OCR Text |
Show ' THE DECAY OF PLAIN SEWING. rollowlntf In the "air. if 1-iut.f.d.lrry, tt tilth Wr.t UhI f I alln Aura ,g, Hnilirulih-ry, like uthr-r elegint art, aiif-ferial aiif-ferial ilff-ajr iltirinit the Dnrk Attoa, arI, liko lllmtitrr, t.a M nge In the rluMer llook4 emitalnittR t,a"'',' f"1 neeilw.rk m dlnttiona f(jr llielr uw were Intro-duml Intro-duml In Khiriittd towshl thti th cf th Sixteenth cfMtirr. neli lk hadt-wm preflxnl, exhorting lad If I o Irtdiiatry and to "exalted iwdlework atitdlmp " Tlte lifts of arclttvlmi ntnl iwtrtlyof enp tlrll -. tluit Queen KllsnUrth WMetmiprlletl Ui Iwl durlnr lr Rlrlbond was WullM by thU frmlnlfis art, ntxl hit hough nho bid s.de the ttenlln whfii she tivik Uplhfi scepter, ihf ttreat ttintHy uf her rmhmld lt)-madethl art fuhlonahte ainnnff th Knllh notilllty, ami mttrh Uhr wn lie-ftnwed lie-ftnwed liH Imitwrterfiratlmnlfi; stnol nnd rhalrt wrr ornmuetitrd wh 'he n--dh, aiatriy 11 wero Momnl with cur-taln cur-taln ntwl eounteriwafseorlehwl with cut-briddrry. cut-briddrry. Kvery artlcl of dresa iTalmd ed wilh eotly neetleviork. When thti fliieenilfetUhn I it I SOD enibttHdercl suit In ler wanlrote to mh mi-m waithe Mlmtfurdnienrried In tho Mlxtretith criitury. Indeed, Die uuwn hervlf at-trllrtitnl at-trllrtitnl th ttecny of ancient IWpllftHtr . to HteraH stint of money br!hed on fe-. malt' sppare L In r'rnnro ao-l other Continental etmn-! trlrtbsy wrnallrritntvHiaiit Intlilit strlcnf ornaminl. Alclrat ttiw.-vitt n( JJfnrylVof Frteidlisye(l a hanlktr chief that tmt 1,(M crown. Truly, with stteh spwelmen. nf tal find akill, ornn-int-ntnl tiedlfunrk was nttltlnl to n i1-im I among the fine arts. The French ntaliu their anrnt repntatlou for Wautlfulein-1 l-roldery, their iiMillwork on litx-n ! In; prtft rrtit tu that of nil otl.tr enuiitrlM. It would lake A vulnmet'i roittnln the name ( tie dlfttlngulhrd wotneti whu wr-ro fond of thnanrvenlilo oeeiirMtlmiif seirlnif, In its tiwfitl n ut-ll ns urnreful atil elegant form. Adrtlrk, areetn wlfo of Henry f vt llnftlnml, Jonn d'Albrrt. tnothrrof Ih-tgreat Henry tf Kranee. and Anne of Ilrlttsny, whosu rottrt wa u srhoul forth children nf tho hoMHty, am well known Inntsnee. The ImmuIUuI and nn fort unite .farlo Antdlnclte, In herndrrr slty awlatnl In unking and mending the riot he of Iheitnprlmtrml royal fandly: sn.l .Mary tjuwu of Heota, with her unfile, i solaeetl many a weary hour of her hum captivity. In this rwiturythsleanitsl Mr. Fonv r vlPt) rotttd work an ltitrlc.iln vttem in etnhmMerr as well n a inathenintiral problem, nnln thotcrlle wlthasmu'-h UexUrltyMthn teltin. There U In my imttm-Mlyti one-half of n hattdttng worked I n chain tltch by the fatrhiii'bof Cane line llonnpitrte, nbeu of Nnp1et. Tint rvetine and regnlirlty of tho stif dies nro a Muvhr to nil who etj It. It lmuch tolKtrrnrettM th.it the In-vrntlonof In-vrntlonof tho sewing tnhlnu ineniHel what I known n "plain rwitig'1 ti hart btuius altuot A IumI srt. Few frltl r I tiding taught to sewnlth thidr hand, bf I aura thti ioAriilnran do all tho wwluif. No marhlnitl((hltirt cnttttml In dur Milt r or lvautytlia wurkdonoby thehu- Artl'U note tho dllTennei between hand carrlutt and that done by mneh lurry. Tlie fsinoua iahnirro rdiawl, mmla nit band hmis In Itidln, rnimot U HpishHl In J.timpe. Dituot uikIithUimI meaidrpn-c meaidrpn-c Idling pewltig inchtiii'o; they arengntnd Invent Inn, but 1 lirgthst hand Hewing be noturjcleitnl. Ths inuthrrnho di-es not teach her daughter tdMWWrll inoughto ibirn fttaKkliiK neatly niul mend tmiler Muthlng well lis signally fsllel lu htt duty. The utllltnrliinUm nf tho INMncteenth eenlnrybndbaiilohi'd itrnami-ntal nrMle work from wonjan's naTompIlnhmentt uu tllthfl KiliitliiBtuil HthudoC Art Neeille work, In Ignition, mmis yeara txtek, usniu tnada embroidery IrtOilonaMe; our twlie eaniwwdliidny a iM-autlful work an ere t rumo from thcipiM'iil batvb of Kntherloc Howard or Anno Ilolevn, and mttlleMork may again bo tlti-iMtl nnxaig the elegant art.-Woman's Work. |