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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862. Excerpt: ... HINTS ON NEEDLEWOKK, &o. Good old-fashioned plain "white-seam" has gone so much out of fashion as ladies'-work, that it almost seems unnecessary to offer any hints on the subject. Perhaps it is as well that plain sewing is less laboriously pursued as an occupation than it used to be, for a source of employment (alas! not always of profit) is opened to industrious women in the lower ranks of life. It is much the custom now to buy ready-made clothing at outfitting shops, and as the most respectable of these give a fair remuneration to the workers employed, it is right as well as convenient to deal with such. Let all beware, however, that " the love of a bargain," said to be inherent in some of our sex, does not lead them to encourage any one who sells cheap, because of the miserable pittance too often given for work done. This useful art has, however, got out of fashion with others besides those whose circumstances make such an occupation unnecessary, except as an amusement. It is a common complaint now that few servants or women in the lower ranks of life can sew well; and how frequent is it now in schools for the instruction of young persons of the humbler ranks, to see crotchet and fancy knitting, and even worsted work, allowed to usurp the place of plain, useful sewing. This is an error in more views than one, for besides that few will afterwards find fancy work useful even as a means of gaining their livelihood there is a want of the training to quiet steady work which is obtained by regular instruction in plain sewing. It may seem absurd to talk of the moral effects of such a mechanical occupation, but there is something in the habit acquired of patiently and diligently finishing a dull piece of useful work, that is likely to make more steady servants...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151491763
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 30
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151491764
  • Publisher Date: 03 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 73 gr


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