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Show BERLIN WOOL WORK AQA'N. Fashion'! Wheel Has Drought Old-Timer Old-Timer Into Favor. So many of our "now things" turn out to bo old things slightly disguised and brought Into fashion by n turn of tho wheel. Hero's "Berlin work" ns tho latest arrival. This Is work In wools on canvns In cither "crons" or "tent" stitch. Tho cross-stitch Is the easier and, on tho whole, the bettor ndaptod to claborato patterns. It was In cross-stitch that tho dames of olden days cmbroldored tho nlaborato tnpes-tries tnpes-tries that adorned tho walls of hnll and cnstlo, somo of which aro highly esteemed as art treasures. If a girl Is very enterprising and wishes to give a vory handsomo present pres-ent to soma frlond, bIio could not do better than work a chatrback and Beat cover. The back ot tho chair might bo worked In tho coat of arms of tho roclplent. Cross-stitch lends Itself particularly well to such conventional designs. Tho scat of tho chair might bo tho crest only. Caro must bo taken to do tho 'work In tho very best grado of wools, ns tho others aro liable to fade. Sofa pillows worked In cross-stitch cross-stitch aro always acceptable, and mnny charming patterns (most of them old ones rovlvcd) aro shown this season. Hand flro screens nro very pretty, but they should ha worked In silk on very fine canvas. A very llttlo practice will ennblo any girl to pick out oven tho most complicated pattern with case, but for tho lazy, pattern's aro bought nlrcady stamped on tho matorlnl. Detroit Freo Press. |