ain seam, plain and band seam; French seam; bag seam on
warp; bag seam, one warp and one bias; bag seam, two biases.

7. Hemming: Different sized hems turned by hand for correct
measurements; hems run through hemmer to learn use of attachment and
give speed; seams through hemmer--bag seam, flat fell.

8. Quilting: Following designs made by pupils in Art Department.
Practice for control of power, starting and stopping machine at
given point.

9. Banding: Straight and bias bands placed by measurement from
design made in Art Department. Practice for edge stitching, turning
corners, accuracy of measurement.

10. Advanced seams on cloth and silk: Flannel seam, slot seam,
umbrella seam.

11. Yokes made and put on: Round yokes--petticoats; round front and
straight back--drawers and petticoats; bias yokes--waists; shaped
yokes--aprons; round yokes--children's dresses; miter corner
yoke--dresses.

12. Tucking: Free hand tucking for accuracy in measuring and use of
rule; special tucking on length and widths of different materials to
give speed and skill in handling different fabrics.

General Construction: Trade Stock and Order Work (See Order Work):
Infants' slips, children's underwear; children's rompers; children's
dresses; women's underwear; shirtwaists; aprons; house dresses;
fancy negligees.

Special Machine Work:

Buttonholes; tucking; two-needle work; hemstitching; Bonnaz
(Corneli) embroidery; machine hand embroidery, scalloping. Students
of special ability only are fitted to take this course. One girl in
fifteen has usually the requisite application and self-control to
operate a special machine successfully. Each machine is specialized,
_i. e._, does its own particular work and no other. Patient
attention to little things is required on the part of the operator
in order that good results may be produced. Such machines are
supposed to need only a hand behind them to guide the work. Our
experience has proved to us that good results are produced only when
intelligence and patience are factors. In the factories, machinists
keep the special machines in order, but the school aims to train the
operator to keep her own machine in good condition, thus saving her
valuable time.

Bonnaz (Corneli) embroidery work offers excellent opportunities for
correlation with the Ar