Midinettes' Wager.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 September 1914, Page 8

Midinettes' Wager.

For a bet six midinettes belonging to a well-known Paris dressmaking establishment have cut out and made a fashionable dress during a journey of twenty minutes in a "tube" train. The dress was of pink chiffon, and designed in the latest style with draped tunic and lavish ornamentation. The design was only submitted to the midinettes as they got into the train. As soon as the train began to move the six girls fell to work. They had drawn up a very elaborate schedule beforehand, and each had her particular task set out. One of them made one sleeve, another the oilier, another the bodice, and the fourth the skirt, while the fifth and sixth put on the hooks and eyas and attached the trimmings. As the conductor called out the name of the last station but one on the twenty minutes' journey the dress was all but finished. Half-way through the last tunnel the final stitch was put in, and as the train drew up at the terminal station 01 the line at the Porte de Clignancourt the girls jumped up from their seats and held out the finished dress with a shout of triumph.