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Show ID anD Jteto HaiiD 52?roug!)t plater talss r t AND wrought materials are gut- 1 ting their tardy and deserved recognition. rec-ognition. When the first attempt vas made to obtain a more appreciative lttcntion for them it was regarded as nore or less of a fad and was left to a comparatively few persistent workers 'or the spread of such work and, it must je confessed to many who are open to the suspicion of affectation in regard to unythiug new or the revival of the old. Steadily, however, the progress of the hand made has progressed. Scekcre after old time pieces of handwork have been so keen that country garrets have been ransacked and remote villages have yielded up their discarded rugs, quilts, coverlets, samplers, hand made household house-hold linens and old embroideries. The little stock of American handwork that has escaped destruction and the ravages of years has been ranged in public estimation esti-mation with the handwork of older countries and has become a precious possession. In addition to the collecting of every bit of hand made stuff of old times, the movement to produce something tn-dov J'ilHIII II ' ' ' , , -, rjEgggH A Stable Converted to an Exchange for Old Fashioned Household Objects. worthy of our inheritance and. opportunities opportuni-ties has been making headway. Tho war, instead of interfering with it, has helped it, as much of tho best of tho foreign for-eign work has been cut off. Moreover, before tho war somo of the exports from tho Old "World had been brought here to train Americans in the craft Hand looms have been set up in factories and in cottages in the South and in tho North. Encouragement has been given by persons of wealth and taste. In New York city a ibuildlng that was formerly used as a stable for the fine horses and elaborate equipages of a wealthy family has been converted into a centre for the display and sale of American handwork From time t tino t .. , i i t cial merit or interest. There was one for the home mado quilts which brought to notice some of the picturesque designs of tho old patchwork which our grandmothers grand-mothers made, our mothers discarded and wo are reviving. Later there was a fine display of samplers, time colored, but still bearing the lettering, the name of tho child whose patient little fingers had worked them and the date. EMM B3SEBB BBMBM eafl MMgMMaiWtMBMa |