Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-07-28
Tides and Drawn Work.

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There Is n newspaper story of n man
who in his last illness had the strength
in an unguarted moment to spring out
of bed. seize tidy and trample it I'M
der foot as final expression of his
hatred of such articles. To men who
have exposed themselves to the jeers OF
the populace by appearing on the street
with tides hung on 10 the back buttons
OF their coats. and who have been
tortured in other ways by those scraps
of silk and wool with which housewives
plaster their furniture. this feeling will
be perfectly ineligible. Otherwise
there is a great deal of fault 10 be
found with most people sideas of Tides.
As the name implies. neatness is the
first object 10 bee secured in q tidy. Ii
follows a a mattero of course that tidy
should be of some mater al that can be
washed
For ordinary chairs and old-fashioned
rocking-chairs, the best tidy is that
chocheted ont Of tidy cotton. The
thickness OF the work offers the best
protection, ami il laundries perfectly.
The best tidy tor Il rocking chair i knit
double. and this. it is urged. should be
provided for the chair of the master of
the house. as it needs no sort of pins
aud cannot be dragged on by any con-
venient button. 4 chain is made the
width of the chair back and knit around
and around. making an oval, say an
inch aud half wide. A chain is then
knit, enclosing the projecting frame of
the back, aud 4 similar chain made on
the other end. Crochet plain rs be-
fore for a little distance below, and
then introduce the pattern and crochet
rs long as desired, finishing with a
fringe. When finished the tidy will
slip down over the chair and need no
further fastening.
The squares OF white and ecru guipurc
lace for tidies are now sold most rea-
sonablv. and there are many ladies who
can make them handsomely. There are
no more suitable Tides than these. but
II Is a great mistake to make them up
with silk and satin, for the simple rea-
son that they cannot be washed Pom
gee silk, however. is admirable for this
purpose. rs ii laundries well. But even
pretticr are the squares of sheer linen
Both these and the silk can be embroid-
cred in English crewels, with simple
spray or Hover in each square, and
there ) nothing pretiior.
Java canvas. which is cotton and de-
lighuul to work on. makes pleasant
tides. This is embroidered in cross
stitch or Hol5ein stitch, and is very eff
fectiHe. In the ceniers of these flowers
or figures are equally adapted as an or
nament. The popular tidy is the long
strip OF line crash or sheer linen. with
the lower end varied by bands OF drawn
work and embroidery in crewels, and
finished with fringe of drawn threads.
The embroidery Ct these is usually in
light. delicate patterns. such as running
vines in olives worked in outline stitch
and Wild roses. or some simple single
flower. The upper end Is left simply
hemmed, but the decoration is carried
up M occasional sprigs here and there
Stimulating careless disorder in perfectly
orderly intervals.
There Is nothing more refined and
beautiful than the present revival of
oldfashioned drawn work. At the re-
cent exhibition Of the needle-work of
the Decorative Art Society. the case in
ending the drawn work was the most
satisfactory of the exhibition. MANY of
the examples were wrought in fairv-like
stitches. fully a half-yard deep. and the