| Show Not Much Demand Now for lor Handmade Basket I IThe The art of the osier osler which Is basket has bas hasket I ket making Is one of the oldest of J the handicrafts and was once a very Important Industry of England but the statement Is made that It will soon be exterminated unless some encouragement encouragement encouragement en en- Is given to the workers German and Japanese baskets are displacing the product of the other countries where the art flourished first A great deal of labor Is required re re- to cultivate the willows and prepare them for wicker work The willows are cut with a short curved knife In the early months of the year They Tiley are then soaked In running Water water wa Wa- ter for six months This Is known as pitting the willows nod and It Is necessary necessary ne ne- to take tale off oft the bark to produce produce pro pro- duce white willows The finished willows are then dried and s straightened straight straight- ened when they nee are ready for the hamper makers and cane cone workers at ot atthe atthe ottile the tile factories |
