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Press, Volume XL, Issue 5884, 23 July 1884, Page 4

Public I-Ottce-'. A PROFITABLE INVESTMENT. AT aU times and everywhere in these colonies are pubUc companies ana , institutions proffering to take care of your money. They wiU pay you generous interest, or they hold out expectations of tempting profit. Banking, insurance, mining, manufacturing, mercantile, land and loancompanies, buUding, co-operative, and other societies, fiU the air with rosy promises. And for those who have ample means, success wiU Ukely enough attend upon good judgment, for "money uiakea money." Meantime you must Uve and be clothed, and here permit us respectfully to impress you with an investment which wUI even EARN ITSELF, and which wiU all along make better proportionate profits than any other disposition of capital whatsoever. , . ~ Every home and every person in re, ceaselessly demand the products of the busy needle. The house-linen and upholstery require attention, and new garments are ever needed. Often the housewife stitches untU her eyes become weary, till her spine and her fingers ache, yet she cannot overtake her work. She must purchase ready-made articles at the shops, inferior to and more expensive than those which sb.B might produce herself had she only the first requisite of a household viz., a WERTHEIM Sewing Machine. This is the investment which wiU EARN ITS OWN COST and continue long after to yield mo3t ample profits. " A penny saved is a penny gained," and some more strongly express the truth in saying '* money saved is twice earned." Little hand-sewing is now performed, for the product of the labor is so very small in comparison with the patience and time ex pended upon it; moreover the stooping posture which is necessary, with the head bent downwards, and the arms more or less constrained, and the sustained demand upon the eyesight, are injurious. It is impossible, utterly impossible, for a lady to stitch so finely, and deUcately, and accurately by hand as she can by_. the Wonderful WERTH—IM __chines. _A moment's cZ&i_dation of the work which "anyone may perform with them wiU convince her of that. We wiU give her No. 200 cotton and she shatt make with the WERTHEIM New FamUy Machine 32 Btitchea to the inch, at the rate of 500 a minute (a good operator wiU make 1000 a minute). Each Btitch wiU be faultlessly accurate -—A- in-the_prectS6 place' where it was intended to go. Very delicate materials, which would rather suffer by handling, may be stitched upon the WERTHEIM without marking or disturbance. She may even thread the needle and shuttle with her own hair, and embroider initials upon a cambric handkerchief. In the other extreme, she may use the same WERTHEIM New FamUy Machine with a nine cord thread (used in bootmaking) for sewing occasionally leather, or any such heavy work that can be needed in a family. Many folds of tweed or thickest moleskin, twenty folds of unwashed calico with any size of cotton or thread, she may bow with the utmost ease and rapidity. The baby's tiny clothing, upon which mothers love to display their choicest handiwork, the boys tweed suits, the drawing-room carpet, mayaUbe stitched by the Wonderful WERTHEIM Machine. Examples of aU kinds of sewing required in dresses, millinery, underclothing, tailoring, and upholstery wiU be shown and explained at our offices, free of charge. To ladie3 who are deUcate, we wish to say that the foot pressure necessary to drive the WERTHEIM New FamUy Machine is so sUght, that the mere weight of the limba is more than sufficient. The ankles alone need to move, the remainder of the muscular system being entirely at r«3t. This comfort is partly attained by providing a fly-wheel under the table, which also imparts increased power to the mechanism. Instead of the'eonstrained and stooping posture already alluded to in connection with hand-sewing, the operator rests her hands upon the table, and can change her position at pleasure. The stitches do not require close watching, so that no strain whatever is made upon the eyesight. Yet we can produce sewing so finei oat the stitches can only be counted with the aid of a microscope. Scores of doctors and surgeons have purchased machines from our Australian offices for use in their own f amUies, and always with satisfaction. For ladies, whose predilection is in favor of a hand-machine, we supply one which is particularly easy to drive, and is much swifter than the kinds ordinarily ™The' great success ef the WERTHEIM Machines throughout