Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-22
A QUILT TO DREAM UNDER.
The Most Remarkable of Crazy Coverlet:
as Yet Designed.
[St. Louis Republican.

Lot LOUIS kepuDllCan.
y Kaleidoscope quilt, whose every silken
scrap brings TO view some surprise in the
embroidered name or initials of celebrities
of the day, is being made by Mrs. Robert
NJ. Tost. The pieces for this elaborate
fabric have been gathered from far and
near, and in nearly all cases were accom-
panied by autograph letters from the con-
tributors
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, on behalf
of her brother, sent white satin cravat
embroidered with purple pansies in che
mile, the letters " G. CT in old English text
worked in pink and embossed in little
pansies in purple and yellow. Miss Cleve-
land sent, for her own contribution, piece
of hunters green velvet, the fragment of a
reception dress, on which Mrs. Yost has
worked the initials Il. E. c. in pink,
with a spray Of wild roses and leaves off at
one side.
Speaker Carlisle's initials appear on a
white cravat, worked with convolyulus and
leaves, the blossoms blue and pink, The
large C worked in blue and pink. Mrs.
Carlisle is represented by scrap of black
striped MORE, on which butterfly poses
near the big pink c in the center.
Mrs. Grant sent number of magnificent
pieces, among them scrap of Mrs. Sarto-
ris wedding d-esS on which the letter S in
with lilies of lhe-valley scrolled about it.
Mrs. Grants own initials are worked in
gold on piece of wine-colored velvet one
of the dresses she wore at the White
House, and a fragment of one of the he
ro's cravats is worked with his initials in
red, blue and white.
In close con.iguity will come a scrap of
one of JEFF Davis neckties. on which the
letters ]. D. are wrought in blue with little
field flowers worked in yellow in their CEN
tiers. Mrs. Davis is represented by scrap
of purple and black brocaded silk, embroi-
dered simply with D.
One piece that makes handsome show
ing is of pale amber silk, elegantly bro
caded with rose and leaves of a brighter
shade of yellow, a scrap from dress worn
by Mrs. James X. Polk at the " hite House
whose initial letter q large Z, is wrought
in orange on piece of black velvet from
another OF her gowns during her stay at the
Executive Mansion.
General J. Fl. B. Stewards daughter, Vir.
| ginia Pelham Stewart, who was asked fol
| a memento of her father. sent some scrap.
of black and yellow silk, the colors of hel
| fathers cavalry, which she wore when sht
Rresented- a g 10 the Stuart Horse Guard.
in Richmond, and received in acknowledge
| ment a medal with crossed swords anC
| medallion attached.
Mrs. John A. Logan's initials appeared
in pink on a rich green velvet scrap.
Beauregard" wrought in bright blu
letters along the length of black gros-grail
| neektie speaks for itself.
A very interesting relic is band of pinl
| ottoman ribbon embroidered with the let
tiers n. H. P. in gold color, little blue for
! get-me-nots caressing the centers. TIL
| ribbon was the last one ever worn by tn
famous ST. Louis belle, Nellie Hazletin
Paramore, once reported to be Mr.. Tilden'
betrothed, who tied it about her throat t,
wear at the lunch party the day before sh
sank on her bed in the illness which
proved fatal.
A unique souvenir is a piece of stone
gray ribbon, on which the letters A J. ar
worked beautifully in pink, and the ell,
scrolled with lilies of the valley. The lette
accompanying this, signed ''Annie James,
relates that the writer wore the ribbon a
the trial of her husband the distinguishe,
bandit, Frank James, at Gallatin, Texas.