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Fig (99) Bloomer completed half the waist measure. Draw lines AB and CD at right angle to AC, and three inches longer than the length of front. Measure down on the line AB three inches and mark point E. At point E draw a line at right angle to line AB. On this line mark a point four inches from E which is point F on the diagram. Measure in five inches from C on the line AC and mark point G. Curve a line from F to G as indicated on the diagram. This is the waistline, and will of course have fullness in it.

Draw a diagonal line from G to the line CD three inches more than half the crotch measurement. (See line GH on the diagram.) Measure from D to H and mark point I the

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