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women and children of counties Clare and Kerry weretransformed into artistic laborers. The value of theseembroideries is very great. The London Times estimatesthe amount paid for labor of this kind, in 1851, in theprovince of Ulster, at 3,000,000 of dollars. Messrs.

Higgins, who began this trade in 1847 with a weeklyoutlay of £10, now employ 45 convent and 17 parish

schools, each averging 150 scholars, with a total yearlyoutlay for wages of £40,000.

The design of the artist is drawn on stone, andthen printed upon the unbleached muslin. The agentdistributes the work to the schools, or to the cabins of

the work people, and through the same channel it is re-turned to the manufacturer. After bleaching, the em

broideries are sent to the millinery department, wherethey are carefully selected and made up.

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