NEEDLEWORK.
LT° TSB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-If a mere woman may say a word on this subject (see Spectator, May 21st), I most emphatically deny that fancy work is precious to a woman or possessed of resilient qualities, ' either because it is in great part mechanical or monotonous. Too much of her other work is so for such to be a variety. It eirirecithis and recuperative because it is creative. It is the
creative joy of painting, only in a lesser, and more easily obtainable, degree, the gift and training required for the one being unneeded for the other. There is a sense of creative rapture and comfort in seeing the flowers and figures grow beneath the fingers, and the richer and more beautiful the colours the greater is the joy. That this is the secret of the good and pleasure of fancy needlework is the opinion formed from experience of a mere woivan.—I am, Sir, Jtc., E. TOLER ROWLEY.
Previous page
