CURIOSITIES IN NEEDLES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1443, 18 May 1912, Page 10

CURIOSITIES IN NEEDLES.

Needles are articles of snch common use and of such small dimensions that ono . liardlv expects to find them present any features of artistic or personal interest. Yet there are one or two instances oi tin® kind 011 record. Queen Victoria possessed a needle, tho stem of which was colored wit'll beautiful designs representing incidents in the life of her late Majesty So small niul intricaie was tne pat loin that it eould be seen only by the aid of a magnifying E ,ass ' the needle was hollow, and witlun it was phve-od miother still smaller noodle. Tho German lin-.pM'or, William I, grandfather of tuo nre'sont occupant of the throne, also possessed a very remarkable _ needie. llw storv of tho circumstances is ns follows: In 18S3 tho Emperor visited a largo ncedlo factory in Kreuznach, aiul one oi the workmen, whoso task it was to bore the eye of tho needles, requester tlw Empcior to eivo him one of his white hairs. llw Kn'ser complied with tho recjiiest m some vfo'lishmcnt, and was still more surprised" when he saw the deft workman bore a hole through tho hair, draw a fine thread through tho eye, and hand the (nreadyl needle back to the venerable mono.eh, "Ckopt it as one of tho most mtorosting souvenirs of his long and varied hie.