAN B LOU'S El for the American and English waist, for while the extra fullness under the arms to ery adaptable to a slim figure, the Anglo-Saxons prefer the closer fitting. The prices of these oontadina blouses range from $20 to $50, and even higher, according to the amount of work upon them. There is also a copy of a famous eigh teenth century blouse which, like the others, is a mass of wonderful stitches. It has the elbow sleeves of the modern waist and 1 cut In a curved line about the neck. When she first came here Miss Amart found that American women preferred the dead white linens, ss well for their gar ments a for the household. Little by little she has convinced them of the greater beauty of the cream tints and the natural browns. All the white linens and the deli cate creams Imported from Italy are sun bleached and have a softness of coloring that to aa beautiful aa it to indescribable. Pointed Paragraphs Large fortunes from small graft soon rrow. Flattery always has something up Its sleeve. ' , Reform must be well heeled to stamp out an evil. An elevator sometime enables a man to rise to the occasion. Fate la a female who give men the laugh for believing In her. , A good guesser always pride himself on his superior Judgment. It's just as easy to be pleasant as other wiseand it pays better. Some people rise In the social scale,, and others become unbalanced. Men who make the most money . get others to make It for them. Great bodies move slowly. The truth never travels as fast as a lie. The man who Is on pleasure bent Is apt to find himself broke in due time. Even when a man gets the worst of It he should Iry to make the best of it. In politics the proof of the pudding al ways lies In the distribution of the plums. It takes a hair tonic manufacturer to pull the wool over the eyes of a bald-headed man. During courtship a man acquires a lot of good habits that he has no use for after marriage. It takes a clever man to pick up an um brella and walk oft with it just as It if be longed to him. About all the consolation, om men get out of losing their money is the belief that thev are dead game sports. kme men seem to think that they are doing a great deal toward righting the world's wrongs by fussing with their neigh bors. At the marriage altar ha agree to endow her with all his worldly goods and she promise- to love, honor and obey. bV do they make good? Chicago New. Chamberlain 9 s CcnagIhi Remedy A Safe Medicine for Children. In buying a oough medicine for children, never be afraid to buy CHAJronw Unrs Cocoh Remedy. There la do danger from it, and relief Is always sure to follow. It Is Intended especially for ooughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and is tha best medicine in the world for these diseases. It U sot only certain cure tor croup, bnt, when given as soon as the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack Whooping cough is not dangerous when this remedy Is given as directed. It contains do onintn or other harmful drags, and may ba given as eo&fidently to baby as to aatadult 4
