Textile designers need to be confident speaking in front of a group. Selling the customer on a concept is often part of the success or failure of a design. Once the design is approved, the textile designer may serve as liaison between the mill and the client. The mill may have questions about the color. Or it may have technical problems with specialized patterned weaves.
Photographic History of the Spanish American War, p. 36. On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands.
Congress obliged on April 25, 1898. The war lasted only 3 months and cost the U.S. about 400 killed or wounded. The United States gained the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam and emerged as a power to be reckoned with on the world stage.Cuba gained independence from Spain.For Spain it was a humiliating defeat. few days afterward Congress voted to put $50,000,000 in McKinley's hands-with no string on it. War was declared April 21, 1898. Ten days later, May 1, 1898, the battle of Manila was fought. I visited the President a few days after the victory.