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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
COZ ONIAL NEEDLEWORK
The Women in Colonial Times Spent Years in Perfect
ING Needlewok Scenes and to Add to Their Art
They Sklfuly Painted the Faces.

nothing 10 teach them patience or perse-
verance. They dash from one thing TO
another. The strain upon their eyes in
doing such work as samplers is the great
objection, Of course, but | sometimes
think this would he offset by the value of
the moral lessons learned
The largest number of specimens at Van
Cortlandt is of memorial pieces in SATIN
stitch, long and short stitch. which was
much the same thing only not so fine and
belonged to later. more degenerate
period. when the austerity of Colonial
custom was loosening its grip on en-
broidery fashions, as on manners ana
morals.
The reason. of course. that more memo
rial pictures have been preserved for the
admiration of posterity to-day is that they
were treasured not so much for their
value as needlework masterpieces as Tor
their human associations. 1t was the GUS
tom when a member of the family died
for the needlewoman to memorabilia his
virtues i'm satin. The usual form was a
| picture showing grave, weeping VIII
low tree and the surviving relatives, clad
! in black with yelled faces.
The one memorial picture which the
/ curator Of the museum never fails TO point
out 10 visitors with sly smile shows
| tombstone bearing this inscription:
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PETIT POINT PANEL.
AND HER EIGHT CHILDREN
MEMORIAL PICTURE: WOMAN IN BLACK WEEPING AT TOMB.

"kcorinE NJ appearances on the part OF
American women. But why should We not
keep mp appearances? What aiter an
does this mean but keeping up our self
respect? Where errors come in IS IN re-
gard to the methods employed. Many
people. men as we'll as women. never seem
to learn that the wise expenditure OF
small income will bring better appear
ances" and more solid comfort IMAM
lavish and thoughtlcss expenditure OF =
large one. our schools have improved
whore the inculcation OF manners IS
concerned Isn't it time they devoted I"
little more attention TO practlcal ecoh
omy7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
WOMEN AND VERSE.

How IL IL that 50 many more men
than women seek and find solacc and in
spiration in the reading of poetry?' Is
n question raised in an American con-
temporary. and il is problem which
p.av w.ll puzzle us Ior there is no
dsubt about ii that women do not apprc-
ciste the poetic faculty as do the sterncr
and falsely supposed to be less senti-
mental Sex, and II would DC interesting
to know the reason. The fact is that
women, who arc supposed to stand for
the poetry Of existence. do not always
rise To the heights they themselves are
supposed TO draw mon up 10. Woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

, Third Thursdays, series Of talks on tne
relation of the arts 40 civic life.
Fourth Thursdays. group visits to places
Of civic interest
The National Society Of New England
Women. Mrs. Richard Henry Greene.
president. will celebrate It's eighteenth
birthday on Friday January y. from
to 8 o'clock. al the Waldorf-Astoria. the
last card party Of a series given by this
society will. be held on Friday January
Il. at the home of Mrs. William X. Til
Iotson. No. li3 West seth street.
Mime. Lillian Nordca will discuss THE
Progress Of Women" al the Hudson Thea
ire on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
This will he the hrst Of a series OF sympo-
Sums on the progress OF women, ar
ranged by the League for Political Educa-
tIou I'm which women OF distinction in art
literature. education, philanthropy. busl-
ness. public affairs and the various pro-
fcssicns will be heard.
The New York Browning Society, Of
which Miss, Florence Wier Gibson IL tha
president held it's regular January meet
ing Wednesday at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel The programme was under the
chairmanship of Mrs. NJ. Archibald Shaw.
The Poem for discussion was the first
part OF "Luria."
Mrs. Julian Heath will speak on The
IIgh cost Of Living and How to Reduce
~ 40 pa
Council of Jewish Women on January 81
1T p. m. at Temple BETHEL yestry
rooms. 18th street and Fifth avenue. The
public Is cordially invited Miss Sadie
American is the president Of the New
York branch of the council.
The third lecture in the series given
Under the auspices Of the Catholic Ii
brary Association will be on The Catholic
Church aud the Woman Question" II
will be delivered by DR.. Joseph H. Me-
Nahon on "Wednesday afternoon. January
Is. at o'clock at Delmonicos. Fifth ave-
nue. and 18th street.
The Government club will hold it's regu-
lar meeting at the Hotel Astor on Tues
day morning. January II. at 1880 o'clock.
The president Mrs. Belle De Rivera will
conduct the parliamentary drill. The club
has asked NIas j. +. Baird To continue
her talk on THE advantages TO the in
diyidual in democracy or under a
, momarchical government" which was the
subject Of the December meeting.
The annual meeting of the Mary Arden
Shakespeare Club was held on Wednes-
| day AT II a. m. at the home Of Nine. Won
Klerner. luncheon was served, after
which musical programme was given
by Nine Won klenner The next meet
| Ing will be at the home of Mrs. George
l.. Gutter. Orange. y. j., on January 30
at II q. m. Automobiles will meet guests
at the station.
Tho Universal Sunshine Society. Mrs
Clarence Burns. president, will hold a
sale at the Waldorf Astoria on the after
noon and evening OF Wednesday. Janu-
airy 10, the sixteenth birthday Of the so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

