Show nnnnrnriwnrannnn nn anm GMYRNA CARPETS Employment Given to Thousands of Needy People In Alden Tho celebrated Snijrna carpet Is not math In Smyrna It la a product of tho vllayot of Alden of which Smyrna Is the capital says a consular report The chief places of manufac turo are the vlllagos of Uschak Koulo Ghtnrdls Makri Melossos Ktrlta gatsch Axar and DomlrdJI Tho In dtiBtry gives eniio > nu > nt to tlumsatulp of needy people especially women who arc olilljcd to do the work ahnost t entirely while tho men ppcnd their time In tne coffeehouses drinking strong coffee and smoking numberless cigarettes all In train oriental fashion Little girls W compelled to take tip tho work early at seven or ten years of ago at tho latest and they keep at It unceasingly until they go to their graves The market for the wools Is held every Thursday from dawn to sunset In tho bazar of UschaU which Is then tilled with purchasers who have arrived ar-rived on buffaloes camels donkeys nnd other plcturcsquo beasts of burden bur-den The spun wools mo not dyed by tho weavers themselves hut by special dyers Moro than 3000 female weavers are employed at Uschak In the preparation prepara-tion of carpets the operators aro generally members of tho same family but there are n number of girls who earn about six to seven cents per day The Ghlardis carpets aro generally smaller than those of Usrhak Very fine prayer carpets closely woven and I of harmonious colors are produced In imitation of tho Persian carpets Carpets aro made Into bales of 280 pounds each and covered with goatskins goat-skins Tho caravans pass the night In tho open country at the foot of sumo hill tho drivers under tents and tho camels and their loads In tho open air Very largo carpets too heavy to bo packed arc folded and thrown across tho backs of tho camels in tho form of a covering When the carpets arrive In Smyrna they are spread out beaten broomed and repacked In bales weighing weigh-ing fOO to COO pounds each for exportation ex-portation o |