Show oW 1 li I t ti 9 j I E sh Ra Raj r g M t i i 4 I- I II a aJ J Interesting Examples of Their V 3 4 Skill at Many Kinds of Em- Em fi a k r i ia J 1 if f tJ Recently 44 n q Shown in k l W Wr Q Qt r d V t y I r rry ry r r iZ rt B a r r IB i I J Y S 4 Y r n ny r j o or y 10 i ip p YI Ih Cp 7 ri r r z a aA A 1 t 4 1 t 4 u X y Y I 4 f Il 0 p na 1 y T 3 JM ut iY I r j t I d y Elaborate floral design embroidered by Major MajorY Tyrel Pirie Pine on a cover for the back backof of ofa a 11 chair Y n LONDON f HE men of Engla England's ds d's fa fashionable society have ha a new and very surprising sur- sur surprising sewing fad fad sewing embroIdery fine needlework of every kind Hands that have won fame with sword and rifle wIth brush and pen with golf club and bIllIard cue are now winning it with Ith thimbles and needles Inspired by the success which many bedridden soldiers and sailors arc hav hav- having having ing in learning to sew and embroIder better than many women can men of wealth and social prominence are arc seeing hat shat they can do along the same lines They find it a highly enjoyable pastime pas pas- pastIme pas pastime time for their leisure hours and some of th the delightful specimens of gros Bros and petIt point and other difficult forms of embroIdery which they are pi show that theres there's not a bit of reason for thinking the thimble and needle menta menta which can be used successfully only by womankind What are ordinarily thought to be the clumsy hands of the male are proving lust Just as efficient as any womans woman's in guid guld guiding guiding ing the tha needle through the intricate stItches of the most complicated embroidery cry ery designs At the Exhibition of Modern Embroideries Embroideries eries and Decorative Art Art recently held at Lady Mary Morrisons Morrison's fashionable home In Halkin Street London saw for forthe forthe forthe the first time a large targe and truly remark remarkable able collection of examples of mens men's skill wIth the needle Some of these were by disabled war veterans but there were also exhibits of the work of Lord Ennis- Ennis More Lord Gainford Lord Carmichael the Hon lion John Fortescue Major Tyrel PirIe Pine Ernest and many other equally well known figures in the smart set The exhibition attracted almost all as a amany many men as women visitors and hun hundreds of society men who have not yet learned the fascination of needlework are sure to do so now that they have seen what hat w hat others of their sex are accomplishing accomplishing in this line One of the exhibits at Lady Morn Morrl sons son's that attracted much favorable at- at at attention was the work of Lord Ennis more son of the Earl of Listowel Lord was one of the first society men to take up fine and he promises to become as famous with his embroiderIes as he already is in the hunt bunt bunting ing mg of big game Lord is so 80 ot de devoted d o to his hI needlework needle that he always takes some of It with him on his venturesome hunting trips Several specimens of his Bork shown at the exhibition were completed while he was on a hunting trip In the 1 wilds of Abyssinia Ab One of Lord triumphs with the needle that was particularly ad- ad admired ad admired mired was a fire screen done in the dif dif- dif dlf difficult but very beautiful form of em- em em embroidery known as petit point Expert women judges who examined this ex exquisitely delicate floral design could hardly believe belleve that everyone every one of its fine stitches hes was made mado by a man Ernest tho well known ar an- an tiet who has used the needle for many years and has done so much to help teach disabled war veterans to sow sew and embroIder exhibited am among on other things a charming channIng wall panel embroidered In silk and wool Its design of fruit and flowers was so complicated and its color scheme BO so elaborate that only the most skillful and patient of would have dared attempt It It Harry Hoare presented as his master master- masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece piece a chair seat scat embroidered in in petit point which many thought fully as finen fine n a piece of work ork as Lord flue file screen The design was extremely el I novel and two amusing two giraffes drink drink- drinking drinking ing from a pool of at bright blue water and md I surrounded by the mostA most A was wal y brilliant of Astl Asti tropIcal fo- fo foliage foliage fo foliage liage Oh how dears dear 1 Iwas sas as tJ the e exclamatIon of almost every woman wo- wo woman wo woman man visitor when she caught Fight sight of the cushIOn for a Charles II stool which was em- em embroidered embroidered em embroidered broidered by Edgar Lister It was done m In cross stitch and was as all good judges agreed an nary nary ci editable pIece of needlework Another sped specs in men e n of