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85.-"B. D." As the garment you ask us to give a system for is hardly within the range of garments a tailor is likely to be called upon to cut, we fear we shall nct be able to find space for a system dealing with the cutting of smock frocks and similar garments.

86.-" H. Page" writes: "In the Tailor and Cutter of the 26th ult., pages 479-80, you gave a trouser system, which has interested me as a student of the art of cutting. In your valuable directions for working it out, it occurs," fix H at half H I." Should it not read, fix H at half D I? Would you kindly say through your valuable paper, if my observation is correct. I am a subscriber to your paper, which always has an interest, I had almost said a charm, to me, as am very fond of cutting. My father and granfather were proprietors in succession, of a good high-class private country trade."

[We are glad to hear from one of such honourable descent, and we trust you add still further glory to the good name your father and grandfather left behind them. The system you refer to should read: Fix H at half D I."]

87.-" C. B." ordered a suit of clothes to be ready by a certain day, the tailor promised, but failed to supply them by that time; and "C. B." wants to know whether he can be made to pay for them when they were delivered a day or two afterwards. [Yes; he must keep and pay for them. Time may have been an important matter to him in ordering the clothes; but except in exceptional circumstances, of which the tailor must have had full notice, timo is not considered to be of the essence of the contract for the supply of personal requisites. "C. B." wanted the clothes by a certain day, and the tailor hoped to have them ready then. But "C. B." would also want the clothes on subsequent days, and therefore he must keep them.]

88.-" C. Owen " writes: "Seeing in your valuable paper how kind you are to cutters in distress, I enclose you a pattern, which, for myself fits grand, but on some of my customers I find horseshoes behind the knee. Kindly give me a hint through your Editor's Table how I should guard against this; and I would also thank you very much for an opinion of the system on which it is cut."

[The system by which the pattern is cut is not based on sound principles; so that while it may, and undoubtedly will, produce good fitting trousers in certain sizes, yet in others it cannot be satisfactory. We should advise you to select one of the many systems now in general use, and which produce such uniformly good results. Take as an example, "The Federation Prize System," or the later adaptation of the "Tailor and Cutter System," and you will get better results. There are certain figures with prominent thighs and calves on which a certain amount of manipulation is necessary, in order to avoid these horseshoe folds. The mode we advise is: Put the undersides on tight at thighs, and full over the calf; this will provide a receptacle for the round of the thigh on the top, and the prominence of calf or the back of the leg.]

89.-"Post Card" informs us he experiences a difficulty in taking the four extra measures used in the Cutter's Practical Guide System accurately. The only thing he can do is to practice-experiment-on his friends. The first thing is to get the true depth of scye, taking the tape across from the bottom of armhole in a true horizontal position. The front and over shoulder measures should be taken fairly tight, as they go over so much extra cloth to what the depth of scye does. We are glad to know our correspondent finds the Cutter's Practical Guide scale so useful; it has been compiled from measures taken in practice, and is, we believe, as reliable as possible.

90." A Plodding Seeker" asks: "1st. Would you make any alteration in the Tailor and Cutter System,' as given in the No. for June 27th last, for trousers (which, by the way, I find produces some admirable fitting trousers), when cutting for very small legs? 2nd. What is the cause of folds forming in the shoulder of vest. from shoulder seam down the breast, terminating a little above depth of scye line? 3rd. What will be the effect on a coat if the neck point is too far back (or to be orthodox, too crooked') provided the back balance is correct? 4th. Assuming you approve trousers being shrunk in bottoms before sewing seams, is it right to put them together with the 'round' on sideseam and legseam, which is inevitably caused by shrinking, or would you take any or part of it off."

[1st. We should advise you to get the Cutter's Practical Guide Album. It contains just the information you want, and the price is so low as to place it within the reach of all. When cutting very small legs, we generally, but not necessarily always, open the legs. See diagram 23, Plate 7, of the Album. 2nd. This arises from many causes. A very stiff white shirt front is as often as not the sole cause.

Sometimes the shoulder of forepart is not held tight enough to the back, or in other words, the back is not fulled on sufficiently. 3rd It entirely depends on the way it is altered, as there are two distinct modes of making this alteration. If the system is one drawn in the square, and the neck point is receded from the front of square, there would be creases down front shoulder, tightness of scye, and looseness on shoulder ends. This is a very large and intricate subject, and too wide in its effects for proper treatment in the Editor's Table column. 4th. We should take the round produced by the shrinking off.]

Our Legal Column.

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AN ANXIOUS ONE.-Your question is not quite clear, but we assume that you refer to property left to the person mentioned. that case, so long as he is of sound mind and understanding and knows what he is doing, he can appoint an agent to receive money or otherwise to act for him.

NEMO. The clothes became the property of A; and the property has passed to B; without any liability on his part to pay the unpaid balance of the purchase money. The person from whom you must claim the amount due to you, is the executor or administrator of A's estate and effects. Any property which he left must be devoted to the payment of his debts.

