Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-27 | Page 12 | Age Leaves Heritage of Past in Handicraft to Youth

I AGE LEAVES HERITAGE OF PAST, IN HANDICRAFT TO YOUTH i : 1 : O .trrWy U Lair 4 -i On af tha aged "teaehera at Tsllulah Falls industrial school. ' ' 'I By NKA Service.) TALUJLaAH FALL Oct, Aug. ST. -Youth nnd old ago mot here, one to provide n be! a ted education for the other, tho other to leave ft valuable valu-able heritage from the' peat. Both, teaching and learning for (t.elr own mutual benefit, attend the Tillulah Valla Indue-. rial echool. which la owned, managed and directed di-rected by the Ooorsla Federation of Womea'a Clube. Aged women come down from their mountain houiea to teach handicraft to the young gtrle of the achool. while the yurger generation reefprocate by teaching Tho three IV a to tho older folk. Thue, from he plrtureaquo paat will remalo auch legacle aa the knowledge of aplnnlng and weav. InK- of making Id hook rugo an.l patchwork qullto taught by the old women who have boon InJuood to eomo doevn from tho mountains fof thla purpoao. Ct tTOMS PUCaKHVED. - ' ! MTheeo grandmothere and great- 1 grandmothera are tho connecting link between coloalal and modern America," ei plain Mra. T. T. Slovene, Slov-ene, treasurer of the ochool. "The mountaineers aro th real descendants of tho colonial settlers, who have retained the old cuetoms and arts while living their seclude! lives In the mountains, where some of thcia live nlmoat aa prlmitivety aa they did :- years ago. MLTLAta HBLPs - - "They still know how to spla and card wool and weave It Into the hand-made fabric so much In demand de-mand row. Through them we nop to restore ' to this generation the handicraft which would otherwise be ins:. "The children who com to onr school to learn modern ways of tiring tir-ing do not fe o estranged from fielr people when they realise what ft heritage of art Is th-lrs. "It Is a beautiful sight to oew a little girl trying to teach her grand motnr tn road In return for her grai dmothrr's Instruction In piecing piec-ing a quilt," .