the "Story of
Arachne," p. 238, _ante_.

[616] "Opposed to the 'utility stitches' are the art
needlework schools that have branched out in many
directions from New York.... The impulse that led to
their formation was derived from South Kensington
(England), and affords a striking instance of the
ramifications of an organization."--_Atlantic Monthly_
("Women in Organization"), Sept., 1880.

FINIS.

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I., TO PAGE 105.

_By Ch. T. Newton._

Though the embroidered and richly decorated textile fabrics of the
ancients have perished, all but a few scraps, we may form some idea of
the richness and variety of Greek female attire from the evidence of
the inventories of dedicated articles of dress which have been
preserved for us in Greek inscriptions.

In the Acropolis at Athens have been found a number of fragments of
marble on which are inscribed lists of various female garments
dedicated, for the most part, in the Temple of Artemis Brauronia, in
the Archonship of Lykurgos, B.C. 338-35. These articles were thus
carefully registered because they formed part of the treasures
dedicated to the gods of the Acropolis, which it was the duty of the
state to guard, and to commit to the custody of officers specially
selected for that duty. One of these fragments is in the Elgin
Collection at the British Museum, and has been published by Mr. Hicks
in the "Collection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British
Museum," Part 1, No 34; and the entire series has since been given to
the world in the "Corpus Inscriptionum Atticarum" of the Academy of
Berlin, ii., Part 2., Nos. 751-65.

The material of these garments seems to have been either linen or fine
woollen; the colours white, purple, or some shade of red, mostly used
as a border or in stripes; or a shade of green, the tint of which is
described as "frog colour," saffron, or sea-green.

The borders and patterns noted remind us of those represented on the
garments of figures in vase pictures, such as the embattled border,
the wave pattern, and certain patterns in rectangular compartments. A
group of Dionysos pouring out a libation while a female serves him
with wine, and a row of animals, are also noted among the ornaments.

The inscription, "Sacred to Artemis," woven into the fabric of the
garment, occurs twice. Gold, as an ornament fixed on the dress, is
mentioned in these entries. It is noted that some of the