Europe and . .the Colonies is a matter of common observation. JOSEPH WERTHEIM has manufactured nearly One Million Five Hundred Thousand of these Machines, and the whole tendency from the first has been to enhance the quaUty, improve the finish, and add to the appliances. The demand in consequence, has constantly and rapidly increased. Many of the appliances are not possessed by any other Machines whatever, and we desire especiaUy, comparison side by side. THE WONDERFUL WERTHEIM. With the WERTHEIM New FamUy Machine, whether for hand or foot use, you can hem any width, make double seams or fells, kilt, braid, stitch with chenille, Berlin wool, or gold cord, and such Uke for fancy work; you may make a pretty lace Btitch, tuck ever bo finely, bind dresses, coats or carpets; sew on trimmings without guiding, make frilling, ruffling or ruching, quilt, weave your own braid, with any combination of colors and stitch it on at the same time; make thick wooUen doormats, embroidered antimacassars, window curtains, and so forth; you can easily and rapidly perform the fashionable shirring and gathering so popular for sleeves, bodies or skirts of dresses with an appliance suppUed gratis: lay the smaU cords in hoods and stays; do large cording; gather with or without a band, and generally do aU kinds of straight sewing upen any material whatever. The WERTHEIM wiU pass from eight folds of tweed or twenty of calico to two of thinnest muslin, or even musquito net or tuUe, without the operator changing needle, cotton, stitch, or tension, and the fine material wiU not be gathered in the sUghtest. Any of these performances wiU be shown at our shops at any time. The WERTHEIM makes a lock-stitch which cannot ravel, yet by a momentary alteration the sewing can be done so as to rip from end to end, if desired. This peculiarity is sometimes useful when chUdren's clothes are intended to be altered. We have a special word for husbands When the day's business is over, tne evening meal is finished, the wife —and perhaps the sister or daughter—sits down to her sewing. With her hands alone she cannot, as aforesaid, do anything Uke the whole of the work required. In a corner of the room is, perhaps, an old fashioned machine, with which she may, by hard driving, occasionally stitch—with a noise Uke a Bausage machine —a simple straight seam, but that is no great help. She ought to be able to do ALL the work with it, short of stitching on buttons, which is a trifle. And we nave known some instances where the lady of of the house iB so anxious to obtain a firstclass machine, that which wiU be the greatest of all her helps to her, but the husband demurs on the score of expense. Why, it is the only article' or the household furnishing which wiU ever return yon any part of its cost. If the lady will use it, it MUST earn far more than the half-crown a week necessary to purchase it. On one little garment she will save that sum, so that in addition to increased comfort, your household expenses wUI not be enlarged, but ought to be diminished by the possession of a WERTHEIM Machine. How often do we not waste money upon really useless knickknacks, or upon needlessly expensive articles or indulgences? The Machine should far more than pay for itself during the time you are clearing it off, and it wiU then become your own, earning or saving money as before. Is it not fairly to be caUed A PROFITABLE INVESTMENT? With the NEW WERTHEIM MACHINES is_ supplied a self-acting bobbinwinder, which fills the bobbins as evenly as reels of cotton, without the operator touching it, or even holding the thread. A balance-wheel is provided, bo that the works are at rest whUe the bobbins are being wound. Yon can put eighty yards of cotton on one bobbin, being nearly twice as much as you can with the machines of the old-fashioned makes. Thus you need not take out your shuttle so often, and you get a far more perfect stitch. The tables are beautifully finished, and are stamped with a yard measure, which is useful. A host of other improvements in the WERTHEIM NEW FAMILY MACHINES wUI be observed. It is brought aa near to perfection _canbe accomplished by mechanical ingenuity, large capital, and minutesupervisioh. The automatic machinery which finishes the parts is designed and patented by. Joseph Wertheim himself. The work is carried out by managers and operators who have been seientificaHy trained in the German Polytechnic Schools. Sole Agents for Christchurch: HALLENSTEIN 8E05.,: Nxw Zxa_xt> CtoTH-fO- Factor-, I Cashel street, Christchurch 4-17 8869