Occupation: Dressmakers. 
QUALITY. 
Memory and appreciation of form 
and colour. 
Taste and creative ability. 
Draughtsmanship and grasp of 
design. 
_ Finger dexterity. 
‘actual discrimination. 
Solour discrimination. 
Jstimation of length and distance. 
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APPENDIX B. 
EXAMPLES OF TESTS. 
TecuniscHE HocuscHuLn, STUTTGART. 
DESCRIPTION OF TEST. 
(i) Sheet divided into 15 squares, each containing 
a simple figure in colour, exposed for 30 seconds, 
after which candidates reproduce as many of the 
figures as they can remember in the corresponding 
squares of a second sheet. Figures reproduced in 
black and white, colours being written against each. 
(ii) Dress shape to be ‘ assembled’ from wooden 
pieces. 
(i) Small jointed dolls to be dressed to candidate’s 
taste in garments cut out of muslin and pinned 
together. 
(ii) Original dress-border to be designed. 
(iii) Sketch of dress shown, and from box of 
pieces candidate must select pieces with which 
to trim dress and indicate how they should be used. 
(iv) Sketches of six collars and six sleeves to be 
paired according to suitability. 
(i) Symmetrical figure, of which one side is 
missing, to be completed. 
(1) Repetitive patterns to ‘be continued. 
(i) Irregular shape to be cut out of paper with 
scissors. 
(ii) Sheets of thin paper to be rolled up with as 
little creasing as possible. 
(iii) Bootlaces to be threaded through holes in 
cardboard. 
(iv) Threads to be plaited. 
(v) Simple designs woven on wide-meshed canvas 
to be copied in different colours. 
(i) Ten squares of cloth to be sorted according to 
thickness of weave. 
(i) Out of 50 knots of silk those have to be 
selected which exactly match shades of cloth. 
(ii) Thirty sheets of paper of different intensities 
of grey to be arranged in order. 
(i) Oblique lines to be numbered in order of 
length. 
(ii) A weighted string fastened at one end to be 
adjusted at the other end until it is exactly 
parallel to a fixed string. 