XMAS.-It is not necessary to prove a will dealing only with real property such as freehold land. The persons who have held undisputed possession of it for more than 30 years, have a good title and no adverse claim can be maintained against them. A conveyance can be made in the ordinary way by deed.

15 YEARS SUBSCRIBER.-(1.) An undischarged bankrupt can carry on business, but he will be guilty of a misdemeanour and liable to imprisonment if he obtains credit to the extent of £20 or upwards from any person without informing such person that he is an undischarged bankrupt. (2) There is no reason why he should not trade ir. his own name.

J. B. S.-The landlord cannot distrain on the tenant's goods in the house to which he has moved; but he can distrain upon the goods of the subtenants in his own premises, or he can bring an action against the tenant to whom the house was originally let. If the tenant has no other property besides that which is included in the bill of sale, it will of course be difficult for the landlord to realise.

TAILOR.-It is clear that you will be entitled to return the goods at the end of the twelve months. It seems to us that your course should depend upon what you know of the parties. If they are in a good position, it would perhaps be best simply to send the goods and sue for the money if it is not paid. On the other hand if you have any doubt about their position it might be more prudent to send or take the goods and offer to give them back on receipt of the money, and if that is refused you could sue, holding the goods as security.

H.S.F.-(1.) The father is not liable unless he authorized the son to pledge his credit which does not appear to have been the case. You can sue the son, as a person under age can render himself liable to pay for necessaries, and of course clothes to a reasonable extent are such. (2.) The rights of an apprentice in respect of wages depend upon the covenants in the indentures of apprenticeship. As a general rule an apprentice is entitled to his wages, although he is absent on account of illness, and in our opinion you are bound to pay him unless it is expressly provided by the indentures that he shall not be paid when he has been absent. (3.) As a general rule there is no necessity to call the witnesses to prove the signature to a will, this being necessary only where there is some irregularity in the execution or when there is a dispute as to the validity of the will, but if one witness is dead the evidence of the survivor would be sufficient to prove the due execution.

W. J.-It is difficult for us to form an opinion without having more information as to the terms of the compromise and the dates at which the various transactions took place. On the whole however it seems most probable that you cannot legally deduct the amount from your rent as that is not payable to the person who owes you the money. Perhaps you might deduct it from any arrears of rent which were due at the time when the compromise was made, but if all such arrears have been paid and your debtor has parted with her interest in the house, your only remedy against her if she does not pay will be to bring an action in the County Court.

G. H.-You can sue for the return of the money either in the County Curt of Bodmin, or if you obtain leave from the Registrar in the Court of your own district.

W. W.-We should think that if you brought an action it would be held that the amount which you received was sufficient, unless you can prove a custom in the trade to give at least a week's notice.

CONSTANT READER.-We cannot form an opinion properly without more information, but we should think that the persons claiming the property would not succeed in maintaining their claim, unless the money has peen paid to them as rent for the use of it. If you can give us more information we can perhaps advise you better.

A. JACOBS.-We should think that you would be held to be a quarterly tenant, and at any rate if you maintain that your tenancy is a yearly one you will have to make out your claim, and it does not seem to us that you have sufficient evidence in support of it. If you have received a proper notice you would have no claim for compensation. If a six month's notice is necessary, a three month's notice would be altogether void and without effect."

AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.-You are not under any obligation to make another pair, provided that those which you have made can be altered so as to fit. If your customer will not accept the goods you can still sue for the price, and he will have to pay for them unless he can satisfy the judge or jury that they do not fit and that he is entitled to reject them upon that ground.

A CONSTANT READER.-In order to make such a deed binding upon creditors who have not signed it, the approval of the Court must be given to it after proceedings have been taken in Bankruptcy, and the deed must be registered. If it is merely a private arrangement you are not bound by it and are still at liberty to sue in the County Court for the amount due to you.

X. Y. Z.-You may describe yourself as "late with A. B. " without obtaining his permission, and he cannot interfere with you or prevent you so describing yourself. You must not however do anything to represent that the business which you carry on is his, or to make people believe that in dealing with you they are dealing with him.

JUSTICES.-Your letter is not very plain, but so far as we understand it we see no reason why the other executors should not manage the property so as to use the proceeds for the benefit of your mother: If an executor who has proved the will refuses to do his duty he can be removed from the office.

JORWERTH.-The Doctors' Bill should be paid as one of your fathers' debts with any money left by him, or arising from the sale of any of his property. If all his property has been left to your sister she can only take it subject to the payment of his debts, and consequently it will be her duty to pay this one The doctor would have to sue the executor as a general rule, but where no executor or administrator has been appointed, a creditor can sue any person who has dealt with the goods belonging to the deceased.

