Show AMONG TH H PEASANTS OF O RUSSIA nus lan tH peasant aunt women make mako Inca Inco In winter for tor during the summer time they are too occupied with agricultural duties Is en timely n a home Industry for Cor the tho peasants oven produce their own materials material It the they hao the seed MOO they grow tilts the flax I spill the thread and weave the lace or orif It if the they have sheep to Yield them hera woe they spIn and finall finally convert it into the tho celebrated and beautiful shawls Sometimes a 11 woman mes lien her lace Inee from the very I l is from the tho sowing owing of the lie and ana she may even sell lIell the lace for her herselt eif but that is 18 not always the ca can It often ha happens ens that some raise this the flax and nd spin the thread and then exchange with the but the tho whole thing Is 18 done by the pe ants among themselves and It Is tIl eq peasant labor the men ann making tho spinnIng wheels anti the tho looms tar tor weaving The women get up n ery earl early In thil ha morning It may be at 4 or 5 and the they work on until it or 13 12 at But for tor all that they are II a gay people and In the evening a great man many will assemble In one house houle and I they work Occasionally they will for or a little while and dance and then start working again They are happy and as the they nil all work for themselves and have no masters they are at lib liberty liberty erty to use Ue the designs they Ilk like work or log best belt and to labor or rest relt according to their own convenience Many ot of the la lace designs are very old while others are aro made by the from things they see around them the Uil frost trost on the tho windows being n a frequent source ot of Inspiration Every thread In a 11 pIece of lace has hos to have a pair of bobbins The children begin with n a piece of narrow lace wIth about ten pairs of bobbins and experIenced workers use uso more or loss bOb bObbins bobbins bins according to the wIdth of the lace generally live IIvo In on one place and the women who do oth r kInds of work are together In other oher towns Near Moscow there Is a town whIch Is filled with anion and ani andon on approaching It one can hear sound of the bobbIns The shawl makers live In the province of from whence the shawls are named They are made from the finest down of the sheep selected from Irom the wool Fine yarn Is spun and then shawls are made with two ordinary knitting ne needles A shawl tour yards square would be the work ot of tour four months These shawls are so fine nd soft that three of them could be pass paes passed ed cd through n a finger ring at the same time It takes a woman the tho whole wIn wIntel winten ten tel to make a piece of lace Jace 10 or 12 yards long and half a 11 yard wide end and she would sell seil It for about S 5 The lace Ilc made by Russian peasants strong and Is practically indestructible le |