Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-03
The National Garment Cutter.


to week, and Is making many wives
their own dressmakerand tailor, Civ
ing scores of young ladies opportuni-
ty to become skilled in the indispensi-
BILE art of sewing, by enabling them
to cut and fit the material themselves.
1t is a fact that has already engaged
the attention of those who constantly
observe and note, the progress of diff
ferent branches of industry, and the
development Of rising, generations
that the women of the present age
are rapidly losing all knowledge of
the most useful and profitable house
hold art, viz: that of making different
articles of apparel for themselves or
those who by consanguine relations
or otherwise are dependent upon
them for this work. 1t is not because
the housewives of America are be-
coming indolent, and acquiring a
natural ennui for this duty but be-
cause modern taste and the voice of
fashion have made it imperative that
our apparel shall become "a thing of
beauty" as well as an article of ne.
cessity, and this idea has so firmly
fastened itselfupon the minds of. the
present age, that almost any one OF
reasonably well developed refinement
will sacrifice means which they can
lily spare to conform to this senti-
ment. How frequent are the an.
nouncements, that industrial schools
have been established by the many
ladies benevolent societies through
the country, ior the express purpose
of instructing young ladies and girls
in this declining art. How numer-
GUS are the expressions of surprise
made by the ladies themselves, at the
cost of having their wear made in
accordance with the prevailing
styles, aside from the cost of material,
etc. How often we hear of young
ladies who are practically. wasting
their time, while there is an abund.
5 ance of sewing awaiting busy hands,
wish In vain that they could only pre-
pare the garments for the needle,
when they could proceed to do the
work themselves, thereby becoming
proficient in the use of the scissors,
needle and machine. We're this state
Q Of things to continue for another dec
+ ade, the making ofgarments for men,
y women and children would be as
l. little known to the masses as the art
9 Of telegraph or the intricacies of q
u signal service station. This Is wrong.
e Ii would wreck the ethics of do
9 nestle life to degree, and make the
y American woman an object OF dis
q paraging comment through the
a world.
!" "Yankee ingenuity" comes to the
rescue, however, just as it has Oh
many former occasions when we
seemed doomed to precipitate de-
struction and lifted US up out of and
3. beyond the apparent peril, The Gar.
v ment Cutter, with very little prac-
4 tice, comparatively speaking, enables
4 any one TO learn the most intricate
l. part Of dressmaking or tailoring
b. Practice is all that is needed to make
3s every lady in the land an expert ir
8, this work, and now, that the long
4 standing problem has been solved
there is no reason why the reform
should not begin at once. Let every
family procure the ''Simple System,
and every child of sufficient age learr
IA its use, and in a short time clumsily
iii fitting garments will be a thing o
h, the past, and the girls, now idlinl
n. away time and wearing clothing, tn
secret of whose construction the,
III know not, will learn to be useful, in
ne dustrious and skillful, being a salts
te, faction to themselves and a source 0
of dSSlSldnce 10 their mOInerS. t-~i-"~aN
ne letoi o TESTIMONIALS. q 20 @niai
,is 1 have made pair of pants cut by tn
40, National Garment Cutter for my husband
% that fit perfectly in every respect. hav
Ire purchased one, and wouldn't take twice tn
m cost for it and do without it, s!nir ia3l9
70. b. ,laml7mlsb MRS, J'E' HAHN
=, have boughta Garment Cutter, and hay
hu taken one lesson and can say it is undoub
edly the most perfect and simple system fC
at cutting and fitting ever examined. L fe,
ire competent to cut and ft almost any garner
10 with the one lesson. -
t f. HF Miss BETTIE SMITnsoN.
To achOm IL may concert:
We the undersigned have examined Il
Natie lal Garment Cutter, and can say tn
80 it is undoubtedly the most perfect and sir
ul1 pliied system for cutting and fitting hay
er- ever examined, and can gladly, recomnien
no it to the people of McMinnville and vicinit
w Miss MARIA CoMER, Dressmaker,
Mrs. WALTER HOoDENPYL,
Mrs. w. G. BRITAIN, Dressmaker,
,Ii- Miss SALIIE FAULKNER,
)us MRS TD NUNyELLY,
Miss JOSEPHINE liOUCuIS.