The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-10-25

q the most exquisite of Partisan dolls, iron
y the lace trimmed petticoat tc the mod
Is ern corset. There, On the other hanC
a are the humble clothes of a doll peasant
e the print dress, the unbleached yoke fo
Sundays and fetes, the neatly PLATED
u apron, the baby's close fitting skull can
the tsherman's linsey suit, the schoo
boys Jacket,all in miniature. But there
is homely baby liren of the requisite
: size, made so deity, that the coarseness
of the material hardly matters knitted
, stockings, comforters, and mittens ready
for wear. The girls are judiciously
taught to mend as well as to make
Squares of linen with patches so cleverly
insinuated that they are almost invisible
old linen darned, bits of darned stock
ings and net joined invisibly by future
lace members. All the needlework diff
culies are triumphantly overcome by
these Juvenile seamstresses, who pierce
button and eyelet holes of all dimensions
and sorts in linen, muslin and cloth, sew
on hooks and eyes, buttons and tapes,
with perfect neatness, and herring bone
The minutest of dolls flannel jackets.
Besides work of this kind, Mines
sends large collection Of dolls dressed
in National costumes, some elegant Brit
tany caps in red silk embroidered with
gold; Fancy, quiltedl eounterpances,
small fishing nets, and floss silk netting
and lace from the Ecole Superieure des
Files; the Pensionnat de la Providence,
st Die, fine muslin lingsrie; the Protes-
tant School of st Quentin, full sized linen
shirts and ladies' clothes, and that of
Snurs de st Vincent, in the same town,
some beautiful specimens of knitting the
st Palias Pensionnat of the Immaculate
Conception, rich embroidery, wheat ears
and roses on net. From Bordeaux comes
a rich christening robe. Some of the
smallest dolls things imaginable are sent
from Toulouse and Poitiers, crochet caps
three inches in circumference, stockings
two inches long, handkerchiefs four
inches square, and embroidered linen
pillow cases hardly bigger. Jarnac car
ries off the palm for embroidery. Tour
nay for lace mending; Roubaix for mus
lin lingerie; Poutoise for woolen crochet;
Belfort for cotton knitting. There is an
elegant baby's robe trimmed with tat
ting from the Ecole des Soeurs at Seine
Port, series of miniature Normandy
caps in net and lace from Cea, and some
Arab embroidery from the clerical
schools of Algiers. The youngest exhlb-
itor, aged five years, sends pair of dolls
carpet slippers from Roubaix. Even the
paupers of the Sales d. Asile of Uzs's
and st Amboise, have added their mite
in the shape of dolls clothes and speci-
mems of darning and fancy marking.
Many Spanish ladies show needlework
ofdifferent kinds, almost all of which is
conspicuous by its want of taste. There
are tapestry panels that must have taken
months to execute, and embroidered
cushions as harsh in colors as they are in
artistic in designs. In 1.-THE Austrian
court, Nine Emile Bach, directress of
the Viennese School of Needlework ex-
hibits the work of her pupils in two large
frames. There is some exquisite We
netian point, beautiful little collar in
Reticella lace, articles in diaphanous Ell
Sol point, and knotted point. very SINH
lar to the productions of the Irish peas
antry 1 spoke of above. Also fan, an
moniere, and cushions in Spanish en-
broidery, sort ofcolored lace spangled |
with gold, kerchief in artistic netting,
made of gold and silver thread and vari-
Gus ornaments in filigree point. The
workwomen and pupils of Finland
school have sent lace of different kinds,
while the Lace Makers Society, of Mos
cow, makes fine show of Russian guip
ure. There is a collective exhibition of
Greek girls work, at the corner of the
Hellenic section; consisting ofarticles in
loose kind of crochet made of bright
faxen thread, some of it very fine and
pretty; further back two or three cases
of Oriental musIins and gauzes, with
gold lace and embroidery done by the
nuns of st Constantine, and by the poor
women at the School of NeedIework at
the Athenian Ladies' Syllagogue. The
soft striped muslins are crimped by hand |
and made up into elegant robes de
chambers, and trimmed with fine lace
or colored muslin work. LOUIS.