PREFACE.
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In preparing this work an endeavor has been made to do three things: First, to make the systems the simplest and most reliable ever offered to the trade; second, to illustrate and explain them so clearly and fully that to study and not understand them will be impossible; and third, to consider and exhaustively treat every style of garment made for women by tailors and dressmakers. That the success attained may be considered commensurate with the intention, study and labor the work represents, is the earnest hope of the
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