ABSTRACT
THE following advertisement caught our eye in a. West County newspaper, and we reproduce it, without permission, as an example of self-help in a practical though humble form :
IRISH LACE WoRRERS.-In regard to the lace workers of the Irish rose point lace about Lough Erne, our correspondent writes :-" A few friends of the late Mr. Ben Lindsey, who sympathised with bis work amongst the peasantry, are trying to obtain orders from French and American firms, so at present we live in hope ; but the girls sadly miss his kindly aid, and having no regular wages to depend upon there is a great temptation to them to hurry the work, forgetting that lace is a work of art which, like a picture or a delicate piece of carving, must be proceeded with slowly and with loving care, or the competition of machinery will soon extinguish the industry altogether." Those who are willing to help this work to mamtain its ground can obtain all particulars from Miss Maclean, Benmore, via Enniskillen.
