Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1887 — Dressmaking. [ARTICLE]

Dressmaking.

Many Dressmakers find it very difficult to secure well-fitting dresses for their patrons. The harsh, stiff bones and steels that they have been obliged to use for Dress Stays are very disagreeable for many ladies to wear, and at best they break so soon that the beauty and fit of the dress is very soon destroyed. The invention of a new Dress Stay which is soft and pliable, yielding to every movement of the body, giving the wearer perfect ease, and also proving itself to be absolutely unbreakable, has made quite a new departure in Dressmaking. Warren’s Featherbone is the name of this new Stay. It is made from quills, and is an entirely new invention, having been manufactured only about three years; but it is now largely used by dressmakers in all the large cities and many of the larger towns throughout the United States. The manner by which it is attached to the dress waist is a new feature in dressmaking, and is patented by the inventor of the Featherbone. This method consists in attaching the dress stay to the seam by sewing directly through the Featheroone, which attaches the stay to the seam all along its entire length, entirely preventing the formation of any wrinkles, and giving a smooth and elegant finish to the dress that cannot be secured by any other stay. It being so soft, a very close-fit-ting garment can be made, and yet be comfortable to the wearer. It is sai3 that perspiration and even laundrying does not injure it in the least It is sold by the yard, made in black and white and all colors, so that white dresses or waists and any color of dress lining may be matched as desired. It is finished in three different cov-erings—thread-covered, cloth-covered, and an elegant satin-covered, which makes as fine a finish as could be desired for the finest dresses. In short, this new dress stay possesses apparently all the advantages that anyone can think of, and not only comes at a time when whalebone is rapidly disappearing, but is proving itself superior to whalebone in every respect No wonder that it is so rapidly commending itself to dressmakers and dresswearers.