Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

pointed apartment at the Portland. where
Senator and Mrs. Gamble spend the sea-
son during the sessions OF Congress, the
casual visitor always finds Mrs. Gampie
busy with her needle. She rocks and
chats and makes the most intricate en-
broidery the while, and with keen dehgnt
is her pastime followed.
my home in Yankton engrosses me
completely. and all the time am In
Washington / am looking over the time,
as II were, watching for the days TO
vanish until homecoming arrives Mean
time I embroider my towels and napery,
I make bags for my sons collars and
cuffs. and larger laundry bags for every
thing required in the management OF the
home. and IL is surprising how many bags
a housekeeper needs, and even my sheets
and table covers come in for hemstitchfhg,
embroidery and general establishment.
have always regretted that did not 1--we
in the time when every housewife wove
her own linen. II looks from this distance
a delightful occupation, but l suppose
il was a wearisome work in the end ana
that We should rejoice that modern prog
ress has taken this portion OF the labor
away from the wife and mother ! cnng
to the old fashioned way or having all
home necessities made at home, and this
work IL one of love for me and helps
TO fill many empty hours during the
winter The days when the weather Is
harsh the hours when one cannot be So
cial. for, of course. every one knows the
contingent must observe. can all be most
gratefully filled with embellishing the ar
ticles needed in the home.
Sewing. embroidering and all the
allied branches are excellent things 10
show one the value OF time l rarely
have more than an hour or half hour
sometimes only a few minutes when the
season is at its height, but takS up your
work Just for a minute every Nime you
have a minute to spare, and see how
much is accomplished at the end OF a
week | wish the old way OF taking your
work when you 40 TO visit would come
into vogue again, but IL would scarcely
he practical in the rushing methods
which must prevail IL one expects TO
get anything accomplished in the call
ing line. 1 note. however. in hotel draw
ing rooms as well as In those OF homes
proper that many women deyote leisure
evening hours to fancy work. ] was in
terested I'm the popular story that MIS-
Roosevelt was never seen sitting idle, that
when she received any guest informally
she crocheted. made lace or even worked
on fine linen for handkerchiefs or decora-
tive purposes.
1T was certainly a wholesome example
TO set the women Of the country, and IL
Is one which IL universally adopted would
smooth away many rough places In do
nestle life. For instance. in that pitfaii
Of all homekeepers, the waiting of meals
for busy members OF the family who can
not or will net arrive on time. instead
of getting yourself into a white heat OF
Indignation over the delay. have some
pretty embroidery and work leaf or
Hover. The time passes rapidly and
work sweetens the disposition. say the
stern old moralists | cannot claim any
special merit for doing fancy work. since
from my earliest childhood loved t. sew.
But il / did not care fnr II / should still
recommend IL as a feminine accomplish
ment which brings out the best traits In
q woman, teaches patience. industry,