Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — Sewing-Room Sayings. [ARTICLE]

Sewing-Room Sayings.

Dressmakers’ superstitious are as numerous in the sewing-room as the pins and needles about which they circulate. Some of them sound as if they might have originated out of the need of placating the powers that be in case of accident For Instance, if a new gown slips out of the operator’s hand and falls to the floor, “It is, a sign” that the gown will be sold quickly. Still another saw that carries placation on the fact of it Is the one that-promises that If you spill a box of pins, “It is a sign” that customers are coming.