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  SEWING 
  MACHINE-^-LEWTON 
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  would 
  be 
  better 
  for 
  them 
  all 
  if 
  they 
  did 
  more 
  of 
  it), 
  and 
  families 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  

   are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  children, 
  which 
  require 
  a 
  continual 
  stitching, 
  stitching, 
  in 
  making 
  

   and 
  mending 
  from 
  morning 
  till 
  night, 
  will 
  yet 
  be 
  blessed 
  by 
  the 
  improved 
  sewing 
  

   machine. 
  

  

  The 
  sewing 
  machine 
  is 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  threshold 
  of 
  its 
  career; 
  it 
  is 
  but 
  partially 
  

   known 
  and 
  applied 
  in 
  our 
  country. 
  Private 
  families 
  know 
  nothing 
  about 
  its 
  

   use, 
  and 
  shoemakers 
  and 
  saddlers 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  tested 
  its 
  benefits. 
  Mr. 
  Wilson 
  

   informs 
  us 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  make 
  one 
  that 
  will 
  sew 
  boots 
  and 
  shoes 
  with 
  a 
  rapid- 
  

   ity 
  that 
  will 
  astonish 
  all 
  the 
  sons 
  of 
  St. 
  Crispin. 
  We 
  suppose 
  that, 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years, 
  

   we 
  shall 
  all 
  be 
  wearing 
  shirts, 
  coats, 
  boots, 
  and 
  shoes 
  — 
  the 
  whole 
  habiliments 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus 
  homo 
  — 
  stitched 
  and 
  completed 
  by 
  the 
  sewing 
  machine. 
  We 
  sup- 
  

   pose 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  fully 
  200 
  sewing 
  machines 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  City. 
  

  

  CHANGING 
  CONDITIONS 
  OF 
  LATER 
  TIMES 
  

  

  The 
  effects 
  on 
  the 
  economic 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  changes 
  wrought 
  

   in 
  the 
  home 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  invention 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   sewing 
  machine 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  theme 
  of 
  many 
  addresses. 
  The 
  

   following 
  quotation 
  from 
  an 
  address 
  made 
  by 
  Robert 
  S. 
  Taylor 
  

   before 
  the 
  Patent 
  Centennial 
  Celebration 
  in 
  Washington, 
  April 
  10, 
  

   1891, 
  will 
  serve 
  as 
  an 
  example: 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  too 
  soon 
  yet 
  to 
  estimate 
  the 
  full 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  sewing 
  machine 
  upon 
  human 
  

   life 
  and 
  destiny. 
  It 
  ushered 
  in 
  an 
  epoch 
  of 
  cheap 
  clothes, 
  which 
  means 
  better 
  

   clothes 
  for 
  the 
  masses, 
  more 
  warmth, 
  more 
  cleanliness, 
  more 
  comfort. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

   The 
  indirect 
  consequences 
  of 
  the 
  invention 
  of 
  the 
  sewing 
  machine 
  reach 
  farthest 
  

   beyond 
  our 
  ken. 
  Time 
  was 
  when 
  half 
  the 
  human 
  race 
  were 
  occupied 
  chiefly 
  in 
  

   making 
  clothes. 
  When 
  the 
  machines 
  took 
  that 
  avocation 
  away 
  from 
  them 
  they 
  

   turned 
  to 
  other 
  employments. 
  The 
  invasion 
  of 
  all 
  occupations 
  by 
  women 
  and 
  the 
  

   sweeping 
  changes 
  which 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  their 
  relations 
  to 
  the 
  law, 
  society, 
  and 
  

   business 
  can 
  be 
  ascribed 
  in 
  large 
  measure 
  to 
  the 
  sewing 
  machine. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Centennial 
  Commission 
  of 
  the 
  

   International 
  Exhibition 
  held 
  in 
  Philadelphia, 
  1876, 
  contains 
  an 
  

   exhaustive 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  sewing 
  ma- 
  

   chines 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  homes 
  of 
  the 
  people, 
  the 
  family 
  sewing 
  machines. 
  

   An 
  article 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  scope 
  was 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  committee 
  on 
  awards 
  

   of 
  the 
  World's 
  Columbian 
  Exposition, 
  held 
  in 
  Chicago, 
  1893. 
  In 
  

   this 
  but 
  little 
  is 
  said 
  concerning 
  improvements 
  made 
  in 
  machines 
  of 
  

   the 
  family 
  type 
  between 
  1876 
  and 
  1893, 
  but 
  it 
  describes 
  the 
  great 
  

   strides 
  made 
  in 
  developing 
  factory 
  machines 
  for 
  special 
  purposes. 
  

  

  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  widespread 
  equipping 
  of 
  American 
  homes 
  with 
  

   electric 
  labor-saving 
  devices, 
  which 
  now 
  include 
  the 
  electrically 
  

   driven 
  sewing 
  machine, 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  domestic 
  industries 
  

   from 
  homes 
  to 
  factories 
  is 
  having 
  its 
  effect 
  on 
  this 
  "servant 
  in 
  the 
  

   house." 
  

  

  