The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-13
When the DreSSInakel' Comes

naughty, and occasionally condescending.
but take her for all In all, she Is bust
#nesslike. and who does not know that be-
tween business and sentiment there is a
divorce which canno, be ignored II she
says nothing critical, you may thank
your stars; If she approves be certain
tunate hour; If she wakes cordial in her
glance and words. fate has indeed been
Kind to you.
After a little tn edressmaker In the
place of commanding officer, assigns 70
each member Of the family her task
other meekly stitches according 10 d.
3recten. another Dastes: each does as she
Is told. If three or four gowns are IN
perficlal confusion,l and there are natural
" wcarisome half-hours Of trying on. Of
hanging skirts and adjusting sleeves
fashions waves. One year they puff at
wrist Sometimes the pulf Is below The
the arm. us the rfnd of an appleto the
fruit. Turn5t to any oilet-chronicle OF The
past thousand years, and observe how
all the way along the centuries, Just as
they do now. Empires crumble, dynas-
ties wane. battles rage. the map OF the
world Is changed. but sleeves maintain
their whrlng dance through all and
the dressmaker sits as calmly on the top
OF a heap Of ruins as In the palace Of
Princesses indeed bow at her behest.
Our first lady Of the land could not have
gone to the inaugural bail the other eve
fro myards and yards and yards Of ir-&
descent brocade. woven on special looms
To the queen on her coronation day and
tho maiden ON her bridal, the dressmaker
is alike Indispensable.
{. 'ho I'd liant at rf nj tch inf he
work Is under good Roadway. Then the poten-s
tate of the occasion renxes her severity and
l Ding on ike Brook swirng around familiar
topics, and cleaning with gayety and gossip.
Going as she does everywhere, TIE dress;
knows no end OF interesting occurrences. She
is no vender Of malice or purveyor Of scandal,
she is only hard.worklng little woman. who
cntertains her employers agrefably by bit
OF chat from the world outside even when
length Of their petticonts and the height OF
their stocks, DO not grudge her the money
you pay her into her faithful hand
OF course, while she Is with YOU. callers
be evaded. and parties of pleasure abandoned
BY an unwrtten but Imperative law the
@ sns
ment essening In Importance To- before hers For
this reason the woman lavish prefers another
She sends her goods to dressmaking estab-
'lishment. goes there to be fitted and has
her crosses sent home, wrapped IN many
frl,s of tissue paper, and finished to the
last futing and frill, with q bill far in ok;
c.ss OF the one presented by tho itnerant
aeamsress One who has q big bank a !.
trlut.e BY going to the dresstnaker. instead
OF summoning the dressmaker TO her.
s IN india, this whole branch Of hanciwork
is given to, men, who charge Very !tls, H.t
psrfcrm miracles Of beautiful needle craft;
satisfaction in' the evening Eowns made by
faces, They dress the Mem sahbs as those
gentle-women wish making anew or making
over with swift dexlerlty. But when they
dress a Mohammedan or Hindu bride, the gown ySa
Who writes OF india. and whose words ]
quote:
.'she wore a purple petticoat embossed with
a rich border of scattered punches OF flowers,
each flower formed OF various gems. while the
leaves and stems were OF embroidered gold and
silk threads. Her bodice Was q the same
material as the petticoat; the entire vest was
marked with circular rows Of pearls and
iunits"
We haze nothing to show quite 50 superb
as this