The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-04
WAIsTcoArs As GIFTS FOR MEN.
Something in Fancy Work that Women
May Make Acceptable to Men.

Something in Fancy Work that Women
May Make Acceptable to Men.
At last woman has hit upon something TO do
for man in the way of fancy work that he
really wants done and will use after 1t is done.
For years she has showered him with gifts of
the bone wrought. some-of-my-very-own-work
description that were more an embarrass-
ment than q favor. Useless coals-to-New-
castle flummeries, to be tucked safe away in
q drawer, and.in memory maybe, but seldom,
very seldom, put to obvious practical purpose.
Even the sportsman's sweaters and long
stockings that she was at such pains to learn
how to make for him since the golf craze set
In. the cold-hearted dealers in such goods as
sured her quite dispassionately could be
made much better by machinery. Various
other attempts to supplement her dear ones
wardrobe with articles Of intrinsic worth have
proved abortive. and for the most part she had
to content herself with making the mere hold
ers OF things instead OF the things themselves.
Now. however. this persistent cudgeling Of
wits and itching Of fingers has evolved q really
a. and needful need concerning which, IL tes-
timony at the tailors' and women's work head
quarters be trusted, the demand is likely to
afford the fair workers a chance for ample in
vention and industry.
The exclusive west side has its waistcoat
muktES uS wen 70 ILO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cdSV
side. Conditions are somewhat different;
hours of labor. texture of materials, ultimate
destination of the goods and so on. Look in
any morning at a certain smartly fitted up
Workroom in the rear of an embroidery and
canvas workshop Just of Fifth avenue and one
will see the new order of waistcoat maker at
work. She has likely Just run up to town to
find out how to go on with a certain part of her
task, to learn just why her stitches look SO I'M
even and unsatisfactory beside the teachers
stitches or to match her worsteds or silks.
The gloss OF sea and sun baths is on lip and
cheek and forehead and her hair has the
fluffy fresh-washed sheen that is part of q
pretty girls panoply in the outdoor season.
Her fingers? well they cannot be likened to
the drifting snow or curlew's wing or any
thing Of that kind for Wilderness. They are
Enthusiastically brown and there Is a little fur
row on her brow at the moment caused from
much intentness in mastering that stitch.
She will get 1t. though. Self-sacrincing per-
sistence Is instinct in every line OF her alert
ana foShlded a nSirs sm a@q sae s21-s Shows as she
sits there taking lessons in the working over,
and oyer and fastening, of and knotting in Of
be an adept at needle work. she will learn how
to make that waistcoat acceptably.,
but with no collar and sufficiently low cut. to
show the cravat and a bit OF shirt front" Is
the formula to be followed in the cutting out Of
the groundwork canvas for that .WalStcoat.
Then when it is done, all smoothly. evenly.
satisfactorily done,,however, much picking
out and doing owe, there may have been in the
beginning-the tailor sets a trim. taut, silk
binding about the edge to give the right set"
nThe o ea N s. %aIi ui Wadist 5a str IN sp Mslr a.
as any ordinary waisteoat." said an authority
golf. and the bike. it is so adaptable and I'M
obtruslve as to be useful for any ordinary
sfitsb IN a T d9li, d TGfFks shade lR d sns in nat exc sTHsst
form also the black and dull blue combination.
black and hunters green. and q9tet shades Of
wonderful assortment Of these hand-wrought
EaisroOats. and the, variety OF stitches that
dividual patterns. OF course. the raised cor
duroy looking work, worked over and over in a
thick ridge and then clipped, after the fash.
ing warmth. but the canvas-worked in close.
ted is quiet enough to suit the most conserv-
atiye man. II Looks natty and unusual, as
s Ts1l; | really aGm thlnf the and T9 pFsetia advf In nj tbe on
efforts after fancy work mems furnishings
""The loose-knitted, coarse-textured golf
sweaters were never a great success, and not
popular with the wearers as these close.
Observation-Disclosures wSiEtep@ Wsi are; az ca q iltI Fe t toid frem Sn a
tasteful figured or brocaded silk in, the same
colors. In some OF the h~ome-worked vest Dat;
ttLHS FClJ W w ION w. ,WS.peN E'NC'NPb p'tA
these are intended entirely for sporting use,
but the large majority are made SO as to be
used for all ordinary occasions on the street
'Waistcoats embroideredin delicate patterns
are also fashionable. They are, not popular
yet. but they can be made really distinctive.
and n rich black silk or cloth waistcoat deco
rated in that way makes a gift well worth,h4y-
All inch wide when done, outlining the edge OF
the waistcoat. and on the pocket and about
the collar. The designs used are very, small.
finV piplpfa md Hling of the valley. niminutiVD
bows. doves. and the like. When the colors
are chosen with care and the work carefully
to work dimity colored flowers In between, or
over the main pattern OF, a black brocaded
worn With frock coats, are acceptable in this
style. also the very low cut evening walstcoats.
We have had so many OF this sort and 81 the
lately that | should Judge the fad was spread
ing. On the embroidered waistcoats. how
and the, silk must be OF the best. Silver gray
and delicate blue Is an effective COMPUTATION
siiht all Of dee dssId Hsin coi ESg sRoyi IaG's OUT T'f here S9 and q
coat that is satisfactory, she must not
pattern that the embroidery goods furnisher
has on hand.lbnt go 70 the mans own tailor and
exact and tried pattern, then the result can
not fail to prove satisfactory"
All the dainty designs found. in old Colonial
searched over for garnishings for the fancy
evening waistcoats. And all the carefully
planned out and ingeniously patterned stitches
used on the sampler work q our grandmothers
are being levied on. In the embroidery and
doors private carriages daily leave their
freight Of learners In the season, and where
cabs convey them at tho present greeting. fully
o dozen different. and effective canvas-wronght
designs for waistc oats are ON view, Each
little sample piece Is shaped out like the half
OF O. waistcoat front, pocket tiap and all,
man described then, lately. but they are not
Il. They arc worked over and over on canvas,
with exact little holes in IT. qt intervals, lust
like that the canvass Of a cushions are'made OF,
and pictures aud like decora ions. and almost
any time ia that little back room sewing place
pupils. old and young and in.between, armed
with expensive thimbles and dainty scissors
cases, silk holders and the IKE are seen
l~rettiest and settling down 70 a so-much-an-
hour lesson, with intention to surprise some
favored John or MnrmHiuke, mayhap. the
much-loved family doctor or the doted-On fam
ily rector or other recipient Of hero worship
with a really tasteful gift ON birthday or ami
Versary.