mans man's skill with the needle that called forth admiring com com- comments comments comments ments was as a sofa cushIOn cover embroidered embroidered embroidered ered In silk by Hobart Astley Mr As Astley A s tie 11 e y had chosen for his design de deSign design Sign a II water sater ouzel m in mIts Its native haunts and both the bird and Its surroundIngs were ex- ex executed executed ex executed In wonderfully realistic colors Major Tyrel Trel Pirie Pine is isone one of the numerous numer numer- numerous numerous ous men m n needlework needlework- ers ens who sho ho specialize In petit point lIe showed among other t things h I In n g s a II cover for forthe forthe forthe the backof back ofa of a chair em embroidered b br r 0 I dered in an elaborate floral de- de design design de design sign that represented a vast amount of pa- pa pat patience tie pa-tie t tience Ie nee nce perseverance and skill Other male exhibitors exhIbitors exhibitors tors included the lion Hon John broth brother brothen brother er en of Earl Fortescue who was represented by a charming bit or of Hungary point and Tatton Bower who w h ho o showed sho ed eda a chair embroidered em- em embroIdered em embroidered broidered on the back backseat seat and arms with Ith exquisite petit point This interesting e ei e was sas sponsored on its opening day by charming Lady Pa- Pa Patricia Patricia Pa Patricia tricia Ram Ramsey Ramsay sa to tow w I horn hom the name Prin cess Pat still clings In spite of the tho fact t that hat she has re- re renounced re renounced flounced her r royal 0 yal rank ranI She was dress dress- dressed dressed dressed ed as she almost usually usually- is In m bro bross n- n dress brown dress and coat ofa of a dark henna shade and anda a tiny brown cloche hat bat Lady Ramsay was wase M e nth n t h in her praise of the mens men's I panel embroidered in silk by Hubert with artistry that makes ey an many 1 women nee envious 7 h X Y SM T lL j v Nj A t r r w qi t dt lj S h ht rY t 1 ri reat Wn V i r T I r y t n I II f I 4 r I N r r c cf cA f A TY wai dh 3 y yI I d dt df di t f 5 1 i Y T r x M Mr Mt t r rt t J r Y i ref r rt t tK v n 4 A An n a r rill ill J John Myers winner of ofa a London knitting contest in competition with the city's best beat men men and women knitters and above Ernest proudly display displaying g the panel which he embroidered in silk and wool embroidery and declared she thought every man ought to take up needlework To her friends however she he confessed that she has not yet succeeded In Inter Inter- Interesting Interesting esting eating her sailor husband in this new fad Being a sailor he is of course more skillful with the needle than most moat lands landsmen men are but he thinks it has hns no place in a mans man's hands unless he is con con- con fronted confronted along by the stern necessities ofa of a long sea Voyage where ere ports and seam seam- seamstresses seamstresses seamstresses stresses are few and far between On land Onland he believes it an nn Implement whose use should be restricted to tho women But Lady Ramsay has hopes that soma somo day sho she will bo Lo able to bring hIm turnaround around to her way of thinking and that speck specimens mens of his petit point will be seen alongsIde those of Lord and the rest She herself is a highly accomplIshed oman needle Her contribution to the thIngs of beauty shown at Lady Moril Moui-Bon's Moui sons son's house was as an embroidered mantel border It was an exquisite piece ol of work work-a a design she had evolved herself consistIng of festoons of fruit The surprising interest t of men in III varl vari- vari rious forms of needlework is all a result of the war lar When sweaters mufflers and socks were in III great demand for the soldiers and sailors thousands of men learned to knit and crochet and many of h r t th f J 4 r I 1 X f r irh by r 1 t 10 I Tt 11 I I I vi L 1 e t I rl 1 e s d i r y f elt 0 v y 1 d t y t A difficult difficult bit bitof of stitch cross-stitch for the cushion on a Charles II stool done dens sr by Edgar Lister well known Lon don society man them liked the I vork ork well leU enough so that they have contInued I it t ever since A London depart depart- department department ment store recently held a competitIon for men and women k knit knitters nit t e r s and the capItal prize 1 nas as von Ion by a young oung man whose flying needles outpaced all the rest When the war ar left the nation wIth thousands of crip crip- crippled crippled pled and she shell shell- s h e 1 I I shocked 1 shocked menI men I mInds had to be kept occupied while they lay in bed or sat In their wheelchairs It was las discovered that sewing was an oc- oc oc very well sUited to the tho needs of these sufferers It does not impose too heavy a strain on eIther mind of bd body and it seems seem to exert a soothing effect