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and embroidery hat bands or marks for gentlemen on fine satin ribbon - that is I work the initial letters on the hat marks and furnish all materials at 50 cts each and I will embroidery and finish up a sofa pillow complete for $5.00 and I do all kinds of fine hemstitching on linen. I hemstitch linen ruffles by the yard and I also hemstitch scarfs and handkercheifs and I make servants fine white aprons. I have do this kind of work for several very rich ladies in New York and Chicago for the past 2 years and they are always well pleased with my work but for the past month I have had no work at all and we are in great need this cold weather and we are oblige to pay our house rent if we go without warm cloths. I do not ask you to pay me in advance for any of my work. I will do the work and send it to you and then if you are pleased you can send me