| Show MAKING OF FINE LACES one case where american genius it I 1 still at fault fine lacier 1 said W V N chace constitute cue of the moat most readily salable classes of merchandise which id iki imported to this country and it ts is a source of wonder that american genius his not devised some way to in malch to meet this demand with a domestic 14 article which will servo the 1 same purpose anil and can bo be sold at 10 something like the simo price but it has not ho he continued wa wo have had bad many machines ir vented but the nearest we ue can come la Is to I 1 manufacture a type of at lace which la 11 6 naturally naturi natu rully cheap and rind does not in any IT sense ampro approach ich its hand mado corf fordan ign elal of course Arne american rican women could be taught in time to knit such fine fabrics as their sisters do to in ireland england france germany and spain but wo we in thia this country are too busy making money to waste time la in that way 1 I hava hae traveled all mer europe and the most interesting method of making lace over thero there that I 1 came across was at plauen blauen german it la Is woven on a kind of at bolting cloth laade of lof tine line bilk and after tho the pattern la Is completed a certain sali parta parts at c which are kept secret Is 1 applied and the bolting cloth cater aay leaving onic the lace they also have a way of altering tho the strength etro neth of 0 the add acid in order to lve the lace a rich old color louisville herald 04 |
