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Show ; FOR THE GIRL WHO CROCHETS. THE cirl who for the last five yours and more has been constantly nt i work turuiug out gorgeous silk knitted ties of various hues, w hich she i has gem-roiisly douil.-d to all her relatives rela-tives and friends, can at last reap her reward, for, with the oxiKTicneo she has thus ginned, she can now turu her pow-er. pow-er. to more personally probtable lace ' making. Irish lace anil a variety of filet known jas "tovvcl luce-" aro comparatively easy for any one nt all deft with a crochet , needle. To become an adept at crochet work prjcti.it is perhaps the first re-'f)uircuieiit. re-'f)uircuieiit. and especially in iucc making a familiarity with this needle is neccs jsary, for the unaccustomed finger pulls and warps the pattern sadly. The good! juppiTiitireship on crochet ties that nearly) every girl has been s.ervius for the las'l few years will thus stand her in good' istoud now. for she can start off on the' j present fashionable handiwork equipped j I with ai hast eiitc esseutinl--a facility in' bundling her crochet ueedle. j At uny needlework store hooks of di-! Irections in luce making can ! obtaiued. iUucc the art has Uen mastered these; J rules ran bo worked into many ami' vuri-d designs, .such as would be suitable! for either a small medallion, a collar or' ' au entire wnist. I A ball of lute linen thread is quite ns convenient to carry iiImjui us a speed ofi silk for a tie, while the ever growing! .strip of lace or wh.el can be kept in I hoi (same tiny bag or wrist box as formerly! j field the tie- as It lcugtlK-ued toVardi completion. "Towel lace," while worked with somewhat courser thread and made usually in somewhat wider strips than the Irish, is, of course, just ns easy to jcnrry about in a muff or wrist bag and have ready to work upon at all odd moments. mo-ments. Even in travelling there is no nee.l to stop work, for this lace, intended to adorn towels, table covers, bureau covers, centrepieces, &c, is all the her ler for being washed, I Irish luce is more popular than ever this winter, nor has it decreased uny iu price, 60 that a girl who will take the I pains to learn this really simple art cac ' add greatly to tho effectiveness of he: wardrobe. Both heavy Irish nud tin finer so-called "baby" Irish aro used, th hitter being, if anything, the more ic vogue. From ball gowns to lingerie, hats, opera cloaks, waists and jabots, all ure trimme-d with this ever fashionable Ince, which wears so will, washes as no other lace will and really adorns whatever ii is einpltvcd to trim. Then? is really no reason why a well duented American girl should be discouraged, dis-couraged, before she tries, at the prospect of making "real Irish" lace, when she reghxes that this lace, which is so much in demau.l it ltd com mauds such a very high price, is all made by the most iguo-runt iguo-runt peasant girls of Ireland. Is not the idea of higher education that it shall train the student to be "all around' e-a-puble and the ImIUT littisl for whn lever she may sock to uceo'iiplish through life, be it a professorship in t'reek or u good determination to carry on the simplest A homo tasters? |