My Foochow correspondent sends information about his lace industry as follows "Frocks or dresses are made to order. Our speciality is lace.
"Patterns are necessary for size, pictures for shape and fancy work, unless left to our discretion.
"Estimate of price given on receipt of picture or pattern which can be sent by mail.
"Where frocks are not entirely Po lace, the dress goods are sent to us with chalk marked, where the lace or embroidery is to be put and when finished returned to the customer to' be made up.
"Children's clothes can be made from stuffs but we prefer to do every thing in lace as we know we can please with our lace, "I am encouraged to send you some samples.""
I would be pleased to hear from ans lady in Shanghai who will undertake orders from the samples mentioned above.
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