The herald., 1897-10-17
FOOTBALL AND
FANCY WORK.
PigSkin Utilized as a Decorative
Instrument in Feminine
Hands.
OVAL FOR TOBACCO
College Cushions and Cuff Buttons
-BOar's Head Stationery for
the Half.Back."

Football and fancy work would seem
to be as far away from each other in
their affections as st. Paul and Min
neapols; yet there is no accounting for
woman's eccentrcities in her own par
ticular field, and in order to be what
she considers up-to-date, she has begun
to incorporate the pigskin in her en-
broidery designs, besides in many other
ways recognizing it's Importance at this
time of year.
i 1t is small wonder that the mothers
| f athletic sons should be posted as to
he dates of the football season. for are
iot their hearts in their mouths from
he beginning to the end of it? But in
his as in all other matters which per-
@.n to the interests of their young
lopefuls. they have learned the wisdom
# resignation and adaptation to the
}agaries of youth. The nearest ap-
proach which these devoted mothers
md sisters, including other boys sis
ters-have been able to make toward
the popular goal is to fashion reminders
Of the sport for leisure moments and
odd corners.
One of the cleverest in design of those
now being made for college men by
their mothers and sweethearts is a
football headrest in the exact shape of
the pigskin. The cover is made of oval
pieces of silk in the different colors of
the college. with the name of the in
stitution or its initial embroidered on
one of them. Cornell. with it's red and
white, has a large &c" embroidered on
the front; Princeton, of course. has
orange and black, and so on.
Immense sofa cushions are made in
the same design, and the youthful
knight of the gridiron has many
dream of center-rushes and touchdowns
while resting from his CORY struggles of
the day.
The tobacco jars in porcelain are even
more perfect representations, or the
football than the sofa pillows One OF
the sides is made removable for lid,
and upon it is inscribed the college yell
or motto. or both. The Harvard jar
has the college shield with it's motto
'yeritas," and beneath it appears the
college yell. The jars are also used for
bon5ons, which the athletic enthusiast
likes to put in an appropriate casing
that will remind his sweetheart of his
existence.
Football stationery is not new this
year. but it was so popular last season
that it has been decorated in pigskins
more elaborately than ever. 1t Will
doubtless be regarded as rather ex-
treme and far-fetched to introduce
boar's head into ones coat-of arms
because one happens to be the crack
half-back in a famous football team,
hut that is what one of them is doing.
Tn iewelry, the newest things are
cuff links in the form of half footballs
for each cuff. Some are made like the
dumb-bell links, which have been SO
fashionable in both gold and silver for
some time. Others have chains to con-
meet them, and all have some sort of
college insignia upon them to distin-
euish the wearer as a supporter OF the
institution indicated.
Stickpins and even hat pins are made
in the same design, and an enterprising
umbrella maker has ornamented the
handle of a new line Of umbrellas with
football about the size of an English
walnut.
A shaving paper case in the form Of
a nennant in college colors on flag
stem 1. something that the veriest
amateur can make. If there are
two colors, as there usually are. the
nennant has only to be divided by
line down the center. and the halves
nainted with one of each color. adding
the initial of the college name. A bow
Of ribbon in the same colors and loop
with which to hang it up complete the
case. after it has been furnished with
supply of tissue paper cut in the
same shape as the pennant and fast
ened at the back. 1t is surprising to
note how admirably the pigskin and it's
peruuisites lend themselves to the
needs and tastes of the fancy-work
maker. A. l.. w.
Copyright, 1897, by Bachelor Syndicate.
A Woodo~k,1 arc Collection.