The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-22
FROM FOREIGN LANDS
Mrs Hayward Brings Specimens
OF W0MAN'S HANDICRAFT

changed since she saw them before
The best news she brings is the elimi-
nation of beggars.
inns has been accomplished bysuch
great ladies as the dowager queens
OF Holland and Italy finding employ
ment Tor peasant women and children
IN their homes. Lace making. en-
broldery, inlaid wood work. pottery
hammered brass, stamped vellum and
various kinds of crochet and baske.
weaving are the chief industries pro-
vldlng support and resulting moral
elevation OF the class once so numer-
Gus as ragged beggars besieging
American tourists. Mrs Howard be-
ing IN sympathy with this method of
helping willing hands to find profit
able work invested in things made
by women to bring home as presents.
The mostlnteresting ofthese presents
is strand of Roman pearls made by a
process invented and patented by Mrs.
Dunn, who was beautiful Mobile Girl.
She is making great fortune with
artificial pearls that are made of moth
er-of-pearl coated with a solution of
dissolved seed pearls. They do not
break as Roman pearls once didand are
as lustrous as those found in ''the dark
unfathomed caves OF ocean," These
pearls are in case with initials and
remind me of the beautiful real amber
beads with hearts pendant brought for
her twin nieces. Those fortunate
twins will also have white beads long
enough for fan chains with silver scent
holders and others of tiny silver chains
with Rhinestones at intervals and
vanity boxes attached They will also
get pins from Egypt with green wing
ed scarabs
Three Marietta chums in, their earli-
est teens will be delighted with white
vellum card-cases adorned with gold
arabesque borders and golden initials.
One has A. F., one L. NJ. H., and the
other G. B. but | promised not to tell
their names and you will have to
guess.
There was a handful of silver
thimbles with rows of birth stones
around the top. A darling bisque
infant in long clothes with a realistic
nursing bottle and a set of dishes with
a course dinner attached to them will
thrill the heart of a great niece. Then
the inlaid card cases and picture
frames for men and the handbags for
women, how can | tell of their ex-
qulsite beauty! One bag for opera
glasses was crocheted in a tatting de-
sign OF gold thread and lined with
light blue silk. 1t was made in Egypt
and cost only six dollars. That beau
tltul bag will summer IN Marietta
so you may get to see it if you'll just
watch out Others were made of the
embroidered skirts of Grecian peasants
which picturesque costuming is dying
out. A white embroidered, pink lined
handkerchief case is another sweet gift
that will 60 to the land Of flowers with
the initials l. B.
Then there we're bottles of real
cologne in silver filigree cases to
fprevent breaking. This perfume has
been made at that same place by the
same family for more than thousand
years and its delicious odor exhales
through the cork like "the smolderine
sweetness OF dead red rose" in a box
OF cherished keep-sakes. These I'm
sure are for some old, old ladies who
can be refreshed by it in soul as we'll
as body.
Bags of Roman silk which is woven
on hand-looms by women and finished
with cords and tassels to match are
among the useful presents. A salad
set in the form of the inner leaves of a
cabbage was made of majolica ware by
women in Italy and a set of brass
finger bowls with texts from the Koran
hammered around for decorations was
made by women in Egypt. Mrs. Hey
ward declares Egypt, with its marvel
Gus fertility, has no weeds at all,
neither has Germany and she came
back to New Jersey moment to tell of
the strenuous and thorough methods
used in its country towns to keep them
"well-groomed" and beautiful.
To fit back to handicraft OF women,
the most elaborate embroidery on fin
est white linen is wrought by peasants
of the Tyrolean Alps, who do allkinds
of outdoor farm work, and yet keep
the delicacy Of touch essential to such
needle work Mrs. Hayward brought
home a shirt waist Of that kind and
also a white linen suit Of heavy
padded looking and open embroidery
done in button hole or eyelet fashion,
but I've forgotten what country it is
from. Another specimen OF woman