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Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1928, Page 4

ARTIFICIAL SILK. NOTTINGHAM. May 14. What lias become of tbc smnrt'y dressed lace girls—the “lace duchesses,” as they used to be called? The section of the trade catering for dress laces has been so depressed that it no longer affords unlimited employment. Yet there are not “04 unemployed girls over 18 in a city, which has between 20,000 and 30.100 girls and young women in industry. The explanation lies in the development of other trades that make gar- ! ments and fabrics for women’s wear. Another cause is the great increase in cigarette smoking, enabling manufacturers to employ thousands of girls in Nottingham. Nottingham gins inherit the “machine fen.se' ’ from generations of forbears who made lace and hoisrry. It has stood them in good stead in taking up fresh occupations. Accompanying this adaptahi'ity is the instinct for applying art to industry. Hence the transition from the many auxiliary processes connected with ilace making has been natural. FOUR. WOMEN TO ONE MAN. Thousands of girls and women who would a few years ago have been in the lace trade are to-day turning out fabric gloves, jumpers, three-piece suits, robes, lingerie and sports wear. For every man iii the hosiery trade there are four women. The man makes the fabric; women perform tbc complementary processes. This trade is growing rapidly, and if projected artificial silk works are built the days when Nottingham was regarded as the Paradise of the woman worker may soon return.

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