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marks at the waist and dot at the bottom of the skirt. Draft the other Dart in the same manner.

8. In the System, between II and N, you will find for width, a Guide for Under-Arm Dart. This under-arm dart is put in centre between back dart and 81 point. Use the straight edge of Rule for this Dart, making two marks at centre of arm's eye, one-half inch apart. Measure eight inches straight down from the centre of Dart at Waist Line and make a mark. Draft the lower part of this Dart the same as the lower part of the others.

9. For Half Fitting garments use Half Fitting Dart, measuring the same width each way from the centre at Waist Line in Scale S. If you have two inches for Half Fitting Dart measure one inch each way from the centre. Mark at the dot below, and draft the lower part the same as the others.

SLEEVE MEASUREMENT.

For the Sleeve, four measurements are necessary. 1. Around the Arms-eye. 2. Cuffs. 3. From Arms-eye to base of thumb. 4. Outside of Arm over the elbow By way of illustration, we will suppose the measurement of the Arms-eye to be 15 inches, the Cuffs, 8 inches; the length front, 17 inches; the outer length, 21 inches.

1. Lay the Sleeve System on your goods and mark on Line D, 17 and 17. drawing a line along the edge between them.

2. Next follow under 21 to 15 in Scale Q, for upper half of Sleeve. For the under half, mark three inches in from the number of Arms-eye 15.

3. Now follow from the outside length number 21 to 8 in Scale W, and for under part from 21 to 7 in the same Scale. Use the edges for drafting. For under half, reverse top at Arms-eye.

BACK MEASUREMENT.

1. Lay Back of System on your goods and allow a one inch lap. Mark in Scale C36; L36; 136; M (short shoulder) 36; A 36. Stop here, as A 36 is for seam. Now take tape and measure down the back 16 inches, from C36, and mark at edge, drawing a line along the length of Back.

2. Next move the System up until you get the Waist Line even with the length of Back, mark the width of central piece one or one and a half inch, and draw the line down the skirt to the right until you come to form number 45, in Scale Z, using the edge of System in drafting.

3. On the Skirt and Dart Rule you will see the place for the Side Form shape, with which you draft the side form seam in central piece.

4. For side form of Back again lay the System on goods and mark in Scale ▲ 36; X 36.

5. Also take tape and again measure down the back 16 inches, from C 36, and mark at edge. Mark also at 81.

6. Be careful now to move the System straight up until the Waist Line is even with the last two dots you have made.

7. Now find, in Scale Y, Waist measure 26, and follow under that number until you come to Waist line. You have already marked the width of central piece, one or one and a half inch, as the case might be, but mark it again at the same place.

8. Next mark from Star, at bottom of skirt, to form number 45, in Scale R, using the edge of System for drafting. The same shape for side form seam as in the other piece of back to the Waist Line. Use straight edge of Dart Rule for the lower part, drawing a line down to mark at the Star.

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AMUSEMENTS.

All hail King Pleasure! In all ages and climes, with every race and tribe since the worid began, pleasure has reigned supreme. On the ancient banks of the Nile, in Olympic Grecian games, in the Amphitheatres of Rome, under all skies, man and child alike did ever and will ever seek to be amused. How monotonous indeed would life become did we not constantly look forward to and anticipate some new source of pleasure. It helps to buoy us up during the hours of toil and enables us to perform with ease our allotted task. How cold and cheerless is that home in which King Pleasure never enters, and how soon the children learn to steal away and seek in other channels the sports and pastimes that are denied them where, of all places upon earth, they should be cultivated. And what tender recollections cling to us in after years of the bright fireside, where, our lessons or labors of the day once o'er, we could gather round the circle and indulge ourselves in festive games.

We need amusement, we need recreation, we need pleasure, almost as much as we need food and raiment and light and air; and wise is that parent who early learns his child to seek it in the hallowed portals of the home circle, and not per chance amid vile, vicious, or depraved companions.

Nor is it alone in passing a pleasant hour that amusements can be made useful. They greatly assist us in quickening the perceptions, in expanding the muscles, in invigorating the system, and in driving away dull care; they may be made an adjunct to education, and aid us mentally, morally and physically. The boy that can lead his playmates in the game is the one most likely to lead them in the school room, and the mechanic who can unravel the mysteries of a puzzel is the one most apt to learn the intricacies of his trade or calling.

All amusements, indeed, of every kind, implies the notion of plentifulness. The gambols of the child betray an overplus of strength and spirits; the play of the waters give the idea of unstinted room; the blossoms of spring, the fragrance of the woods, the grandeur of the mountains, the smiles of the harvest-all impress us with the feeling of abundance.

If this be so, let it forever rescue play from the stigma of childishness. Let it rather be an ideal which we may strive to reach than a frivolity from which we strive to fly. Work is honorable, and duty is holy, but when the whole heart is in the work, and when duty is inspired by love, they rise to a higher plane-that of free, joyful and unbounded activity.

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