The San Francisco call., 1903-09-06

7 AMOUNTS 70 something when
kirgH and Queens take the trouble
20 design and present gifts. and from
the way the late Pope. his. highness
Leo XIII. priced his priedieu. he
evidently thought %, too
When Leo celebrated his nftieth ami
Versa-Y into the Roman Catholic priest
hood, the whole Of Rome rose and re-
sosced over his mighty triumph and the
nobIest OF al lands We'd with one another
O. presenung him priceless treasures
As each expression OF reverence and
love was carried 20 him he displayed tie
most tntonss interest, Tor his kindly na-
tire appreciated the spirit in which they
were sent and every gift told him plainer
ShHn any words possibly could Of the
great love and universal admiration that
be had won for himself by his gentle,
Kindly ufs
Each remembrance touched snd pleascd
hin bat when the exquisite priedieu, the
eos-tng OF the King and Queen OF Bel
Eium. was given him. he carried It 10 his
prayer stool and with gentle touches and
ahrliring Elances laid II IN its rightful
Gbid5ng place.
Lace has long been her AIajesty's hobby
and when she was puzzlng her mind
over a suitable gift II kept running back
% that biIlowy channel
One bright. sunny morning she donned
= plain garb and was driven rapidly 10
Eaeltert, a distance OF some fifteen
miles out OF Brussels. Once there she
walked into the great lace mandatory
and asked for one Minnie Daeusaert
whom she knew TO be the finest lace ex-
pert IN al Europe And. by the way
such a reputation means not a little, for
Europe stands first and foremost when it
comes 20 laces these days
The two women worked and planned.
the head OF a nations Queen and the
head OF the nations expert lace maker
. bent closely together. and both entirely
engrossed in the designing OF the rarest
bit Of symbolic lace that the world has
ever seen.
DO you, miladi. or you, MILFORD. fully
realize what real lace means? Doubtless
you realize that there IS something ex-
. ouisitely fine about Il and you certainly
know that Il costs a small fortune, but
when you stop 70 consider that there are
frequently as many as dozen people
working on a single pattern at one and
the same time. that each and every de-
sign IS scheued and carefully thought
OUT by an expert who does nothing else.
the great wonder is that We have a third
as much as we do.
After finally settling upon the design
Minnie Daeusaerts FIRST duty was 10 Sc
Iect from the host Of makers those whose
labor would be uniform in size and fine
ness. and then she set them about their
arduous task.
The Pope's priedieu. which. by the
way, Is only another name for his prayer
stool, IS made Of Point O. 'Angleterre and
IS by far the finest piece in existence.
Apart from the superiority Of the work
and material II IS symbolic OF his life and
was IN consequence much more difficult 10
make. 70 match and 10 flt.
The very center represents the Pope
himself kneeling at prayer. The crucihx
with IT'S eternal martyrdOm and the Bible
with Its everlasting promises are before
him, while directly over his head the Holy
Ghost is IN the act of descending upon
his hiFhness. So delicate is the work
that the smallest detail OF the Savior
nailed 10 the cross IS plainly visible. and
when looked az through a glass but little