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Show Pioneer Loom Again at Work'1 12 5 3 j Old-Fashioned Rug Is Madej MRS. OLIVIA SORENSEN of Salt L.tlce malting a tome-made rug cn a ! pioneer loom at the state capitol headquarters of the Daughters of Utah j Pioneers, jj i S ' V ' , f1",1- ,- ? f 1 I'ieiilWltSiiiVS-iiii::' Governors Given Demonstration Demon-stration of Industry of Early Days. FOR the benefit of the visiting governors, gov-ernors, the old-time loom in the relic room of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers at the state capitol, w-as once again brought into play yesterday and, for the first time in many years the old relic, worn with care, turned out a beautiful home-made rug. Mrs. Olivia Sorenson. an aged, but .skillful, .skill-ful, worker at the loom, finished more than half of the rug yesterday morning. Many visitors commented on the oid relic, remarking how tedious must have been the days when such pains had to be taken to make carnets large enough to cover the floors. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers plan in the future to make the hand-made rugs for sa. as a product of the relics of the days of long ago. The old loom was made by hand In early pioneer days. The machinery consists con-sists of a wagon hub and wooden laths Pieces of cord hold the loom together. For fifty years it was used by the Fors-gren Fors-gren family of Brighani City, and was lately sent by them to the Utah society for the relic hall. Three pioneer spinning wheels are also in tho collection, and they will be brought into play in the near 'future in demonstrating the making of homemade home-made rugs, including the carding of the wool, the spinning on the wheel and the weaving on the loom. One of the stunning stun-ning wheels and a spinning reel which belonged to Emma Smith, wife of Joseph Smith, founder of the Jatter-day .Saints-church, .Saints-church, was shipped from Vermont by Miss Nell Stimpsion. The other wheels were made by Pioneer Dehlin of Mount Pleasant. Products of the pioneer spinning wheels and weaving looms are on exhibit. There is a balmoral skirt, which belonged to Eliza R. Snow; a homespun dress of Zina D. Young, dyed with home-made dyes: a home-made carpet, made in 1 S r,0 for Heber C. Kimball, together with bats, rolls, yarn, bobbins and shuttles. |