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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
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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
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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, ... . ...
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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-
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products were made, to return to health many philanthropic
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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