. Godey's lady's book . to be pointed, drawthe line to the middle hole in the neck of the chart, be-tween the shoulder and the front, and if it wants to bevery deeply pointed, to the lowest hole in the neck,directly in front. To find out the quantity to be taken up in gores, takehalf the waist measure, subtract from it the size acrossthe back, and take up the difference in the gores ordart seams. If the waist is slender, divide the sur-plus into three darts, if not, two will be sufficient. Thefirst dart should be about one inch and a quarter fromthe line of the front, at a slope of two and a h
. Godey's lady's book . to be pointed, drawthe line to the middle hole in the neck of the chart, be-tween the shoulder and the front, and if it wants to bevery deeply pointed, to the lowest hole in the neck,directly in front. To find out the quantity to be taken up in gores, takehalf the waist measure, subtract from it the size acrossthe back, and take up the difference in the gores ordart seams. If the waist is slender, divide the sur-plus into three darts, if not, two will be sufficient. Thefirst dart should be about one inch and a quarter fromthe line of the front, at a slope of two and a half the size of the second dart seam, and then draw aline parallel between the first and second, three-quarters of an inch in width, so also the third ; if three are taken,use the curved end of the rule (which accompanies themodel) to point the dart seams, and then cut out yourpattern exactly in the outside line drawn. Lay the dartseams together, and slope them off to a point, and thepattern will be It will be seen that the pattern allows for no turningsin, the size of these being left optional with the indivi-dual, who can allow more or less, as she pleases, incutting out the lining. The models of Dress-cutting, with full instructions,are furnished at $1 each, or $6 per dozen ; and are sentby mail, postage free, on receipt of price. For whichaddress Madame Demorest, 473 Broadway, New York. In some future number we propose to furnish fulldirections for cutting childrens dresses by MadameDemorests childrens dress chart. We commence, in this number, Eastern Rambles andReminiscences, with engravings. The portion nowgiven is particularly interesting, as it contains TheGround Plan of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. Thisseries of articles we commend to our readers. Messrs. J. E. Tilton & Co., Boston, publish the fol-lowing choice card photographs:— A new copy from the original painting of T. BuchananRead, Esq., of Prof. Longfellows children, in card form,for
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