The times., 1899-05-14
WHEN MY LADY SEWS.
Reading and spanElinE Have Dis
placed Other Fancy Work.

Work bags are no longer made In the
style with which We are so familiar; but
are of heavier stuff, silk, satin. monde
script in color. and supplying a back
ground for the beautiful bead work now
laying siege TO the heart of woman.
They are cut in the shape of an ordi-
nary meal bag, and are about fifteen inch
es 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 bead work with
which they are heavily covered. These
beads are small and of innumerable tints,
and il is in the arrangement of them that
the artistic 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 finished
around the edge with silk fringe of tie
same color. They draw together with
heavy silk cord made to match the fringe.
Inside of the bag are four little cases
for needles, scissors, thimble and emery,
respectively. When the design is an In
dian one ii is very pretty to have the
thlmble case and emery combined in
miniature pair of moccasins.
Anyone with artistic taste can make
these bags so beautiful that they will un-
doubtedly 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
so great.
New tobacco pouches are made of a
snuff -colored undressed kid that can be
bought at the glove shops and are shaped
of six pieces cut similar TO orange quar-
tiers, all richly beaded. The head of
effective on one side of the pouch. 1t is
well to choose the beads of brilliant COL
ors 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 slippers.
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 reliable bootmaker
The price OF a pair of these slippers which
were recently seen at shop in Washing
ton was S12
Spangling is a sister fad with beading;
and lovely spangled butterflies are now
much in evidence. These butterflies are
first designed on paper, and are then
transferred to boiling cloth. II they are
TO be worn on the shoulder OF ball gown
they are made quite large. seven or eight
inches across the wings; but when de-
signed for the hair are seldom 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 span
giles which overlap each other. The body
of the butterfly is stuffed and covered with
beads 10 match the spangles, and the feel
ers are made of beads of the same color
strung On wires that they may be bent
into natural position. They are termi
mated by three larger beads similar to
those that are used for the eyes. On a
spring or summer ball gown these butter
flies 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.