A SUBSCRIBER.-It is most material to give us the exact words of the agreement, as without seeing it we cannot give you advice on which it would be safe to act, but so far as we can judge from your statement, we should say: (1) The agreement would last for four calendar months, thus expiring at the end of February. (2). We should think that the restrictions were in force only while you were in service of the master with whom you made the agreement, but, as explained above, we cannot speak definitely on this point. (3). This would also depend on the terms of the agreement, but as a general rule a servant paid weekly cannot claim wages for a week during which he has been absent from work. (4). You can claim expenses of travelling on your master's business, and (5). You can recover the testimonials, but if he refuses to give them up the only way to get them is by bringing an action.

SANDY HOOK.-(1.) The proper course to take when goods are ordered and not accepted or paid for is to sell them, and claim for any loss arising upon such sale. You are therefore at liberty to dispose of them, and if there is a deficiency exceeding the amount which you have received you would be entitled to keep it and (2.) to sue for the remainder. (3.) If you keep and use the goods yourself, the legal effect would be the same as if you sold them, but there would be a difficulty in estimating the deficiency which you could claim from your customer, as it would depend entirely upon your own valuation, and a judge or jury might not be prepared to accept that by itself. If you keep the goods it would hardly be worth while to bring or to defend an action, and although you might be held entitled to keep the money also which you have received, it would probably be a saving of trouble and expense to repay it if demanded.

W. A. G.-It is a pity that you have not stated the facts more fully, as we can hardly form an opinion without knowing the exact circumstances of the case. If the goods have been seized and transferred by the holder of the bill of sale to the wife and she has receipt in her own name we should say that she can hold them, free from any claims by her husband's creditors. But the same circumstances may bear a different interpretation, as it may be contended that she advanced the money to her husband and that there was no transfer or sale to her, In our opinion her right to the goods would probably be recognized if she can prove that the money was hers, and the receipt was given in her name, not as for payment of the amount advanced, but as for payment of purchase money on a transfer of the goods.

ENQUIRER. It is not possible for us to answer your questions satisfactorily without seeing a copy of the trust deed, but so far as we are able to form an opinion we should say: (1.) That, unless so provided by the deed, one trustee cannot remove or supplant the others, nor exercise any power of appointing new trustees. (2.) That it is probably within the power of a majority of the trustees to decide upon the manner of expending the money arising from the EndowWe cannot express a more positive opinion, as we have explained above.

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AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. (W. M.) It is not illegal or actionable unless the document contains some statement which is untrue and libellous. We understand that the account was correct, and consequently you have no legal remedy, but we should think that your creditors would not do the same thing again if you point out to them what has taken place and the annoyance which it has caused to you.

ENQUIRER. We cannot give you a definite answer as you have not given us any idea as to the nature of the property or the directions in the will. If it is real property that is to say freehold land or houses the executor has only such power as is expressly given to him by the will. If it is personal property such as leaseholds, stock, furniture &c the executor has power to sell by virtue of his office, unless the will gives specific legacies of certain parts of the property. If there are no such specific legacies but only a general direction for a division to be made, the executor can sell without the consent of any other person. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. (W. L.) We should think that you are clearly a yearly tenant but even if you are a quarterly tenant the notice to quit would be invalid, and you are not bound to take any notice of it. Your new landlord probably thinks that the agreement made by the previous one is not binding upon him, but if he consults a solicitor he will find out his mistake. In our opinion your tenancy cannot be determined until next Christmas, and six months notice must be given.

J. CAMERON.-You can sue in the County Court for the price of the goods, but we should advise you before doing so to tender them again to the man himself or at least to write and ask him to pay for them: You would have some difficulty in proving that he has refused them at present, as he may not have authorised his wife to make the statement which you have mentioned, and he would not be bound by anything that she said without his authority.

O. P. Q.-Where no agreement has been made between the landord and tenant the landlord is bound to pay the tax, and the tenant, if it is demanded from him, is entitled to deduct the amount from his rent. If you have agreed to pay rates and taxes you would be bound to pay the land tax but if you have not made any such agreement you can deduct the amount that is charged unless the annual value is assessed at an amount higher than the rent which you pay, and then you can only deduct a part proportionate to the rent.

S. R. We should advise you not to apply for a warrant or to take any criminal proceedings. As you have chosen to treat the matter as a civil debt a prosecution would be certain to fail. Even if you had better grounds for one than you have, and it seems to us that your case would be very weak at the best. If you can learn where to find your debtor you could obtain leave from the Registrar to serve the summons yourself or to have it served by some other person. If the bailiffs have been guilty of any negligence you can complain to the judge. The only useful advice that we can give you is to take means to find the man.

STAY TAPE.-According to English law, when a person's death has been caused by the negligence of another, an action for damages can be brought for the benefit of his parents or grandparents, children, or grandchildren, but the same privilege has never been extended to brothers and sisters; consequently, however great may be the pecuniary loss which they have sustained, they have no legal remedy. The law of Scotland is not the same as that of England in this respect. It does, we believe, in some cases give a right of action to some of the relatives, but we cannot say exactly to what relatives this extends. If the accident occured in Scotland, we should advise you to obtain legal advice there.

The Cutter's Practical Guide System.

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