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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16854, 7 June 1920, Page 2

1 Learned Dressmaking at Home and Now Have More Clothes Better Dresses and More Money

Mary Wiseman's Message to Womankind. She tells how you may meet the rising cost of clothes.

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j Just, about a year ago I made a disI eovery that has proved such a wonj derful help to us in meeting the I rising cost of living, that I believe i readers will be interested in hearing about it. There are five in our family and last Autumn, just as I began to figure how many new things to wear the children and I needed, I found that other actual necessities, because of increased prices, were using up nearly all our income— the clothes problem was a real one. I had just about decided that we should have to get along with, last year's clothes and only one or two dresses, when one day I ran across the story of the new, practical, home-study method which has been developed by which any woman, no matter where she may live, can loam, during spare time, right in her own home, to plan iirtd make all kinds of dresses and hats. Of course, at first I was sceptical. But it seemed such a wonderful opportunity that I wrote for full information and took up dressmaking. W«ll, X didn't have the slightest trouble! Every step is so clearly Explained that almost before I realised it, I was actually making simple garments. There are many splendid illustrations, showing just exactly how to do everything that ;ould possibly cause anyone difficulty. [ can tell you that this new plan s so simple you start making

clothes at once, so thorough that without previous experience you can acquire, in a few mouths right at home, tho skill of, an accomplished dressmaker Gradually I learned how to plan and ■- completely make blouses, skirts, costumes, and undorclolhing for. myself and the children, copy dresses I saw m tho 'shops and magazines, and stiil add the little touches thai, give clothes distinctiveness.* Besides that I learned how to remodel clothing from previous seasons into stylish new garments and this helped wonderfully." As a family we have never dressed so well— and I have saved neariv iJ-0 sinca last Autumn. My husband is just as delighted as I am, and my neighbours wonder at my success. But all the credit is duo to the easy Associated System. "What I have done, any woman, anywhere, can do. Nearly 10,000 women and girls havo •already taken up the Associated System of dressmaking or millinery; some have accepted good positions whilst others have started their own businesses. To you it means that you can savo one-lialf of the money you now spend for clothes, or havo at least twico as many dresses by learning to make them yourself. You can havo absolutely new dresses at merely the cost of the materials, or can make over garments of previous- seasons into fresh and charming dresses in the latest styles at practically no cost at all. You can hare better looking, better fitting, more becoming clothes, because you will be able to develop styles just suited to your own individuality, in materials and colours of your choosing. You simply cannot afford to let another day pass without finding out about this wonderful Associated System or learning dressmaking or millinery in your own home. Simply send your name and address in a letter or on a postcard' to-day to tho ASSOCIATED SCHOOL OP DRESSMAKING., 11 Canberra House, 295-7 Elizabeth street, Sydney. Bo sure to mention the "Christchureh Weekly Press," state whether you are Mrs or Miss, and whether dressmaking or millinery interests you most, and they will send you by return post, absolutely without charge, all particulars of the marvellous Associated System. Do this immediately, as otherwise you may lose the opportunity of a lifetime. SEND NO MONEY, and address your request to tho ASSOCIATED SCHOOL OF DRESSMAKING, 11 Canberra House, 295 Elizabeth street, SYDNEY. 080

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