l in the trade shop
will make a complete garment, but she will have worked upon all parts
many times.

Custom orders supply the shop with work. The customers are interviewed,
measurements are taken, estimates are given, and dates for fittings are
planned. The information obtained is recorded upon blanks prepared for
the purpose. The materials are purchased, the garments cut, and the
different parts (skirts, waists, sleeves) are delivered to the tables
where such work is done. Blanks are provided for the recording of all
materials used for customers' work, and from these the bills are made
out in the main office. Stock is obtained from the storerooms on signed
requisitions only. The stock clerk measures and delivers the materials
and notes the amount withdrawn on each package.

Course in Dressmaking Shop:

1. Linings: Waist (practice materials): basting, stitching,
pressing, binding, boning (whalebone, featherbone); hooks and eyes;
facing; overcasting.

2. Shirtwaists and nurses' uniforms: Covering rings; making
shirtwaist cuff; making shirtwaist placket; putting on neckbands.

3. Skirts: Petticoats or drop skirts for; basting, stitching,
pressing; seams, bands, plackets; trimming, pinning, putting on
band.

4. Trimmed skirts: Slip stitching; milliner's and flat folds;
covering buttonholes; binding, shirring, cording, tucking, piping,
facing, braiding.

5. Trimmed waists: Application of principles; experience in making
and applying trimming and handling delicate or perishable materials.

6. Trimmed sleeves: Application in general knowledge and experience
in applying trimmings.

7. Garments made in the shop: Shirtwaists, fancy dressing sacques
and wrappers; nurses' and maids' uniforms; dancing dresses;
elaborate waists; street, afternoon, and evening gowns; tailored
suits.

8. Materials used: All varieties of cotton, linen, silk, woolen, and
worsted dress fabrics; chiffon, mousseline, and trimmings of all
kinds.

IV. Results of training. A change in the general appearance of the girls
is soon apparent, for which ability to make their own clothes and the
refining influence of the doing of good work on good materials is
probably responsible. The elements of good order, obedience,
thoughtfulness, judgment, self-control, industry, and thrift are
fostered, and every effort is put forth to make intelligent workers.

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