At the old spinning wheel. Polish peasant woman weaving flax at the old spinning wheel in her humble home east of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Every home has a spinning wheel and the flax which crows right up to every door is woven into cloth with which are made many of the picturesque native costumes. But every farm raises more than enough flax for domestic uses and sends it stocks to the great mills at Lodx or outside the country, depending of course on the requirements