Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1896 — Where Dressmaking Is Cheap. [ARTICLE]

Where Dressmaking Is Cheap.

“Men in the West Indies do not growl at their wives’ dressmakers’ bills,” says e woman who has Just come from Turk’s island. “I paid $2.75 for having an elaborate silk gown made, and It was a Chinese puzzle to put It together, for it was a rare silk brought me from England, and was a very scant pattern. The ordinary price for making a gown Is s2.so.”—New York Times.