. Ireland yesterday and today . as paid in subsidies for the training of factory employs one hundred and fifty hands, withannual wages of more than $25,000. A technical school ismaintained for instruction in manufacture of woolen goods,hosiery and ready-made clothing and in domestic were also made to a hosiery mill in Ballaghadereenand to four carpet factories in Donegal. The encouragement of homespun weaving has been aninteresting and important feature of the work. Irish home-spun is noted the world over, and the boards assistance inthe teaching of experts, in the
. Ireland yesterday and today . as paid in subsidies for the training of factory employs one hundred and fifty hands, withannual wages of more than $25,000. A technical school ismaintained for instruction in manufacture of woolen goods,hosiery and ready-made clothing and in domestic were also made to a hosiery mill in Ballaghadereenand to four carpet factories in Donegal. The encouragement of homespun weaving has been aninteresting and important feature of the work. Irish home-spun is noted the world over, and the boards assistance inthe teaching of experts, in the grading of webs and in grantsfor the improvement of looms, spinning wheels and dyeinghas greatly enhanced the value and reputation of the prod-uct. Lace-making is a cottage industry in Ireland, withwhich many Americans are indirectly familiar. The beau-tiful products in applique and crochet which are found in American stores are made chiefly in the peasants homes?ind in convents, where classes are conducted for teaching. FOREMAN SHOWING REPORT TO MR. DORAN (at right). CONGESTION REMEDIED 139 girls the art. The Congested Districts Board has spentlarge sums in developing this industry, but the returns havebeen highly satisfactory. In poor districts the board hasbuilt or rented suitable class rooms, pays the womeninstructors and assists in marketing the lace in Dublin, Bel-fast, London and elsewhere. More than seventy suchclasses are now maintained, and the annual product averages$100,000, about one-fifth of the value of all the lace pro-duced in Ireland. As much as $10,000 has been earned ina year by the girls of a single class. I visited one of theclasses in the fine school Father Denis OHara, a memberof the board, established in his parish of Kiltimagh, CountyMayo. Twenty or thirty girls, from thirteen to twentyyears old, sat in a cheerful room, working busily under theeye of a young woman. Some were beginners, and had firstto train their unaccustomed fingers to the del
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