The St Marks club will have an on
tertainment Thursday, January 10. at $50
p. m, at st Mark s-in-thc- Bouwcric. Miss
Lucine Finch will give her African YER
sion Of The Creation The committee
includes Mrs. NJ. A. Aspnwall. Mrs.
Boudinot Keith and others.
Mrs. Fiske viii give q reception to mem
bers Of the Womcn's Trade Union League
after the benefit performance OF The
High Road which she is giving to the
league on Tuesday evening. January II.
Members and sympathizcrs Of the league
and others who wish to attend the play
should send in their applications for seats
TO Mrs. Joseph H. Wise. treasurer Of the
league, at headquarters No. a. East 22d
street. All the boxes have already been
sold, but good seats are still 10 be had.
The next board OF trustees meeting of
the Council of Jewish Women, Brooklyn
section, will be held Tuesday afternoon,
January II, at 23O. I'm the vcstry rooms
OF Temple Israel, Bedford ana Lafayette
avenues. A large attendance was present
at the meeting Of the councils study
circle. for the study and discussion Of
Biblical history and literature, At the
home OF Mrs. Charles T.. Bloch, No. 526
sth street on Friday afternoon. From
a Mattress Grave" (ZanGwiils "Dreamers
of the Ghetto'D was tho topic chosen for
the afternoon. supplemented by general
discussion This circle has as members
twelve women. Mrs. Leon Meyer is the
chairman.
The third Of the series Of benefit dances.
given by the College Women's club. at
the home Of the president. Mrs. Charles
Austin Bates. No 107 Riverside Drive,
will he held on the evening Of January
a. al Q o'clock
An especially interesting programme
has been arranged FOR the next meeting
of the Society for Political Study. Of which
Mrs Mortimer NJ. Menkcn is the presi-
dent. II will be honorary members day,
and the programme includes the regular
parliamentary drill and addresses from
honorary members. After the meeting the
executive board will entertain the hon
orary members at tea. The meeting will
be the regular January gathering, ana
will he held on January "a al the Hotel
Aston.
The Wcman's Municipal League has
taken over the lecture and excursion
features of the leagues new programme,
and all l9l2-13 members Of the League
for tho civic Education Of Women VIII
be Immediately enrolled upon the books
Of the Woman's Municipal League as its
fully accredited members without further
dues for the current year. Beginning
January 2. 1918. the following courses. al
ready announced by the league. will be
conducted by the Civic Education Com
mittce Of the Woman's Municipal League:
First Thursdays. general lecture on
some current civic topic.
Second Thursdays. series Of informal.
discussions on the functions and structure
of the more important city departments.
TO be given by the Training School for
Public Service OF the Bureau OF Munich
pal Research.
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NEWS OF THE CLUB WORLD

