Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-30

The worst thing about the ordinary dress OF
women Is the gewgaws, the worthless fippery.
the waste OF money in fiimsy pretenses and the
massing together of heaps Of senseless stuff
without object or purpose, without character or
dignity. 1t ought to be more Of an object ia
dress beautiful woman than a house. and
would be If ideas In dress had permanent value.
But II they are to be succeeded by something
else tomorrow. and then removed the next day,
ephemeral.
But already something has been done by the
art workers with the needle BY such women as
Mrs. Candace Wheeler to restore embroidery to
It's former high place in the decorative world.
and to indicate its possibilities in supplying a
new element in dress superior to ANYTHING which
at present exists, and which to certain extent
takes dress out Of the realm of fashion and eIe-
Yates it into the region Of art.
A gentleman remarked recently I'm an art
room where many beautiful stuffs are exhibited;
II should like my wife to have dress of that
exquisite silken tapestry, IL she would only
keep 1t and wear it on occasions"
What occasions? All occasions 2" asked q
young girl, laughingly.
mo, but sometimes; when wished It,"
Just try her" responded the Querist 81 will
guarantee her willingness"
1t has become. not common, but, at least, not
unusual for ladies to buy pieces OF the beauti-
ful art stufs manufactured for decorative and
emorOlOery purposes. ana combine them with
satins, or with the silken stufs, with a palmer
shaded ground. These fabrics are not known
outside small circle. They are made expressly
as foundation for art needle-work and decora-
tive designs They are manufactured from
original suggestions and ideas furnished by the
Louis c. Tiffany Society of Decorative Art. and.
with the exception Of one thin fabric, known a.
'bolting" cloth (Which is manufactured only by
one firm In Switzerland, are all made In Amer.
lea. NO one who has not seen them, and did
not know the facts In regard to them. would be-
lieve that they were the production Of American
looms, for they can be compared with nothing
but some OF the old Japanese manufactures and
the best productions OF the hand looms of
France In their palmiest days.
me tapestries are very soft and rich silk
through and through, the patterns inwrought'
mounted In gold upon cream or upon olive with
fine black or dark brown lines imperceptfblv
woven in the warp and only visible as impartin1
certain character to the design. There is eilk
canvas f1fty inches wide-as are the tapestries-
In cream, rose pink, old or pale gold olive and
combination shades, which hold more color than
one would believe 1t possible to put into woven
fabric. They can be compared to nothing but
specimens Of old Venetian glass, dark or only
pale looking at first sight, bnt which catch and
reflect every ray OF color when held to the light.
'sThey are like the mist on the Kaatskflls !"
remarked young lady.
ut imprisons TIP fairest sunsets, said an
Tho ssbolting" cloth referred to Il very inter-
esttng. II perfectly transparent silken fabric,
g nne g Chambery ganze, - strong @ network
Of steel It b called boiling cloth because Il il
used n the process Of boiling some kinds Of me