SEWING MACHINES.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5230, 17 July 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

SEWING MACHINES.

1 ii ■ i i Hi --5 1) ■ 1 1 1 c> of tli.j bO'A ing liweliincs i-. ion wed lie jo Tin- coiiKst.uiti aremoic nmiiv.'i»Ui tlwn cvci L^jy are seen altogjthei bin telling in «i long io\v, each in its mclosui l\ and attended often by girls moro alti ioti\o, it not so useful, .is the michines. Xo nomi.i cm get thiough the sewing i,i,iJiiivj dopait.nent auder two hours. She must i ispeet all the endless improvoraeats c Mistintly being made by the manufacturers. Notably 'among those la the Wheeler and Wikou, v.ith its double lock stitch and imniovenient for walking cnibroideiy, wheieby any Jiguie or pittein n woikod with a celouty which would have ama/ed t!io,o matrons ot "7 1 » > 'wlio a c one or two einbioitleicd bed-qndts wore tin' acc )mplishments of a lifetime Weed's niac'u no ovlubit has the histoneal picttno ot the battle of Bunker Hill depicted m , nee llcwork. It ia as good as any needleworked picture can be, but the heroes do look a little stiff and angular, and their complexions will wcai that Mspy, rough, fritted expression, especi illy peculiar to miracle in v/oisted work. I teel b mud m duty and justice to all to nientionjclio " bt-U- idjustuig tension,' "oscilUti'i^ sliuttli 1 ,' and "double cam feed moti.m ' of the Home machine ; tho univei^il hi?A motion," " reversible pressertoot.' "sticch indicator," "interchangeable tin oat plateb," and "needle guide" of the Cole*, michine ; the " dispensation of shuttle and bobbin," accomplished by the Wai-dwell two spool lock-stitch machine; the "milled shank needle,"' " patent thread controller," and "automatic bobbin winder" of the Davis machine ; " the combination of three hues of feed" teeth " of the Wilson and Gibbs machine ; and 1 am told per advertisement that no other machine can make "unifonn bias, ela&tic seams," and also that "lo\ely woman should never be defoimed by toil on other and, of couise, imperfect machines " 1 saw also thc- " new and vauable movement " of the Little Monitor machine, as well as its " new needle-fastening, dispensing \v ith the screw , " "combining the advantige o f thiee stitches in one mn.chiuu " and ' ' making the lock stitch an ornamental cable stitch dnect from the « hole spool ," also, the New Domestic machine, which is distinguished by the ' ' entn e absence of c mis and \v heels " Thci e is the (Toode's machine, claiming that " by combining the angular movement of the feed with the l evolving bai thcic is produced anothci and by tar the handsomest stitch yet seen." I hen follows the Ucmington, the St. John, the Victor, the Mct'an and Belnor, the Vmeiican Buttonhole machine, and the old ouginal Howe. All these aie pionounced "triumphs of Amencau genius," and each pattern is "exactly what the public demands." The Sewing Machine literature in caid, cnculai and p.unphlet form, given away at each exhibit, would make a small library.

A l'l VN'O KMl'.UOt I TO. Yesiculay it was rumoui ed that some of the most pi omuient among tlic piano makers had sent wagons for their lnstrumentb. The jut 01% appointed *~o te^fc tlicm are said to be unduly pie)iidiccd 111 faAourot certain manut.icLiueib. Thine is grumbling all round. They cymplam because exhibitors cove i up then goods too early in the afternoon ; be* c uisc s\\ coping of the walks and buildings commence at o p m., theieby dusting and w ctting ladies' skirts ; because the Exhibitiou docoii't remain opeu till half-past 7 p.m. every evening. It is only for Satuulay that the later closing is announced. Also, because the water-cooleis in the fair are not kept tilled (lining day, and because blasting without the gioiuids bleaks the fiagdc glass jars of exlnbitois.