The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-28
WHAT PRISCILLA SAYS.
While Looking for Plain, Everyday
Sewing She Found Some Gems
OF Art and Beauty.

| ROlilN VI IpuhbN hlllblh IluNlDR Httl
the letter OF Parthenobia, concerning
sewing machine, wrote 10 me TO EXAMINE
and tell them. i thought | would be
little patriotic and try il couldn't fin,
one controlled by our own folks, Memphis
people, that / could recommend to ou
country cousins, or city ones either. as the
best. / found one that was controlled fol
five States by a home company OF ouI
best known citizens, the Adrch Sewing
! Machine Company, with J. S. Tool a,
president and j. b. Aldrich, secretary and
manager. So | visited the beautifully
arranged rooms on North Court street.
next to the Odd Fellows Building, and
behold went with fear and doubling,
and was overwhelmed with establishment
and filed with certainty and delight.
There were three or four OF the Standard
sewing machines at work, and also n type
| writer, and the sound OF the typewriter
was more pcrceptiblo and noisicr than the
| four sewing machines. That was item first
in its favor for nervous household. Said
l. Being woman, / am inquisitiyo and
want 10 know, you know; now tell me,
| with as much truth M possible, what this
will do. But first let me examine these
! beautiful pictures, and some OF this eX-
/ IAAHAN' NlAAhlblhNlN Nili hNlllN 'lAlbRoNNAi
and KcnsingtOn handwOrk." Mr. Aldrch
said: Excuse me, but let me put you in
| charge OF Mrs Dayton, who will answer
your question and satisfy your artistic
cravings" took woman's look at Mrs.
Dayton, and decided that she was a genial,
courteous, well 10 do, cultured business
woman, one that 1t would do to trust, il
was solid comfort Just TO look mt her in the
YttfIaf ~ har artistic aud h.UpttIttl
roundings She said "Firsty, aside
from being noiseless, this machines great
and special feature Is this She turned
back au ordinary machine and showed me
the common vibrating lock-sttch shuttle,
using two starts and two stops 10 make n
stitch, then did the same 10 one OF the
Standards, showing me a rotating lock-
stitch shuttle doing all this with one mo-
ton, no loss Of time and strength, or any
useless movements, giving double speed
and half the effort, and although | was
nothing but u woman (as good old
Deacon Hewitt used 10 remark in his ud-
dresses OF advice and adm0nilion TO the
Lord, | could easily understand that
tn en- she turned tn the pictures aud
''han d work, and forthwith ! was inter-
Csisd. First was a genuine Venetian en-
VlNlhNlAAA lNNNlN NlINNiNf Nlll ! SAUL W.
how lovely Pretty soon | had exhausted
all my stock Of adjcctiycs and admired in
silence. Then piece Of duplicate hand
work IN kcnsingion embroidery then was
seen some Roman embroidery of open
work, dainty and exquisite as fairy web
weaving. some almost perfect imita-
ton point lace. pieces OF genuine
mosaic and inlaid work M finely
executed hand work rs / had ever
seen, an exquisite piece Of embroidered
work, aud lace odgng M fine ~ Oriental
laccs. Then she fpastcd my eyes with "A
beautiful poem Of kcnsingion stitch work,
a collection OF gcmnium blossoms and
leaves with golden rod worked on the
finest Of silk boiling cloth. My eyes were
next attracted by three clcmntly-frnmrd
pictures, some four feet by three, on satin
IN etching stitch, "frce hand silk etching
stitch" one was n most WV
idly-cXocuted hunting scene. one some
dog, and childrcn ~ play, aud the other a
Swiss landscape. mill scene with all the
accessories. Some lovely porticrrs. one
attracted me; Il was executed
in linen vulouur, aud done without apply
ing any siinrning 10 the back VI the cloth:
mother was In El-ilnkc design and Zen.
,ingtOn stitch; still another most tempt.
INK one In Aucsccnc embroidery. There
were Infants gnd childrrn's clothing and
bridal outiilE ~ oNqnlstcly aud dainiiy
embroidered and etched IN 10 almost
make mo wish that cousin Tom
would propose 90 me. With nll
these 10 examine aud attract
woman, ! had forgotten my GRAND; 20 |
turned away and said TO Mrs.
Dayton; 81 am ~ much Obliged Tor your
my eyes with all this beauty,
hut ] want tu see some Of your machine
work ~ that ! can tell my friends" said
she. why, al this have been showing
You b. work done on our machines"
evidently looked my incrcdulty, Tor sho
said. "ihis b. iurt have been q ma
chime expert Tor twelve ycam, and ASSURE
you that There b. none Of this work but
was done on the standard, and ! can
equally assure you that no other machine
can approach b. II YOU will como to our
office here, Or bring or send your friends.
] will be very glad not only io show them
what have You, but viii chccriuIly and
without change teach them how % 10 90
ihcse stitches aud all this kind of work.
] am going b. take her NO her W0pl and
give all my spare time 90 lonmlusths mar.
vicious work. ! know ! can DO 10 NJ shn
can and has. Come around in q irw weeks
and ! will show you that what woman can
dn, this woman aud cousin has done.
CouuN rUrUutA.