The little girl spread the material out on the table.
“Isn’t it pretty!” exclaimed Miss Fells. “Perhaps I can get some extra help. Come for a fitting to-morrow at four o’clock, and we’ll see what can be done.”
“Oh, thank you, thank you, Miss Fells!” Ruth exclaimed.
Then she ran all the way home to tell the good news.
What is Ruth asking the dressmaker?
The “butterflies” on this page are the moths of two of our american silkworms.
In olden days, spinning was done at home. Today we have great spinning and weaving machines, and much of our clothing is made in factories.
“Now we see, Ruth,” said her mother, “how glad we should be that different people do different things for us. A person who studies and works in one special line must do better than one who works at it only once in a while—the way I do dressmaking.”
“Why, that is true, mother,” exclaimed Ruth, “I never thought of it before, though.”