Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-07

/ Is undesirable, one more skirt, liber-
/ ally trimmed, or a couple of cotton
/ ones hounced or rutfied, will have the
/ same effect as three OF four made CON-
| paratively plain. 1t is well, also, to have
I the skirt sewed on the yoke, which
1 throws the gathers away from the belt.
| But all this worry and trouble can be
/ avoided by needing the remark / made
/ little while ago about actresses. When
Mary Anderson wants to look her best
| all her clothes are put on and buttoned
! around The waist with narrow bands. and
! just before getting into her dress. she
| puts her corsets on aud has her maid lace
| them up. This she claims is very neces-
| sary, as the number and weight of her
| underclothes depend on the weather The
| result is her dresses always fit her, be-
| cause the corset assists the dressmaker
| in adjusting the gown to the figure
That's the way women dress, is it?''
asked the reporter.
THAT'S the way they don't dress, and
/ the result is their dresses are spoiled. A
woman will come in here pretty fairly
dressed when l take her measure, with a
| new corset, and everything ready to facili-
| tate a fit. When she comes back she has
on an old pair Of stays, and, as one SAID to
me yesterday, took the pads off because
they were too hot They will have the
waist made with thick vest on, and per-
haps wear thin one every time. or. if
the skirts have been draped over a hoop
skirt, they will ruin the whole effect. and
my reputation, too, by wearing the suit
without a crinOline. Oh. there are a
thousand aggravating things about Dress
making to make aWOman wish she had
never been born"
"How many dresses do you make in a
| day."
That's hard to tell. We have sent out
| twenty in a week, but this is the way we
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the skirt, one does the finishing and one
makes button holes, and we have baster
and small girl to put on braids and pull
out stitches. But in exceptional cases,
as for mourning, l set as many girls to
work as there are pieces to handle. and
the toilet is made the same day / take the
| measure. Then. too. we are frequently
| hurried on party dress. l have taken
IN ballroom costume or wedding dress
at noon and delivered it at supper time.
But While such orders pay well enough it
is no joke to fill them, as all the work in
hand has to be laid aside and the whole
force put on the evening goods. l first
cut out the trimming, which is made by
ten or twelve girls, and when that is done
and put on the skirt the tedious part of
: the job is over. But there's a lady to be
| fitted, and, II you'll excuse me now, I'll
be glad to give you any information / can
another time"
AS the writer heard the light frivolous
remarks of the customers he could not
! but decide that for real knowledge of the
! character of women the dressmaker has
great opportunities. Not only are fancies
and ioibles noted, social and mental quail
tiles studied, but personal eccentricities
and domestic affairs known. She becomes
( acquainted with wives of all the men able
/ to pay for fashionable devices. knows the
warnings and suspicious of the young
/ ladies, and can, by a little graciOusness,
/ learn all about the domestic skele-
/ ton from the hired girl, who paws
/ literally and gives her the least
/ trouble. Tastes and character are re-
/ yealed, gOssips exchanged, and the secrets
Of society whispered, cOnfidentially, of
/ course, just before the final. ''Now get me
a nice tit, won't you?7 is uttered And
for all this fund of information and few
dollars this student Of the female form
/ divine is expected to make beauties of the
detOrmed, Nenuses of the cOmely, to make
the fat plump and the scrawny supple, to
round the angular, remedy the defect in
/ the human form, and clOthe it with drape-
ries that will impart grace and beauty,
style and comfort to the Wearer. Better
| informed people or more worthy ones do
not exist than those who struggle through
life to sustain themselves by trying to
please their fellOW-WOmen.