The Sunday morning news., 1891-12-20
ARTISTIC DRESSMAKING.
Women Who Are Proficient in 1t
al a Premium-Fashion's Fads.

We three had not seen one another for
over a year We had been inseparable at
college, aud now that Florence was going
to be married she wantel US to be her
bridesmaids. That was we'll enough for
Mabel, who, while she fought life's battle
for herself just as did, was much better
off financially than was; but later ON
Florence wrote that we were not to Dotner
about our gowns, that she was going to
design them and that we were to stay for
a week at her house before the wedding,
and with the assistance of competent
spamstle ess, make them then and there.
Her trousseau was all finished and she
was longing to show 1t 10 u.s. She had
made everything nerself, which ac-
counted TO some exteuL for the long
waits" between her letters.
Mabel and Invent as agreed, ten days
before the wedding. After dinner we all
adjourned TO Florence's room and exam
med everything, from bonne sto slippers.
There was the simple wedding gown OF
soft white silk all done. We couldn't
help laughing at meLhodical Florence for
having everything ready so long before
the appointed day, but she answered that
she knew all her time and experience
would be needed to help us. On another
chair lay the travelling gown Of tue love-
liest green and gray. There were tea
gowns and several evening dresses on the
bed, all the pretty conceiis OF Florenc-'s
fancy and taste aud the work Uf her own
hauds.
LACK OF ORIGINALITY.
Mabel congratulated neF upon their orig
inaiity and said she wished such artistic
designers as Floreuce would go into the
"professiOun of dressmaking. She de-
careu hat she had enough money to
dress well, but not the time. That when
ever she had new dress made.
she had the unpleasant conscious
ness that half of tine women she would
meet would have their gowns made just
tue same way. Tney would glancs at
each other no and down and mental
say:--"Ah, No. 997. Fashion Journal -"
How she hated tnnt Consciousness.
Mabel's remarks gave me food for
thought.
Why is it that dressmakers to whom
one pays fairly hign sum, have as rule
absolutely no originality or designing
ahilityl And not ouly that, but tney
insist in doing just what you ask them
no TO. / was congratul ating friend
recently on the fit Of her gown. aud ea9
erly n ked the name and address of her
dre-smaker She grew warm, and sad
sne didn't feel like recon uendiug her 10
anybody Tint she had had to rip half
of The waist apart after she had IL home.
AT the second fitiiug sne had
told Ihe filter that the back
/
the waist, and asked her to take
IL up in tie shoulders aud neck. She had
said, I'D you think SOP Wei - At the
fnal fitting. seeing that thi, hal not
been done. Sue had asked about IL again.
The dressmaker made fe Mt at dong il.
and when the waist come nome my
frieud, VINO teacnes ali day, had to sit up
twJ ghts aud ange it herself. Tne
cola had to come off, the sleeves out.
That was why she would not recommend
the flressmaker. She wa very capnble.
but there was no use in asking her TO DO
anything
WOMEN ARE AFRAID.
Il is ridiculous. Dut more than
true, that most women are afraid Of
their dres makers. Few of these ever
study the height and figure OF their pa-
irons, or bother about ideas in dress.
They ali se6ln to prefer trinmiDg 10
IDEAS They are troublesome and lake
tine So they d'i, but the woman who
know enough 10 want them generally