Show I 1 made MADE dy BY WOM WOMEN F afan ot abe wa ot or an old cantoni I 1 a Bas U eted lad ain aldon al i da days when armies a went forth fojtl toa battla allan all n their armor dressed the flag they carried in the foretro for forefront efro n i of their ranks waa wila worked and embroidered embroider eA by the hands of fair ladies at the court who thus thua visibly signaled to th e every ve ry man who carried sword or halliel halberd t the hopes s sympathies I 1 thies wishes of those whose limbs bimbi were unfit for r tha rough experience inrid of it war W ar it is a custom which in modern days ha has nearly gono out of df I 1 fashion recently says the london telegraph 1 the andrea doria hn an italian battleship aas was p presented r i with colors worked by the ladies of the city of genoa and na the hoisten hoisting of the syma symbol to the mast add wag mado madd the acel occasion of great rejoicing A correspondent in in the queen aa asks ka why something of the same kind should not be done dond in en england it is believed that no ship of the british navy has ever left i port carrying an ensign work worked eXall and d pre presented dented by the ladies of england and yet it would be difficult to imagine a more ep appropriate apri ate flag for any vessel whether entering into blittle battle liberating daves from terri terrible blo cruelty or carrying a ot of peace and protection to the oppressed than one made by the hands of women at home the correspondent suggests that ladies should bestir themselves in this direction and malre make a beginning by presenting to a battleship a milk ilk ensign worked by themselves amft |