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Show VIENNESE WOMEN HAVE CRAZE FOR KNITTING YIEN'NA, Jan. 1. (Corrcspon dence I In Vienna Just now there l us great a craze for knitting as ili.-r.-Was In England during th.- w ir. This revival Is due to Major Butt-man, the American Red Cross commissioner, because be-cause It was cheaper for America to furnlnh wool than to furnish garments for the people of Austria- 11 organized organ-ized a band of 'Vqjunteex knlttern" whose number has now grown to 20,-0UO 20,-0UO women and 100.000 children; The yarn with which thO) work Is furnished furnish-ed free and the finished garments, niosi of which ar for the smallest Children, arc distributed through American Am-erican organization Austrian women invented the bo-called bo-called "continental" method of knitting, knit-ting, which Is said to be f tst.-r than any other and involves fewer motions, th familiar click of the needles for Instance, being entirely absent. They claim to be the best knitters In tho world and have already turned out thousands of garments, using tip the wool faster than it can bo supplied. |