cIctv. Mrs =. +. Frost is cpairIhah vi
the sale, which will he under the hirec-
ton Of branch members acting as the
several chairmcn. The patroncsses are
Mrs. William Tod Hclmuth. Mrs Niiilaih
Aston Chanler. Mrs. w. p. futile anu
Mira Theodore Macdonald. Connecticut
Mrs. W. Appleton Holmes. fonkers, ~
y; Mrs. W. f.. Bailey, New Jersey; MIS-
A. c. Mason and Mrs. Harrison Gray
Lawson. Brooklyn; Mrs. Hamilton H.
Downing, Mrs. Richard Henry greene
Mrs George Perkins Lawton, Saratoga
Mrs Julian Heath and Mrs. Horace XII
born.
A meeting Of the Portia Club of the
CITY of New York. Miss Mary NJ. breh-
neman. president, VIII he held at tnc
Hotel Aston. January Is, at y. IN. TOPIC.
"Corporations" by Mrs. 4. ~ Mosher'
chairman; "Quasi-Publc Corporations
bv Mrs. r.. A. Albright The question
Rox is i'm charge of Or. Rachel NOttage'
portia will have it's annual luncheon on
Saturday, January y. at the Hotel Astor.
Mrs. Thomas NJ. Ballet is chairman oil
the luncheon committee.
Tn. Woman's Republican Club will hold
it's next regular meeting at Delmonlco -
January "A. at 1880 a m. The speakers
will he Francis W. Bird and James s.
Lehmaier.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson was present AT
the second musical Of the Ruhinstein
club. given December Il. al the Waldorf
Astoria. reception was held after the
musical programme was given. The third
musical will be given on Saturday. Janu-
airy IS. I'm the Astor Gallery of the Wal
dorf- Astoria at 23o D. IN. The artists
will he Donna Easley, soprano. and Ed
ward Lankow, basso, OF the Metropolitan
and Boston opera companies.
The Woman Suffrage Study club will
meet Monday January IL, at S:l5. at the
residence Of Mrs. Raymond Brown, presi-
dent The speakers will be Miss Frances
Kellor, of the immigration Bureau. and
Mrs Margaret Clauson, of the city En-
ployment Bureau
Three lectures on "Eugenics and Sex
Hygiene" The Mother. the Father and
the Child" will be given by Miss Laura
Garrett, on Wednesday evenings. at S. at
the headquarters of the Womens Trade
Union League. in connection with the
leagues Good Health League" which II
has founded for the trade union and
working women. Five lectures will he
given by Or. Josephine Baker, on How
to Care for the Skin. Lungs, Digestive
Organs, Nerves and Mind The league
is endeavoring 10 educate working women
TO the conviction that women must keep
strong and well, not only for their own
sakes, but also for the sake of the race"
Mrs. Algernon Alfred Brooks, president
and founder OF the Gotham Club an
nounces n business meeting OF that or
ganization for January II. at 2:3o D. M
at the Hotel 81. James The programme
will be made up OF reports OF members
who have visited unsanitary bakeshops
Mrs. Lucy A. Yendes. chairman OF the
inspection committee, will speak.
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1914.
Sacred to the memory Of
David Brown.
Who departed this life
Feb. 81. Aged -.

II the visitor is accommodating enough
not to see the point at once Mr.. Curator
has the pleasure Of remarking on the in
frequency of the 3lst day Of February
and there you are
Another interesting piece is the bed
spread, wrought in chain stitch, belong
ing to the late sixteenth century. In this
design the work was always of peculiar
and unbioogicsl animals. 1t was done in
fine chain stitch. LAYER upon layer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

indeed. may inspire poetry. she may
afford excellent copy TO the poet. ana
be the motif OF his verse. but she rarely
wants TO read II. and IS very frequently
lnsensltive TO SIS attraction. Perhaps
this accounts FOR so few women writing
good verse. and also testines to their
pr1cfir1l bent Of mind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
THE CHIEF REQUISITE.


The chief requisite of successful ca
terer in a big restaurant" she explained
as an Introduction. lis a thorough knowl-
edge Of everything pertaining To the kitch-
en-. She must be splendid cook and have
a wide knowledge of dealers and prices.
She must know how 10 select furniture.
china and crystal and silver. And a good
insight OF human nature Is indispensable,
for she must not only be able TO under
stand her employees, but also her patrons.
"A caterer I'm a restaurant like this must
know a little of everything If the place
is going to be successful. You can't en-
ticc men and women up eight floors and
charge them first class prices unless
there's a compelling reason why they
should go out OF their way to patronize
your place instead Of one OF the other half
dozen first class restaurants In the neigh
borhood
when | loft Byrnesville. Penn, / was
not sure in what direction fortune was
waiting for me. but | was determined to
find out. Every one is born with r special
leaning toward some work. and unless he
make this his speciality he will never
make big success. | knew that dress
making would never prove a congenial oc-
cupation for me, bat ! was too young and
inexperienced tn get anything else. so /
took that job as errand girl. After three
years my mother came on TO Philadelphia
and opened large boarding house, and i'm
the kitchen of that house found my true
vocation. | realized then the great de-
mand of men and women for satisfac-
tory place whore they could get good
food | didn't want to he cook;
wanted to become the biggest caterer in
A r,nnnicn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
PRACTICAL ECONOMY.

