New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-11
exhibition by Hebrew Tech
r;caI School Proves an
Eye Opener.
EXQUISITE SEWING
BY YOUNG GIRLS
c.oLerv. housekeeping and Bust
moss Methods Also Illus
trated Generously.

...s tine present generation oil
.o, do fine hand sewing? Visit
At the exhibition Of the work Of 'ne
-, Technical School for Girls when
he''' aay nj the home OF Mrs. Adolph
OPEN ~. 40 West 57th street. can't
mo-. win see exquisite lingerie oaoy
J" hou5oir caps. frocks for women
colo. trifes and other products OF
'""e5ie with hand run hens and tucks
w' .,,if,llv done that the stitches are
-. Invisible and hand embroidery so
So that it seems as If 1t couidn I
- -. bsen done BY girls OF fourteen VINO
TO- had only few months training
D ~ Tits big school. at Second avenue ana
80. the course is only eighteen
80 In the manual department
u, there are about go pupils, there
~. ,n,ce terms of six months each the
l,-,.oductory. the Junior and the senior
60 of the dsintiest articles at the eN-
-, sheer white embroidered aprons
"a ifs and collars. children's clothes
= house linen. were made by girls IN
49,, ;,,,oductory term. They entered IN
ie.,,ember. knowing nothing Of sewing
"a nv December were making things Tor
mis- exhibition.
fs,rvlike embroidered bridal set was
sors bv a girl in ;he Junior term. There
-. sbort waists and blouses of many de-
,,,--s lookjnE as fresh as n hands had
,svsr touched them. and yet they have
10, heen washed. only pressed by the
lr,-ls who made them. The pupils are
,oyght 70 keep their hands absolutely
clean. busting them often with rice pow
der while working.
Dressmaking and millinery occupy the
urls in the senior term. They practise on
s-esses for the thirty teachers In the
school who. Judging by the samples al
the exhibition. are fortunate in their
r,odistes. From the senior term the pu-
nils ere graduated into dressmaking es-
ADJUSTMENTS. Most of them, IL is said,
get employment Immediately.
And they earn very good salaries
ons NJ the trustees Of the school, who
vas helping arrange the exhibit said yes
,erday. Il know one girl who is getting
s,a week as forewoman, and not few
get so and $50.
"One Of our graduates. who is with us
as teacher now, went into waist manu-
facturer's TO ask for work. lie pointed TO
what looked Ike a pile Of rags. Make
something out Of these he told her. He
didn't think she could, but she went to
work and evolved fifty waists out Of those
rags for which he paid her $50. Our
girls learn 70 use every scrap. Remnants
are sent to MS that you wouldn't think,
sometimes, were any good, but the pupils
turn them into pincushions, opera bags
AMI all manner OF pretty things"
The manual Is not the only department
represented IN the exhibition. There is
the commercial. which has the remainder
Of the % pupils Samples Of their type
writing. bookkeeping. etc, are shown,
but most interesting are some large cards
With compositions" done when they
enter and six months afterward, showing
the vast Improvement in those few
months.
Some cookery will be shown too for
every girl who enters the school must
learn how 10 cook They prepare the
teachers lUncheons every day. Their
only achievements which can't he shown
IN this exhibition, in fact. are swimming
al learn 20 swim-gymnsstics sweeping
and busting, which they practise at the
school
Tic exhibition will be- open between
and 8 o'clock to-day and tomorrow.
Those Interested IN the school arc hoping
for many visitors for. as il gives free
Instruction 90 girls who cannot afford
70 pay and 0's them not only TO earn
their lvinCe. but - bo good homomakcrs