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"I cannot speak too enthusiastically of what my dressmaker has done for the last two seasons. All the former annoyance of heavy sleeves (which are also very hot in warm weather) has been done away with, and it is such pleasure to me to use no special care of the skirt when either riding or boating as I am sure every fold will instantly disappear the moment I walk."
"What different materials do you use to accomplish this?"
"Why, really the same, only you know the American Hair Cloth Co.—I believe that is the name—make one grade of linings so thin as not to be objectionable to the thinest white material even, and then the heavier grades which are just as suitable for winter use as for summer, and all their styles in either gray, black or white."
"How much does this really add to the weight of the skirt without any lining?"
"My dressmaker says that an entire skirt if it were made up as a separate skirt of seven yards would weigh but 12 ounces, and if one should use their 170/3 it is almost as light as air itself."
"Why, these figures are new to me; what do they mean?"
"I took pains to investigate that, and their 10/4, 10/5 and 98/3 is the style usually used for skirts and can be had in either gray or black, though of course they make heavier grades, principally used by tailors."
"Either the 84/3, 146/3, 170/3, 184/4 or 200/4, is all right for thin sleeves, so that if the dealer has not all these styles he ought to have one surely."