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Pi Z3- Z4 PI3 Z5 Girls Who Hope They By CELE WORL. ROME -For every famous designer in Europe, there are a hundred Catarinettas, the girls with the needle and thread. Young seamstresses in Italy are hundred Caterinettas, the of St. Catherine (Santa Caterina), patron saint of dressmakers. Behind thie scenes of the glamorous dress shops there are workrooms full of these quiet, white-smocked girls who do the tedious work that.

goes into fine dressmaking. Their ages range from 14 to about 23. They are rarely seen or thought of by the elegant clients who pay hundreds of dollars for a glamorous dress. Only now and them does a Caterinetta bring a dress in from the workroom and enjoy the rare privilege of watching the dressmaker fit a customer. ONE "LITTLE CATERINA," whose real name is Renata Ierdi, is typical of all.

She dreams of becoming as great as her mistress, Micol Fontana, one of the sisters whose Fontana dresses are known everywhere. Now she earns a tiny, salary of less than $2 a day as one of Fontana's many' sewing assistants. But at 21, Renata feels that she's come a long. why. The Mer.

28, 1957 Sew for Designers Will Be Famed, Too only a few years of elementary before she went til work. At 14 she was already dan a a a a apprentice in a small dressinaking establishment. Renata's earliest, fondest hope was for a chance to learn her trade in an important fashion house She made. the grade two ago. Fontanas advertised for girls and gave Renata Ierdi a WHAT WE are paid doesn't matter, it's the prestige says grateful Renata, ani attractive little brunette who is dedicated to ber work.

"It means everything to my career to say I worked for Fontana. A few of the prettiest Caterinettas aspire to bel models sO they can wear the exquisite clothes they help to make. But most are like Renata. They want only to become good dressmakers. They know the can't all become great.

Many will be satisfied to open little fashion houses in their living rooms But they dream of famous ladies to dress. These girls, like 1 Renata, think about little else. At lunchtime they chatter about the latest mashiens while they munch sandwiches at their worktabl8s. Aftex work, Renata goos straight CATERINETTA Renata Terdi, 21-year-old seamstress, watches her employer, Micol Fontana (right), check a model in workroom of the famous Fontana fashion House in MEDICAL REDUCING PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS Specializing in Reduction! TREATMENT BY MEDICATION MODERATE FEES Evening Hours DR. G.

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(P) -The six uniform coveralls H. T. Holloman ordered to wear at his filling station arrived in time to fit his son, Billy, who was 7 at the time the order was placed. The package was mailed C. O.

D. from Danville, Jan. 3, 1946. Holloman said he didn't mind the 11-year delay. The cost was only about uniformbe present cost of such and, besides, they fit 17-year-old Billy fine.

home to design and sew for herself, her mother and sisters. Sunday, her one day off, she spends at the sewing machine. If she has a few extra lire or a gallant beau, she goes to the movies Sunday evening. Sometimes she's invited to a tea dance at the home of one of the other Fontana girls. She doesn't look for any other amusement.

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