The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-10-04
Our Handkerchief.

| month. There is no call for them.
and most OF the goods are locked up in
the camphor cases. Occasionally some
body will come in for q duchess or rose
point for bridal or birthday present,
but for general use they are out OF
style, and as rarely seep in society as O.
vinaigrette. You see, a lace handker-
chief wants to he worn on n holder.
which Ia out Of the question nowadays.
because Of the glove craze. You can't
understand those Things, but pretty
matron is never quite 30 angelic as when
she comes down to the dining room in
one OF those long, white wrappers, with
lace cap trimmed with blue bow OF
rosebuds. 1t serves double purpose
MAKES her look pretty and hides the un-
slightly curl papers"
'What do tho ladies woar now2" ask.
ed the reporter.
Here you are, if you want to SEQ
something nioe," replied the ol,rk,
"These goods come from Paris, and arc
embroidered by the French nuns,
Here's beauty, Just look ut it. Per.
haps you won't believe it, but it's 20,
just the same; it took nun eight
months to embroider those flowers. and
you see the work is just as Moe on tho
wrong side as it is OIL the right side.
lake 1t In your hand--lt's not too deli
cate to bear examination. The goods
You see are what we call sheer linen. of
the tinost loom, and the nand-work is
done with fine needle and q cotton
thread. They don't use linen, because
1t fills up in the wash, just trif1e, but
enough to spoil the flowers. Now, sec
here, did you ever see such q natural
looking rose in your life, off a stem3
Why, tell you the thing IL worth q
cabinet. Aud see tho filling of the
pattern, All of that 'frosting' is
hand work, ani must have cost a deal
OF optic nerve. This is an heirloom,
and no mistake about it. L doubt If
there is n piece of point lace in the
house with finer work on it,"
And the handkerchief was deserving
OF oil the praise bestowed. The border
was some six inches deep and made of
lilies, roses and small field flowers, with
buds and fern leaves for filling, ali done
IN tiligree work, and so skiIfully and ar
tlstlc that 1T was hard to believe that
they were not appllaued. The edge was
raw and intended TO be trimmed with
lace,
otis worth $780," said the salesman.
Yes, we sell quite number at the
holidays or wedding season. But they
are always bought by the gentlemen or
old aunts for brides. There is a class or
goods similar in design, but little
coarser, that we sell at $40 each. They
60 like hot cakes. Everybody buys
QUICK to esnfHl,9 admfHrnl, 94ne e1;e needleWort I
The goods in question were imported,
made on fine Irish linen lawn, with
very deep embroidered borders of color
ed thread. The edge was cut in coal
lops of three petals each, and button
hole-stitched with three colors, rod,
brown and blue. all hand work it must
be remembered, and piece of work,
too, by tho way, that the most skillful
needlewoman could not do in O week
working ten hours day. It would be
on utter impossibility to make these
goods in America and sell them for $40.
But, coming as they do from the Old
World, where labor meets with paltrY
remuneration, the case Is different, In
side of the petal-lined edge was O fence
border, the lines consisting of q delicate
fern pattern mado in oolors, with the
bars overrun with climbing vines and
tendrils, as true to nature as paint could
make them. At times the pattern was
broken for the insertion of dice or me-
dal1on. in which q unit of design was
taken, making o symmetrical oompo-
sitlon of the most artistic accuracy. In
the corner the work became moro intri-
cate, and formed lovely relief for
somc little blue birds with rcd wings
and yellow crests. In this, as in the
plain white, the work was OF tho most
perfect kind, and not knot or q stray
end Of thread was to be found.
eyes," said the salesman in response
to an inquiry, ';the colors arc fast, the
goods the best made, and, with suoh
care as a lady will give it will last q life
time. These are the goods .hat ladies
wear in the bosom of their dresses and
hanging over the edge of "a retioule.
They are not intended for s.ctuai use,
and you may be sure nobody ever sub
mits them to the vulgar duties of q 25o.
handkerchief.
Haven't you something new?' ask I'D
tho exasperated interviewer.
Here's the latest novelty in stock,
and tho 'takyest, rs we say in the trade.
When they are once doated they'll go
like tongue sandwiches at the Board Of
Trade on rainy day. One dollar and
quarter each; all linen, and warranted
fast colors."
The novelty was deep cardinal cam.
brio with checker border made by
hemshtchlng little blocks of white on
the red border with white cotton. A
black handkerchief had the applique in
red, blue or orange, delicate pink one
was blocked with maroon, another with
blue, and one of the solid true blue lawn
formed most effective background for
blocks of crimson rcd.
"The reason why we'll soil so many
is because they arc the very thing to
warm up toilet. Take little lady OF
petite but trim figure, rig her up in q
black or tailor made suit, put this oardi-
nal handkerchief in her corsage and pull
out the border in shell, 80 as to show
the blue checker, and If the effect is
not stunning the girl has no style about
| her, that's all. Tho craze in Jewelry for
bugs, spiders, scorpions, beetles and
other blood.curdling, hesh-creeping ar
tioulates has been an inoentive to print
designers, and here we have choice lawn
and cambria handkerchiefs, and you
have only to Dame your bug and hore
it is."
II choose butterflies"
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