Excerpt from The Maude Russell System of Garment Cutting: Text Book The instructions have been made so plain and the Russell System is so easily adjusted to individual measurements that no woman need experience any trouble whatever in getting complete knowledge of the work from this book. By the use of this text book the woman in the country home can have the same advantages as her city sister and can equip herself to make not only her plain dresses and house gowns but she can also select and reproduce gar ments having the same dash, style and individuality as the more costly tailored gowns. Should there be anything about the use of the System or any problem in dressmaking that you do not understand I shall be glad to receive a personal letter from you, stating your problem, and I will assist you in overcoming such difficulties or answer any question you may ask relative to the work. It is my desire to render you all the assistance possible to make your work with the Russell System both a pleasure and a success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.