The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14
NEW BITS OF FANCY WORK

WorkbagS are no longer made in the
style with which we are so familiar
but are of heavier stuff, silk, satin, nom
descript in color and supplying a back
ground for the beautiful beadworlx now
laying siege to the heart of woman
They are cut in the shape of an orCii-
nary mealbag, and are about fifteen
inches long and ten inches wide. The
bottom part may be left square or
rounded, as the individual fancies. and
they are stamped in some conventional
or Indian design that adaptS itself TO
the beadwork with which they are
heavily covered. These beads are small
and of innumerable tints, and il is in
the arrangement of them that the ar
tistic taste and originality of the worker
may be displayed. The bags are lined
with silk to match the prevailing tone
of the beadwork. and are finish around
the edge with a silk fringe of the same
color. They draw together with
heavy silk cord made to match the
fringe.
Inside the bag are four little cases for
needles. scissor. thimble and emery. re-
spectively. When the design is an In
dian one it is very pretty to have the
thimble case and emery combined in
miniature pair of moccasins.
Anyone with artistic taste can make
these bags so beautiful that they will
undoubtedly be among the treasures
that are passed down to succeeding
generations. Naturally they are works
of time, but no one objects to that, as
their durability is great.
New tobacco pouches are made of
snuff -colored undresSed kid that can be
bought at the glove shops, and are
shaped of six pieces cut similar to or
ange quarters, all richly beaded. The
head of a chief, with his feather head
dress is most effective on one side of
the pouch. 1t is well to choose the
beads of brilliant colOrs. and to have
the cord and tassels made to match one
of the prevailing tones.
Fashionable girls are also using beads
to embroider themselves bedroom slip
pers. Soft kid of some desirable color
is chosen and cut into the proper shape.
They are then designed and beaded,
either with pure white crystal beads or
with the many tinted ones. Later, they
are made up. without heels, by re-
liable bootmaker. The price of a pair
of these slippers. which We're recently
seen at a shop in Washington, was $l2.
Spangling is a sister fad with bead
ing. and lovely spangled butterflies are
now much in evidence These butter
flies are first designed on paper. and
are then transferred to boiling cloth If
they are to be worn on the shoulder of
a ball gown they are made quite large
seven or eight inches across the wings,
but when designed for the hair are sell
dom more than two inches across. On
the wrong side they are outlined with
slender wire. which serves later to bend
them into shape. over this wire, on the
right side, are sewn two rows of gold
or silver spangles. which overlap each
other The body of the butterfly is
stuffed and covered with beads to
match the spangles, and the feelers are
made of beads of the same color strung
on wires that they may be bent into
natural position. They are terminated
by three larger beads similar to those
that are used for the eyes. On spring
or summer ballgown these butterflies
add an irresistible charm. They are
also most effective when made of black
spangles and small cut jet beads. In
fact. beading and spangling have for
the time being. at least. quite taken the
place of silk embroidery.