How Ethel Wisdom Learned Dressmaking at Home

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 734, 6 August 1929, Page 4

How Ethel Wisdom Learned Dressmaking at Home

(By

Rose Allen)

**l don't know how I'm going to buy her the clothes she needs now. 1 income has not risen as the cost r i riving has increased- Two years ag-i it was ample, but now it won't provide us with a decent living—and I’m discouraged, dear.” **l had no idea tnings were so bad *« that. John: I'm so sorry. If J rou’d only help you!** *Oh, yen do, dear/* h<» replied. ‘lt s no fault of ours. We never lived extravagantly, but these last • vo years have been terrible! What TTf'r happens, though, doirt teil EtheL” At the words a great feeling of swept over Ethel, the only daughter of John and Elizabeth Wisdom. Her first impulse was to *n in and comfor* them both. But knowing that she had overheard would only dis- ■ torb them more, so. with # *ar-filled eye, she tiptoed to her own room, and dropped into the littlo chair before her dressingtable. ‘*l will he‘p them.” she whispered; “but what can I dor As Ethel’s father and m'**her sat talking together, some months la*er, they heard her door pen, and someone tripped ; r .*ly down the passage. a r.<i what an Etb*-1 stood before them! For several moments no one spoke. Then Ethel said, “Well, do you like it, father?” “It’s perfect, dear!” And pride **,4 wonder shone in his face. “It's the most beautiful dress you've ever had. But where did you buy it?” '•That’s the real surprise, dad. I didn’t buy it at all; I made every switch of it myself, didn’t I Mother?” “I don’t understand,” Mr. Wisdom gan. u I didn’t know that you could w at tCll —let alone make a dress like that!” •*Y»*ell, father,” Ethel said, ”a few i .• >r.tbs ago I thought that I ought to help in some other way than just * - - sting with the housework. But, at first, I didn’t know of any way to

do it. Then the solution of mj problem came in the form of a newspaper article. It told the atory of the development of a wonderful new method, by which any girl or woman anywhere, could learn easily and quickly, right at home, to make becoming clothes and millinery. “I saw at once that if I could -•-•arn to make stylish and becoming clothes for mother and myself it would mean the truest kind of economy. So I wrote at once, and received the most interesting particulars explaining everything free. This information was a revelation to me. and provided just the opportunity I *eded. I soon realised that any girl or woman could learn dressmaking by this wonderful new system,

“Why, in a few days I was able to make a beautiful one-piece frock, and I have lots of. pretty clothes to show you. Besides learning how to make costumes, underclothing, etc., I learned what colours and materials suit different types, and how to aid those little touches that make clothes smart and becoming.

“And, now, father—and this is really the best part of my surprise—this marvellous Associated System has taught me the way to help that I wanted bo much to find. My first plan was simply to surprise you by making, instead of buying, my dress, and then to show you that, by spending money for materials only, I had been able to get a dress and many other things, too. Three weeks

ago this lovely dress was done, and i l was going ’ *o tell you the k secret then, but some of the girls came in, and I eouldn't resist showing it. and t h e v

begged me to make dresses for them. fc *l never dreamed of sewing for others, but then the big thought came that I could not only save on mother a clothes and mine, but could make money, too. So I agreed to do three dresses for the girls, and I earned over £. 6 making them. Other girls are

wanting me to make things, too. I*ll have more than I ean do for weeks! And, father, isn't it wonderful how it’s all come out?*’ u Wonderful!” and he held her close—so that, perhaps, she may not see what glistened in his eyes. “Why, it r s a miraele! And you’ve made me the happiest father in the world!” Ethel was right, and her plan has a practical application to your needs. More than 25,000 women and

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