The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04
COVERING UP MISTAKES.
Trying Experiences of Dressmakers
At the Last Moment.
EIrom Ia LouisrIIle Cnnrier.Innrnal-

known modesto but the few l have had
We're very anxious moments while they
lasted Ii was when / first started. be-
fore had established my reputation. that
the following incident transpired: \ So
ciety woman gave NE "a cloth dress to
make. She was going away ami / was
limited in time. The cloth was a remnant
Of EXQUISITE quality. There could not be
purchased a yard Of the goods here, as she
had gone around to the stores endeavor-
inS TO buy more Of il before bringing the
material to my shop. OF course, to make
a tailor suit requires great skin, as u very
snug mt Is necessary. out of the short pat
tern l had succeeded in getting the en-
tire suit. The sleeves We're finished and
the seams of the waist were sewed. The
woman, who was rather stout, came 10
try on the waist, in order that ] might
know where to put the sleeves. Everything
was all right and ! took IN the scissors
to make the necessary clipping about the
arms to make it nj the sleeves. In doing
so my hand slipped and the scissors cut a
slash down into the bust part of the waist,
l nearly tainted, but managed to suppress
my feelings until my customer had gone,
determining to invent some way to con-
ceai the mistake. / walked the floor in q
maniac fashion, wondering what l would
40. Al last one OF my girls said:
have it, madame; I know an cold
French woman who is q professional
darner of cloth for various tailors. |
think she could make such fine job of
that waist that nobody could find the
patch
In desperation | sent for ner: she said
she could fix it. She then sent to "A livery
stable and got some strans out of horses
tail. The hair was the color Of the cloth.
Il
nicely that l could not find the seam on
the outside. l then put in the sleeves
and sent the dress home. The customer
never detected the Cut and wore the dress
out. She always complimented the III of
the waist and is still my customer. II
she had known what a risk ] ran this first
dress l ever made for her, she would
doubtless have gone away Disguised at
my awkwardness"
Il once had an exciting experience
which would have driven an ordinary
person to desperation" said another dress
maker. 81 had an order for a wedding
gown. 1t was of crearn-colored silk. made
with draperies. II was TO be sent out al
noon for the wedding at / o'clock. 1t was
ready for the skirt hand to put on the
drapery by 10 o'clock. The girl was tack
ing away at the skirt on the form. Sud.
denly l was startled by an exclama ton
or pain from the girl. / ran over to her
as she jerked her finger suddenly and
said.
"oh, I pricked my finger with my
LAS l looked I saw the blood spurt forth
right on the back drapery of the dress.
almost tainted when | realized she had
spoiled the dress. I then had to study
some way to remedy the damage. | got
prepared chalk and put it In large auan-
u ties on the satin, but the ugly spot con-
uhued TO loom up. After spending about
an hour at that process, l gave n I'M
saw no way but to take off the draperv
plat II and put it in place of some 1 had
on the sides. I had only one more hour
Ieil' ana l knew II would take a longer
time than that. However. il was a dos
perate game, and / must try to do some
thlhg The gown was finished and the
spot was completely concealed. The mes
senger was dispatched with the dress II
was eagerly seized and hurried upstairs.
where the bride was pacing the floor In a
state or mind bordering on frenzy. She
never knew what l had gone through that
DAY or we could have mutually svnDa-
thized." -
Yes confessed another modiste. Eve
often make many mistakes and il requires
great skill to handle them adroitlv Anv
one knows that work done I'm q rush has
to be more or less roughly put together
sometimes have a number of gowns tn
get ready for a big dance and as II
makes very little difference what sort Of
work Is put on them, | give nv workwo-
men orders to 'botch like the TeffeI,
Ihey Know they are working against
time, ana ! have often known the CON
sclous ones to make bets that Miss or
Mrs. Blank would not receive the vvorl,
thlnk i have allowed careless work on
evening and mourning gowns because Of
an emergency. But it does not nav on
any other sort Of work. 1t is freouentIv
the case that woman Is surprised at
having her waist trimmed In an expensive
piece Of lace or paSsementerje that sba
has not ordered. She will be delighted at
not finding these extras charged I'm her
Dill, ana perhaps feels under obligations
TO us for life afterward. The truth IL
that our cutters get madame's waist too
tight, and we have to alter it or furnish
new goods. The extras are used as a
blind to cover up our mistakes That III
hitting dart or shoulder is so easilv bId
under lace or satin bretene at so little
expense to us that we can afford to give
that much easily. and at the same time
gain d reputation for generosity and hon
esty.
Il can recall the case of Mrs. Blank
who wanted her new silk waist TO wear
10 euchre party. II was sent out to
her, and when she tried IL on q few hours
found that 1t would not meet across me
Dust by about six inches. She dressed
herself and fed to me with tears in her
eyes. / looked at the waist which AT
hrst looked like a hopeless case. I had
her take it of and ripped open the
darts The silk on the outside was put
on run over the close fitting lining. I
grabbed up the scissors and cut slasbes
all over the lining. In that way she
was enabled to get it buttoned down the
front. ] pinned II on with gold-mounted
pins in such d way that it looked as II
that had been the original design of he
waist The woman surveyed herself in
the mirror after / had finished and was
perfectly delighted with the effect She
went TO the card party and had the
satisfaction Of being the envy of every
other woman there, because she had
such handsome vest. She came TO me
the next morning and she got me to
make her waist as II wac that afternoon %
MAKING A TRAMP LOOK DECENT