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