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Show SEARCHING THE MUSEUMS FOR EMBROIDERY DESIGNS To century old artists whoso work 1i.ib stood tho test of tho ngos aro our present day manufacturers resorting for tho wonderfully attractive If ec centric designs In embroideries and brocades -which nro being woven In our present high clnss materials. Not only from China, Japan and India aro tho designs scrupulously copied, but from Italy, Franco, and England ns : woll. .Museums, nnd not studies nro tho productive rount from which theso fantasies nro culled, atoll designers I of today don't oven seem to bo nt- I tempting to competo with tho artists ' of onthiulty. And If tho patterns nro , strangoly complex, tho ways and tho means they aro employed aro no loss multiple. Moro Mid rao-o nro thoso Interested In dress decorations realizing what tremendous trimming possibilities ora- broideries possess. Ono of tho into models In black velours do ltilno was mndo up with perfect simplicity tho cmly noto or trimming being wido bands or ombrolderlos of small Jet beads. This beaded embroidery Is used as n llnlsli for wr(st trills rial also for n novelty belt, uniquely resolving re-solving Itself Into suspenders nt the back and Into bodlco trimming nt tho front, which falls Into fringed sash ends bolow tho wnlst. Tho closo fitting fit-ting lint Is also beaded about tho fnco. Stunning embroideries of rhino-i rhino-i stones, pearls, net, and laco nro usod I for fancy bolting or velvet suits The belt drops low about tho hips, ending In tassels or tho samo material tit tho hack. Velvot basques ombroldored In gold tubes with tho basquo shifting to a sash at tho hack aro also popular. popu-lar. Silk flowers embroidered en tho tunics of evening gowns aro much In voguo. Ono hnndsomo model was of whlto nnd silver brocade. The ski t was gouged deeply In front after tho latest fashion. Tho tunic stnrtcd on each sldo of tho front, tho drapery , running off In tho back. Tho silk was heavily embroidered In amber with tho top of tho glrdlo finished n tho . rront with a lnrgo bow or tho whlto I ullo. Long ssshrs or tho tul'o ta'l rrom under the glrdlo, ending n em broldered ttissels. Tho ldwcr part or tho corsage Is brccado, tho upper part not embroidered a'so In amber. Tho left sldo of tho corsago is ornament-! cd with n laigo black chiffon butter-fly butter-fly with jtoliow body and rhlnesu no nntensno. Embroidered silk flowers aro one of tho novelty dress trimmings. Wine ' red roses emhrolderod In bltek tilk with Jet pendants dropping from the centers nro d splayed In somo of tho smartest shops. Silk ornaments em broidered on tho cuffs nnd collars on . uftemoon frocks make attracthc trimmings. trim-mings. I On ono glrdlo of a striking model wns ombroldered n cluster or white silk popples nind green leaves, tho skirt or whlto brocaded silk crepo festooned with green satin ribbon. Tho voguo of Jet otid rhlnestono embroidery on fancy evening footwear was never so great. Uliick velvet wrist bands heavily embroidered with startling colored Jewels Is also much In favor. M |