The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-28

Chicago women seem to have developed
a mania for dressmaking, if one is to be-
1ieve what the Inter Ocean says about it.
There are the regular schools where dress
makers learn-it would be very pleasant
TO be able to say their art" but those
who have had experience with the average
dressmaller will be better satisfied to have
the phrase their trade"
This thirst for knowledge about seams
and cores and hens is not confined to pro-
fessionals The society women are taking
lessons, too. The Chicago editor says i'm
presslvely that among them are names
wel-known to the society columns of the
newspapers" That settles it. When the
cream of Chicago fashion gets to taking
its lunch, for it does take its lunch, to the
dressmaker's and making dreams" and
"confections' with it's own fingers, for the
establishment of it's own wardrobe, New
York women may as well begin to get out
their thimbles or else think of a better
fad.
But the society women are not the only
ones who are studying dressmaking as one
Of their penances for the sin of Eve. The
girls clubs are hard at it, too The Alpha
Club has a f1ourishing class at 10 cents a
head. The Armour Institute has a school
Of dressmaking-tWo schools, in fact, a
special one and a technical one. The
special course is for the benefit of those
who desire merely to do their own dress
making, and consists of two weekly les
sons of two hours each, spreading over an
entire year, divided into three terms, at
cost of $40 a term. The pupils must be at
least l6 years old, and possess an element
airy knowledge of hand and machine sew
ing. During the first term they are taught
how to draught skirt by system, how to
make and finish it, and how to make
waist by pattern, the patterns being
draughted and furnished by the second
class IN the same course. In the second
term the students learn how to draught
waist how to match plaid and a striped
bodice, and how to make a wrapper or
prlnceSse gown. Instruction in the use of
paper patterns is also given. The third
term includes the construction of an even
ing waist and tailor-made gown, and
examinations must be passed before pro-
gress from one class to another The
students work upon their own materials
ana those of their friends, and they fit and
nahg one another's gowns after the first
demonstration lesson.
nVe hours work with enough home work
ana study to fill up the day. and the
course OF instruction also covers a wear.
me cost OIL such course is $780, and pupils
are graduated only when competent, as
pONeu by the recurring examinations The
"leinoers OF this course must be over IS
years old, and during the latter mart of
tnelr period of study they are allowed to
'dhe IN work, doing it at the Institute
-u uluers are also taken in by the in
SIuctors the pupils receiving pay for this
NoIh. The students receive additional in
e,uquon IN Keeping booke and they learn
h tiiuGn ABOUT textures, the chemistry of
S LSelns' ana kindred subjects, and, in fact.
.edIh all that practical dressmaker needs
10 Know. This department of the insti-
'ule mas no lack of pupils.
Me ne downfall of fancy waists. saws the
tSew York Sun, unlike the skirt is not vet.
~, sol =. can be drawn from the
i a-t4SS inuications of their continued popu
rreafor 1ney are certainly shown in
S1ei variety than ever by the dress
tha VINO import their models and nv
a, e'oIes' and they are made nm in new
- ~ pretty materials, which render them
e. attractlVe than any we have seen he
snS DIX waists are tucked across hack
fro,,. toht 10 form yoke, and open in
Whit o - d vest OF Irish point lace with
hPiOht
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IAN, ANY fancy buttons are also nsed as q
4 aItorna4e more fancy waists are made of
rati -i''e rows Of lace insertion and velvet
. u.ida vi MORE ribbon an inch and a half
is mos lining around or up and down as
on The 1ecoming and they are fastened
onenaS shoulder and under the arm. or
fastened 1.;.t on one side of the front and
'eHeu with jabot of lace
said ave you heard the latest ON dit .,
ala d fashionable woman TO the cSr,icoi
. Trh',,Olielor' 10 whom, says the New Yorlr
onnositI every latest development of the
4 study sex was curious psychological
ten retreat" SUMS INTO Len
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but iE n .l9h' lat anything a woman Dos
I had ra us case | must say you amaze me
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4 her na, Is the solution? Has she loet
mize?n UOs' or does she want to econo-
ola have been told the true reaso, -
leu nus fair interlocutor ar eS ~ GIG
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4 men, 't so Is the real cause Of her retiro,
',u., from the world u "er re'ire-
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wifi SlIdIued by a woman's vagarv .r 1oi
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bad MAJ t Oh laughter showed him that be
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sklnned' o ~ dear old silly, she means ~ ho
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pf con,r, wrinkles and lines Of age. is now -"
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noyes win electricity which entirely no.
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fapidlv WIN one, over which n now siri,
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