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 The fourth principle is Progression, where the ornaments used get larger and larger, or wider and wider, as in the examples here given, the braidings up the front of the first forepart being wider at the top and narrower at the bottom.

In the second illustration the braidings vary in width, 1 being the narrowest, 2 the next width, and so on with 4 to 8.

The further development of this principle is Gradation, the difference being that whereas Progression is illustrated by 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, etc., Gradation is illustrated by 2, 4, 8. 10, 32. 04. and so on.

The last principle is Balanced Confusion, and the illustration shows how a jacket is braided in a higgledy-piggledy way, but is kept within bounds by the broadly braided outline of the jacket. This is not often used in tailoring, but when it is nicely

done the effect is pretty. Deliberate confusion is the development of this, and the best illustration I can think of for it is the sky on a starry night. That it is ornamental is beyond dispute, but the design has not yet been revealed to us. We know there is order and unity, but beyond that we cannot go.

CONCLUSION.

I have now described how to cut all the leading styles of Ladies' Garments, and the cutter who has mastered these will be able to adapt them to successive fashions as they are brought out.

To produce Ladies' Garments successfully, taste must be employed as well as cutting.

Art must be joined to science.

The designer must be up-to-date in fashionable colours and the newest kinds of trimming. He will then be fully equipped to do his share in producing all kinds of Ladies' Tailor-made Garments. W. D. F. VINCENT.