Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-18
ARTS AND CRAFTS.

An exhibition of the personal work of
the members and stockholders of the
New-C Century Club opened at the club
house yesterday afternoon and continued
last evening and today, and is proof of
their solid as well as more ornamental
attainmentsl for since their well-kept
homes canpot be exhibited, the display
is necessarily largely confined TO sewing
and fancy cooking, although not lacking
in other useful arts. IL is manifestly inn
possible 10 mention all entries, but there
are centrepieces, bedspreads, bureau
scarfs and piano covers galore, richly en-
crusted with skilled embroideryj a fine
display Of the exquisitely hand-quilted
silk quilts, for which Wilmington is fa-
nous; besides quaint and elaborate patch
work quilts, some of them made by mem
bers in their girlhood days, one in her
sixth, another i'm her tenth year. There
are intricately knitted and crocheted bed
spreads, representing much work, and
everything in the knitting line from
sweaters, caps, afghans and mats to a
knitted doll There is daintily-embroid-
cred underwear. and even a fine linen
parasol on which a spray of wild roses is
worked and rich portieres of silk, cut in
strips raveled and knitted.
The display of lingerie waists, both in
raised and in shadow embroidery, is fine,
as we'll as of whole dresses embroidered.
Several dainty lace-trimmed dresses for
little girls, made by their mothers, are
shown. An evening wrap is lined
throughout with fur in workmanlike fin
ish. There is beautifully painted china
and burnt work, one lady exhibiting a
fine miniature and several articles in
burnt work, one a large plaque skillfully
burned in relief. There is a music score,
words and music, by club member, some
examples of book binding; an original
poem, some books on household lore, In
dian baskets, while one lady exhibits
mushrooms, home grown.
One remarkable exhibit is series of
silhoutte likenesses of the members of
the clubs board of directors, executive
committee and Arts and Crafts COM
mittee, most admirable ILLNESSES. recog-
nizable at a glance. With these hang old
time worked notices, some water colors
amateur photographs and very we'll
drawn map made in childhood. One mem
bers exhibits range from a handsome
corduroy suit, made in correct tailor
style, a silk dress, a lace waist. cravou
pictures and photographs TO Quilt
pieced when she was 10 years old An.
other shows handsome pieces of fine lace
work. The work of still another shows
a wonderful range in needlework as fine
ly embroidered sheets, pillows, table
linen and samples of original designs
perfectly worked buttonholes, table linen
mended so exactly that warp and weave
are precisely like the original pattern, and
patches cut in bias, and in plain figured
and plaid goods in cotton and wool: sam.
/ pies of twenty-five different styles of
fancy knitting. All this skill was learned
when she was a child at the public school
in Switzerland. The embroidered house.
hold linen, of which she had made manv
dozens, is all held in neat packages by
embroidered bands, also home made
Worthy Of not also was the work of a
lady of S5, beautiful, fine sewing done
with - needles and l20 cotton, besides
embroidery and lace work An embroid.
cred shirt is shown, the fax for which
was spun and woven by a lady previous
TO her marriage in 1915. The design for
the embroidery was made bv one cluh
member and embroidered by another for
her daughter, who is a granddaughter of
the original owner.
The pantry is well stocked with pre
serves, jams, jellies, pickles, delicious
candy and candied fruit and nuts. which
are being sold for the benefit Of the piano
fund. and are going off like the proverbial
oteqkes. A misunderstanding Alinnehaha
cake IS both SO rich and so expensive that
it is being sold in sections. A. S.