Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . rtheless, in thecensus of 1896, Bruges was still creditedwith 2,000 Valenciennes workers, andPoperinghe with 500, while there were 88 BOBBINS OF BELGIUM scattered groups of considerable impor-tance in a great number of the villages ofWestern, and some of Eastern Flanders. Courtrai and the nearby villages wherethe lace is actually made, still stand,tho many buildings have been de-stroyed, but while her people were notforced to become refugees, lace-makingwas seriously interrupted; workers wereevicted from
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . rtheless, in thecensus of 1896, Bruges was still creditedwith 2,000 Valenciennes workers, andPoperinghe with 500, while there were 88 BOBBINS OF BELGIUM scattered groups of considerable impor-tance in a great number of the villages ofWestern, and some of Eastern Flanders. Courtrai and the nearby villages wherethe lace is actually made, still stand,tho many buildings have been de-stroyed, but while her people were notforced to become refugees, lace-makingwas seriously interrupted; workers wereevicted from their homes and theirschools. And they suffered further be-cause there was scarcely any thread left,the dealers often asking as much as 20cents for % of a yard of lace thread,about the previous value of the samelength in finished lace. Under these con-ditions it was especially easy to see theimportance of the efforts of the BrusselsLace Committee, which furnished threadat the normal price, and gave more forthe lace than was ever offered beforethe war. Unfortunately the German facteurs.
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