Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . COURTRAI 89 (agents for lace dealers) worked clev-erly here, too, as in other districts. Theyhad always plenty of requisitioned threadto offer, and succeeded in buying con-siderable lace, for which they offeredhigh and varying prices. The younger women of the Courtrairegion have been rapidly giving up Val-enciennes to make Cluny, which pays bet-ter. A Valenciennes beginner, for ex-ample, must work a year as an appren-tice, during which time she is able to earnscarcely more than five cents a day. Thewages
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . COURTRAI 89 (agents for lace dealers) worked clev-erly here, too, as in other districts. Theyhad always plenty of requisitioned threadto offer, and succeeded in buying con-siderable lace, for which they offeredhigh and varying prices. The younger women of the Courtrairegion have been rapidly giving up Val-enciennes to make Cluny, which pays bet-ter. A Valenciennes beginner, for ex-ample, must work a year as an appren-tice, during which time she is able to earnscarcely more than five cents a day. Thewages of the good workers have ad-vanced, but unless they can be increasedeven more, there are few who will con-tinue to make this difficult lace. After 60 years experience in lace, andlatterly she has employed 1,000 Mullie says that one is fortunate,among 5,000 workers, to find five who canexecute a sample from a drawing notalready interpreted or pricked for the 90 BOBBINS OF BELGIUM worker. Before the war there were twogood piqueuses in Ypres to whom Cour-trai sent her difficu
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