Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1919 — MOTHERS GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN DRESSMAKING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MOTHERS GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN DRESSMAKING

! A surprisingly large number of women in Philadelphia, as in other big cities, don’t know how to make dresses or trim hats. One of the activities which Community Service has started in the Pennsylvania metropolis is a scries of night classes where women can learn these things together with* other domestic arts. The women meet in a public school, sit at the desks like regular pupils arid find the blackboard a great help in the ctudy of patterns. Simple garments for the children form the first objects of study for the be'rinners. With a little girl as model,

with the blackboard patterns, a tape measure, and an efficient teacher, the class is making rapid progress. “So that’s the way to cut out a shoulder!” sighed one mother in relief when the first demonstration ended, “I never could make ’em come together right under the arm.” ‘'And that’s a button-hole, is it?” said another, “Well, it won’t ever bother me again, for sure.” It looks as though any number of Philadelphia children were going to be dressed more inexpensively and more prettily—and more easilyr-than ever - before. ‘ /

Where Philadelphia Grown-Ups are Taught Dressmaking