Show 1 WOMAN V M WRITER INVENTS Y E S A HAND dL L LOOM Mrs M. M P P. P Todd a successful writer rl of chil childrens children's drens dren's n stories and for nine years u ua a eacher In Jn the primary grades of ot the Minneapolis schools has Invented an ad- ad ju stable en hand d loom which attracted r attention t In II- educational n circles throughout t e country r The loom IB Is very simple In ln construction Is light to handle and Is ls perfectly a 1 anted apted to the work which it la designed to do It consists of a strong frame Ij I th an adjustable warp hold holder r and a flat wooden shuttle into which any sort weaving material can be threaded The frame has an adjustable back so at It lt can be made to stand before the worker on a desk ot on or table Since Ince the Introduction of weaving in Ita its varied forms has become a a. part of ofie all sorts of devices have been resorted to e ie Industrial work of the schools by t chers the most common being a a. piece of cardboard with holes for the warp i pass through This was wasa a 4 poor makeshift but it red to a a. degree When hen Mrs Todd began tegan teaching weaving to her pupils she uhe felt far from d with this improvised loom and set her wits to work to Improve upon It Jt e result of her experiments is the loom which she h has ls now perfected and andIch andIch Ich ilch has received the unreserved commendation of hosts bosts of ot educators who are connected with Industrial training Among them are Sarah L. L Arnold of the primary grades of or the Boston public schools and director of the Groszmann School for Nervous and Defective Child Chil- Chil d fn an n of ot New York city I I I Seven thousand of ot the looms have been ordered for the schools of I Gl 8 s 8 and md inquiries come to Mrs frs T Todd by y each days day's mall mail from other cities titles Th The loo loom can be used for tor any number of articles and will doubtless find a ace ae ap p ce e in many may homes as well wen as In the schools A continuous warp may be used d long Ion strips be woven which can afterward Vard be sewed together Into portieres r afghans and slumber robes while among the smaller articles which can b QuI quickly kly made upon it Il are face and dish cloths clotha mats of various kinds shops shop- shop all sorts of or fringes I s g ig bags purses and |