Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1911 — A Legend of Lace. [ARTICLE]

A Legend of Lace.

According to Melchior de Vogue, tbe legend of lace Is as follows: A Venetian sailor gave his ladylove a frond of aprsading seaweed to keep him In memory while at sea. But the girl found that tbe seaweed was rapidly drying np and disappearing. So she caught the fine branches and leaves of the plant with thread against a piece us linen and, working on. with her thoughts following her lover, invented