Show Queens at Work Many of our queens and princesses like Solomons paragon sought wool and flax and worked willingly with their bands Katharine of Aragon introduced intro-duced fine stitching of black silk upon linen called Spanish work Queen Elizabeth Eliza-beth made a smock for her brother Edwards Ed-wards christening when she was only six years old and Mary Queen of Scots tried to propitiate her majesty of England with offerings of headdresses and nightcaps wrought by her own delicate handiwork Though the extravagance and luxury of I womens dress is a favorite theme just now they have ceased to wear red velvet gloves with gauntlets of white satin worked in silks and gold thread and spangles or even of perfumed leather enriched en-riched with seedpearls and gold thread as in the days of Henry VIII and his daughter The time of samplers Is gone by but some of the old stitches have come into fashion again We find Russian crossstitch chainstitch tentstitch and various forms of applique on German Ger-man English and Italian work of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Tli Spectator |