DRESSMAKING IN HASTE.
,; ' Recently the ,wif©'_ of j a foreign Ambassa.p r returned, to' Parish after a;long-.i journeys • She; heard that that* viery evening her presence was necessary J at one; of„ those spcial' functions from which ;an 'Ambassadress cannot be absent. : . -.::. ; It was 9. a.m.,.... Tlie a leading. ('couturier" ■was, called by telephbile. A' .few minutes - - later; the '/artist"; 'anU ' three lady -assistants' arrived at the Embassy inamotor-car./With them'.they, had . brought'! a score 1 o£ ; boxes con-taming-the latest materials und einbroicicries. < The/ADibass!tdross ! niade' herf choice, 'and the' style-, and' shape*sof _ the' : gown ;'.wcre agreed' ileasuiemerits::were-atyohceo taken. l The: ; four'then-rushed. bankto tho : "atelier."?-'' ; Thero five' 'women worked - at" the bodice'and « five'at 'the skirt.r v -'.•>•* .. At/iiponutho'.two;"premieres''-came' to try" the ['gown' At ;; ' ■ The gbwirwas- ready.r.lt'twas '-a,.marvel," and' ' • fitted'tff'-perfMtion.^^'i^j^^^iv:-;^. v twb* KreaielyT ' stepped into her carriage. , -/ More''extraordinary 'things -have!even'bc<m ; • : . achievcfl! "happened ..that'/alcatas-' ! 1 ';troph(rhas' taken "placev'at'the' last'inonientv ' - Just'vasfah .anxiously'r/expected r 'gowTi;-was'- go'-: .::iron,' :left;';tp()'?lon'g' ofl - the:.'sam'e I ';'s^6t/'' r h'as . burnt i l :th'rbugh'"the delicate^material:: workers' arellanienting:'^^ called.'/He hesitates;-; makes: no", reproach', -.; andi.findlly.'-'gives' anlpfder .:/''^Go'. : at '.once .t'p: ' Madam;e''XT-^, ; the' ; firm make.a-new gown' 'onj.h'er.' . ; "jp^mieres|!^ibbeyiV/j^lieyitali6 ; ;.yfith ... tlicm/somo'.exquisite' stuff,' pinsV/arid cpt'ton.!- : At. .first. ;tho'lady.; is' fnrious,: but , consents': ■'db;''?vShe: takes:'off ; her &^n^oira;V : . drapb: the imaterial ' .. pins: When satis- : 1 factory," 'thepins^:are-;-replaced ;by a : few stitches. ,9, .<• -The', gbwn'jisJ-pady'" • ; taken. invent and mako. it.- Needless. trie's ay,: 'it "^ill'jonlylast ,orie..:n'ight, J -'and , • will: have to bo tmpicked and re-niado. ( bn-the : '. following, dayi: -'^ ih/'• v; i
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 3
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240DRESSMAKING IN HASTE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 3
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