The sun., 1901-09-15
WoMAy,s WORK AT THE FAIR.
Linen Wonderfully Embreidercd IN snk
Painted China and tlne Lace.,

Painted China and Fine Lsce>'
That golf. tennis and country club hfe
have not banished the womanly ART of
needlowork n proved by the exhibit OF THE
work az the Buffalo Fair. All day long
crowds of women are grouped about the
cases filed With lace work. embroidered
linen. drawn work and the old-fashioned
tapestry embroidery. The linens ensbroid-
cred In the colored wash silks IN floral de
iyI "a are easily the most attractive and
increasing Of the specimens, for the WORK
l. still comparatively new. and the manu-
facturers of the silks are constantly I'M
proving on their colorings and adding new
one. for the various designs.
The strawberry with It's leaves and bios
roms seeuls 10 have been brought to the
highest perfection, many specimens of this
design being shown behind handsome
frames and having ali tho appearance OF
an exquisite and finely finished water color
Baskets Of Strawberries in which the wood
l. faithfully Cupicd Ia silk and the fruit
piled la a glass dish, showing It's crimson
through the frosted dish, show to What
wonderful perfection tho silk makers have
brought their wares, a. well as displaying
the skill - ths modern woman with her
needle
The linen work shows up in contrast TO
the cases u moro sombre work. the tapes
trier. some OF them portraits Of noiabilties
resembling oil paintings IN the fidelity with
which tina fi"Sn tiut- arc reproduced. But
the linen WORK showing the flowers standing
we'll out from the white SURFACE, perfectly
counter .eitsd not only In color Tut IN the
curve of the petal. whicn II now ~ per.
frCtly reproduced 10y the UNDERLYING of
- N1nIrNllia evidences fflAf
embroidery cannot be reiegatcd to the l"-t
ats
A usutr.p!eoa which hAs pleased most
II tuo Nu.Iru vlHItJls In a OuiuDlnAtlon ui
tIe tea rose VITA u,.luatr spfaye ~ mthIrn-
hail iein Thea tIole are OtI"ls showing
the poppy, the pdusv and the orchid. AL
beiuuiu, a. tuuugn tu- ooiufs werc Llhd on
vita "A brush Instead ul a Nestle. and pus-
reoslng u hOiti,~- AMI tu",'u wmch 10
brush could ever imptlt Al n rue that In
a ca-e hear by sewing machine COMPANY
has brautifuI cNI.tJu uf similar al uOb7r
claimed to De done 10y tuelT machines, but
while these things az hisi giau'- ipoA ti"
sane tne nand made pl-Cse no on" cAIi
examine tnc floral r",'rOductions and fa!!
10 soc tne am crenoc between thv mcchAni'
caliy made centres and those made by
hand.
A Young woman dcmunstrator Illustrates
how tine ~ork Il don. on Ia" machine. aiid
IL In "a slo~ and unsatisfactory looAIhS
Of ambroiiering by hand. one of tne cnisf
pleasures - hie Ia tn. nOmc woman. IN"
stamped linen - stretched on rings ar ioi
hand NorK aud n manipulated under u"
RISING and falling nc,stle, the ring icing
wurAt-i h.icA and forth, and frequently
turned In order to insure the proper dli,-c-
tion II lo1As extremely tedious and tire
some anu would apparently tax uie EYES
" the utWust
An Interesting exhibit In this room Is an
"A fENn do lFt
SILK cray patchwork, each paich h'arns
a distinguished name traced m i"ilci bN lie
owner and then worked ln slik by the maker
of the Quilt More than a thousand cciehr-
ties are represented Ia thi- unilu" col
laltiou Mile IL II undoubtedly intcroet-
ing and valuable u cannot be- called beau
tlh.l. Crazy patchwork. which gaineJ n
great vogue when II first came out about
ten wears ago, war a clever mcthOd oi uu-
lizing old -craps of silk, hut the work was
never especially pretty II vas odd and
blyarre and suggested it, name
Another exhibit upon which the enormous
value ~ 5000 h pacs-t. II all oId-iarh-
loned sampler work wor-ted afghan. II N
one OF the old time bits Of work upon which
an infinitely great nuuih"- Of stitches w"r"
rln,ci 10 make the background a. well a.
the de- IN To the modern woman IN"
o'd-fashioned work does not appeal tn-
like old lace. Il has not the ChaI IA OF delicaCy
10 recommend IT.
China painting. which n fcw years ago
was Tot only fad with women hut prom
,secl 20 h,-~ome one of the paving Vocaiion-
for feminine hands. ss>rms Co have lost its
vogue generally IN the last hve Years. and
the fine showing Of decorated china al tho
Buffalo Exhibition u surprise 10 thor"
who have lost their first interest In tho
work
The show ing 81 lare work Indicates that
this form 81 needle work will displacc ~"
linen embroidery Ia popularity lie dell
cacv and wonderful originality 81 pattern
are such that American lsc"s, u would seem,
will escel the foreign made article before
many Years have ua.agsi