. American homes and gardens. inest of cross-stitch. Beyond the MississippiRiver is open space, only divided by the Mis-souri River, but the boundaries of the stateseast of the Mississippi are very much as theyare to-day. Through the South and middle Westportions of land are marked as occupied byOsage, Choctaw, Seminole and Moscogee Indians. Thestates, when large enough, contain two or three cities. New York State honors t This verse, togetherwith the alphabet andnumerals, is enclosedwithin a border of straw-berry vine. Janes younger sister,Mary Thong Livingston,gives the year of herbirth as 1
. American homes and gardens. inest of cross-stitch. Beyond the MississippiRiver is open space, only divided by the Mis-souri River, but the boundaries of the stateseast of the Mississippi are very much as theyare to-day. Through the South and middle Westportions of land are marked as occupied byOsage, Choctaw, Seminole and Moscogee Indians. Thestates, when large enough, contain two or three cities. New York State honors t This verse, togetherwith the alphabet andnumerals, is enclosedwithin a border of straw-berry vine. Janes younger sister,Mary Thong Livingston,gives the year of herbirth as 1810, and herbirthplace as Livingston,and in her sentiment ig-nores the fact that manyrhyming lines increase \-%Mthe stitches called for, soembroiders the followingbravely to the end: What though the canvas charm the eye,Soon will these colors fade and die,But lo, the immortal mind must liveAnd the dread wreck of time survive. tun sne ts» n ABO)EFGi %i /v <p. tf %? •<« ???&? tAftowirwtesW-fiwcUathtbud i. Sampler worked in 1831 by Julia Ann Shufelt Sacketts Harbor, as wellas Albany and NewYork. Susan Ann Barnardssampler gives date andplace of working, asHudson, April 27,1821, probably at theschool long kept by MissSusan Jenkins near thepresent building of theDaughters of the Ameri-can Revolution. Hereevery Friday afternoonwas devoted to needle-work, and Susan Barn-ards long strip of loose-woven canvas bearscreditable testimony tothe value of Miss Jen-kins training in the ele-gant accomplishments ofembroidery and letteringin fancy stitches. Nor isthis all. Its sentiment in(Continued on page 36 ) 26 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS January, 1913
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