Page:Guide to the Bohemian section and to the Kingdom of Bohemia - 1906.djvu/153

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In the preceding articles on Bohemian home industries, we have dealt with the trades separately, and having; as we hope, succeeded in showing how the home-work custom prevails all over the kingdom, we would now by a list of manufactures and the names of towns and districts associated with particular products, supplement the information already furnished.

Gloves, Linen ware, Bodices, Cravats, Umbrellas, Dolls: PRAGUE.

Linen-ware. . . . . . . . . . . KLATOVY

Leather-work, Saddlery, Straps etc. Files, Sieves and other wire-work small implements, Kitchen utensils and other useful articles for the household: CHRUDIM, NOVÉ STRAŠECÍ.

Brushes: JABLONNÉ, RYCHNOV.

Thread buttons: ŽAMBERK, LANŠKROUN.

Glass beads, Memorial wreathes rosaires etc.: PŘÍBRAM,

Mouth pieces of rotau and quills for cigar tubes: CHRAST.

Portemonnaies and tobacco pouches: TŘEBECHOVICE.

Machine, Knitted articles: JINDŘICHUV HRADEC (Neuhaus), TŘEBOŇ, PELHŘIMOV, NĚMECKÝ BROD, TÁBOR, PÍSEK, NOVÁ PAKA, DOMAŽLICE.

Matchboxes: HOŘOVICE.

Plain stitch embroideries: KASEJOVICE.

Stockings: NOVÁ PAKA.

Cardboard boxes: DOMAŽLICE.

Tin ware: SVRATKA, RYCHMBURK.

Straw covers for bottles, House utensils, Root-made boxes: BOHUMILEC.

Hard-wood ware: HORŠŮV TÝN.

Silk colanders and fine hair-nets: ŽELECHY.

We trust that the foregoing list may be found useful for reference, because it is our hope that many who visit Earl’s Court and examine our home work productions will see that it is to their interest to accord to us their patronage. We have directed attention to the systematic endeavours that we are making in Bohemia, by government