. History of lace . tood up in a circle to readthe verses. If any of them read jokily, they weregiven a penalty, and likewise for idleness—so much extrawork. In nearly all schools they were taught reading fromthe Bible, and in some they learnt writing; but all these arenow things of the past. Speaking of the occupation of lace-making, Cooke, in hisTopograpliy of Devon, observes : It has been humanelyremarked as a melancholv consideration that so much health ^° In Woodbury will be found a facility and precision. Among the small colony of lace-makers who are various cheaj:) articles to which the
. History of lace . tood up in a circle to readthe verses. If any of them read jokily, they weregiven a penalty, and likewise for idleness—so much extrawork. In nearly all schools they were taught reading fromthe Bible, and in some they learnt writing; but all these arenow things of the past. Speaking of the occupation of lace-making, Cooke, in hisTopograpliy of Devon, observes : It has been humanelyremarked as a melancholv consideration that so much health ^° In Woodbury will be found a facility and precision. Among the small colony of lace-makers who are various cheaj:) articles to which the employed in making imitation Maltese Devonshire workers have of late or Greek lace, a fabric introduced into directed their labours is the tape or Devon by order of her late Majesty braid lace, and the shops of the the Queen Dowager on her return country are now inundated with their from Malta. The workers copy these productions in the form of collars and coarse geometric laces with great cuffs (1869.) Fig. Venetian Relief in Point.—Reproducedjby tlie late Jlrs. Treadwin. To face page 414. TROLLY LACE 415 and comfort are sacrificed to the production of this beautifulthough not necessary article of decoration. The sallow?complexion, the weakly frame and the general appearance oflanguor and debility of the operatives, are sad and decisiveproofs of the pernicious nature of the employment. Thesmall unwholesome rooms in which numbers of these females,especially during their apprenticeship, are crowded togetherare o-reat ao;o;ravations of the evil. He continues at somelength, as indeed do many writers of the eighteenth century,to descant on this evil, but times are changed, sanitarylaws and the love of fresh air have done much to remedythe mischief.^ The pillows, too, are raised higher thanformerly, by which means the stooping, so injurious to health,is avoided. Old lace-makers will tell stories of the cruelseverities practised on the children in the dame schools oftheir
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