New-York tribune., 1909-03-17
REVIVAL OF HANDW0RK
.SampLers Such a Fad, EUen Bridge
"Dummy" Stitches Busily.

F.ver,, woman who IS SO fortunate as to possess
a sampler worked by her great-great- -grandInotAer
is now engaged in making a reproduction OF it. Tor
these old-fashioned arts are the lad OF tHe ilo-
rneut One group of young matrons has formed a
kind of sampler club, and at the bridge meetings.
each woman stitches away at her sampler "ieH-
ever she is dummy" One Of these women mas
thre., wee daughters and they. too. are WoTKlhB
ssr,rJers They do not consider 1t task either as
great-great-grandmother undoubtedly did Ihey
think It a privilege TO be allowed TO work al Iieil
samplers. 1t is possible to reproduce 'he oiu o !,
plers exactly even to the eKquisitely SOFT Iadeu
tints for the shops make speciality Oh lo'e
these colors. and will gladly copy from olu san
piers any shade that they have not IN stocA
Wool working. too. is now a fad Tor "eat'nS "tt
women that find time hanging heavily Oh NC
hands and have the ambition TO 90 d ns N 10
..sea+s. for their Chippendale chairs. Others "s
evan alternating tapestries, as the trench ""
Of the old regime do 10 this day Ihe frame Io
this work is quite decorative for pouuo -
ner and when used gives an oppor'uhi'S - -.
off pretty hands and handsome rings 10 'iie w.
advantage ..os sr,17
The coyerlets which thrifty aneestresses spun
and Uove are beyond the power OF tnelr oesenei0e
daughters and their reproduction Is leIl 10 pei
who work fer pay. The George NandeIpi''s nav
become greatly interested in the fepIoOu1'i"
these band-goven Spreads which gives the peoPle
- the villages and mountain hamlets adjacent TO
I3iltrnore not only employment but new interest
in life The coverlets were made on manu- looiIi'
during the peaceful time in the middle OF ihe eis"
taantb century men and women working f"seuie1
during courtship, or when duties permitted ai1e'
marriage oddly enough. blue and white were Iiie
I- o1ors combined unless little black appeared
in tbe design TO emphasize the unique Shapes oi
tJrde beasts or flowers, and the blue was a deep
-to5o of Delft Red was hardly ever chosen "hlch
sea,,s strange as a taste for subdued cOorS Was
NOT often shown by the early settlers
The formal gardens have created a deinaiu loI
fat ol5-fas sboned flower baskets like shallow trays
with handles into which the mistress OF the mousse
nuts her roses as soon she cuts them, ana also
fo- the wicker stands in the shape Of hour glasses
with space for bowl at the TOP OF LoI " IN
fuea with sand into which short-stemmed flowers
~ - st,,,l, in pvran1id arrangements. These and
keen baskets are now the summer fancy work o.
,nanyea girl who has become enamored OF having
her garden accoutrements exactly Ike those she has
read of in books descriptive OF a gentleWoman $
pursuits or accomplishments, in which gardening IS
always rated high.
The Arts and Crafts workers going into metal
of all kinds and into carvings in wood well, and
the different classes all decorative objects or
accessories used before the Revolutionary War IN
houses of various degrees of. wealth, there being
no article even for humble that is not now dig
nfed by modern copy.
The making Of lace is developing slowly but it
is not the fine lace that impoverished French noble
women who had fed TO this country gave lessons
in 10 the young Schuylers. Bleeckers Living
stons Modern eyes cannot stand the strain of
making these fairy webs, and SO the amateur lace
maker Of to-day takes TO crocheting or tattins,
These homemade laces that grow quickly are
used on valances the edges of dimity cover
lets and in the closed ends of pillowslips, where
real thread lace was inset in Colonial troCsseau
linen so that the silken pillow covers might show
through.