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FEMALE INDUSTRY IN IRELAND. 809
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_. . . . The Irish Female Population Has...
obtain . This continued up to 1857 , when the trade began to decline _^ they the well Twenty average held sustained -two their ladies payment in groun the were for d , market the engaged labor character amounted Thi in s connexion of lace to Cork never £ 100 cro with was chet a week the of was School the ; and tolerabl hi while , and y t
classalthough Cork was said . to be the iC hot-bed " of the work g ; but before , the competition for the article was so strong , it was
the approaching A art great To man something Lad y benevolent Deane resp ' s ect ladie School able s . in the t district hose of were the Bl promoting ackrock
Youg ( the hal Adelaide . , and Scho Kinsale y ol , ) it was vent indebted s , as , well for as patterns to Mrs , . st Meredith itches t , & ' to s e , , .
be Local surrendered speculators to , h them owever . , The cont Adelaide ended for Scho the ol trade was , the and latest ihad to give up , but in 1859 it succumbed to the pressure tt . Four f of its
goods superi , nt and enden are ts working continue separatel to produce y for their small own quan support iy o , hborhood ver but y with e
turned very adverse to the conditions inferior . sorts Almost of the all lace the hands and the in production the neig of any of the better kinds is now attended with , an expense that absorbs
the profits . Even at' a premium , it is difficult to induce them to take the necessary trouble—the habit of working ht its carelessly is so
confirmed . This ignorant line of conduct wrougown injury . generation becoming The material increasin of rap them idl g y will ly deteriorated disadvantageous not retrieve , and the . the error It position is into to be which of feared the they worker that h this ave is
its they heen own supp betrayed existence ly the . fluctuating The and grotesque unless demand som -looking e aid of the is coarse extended day , will fabric to soon the , with termin Irish which lace ate
; tradeit will come to its end speedily . suggestive " Irish , point production , " the , hi and ghest there development exists birth no of reason crochet It that is the lace it insi , should is a very be of
as evanescent as the crisis that gave it . gnia a created to endureand to become an agent in preventing internal similar power piteous but external catastrop . hes , It . is The peculiarl difficultie y controllable s of its culture , and are that not
troublesome workers which , opposed The manufacture first its teachers management , was could not , a and not quality imp rendered of art the their work it power a , but disorderl to of the the y
pupils familiarit . . Acquaintance with anti with the laces princi and ples works of beaut of fine y and art gTaceful do not
ness come , with the y use of the que hooked , needle ; and it is much , to be regretted that at arly stage no training in these matters was
an e procurab advance in le . social But _science ce better it will late be th recognised an never . " that "We all such hope offspring , as we
the from State the that parent they stock may , of arr industry ive at a he demand althy maturity the fostering , and incr care ease of
, and strengthen the resources of our country .
Female Industry In Ireland. 809
FEMALE INDUSTRY IN IRELAND . 809
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1862, page 309, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071862/page/21/
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