Dear Brian, I still have not finished reading the Rough Lot article, it is rather long. I did finish the Take the Children article. This is tough reading. Lace is beautiful, but it should not be the reason for stunting the bodies and minds of children for lace, whether hand or machine made. Exploitation, pure and simple, of the poor, of course, but parents were complicit in it, although what other choice did they have once machine lace came in and dropped prices everywhere. I wonder what these girls lives were like once they grew up. With the long working hours, they had little chance to learn life skills, or reading, writing, arithmetic. No training in cooking, cleaning, child rearing, all skills learned at home, watching their mother and going to school. But they were working instead. And the TB and other diseases they got from the terrible working conditions. To say nothing of stunted growth due to malnutrition. Thousands of girls in this situation. For the parents sending them into this life, it was a choice between starvation and this. Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where we have had to postpone our trip to Florida because we don't want to drive our RV/caravan through the snow for a day. So we leave tomorrow. "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." Whilst not the report I was looking for, I have found a PDF "Take the Children". By BrownIt is well worth a read if you are interested in the social History of lace https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8 &ved=2ahUKEwitoYqUz4L1AhVMTGwGHVCxBvgQFnoECAIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.cs.ar izona.edu%2Fpatterns%2Fweaving%2Fbooks%2Fba_2_2000.pdf&usg=AOvVaw13zCBtt6ARuc pcpQAkGdZB
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/ba_3_2001.pdf Brian. (Who lives in Awabakal Country) Cooranbong. Australia - - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
