Show 11 Nc ami I Lace Work Wark N Novelties I of 0 I i i Tho The charm and I Ivalue value of ot real laces luces depend outside of 7 their beauty of ot desIgn design de do- do sign upon UlOn the fact I.- I. that they are handmade handmade hand hand- made the time an l t skill required In the tho 47 making placing them 4 at a pIlco that makes their purchase purchase pur pur- chase thase possible ble to a woman of ot means only Good taste feels I a a. prejudice against 1 t the palpably maI ma- ma I made chine laces so that between these two conditions many lovers of ot beautiful laces were prohibited from owning them We Wo all feel grateful to the Ingenuity that thal thought a a. way out of tho the difficulty by giving us woven machine braids closely copying all tho character of the tho made hand-made and In this way providing providing pro pro- viding to the workers worker's hand band the tho very ery largest percentage of the tho work already done The made hand-made stitches that by holding- holding the shapes braid-shapes produce tho the design constitute a n. relatively small portion of ot the completed piece place but wo we have when completed what may be bo truthfully called made hand-made lace Ince at most moderate cost The Tho collar and cuff cult set shown here hero Is a n particularly particular pretty design In Bruges laco lace Tho The stitches filling-stitches may maybo mayho ho bo readily copied from tho the Illustration For the more mON solidly hued filled spaces point Tuscan Is used and in In the tho others othora finely worked buttonholed bars with picots at their centers Point Tuscan Is worl worked Cd back back and and forth across the tho space and consists of ot two buttonhole stitches with a short loop of or thread left lett be between between be- be tween taJ taken en Into each of or the loops of tho preceding row The Tho all laco waist is a striking example ex ox- ample of ot a a. piece of work that costing comparatively little for pattern and materials has when completed a n hl high h money value The stitches are all of or i tho the simplest description The Tho waist shown completed is made of ot the Princess and Duchess braids The cost costor of or materials will be even less If IC either cither the tho En English lIsh or 01 braid not illustrated in Is used Either Elthor of or the tho latter latter latter lat lat- ter braids will make a handsome waist though h of ot not such fine fino lace as tho the Princess and Duchess braids The Tho arrangement arrangement ar nr- ar- ar rane-ement rane of ot the braids Is such that only tho the simplest stitches are aro feces feces- sary Both the Princess and the Duchess Duch Duch- ass ess braids are aro provided with a line lino of ot thread at ono one edge b by which they thoy mn may be drawn up Into the curves of or the patterns patterns pat pat- terns doing awn away with tho the whipping of or tho the edges that is no Inconsiderable part of ot tho time work when tho the braids do donot donot donot not draw A largo large portion of ot the tho design design de de- de- de sign Is composed of or circles within circle circles cirdes cir cir- cir cir- des cles and stitch Is used to connect all these parallel edges edgeR In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Irregular spaces threads cross-threads aro are disposed to fill 1111 In the tho spaces to tho the best advantage o. then the tho thread is twisted back on time the first threads Wherever tho the space Is lar largo large o enough h to permit a wheel or rosette Is worked at nt tho the io Intersection of oC the tho longest lone crossing crossing- threads The Tho collar with attached yoke Is rather rathor novel as plain line fine tape-braid tape la is used to fill 1111 In the deep oval scallops formed by tho the Trianon braid The tape-braid tape Is laid In straight lines linos that cross each other and in each ench open space space- a a. wheel is worked on tho the threads that cross from side to sl side sIdo e and from opposite corners of or tho opening The edging braid that thai completes both the tho yoke and collar Is Is' Is attached to the row above It by sun sun- I pie Ie tal oUne stitch Neckpieces of or this kind lelnd aro very useful and generally be becoming becoming becoming be- be coming tho they brighten up a a. waist ron ran daring a a. comparatively elY plain costume suitable for afternoon or 01 simple evenIng evenIng evening even- even Ing wear The Time yoko and collar may maybe be bo attached to tho the waist and made a permanent portion of ot the costume or orthe orthe orthe the yoke yoko only may bo be Joined Its upper up imp- per edge finished with a n narrow band i i iI I LACU LAC NO lrI S' S SilO SHOWN IN IX NEW V YORK and find the collar mado detachable aa as aro are most of or the lie collars now In fact tact It would bo hO un Ull excellent Idea to havo o two collars to one OliO yol yoke e used In this tills way wa as It Il Is tho time collar that soils moro more quickly and needs moro more frequent laundering It If attached as fiS a a. part of or ortho tho the waist both boUt yoke oke and collar should bo be with one or more moore thick thick- nesses of ot white chiffon or do HELEN D. D PURDY |