on jangling nerves Sewing classes were ere started in many hospItals and the tho effect on the men who bo learned to ply the needle to while away awny the tedious hours was as extremely benefi benefi- beneficial cial And many of those who became really leany expert at sewing and embroIdery were ere able in this way to make themselves moro thoro or less supporting self The Tho present fad for embroidery among society men probably had its origin through seeing so many disabled war sewing in III the hospitals and ar- ar articles ar nr articles made by them sold in the stores tore t and at charity ba bazaars Lord P Gainford Some n think of one many that se l sewing Ing men titled exhibit J will t i l 1 become a tors at the theand permanent thing recent display of and that eventual eventual- eventually eventually mens men's needlework ly Iy boys wi will 1 I be bemen's b e taught to use the needle just as gills always been Others say that It it-is it js is only a passing fad of society and one that aill w ill III never be able to overcome the old and seated deep deep prejudice against t needlework as M an oc- oc occupation oc occupation for men Of course there is is s no more reason leason why learning to sew and older should make a man effeminate and weak than there is that learning to fire a rifle and a fishing rod necessarily arlly roba rob a gIrl of her womanly qualities Yet from the earlIest times the idea has prevailed that the manI man I who ho se sews ses s or knits unless forced to b by the greatest nece necessity is proving himself more mora or less of a weakling In the ancient Greek mythology we find tins this idea cropping out in the story of the fate that overtook the mighty Hercules after his slavery to Queen Om Om- Om Om For killing his friend Hercules was condemned to become tho slave pf of for three years ears and this marked the beginning of his down downfall fall While in sen ice the tho giant lived effeminately wore women's omens cloth cloth- clothing clothing ing mg and helped the queens queen's handmaidens with Ith their sewing and wool spinning AccordIng to the legends this sort of lIfe robbed the giant of his strength h hof of mind and bod body and by the time tim he nas gIven his freedom he ho was a II completely changed man a r Lady Lady I I fy fyr r Patricia Ramsay is isan isy an enthusiastic admirer of the themen's themen's I mens men's embroidery I but hasn't yet suc succeeded seeded in getting her sailor husband to try hi his j hand at it itHe it itHe He performed no more of the heroic deeds that had made him famous A short time later he was i poisoned by the rob rober robe robeS e r If S steeped in the blood of J which his Ins wi wife f e tricked him into and then he climbed to the top of Mount Eta CEta and killed himself But up to date there Is nothing to show that Lord skill as n 1 bIg game hunter has suffered or any allY of his fellow fellow- f fellow e 11 o w- w of their workers I 01 kers lost any manly qualities learning to embroider older The fhe Prince of W Wiles les who i is usually among the first to 10 take up any new fad has not let et put a thImble on his finger and learned to ply the needle But several fashionable v I sit s i t o 0 r s at the recent needlework exhibition fa expressed t the th h hope that he soon will r L I s L They think it a much safer form of for the heir to the throne than Q riding steeplechase racers I j Students of sociology are greatly in- in interested in interested in the enthusiasm so many men are showing o oer oser er and other forms of fine needlework They see in It further evidence that the occupations of men and women lomen soon will be com com- completely completely completely interchangeable Until a fe few sears ears ago there were ere a great many kinds of work and play over whIch men were ere supposed to enjoy ex- ex exclusIve ex elusive sway say but women ha e Invaded one after another until thoy they are aro com coin competing successfully with the men in well well nigh nigh all d 01 them And now men are en entering n field fled which from timo time immemorial rial has been regarded as more exclusively exclusively exclusively womans woman's than any other s Judging from the artistry and skIll shown in many of the mens men's exhibits at atI atLady atLady atLady I Lady Morrisons Morrison's home it does not seem at all impossible that some sonic day soon boon the male sex may actually carry cany off the champIonship In needlework ork just as it has already done in knitting In a recent knitting contest which was as open to both men and women and andin in which all the best women knitters In London competed the first prize was as car I tied off by a young oung man J John onn Myers I His IlIs flashing needles ed all the others both in speed andIn and in the quality y I of work Bork produced Y w Il i L I I |