NEEDLEWORK EXHIBITION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23691, 24 December 1938, Page 19

NEEDLEWORK EXHIBITION

WORK OF WIVES OF UNEMPLOYED LONDON, Dec. 2. Sir Charles Fergusson, Lord Lieu 1 tenant of the County of Ayr, opened an exhibition of needlecraft—the work of the wives of unemployed iron and steel workers at the Harkness Home Pilgrim Trus< Settlement, Bellshill—at the King's Arms Hotel, Girvan. Sir Charles said that it was deplorable to think that large numbers of the unemployed had nothing to do and all day to do it. Anything that one could do to brighten their lives was a blessing. Miss Katherine Devvar, late warden of the settlement, referred to the fact that the women at the settlement were not encouraged to use transfers, and that the goods made and renovated were made from original designs by the women themselves. Some of the patterns were taken from tlie Greeks, and Miss Dewar condemned the laziness of the average British woman who always turned to transfers and designs when she was ready to make some new garment or novelty. Miss Dewar paid a high tribute to Miss Knox Arthur, late of the Glasgow School of Art, who hac" taught the women at the settlement and who had been instrumental in creating the display, which consisted of handbags, coats, and knick-knacks.