Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1911 — MILL HAND AS A MILLINER [ARTICLE]

MILL HAND AS A MILLINER

Lqndon Laborer Is Marvel at Making Beautiful Creations for Women—* His Proudest Momeht. London. —Two mill hand who is a millloner and blousemaker in hi* spare time has just come to light at Preston. His name is John Jackson, and So successful has his millinery been that he now wishes to give up weaving for it. He has many orders, coming from as far as Canada At his home tn Hammond street, Prestion, where he lives with hi* mother and sisters, Jackson said that his first millinery success was at a local bazar. "My heart is in making and doing up smart hats and blouses,” he said, “and J was delighted when I won a prlze for hat trimming at that bazar. " ’ • ; "My proudest moment was when two bonnets and four hats of my own trimming wore worn at the wedding of one of my sisters. “I buy my own materials, flowers, ribbons, feathers, sprays, leaves, etc, and I can usually estimate the cost of trimming a hat to a farthing for a customer. I study milliners* windows for ideas. I Just see what the latest fashions are and copy—or try to improve—them.”