Much Is being written just now about
our family budgets. The curmudgeons
among the critics are for laying all the
blame. or the bulk OF H. for our social
discontents upon the alleged mania 'nf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
655zz9 pROCRFSpd and Tia MODERN HOUSEHOLD -

II learned eagerly all could, and as my
mother was splendid cook my expe.
rience i'm her Sitchen was very valuable
After three years. however, her health
gave out and we had to abandon In.
house, as | was too young to take charE.
Of it. and mothers health prevented her
doing anything.
THE PREPARATION.
1T was necessary for me 10 take the
first position offered, and this proved tn
be that OF traveller for -four concern.
1t was way out of the road had laid
down for myself. but | determined 10
learn all | could i'm my new line. as
believed a knowledge of -four would helm
me later in my catering work. And
made a big success of selling -four for
was ambitious and tireless.
After working in this business for over
a year | returned to Philadelphia. and
hearing Of an opening in the kitchen Of
tea room, | applied TO the department
store that owned it. My friends though,
me crazy to give up the -four business
because Of my success in II, but | gladly
abandoned ii for Ny Career.
AT first, in the tea room, cut bread and
made sandwiches, and helped about the
kitchen. ! got into everything. and grad.
ually advanced TO receiving the goods and
experimenting the orders sent out to the
dining room. In time ! was promoted 10
he assistant caterer. and was sent on IN
New York. The chief caterer in my EN-.
ployer's tea room there was absent. and
dreamers had while learning the druds.
cry
Il carefully superintendent everything.
and introduced many different novelties
into the tea room. The result was I'm.
creased patronage. I had made good.
II worked here for couple OF years
! when M present employer sent for me
/ and asked me to take charge Of the res
/ taurant which they were about TO open.
OF course. | knew this firm was about TO
open a new store, but | never thought Of
even putting in an application, for knew
that on such occasions employers are
deluged with application from thousands
Of good people. When they came to me
and asked me to take entire charge OF
their restaurant / went and talked Il
all over with my mother, and while my
friends were warning me about attempt.
ing too much. mother said: Take H.
You've always made good. You'll max.
good in this
Before coming TO this place travelled
abroad for a couple of months and got
pointers from the European restaurants
When / came back | was full of the am.
bition that my restaurant should be the
best in the city.
Il have 5000 patrons a day in the res
tsursnt proper. and from 5000 to 900 at
the lunch counter: besides this, | have
| charge of the employees restaurant, where
from /, 500 to eco men and women are fed
daily. | do all my own buying and super.
| intend the putting up Of all my pre-.
serves. | never buy preserves. and this
adds TO the different quality OF my cater.
| frc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
A FATAL MISTAKE.


The greatest mistake that girls who
TO real hard work. There is plenty OF
room for ambitious young women in this
business. and the salaries for the ad'
vanced ones are very good. But to make
success in Il one must start at the bot
tom and learn the work thoroughly
whether II is a girls idea 20 work in
restaurant for a big firm like this. or 70
go into business for herself eventually
No one can make a success OF this bua-
ness without learning every branch OF "
Indifferent ability is the reason why 20
many tea rooms and restaurants are 80
short lived.
ITO be a successful caterer woman
must learn all the detail work about the
kitchen: she must know how TO maze
every kind OF salad and sandwich and 90
cooking Of every kind. There Is no posi-
ton in the restaurant or kitchen which
| could not fill II necessary. II the eh@
left on a moments notice II would no1
embarrass me at all. l would End couid
|, do his work until we found another.
linen, as one auNdHtts, sue h'SS~
come thoroughly acquainted with dealers
and prices, and, by receiving the sooos'
learn which dealer delivers the best sooo'
at the lowest prices. Lessons In donesu0
economy are given in most night scnoo's
and the girl who wishes 10 ADVANCE
rapidly should take every opportunity
learn all about her business. Unless
girl is really fond OF the work she snoui'
never begin with II, for she will NOT fnaA'
success OF IL.
when a girl decides that this u u.
career she wishes to pursue, let her VIII.
letter to the manager OF the nrnn sn'
wishes 10 work for and give her qualih.a
tions, etc. II her letter impresses ".
manager favorably she will hear i'0"
him as soon as there is a vacancy
While waiting let her learn 10 90 w.
first thing at hand. and not get us
ouraged because things are not rus"Ds
her way. So many girls lose interest ~.
enthusiasm and let things slide unoe' :.
parently discouraging conditions I'M"
why tho big cites are fun OF ghos" !"
cremated ambitions"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
SAMPLERS.

