The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

suit for the younger sister. The color
was porcelain blue, and the decoration
hollow squares built of the machine
embroidered dots which can be pur-
chased at eighteen cents a yard-dots
less than half an inch in diameter and
detachable, a very popular mode of
garniture for linen frocks this sum-
mer.
1T does look so cheap. just as if it
had come off q bargain table" walled
the younger sister.
The elder sister could not contradict
and be truthful, so she did something
better. She bade the mourner wipe her
eyes and buy two dozen skeins of mer-
ceriZed floss, and the two set to work.
The family embroiderer filled in the
hollow squares with the simplest of
basket weave stitches the floss woven
cOarsely in and out, until each square
was a solid mass of quickly wrought
handwork, with the machine-made
dots softened by the floss. AS a re-
suit, the younger sisters suit lost its
bargain counter air, for at the head
of each plait in the skirt, on the box
plated band down the front of the
blouse, on cuffs, collar and belt were
what passed for handworked motifs
in silky floss.
TUT pOICll WOIhB Tie ldIlIIy Gill
broiderer delights in marking hand
kerchiefs, and in here she INDUCES a
fad. Instead of having a monogram
or conventional letter stamped on the
linen, she stretches the handkerchief
over her embroidery hoops, and in
the very center, or in one corner, she
writes, in a delicate hand, the Chris
ton name of the owner. This she
covers with a solid satin stitch in
white mercerized cotton, if the hand
kerchief is all white. If the hem or
design is in pale colors, such as blue,
pink, lilac or green the name is en-
broidered in corresponding tint.
A prudent person is this lady of
the needle, for with her summer ward
robe complete, she sets dainty
stitches of mysterious bits of silk,
chiffon and cloth, which will appear
later. in her fall blouses. In the
cretonne-covered basket at her elbow
are stamped collars and cuffs, or per-
haps a girdle or a bertha, and a be-
wilderingly BEAUTIFUL collection of
mercerized floss and heavy silks-all
to be woven into sartorial treasures by
this practical summer girl.
The handwork fads of the moment
are the broderie d'Anglaise or eye
let embroidery, the Hardanger lace,
and motifs built of Chiffon and fagot-
ing, all of which will play large
part in the building of fall blouses.
Hardanger lace is a quaint combi-
nation of sampler stitches and drawn
work. 1t will be much seen on wolfe
and etamine blOuses for early fall
wear as it can be worked only on
materials possessing a clearly defined
mesh. The designs are square or dia-
mond shaped, and threads are drawn
as for regular drawn work The
hollows or squares thus formed are
outlined with heavy buttonhole
stitch in mercerized floss. Smaller
squares are then formed within this
large one by separating the uncut
threads and bracing them with linen
thread No. so. If desired, these tiny
squares may be filled in with a single
lace stitch in the linen thread, such
as is employed in drawn work. The
designs are simple and can first be
tried on Hardanger canvas, which
comes for the purpose, or on ordinary
canvas such as was provided for
grandmothersi sampler.
Hardanger shows to best advantage
when worked in self-tones: that is.
for pale gray etamine the stitches are
worked in floss of the same tone or