New Teacher of Ladies' Home Tailoring

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Before starting at the actual work it must be well understood, that the scholar must know the character of the material he is to work on, so as to have good results and success. We will, therefore, start from the beginning about woolen goods - how to shrink, press, sponge, etc. Woolen goods must be truly shrunk before cutting and making into a garment. There are several different methods of shrinking the goods, or as is best known Spong ing but the proper name for this process is shrinking, because this is the main Object, that the goods should shrink all it needs, no matter how you do it whether by sponging or soaking in water; therefore, we will call it by the right name, Shrinking.