There are samplers, too. which were
done only by little girls from the ages
of eight 20 twelve. At that mature age
a child had passed the sampler state and
was competent TO make fathers shirts
and begin her own store of linen against
her wedding day.
I'm those days signs Mrs. Lockwood,
"needlework was an art. The women did
not waste their time on foolish perish
able things as we do to-day They
wrought for all time-for things that are
truly beautiful will endure, whether they
be needlework or statuary or poetry.
"Needlework was respected then A
lady was known by her exquisite stitches,
and the teaching of needlework TO young
girls of birth and means was the highest
profession open TO women. / have old
papers which contain advertisements of
teachers of needlework, who boast that
they are competent TO give instructions
in all stitches fashionable In London AT
the present time
'Ah. IL we could have revival OF this
artr signs Mrs. Lockwood. II would adj
vocate teaching beautiful needlework in
the public schools. Our children have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
OUTSIDE DUTIES.

II must be always ready to accept in
vitstions 10 prominent clubs to luncheon,
or 10 club meetings. This all helps, for
I get in direct personal touch with my
customers, and they bring their friends
to meet me. There are society women
who want me TO open tea room in Fifth
avenue. and guarantee that it would be
big success: but | take great pride in
this place; | built IT up myself. and am
going to enlarge II in the fall.
81 have bought beautiful home in
Forest Hills. Long Island. and have
brought on my family from Philadelphia
Two of my brothers and my sister are
in the restaurant with me learning the
business
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
Mary Mcdonald,
Modern Caterer.
BY Isabel Stephen.

by ISaocl Stcpncn'
Copyright. 1912. 10y tho Mcclure Newspaper
SyndcateD
Fourteen years ago thirteen-year-old
Mary Mcdonald left Byrnesvile. hamlet
situated between the towns Of Ashland
and Centralia Penn, TO begin her search
OF fortune Her father was dead and she
was the eldest Of five children, so when
she heard Of a drcssmaker in Philadelphia
who was looking for a little girl to run
errands and was willing to pay her s. %
a week and board she gladly accepted
this start in life. She is now tho highest
salaried woman caterer in America. and
the other day she told me how she had
come to win this position over the heads
OF much older and more experienced men
and women in the business.
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PETIT POINT.

petit point has the greatest art posi-
bui,ies though. of almost any stitch
l,oun IN woman. as every visitor is con-
,ircod who examines the two pieces at
Van Cortlandt Park. The colors are soft
and rich-dull blues and reds, with
blurred figures in browns and greens ana
srsvs. The famous BaveUX tapestries are
ratit ooint The stitch resembles the
cross stitch in that il follows the STRANDS
q the canvas upon which ii is worked
mt In petit point the thread comes up on
one side Of a strand and down on the
other side. thus using only one strand IN
? stitch-hence the petit point, little
stitch The finer the canvas, OF course
the finer the finished embroidery. the
niece at Van Cortlandt is not the finest
in existence by any means though II
takes a sharp eye to distinguish the
stitches and one can appreciate them
better with a magnifying glass. IheF
cover a surface at least one by three feet
and are done with exquisite care not only
in the placing Of the stitch but the color
'rr and outlining OF the figures OF trees
flowers and people. Ten years seems
none too long for Cousin Patience to have
wrought 10 produce this masterpiece.
Next the petit point exhibit is some
thing much less beautiful 10 New YORK
eyes. but older. and therefore valuable
This is a mirror frame in "stumpwork'
the earliest fashion in fancy work found
in this country. It's not likely that II
was done here, because all mirrors were
imported IN those days, and mirror and
frame were probably some Colonial maid
wedding present from the cousins at
home This exhibit was found near Bos-
ton, however, so it is good American. The
background of stumpwork was satin, on
which were pasted forms OF strange and
weird animals, made OF something Ike
PAPER mache. as initial letters are made
to-day. over these forms the embroidery
was done, and in and around were "purl-
inKs" OF metal thread