The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-06
A SEWING W0MAN'S WORK.
NOW SHE'S EMPLOYED AND PAID
IN SHOPS AND Ar NOME.
The Making of Apparel for Men and Women
Described-Competition with BILE
Institutions-The Mavs oil Employers.

The Masking Of Apparel for Men and womeu
Described-Competition with Charitable
Instiiuuons-The WAYS oil Employers.
The number of women in this city who
earn living by sewing would be dificuIt to as
certain The business streets show many hun-
dreds OF establishments In which nssdlswork IL
done, or given out to be done.
"How much are you paid for making those
garments Z" was the question put to two Young
girls who we're briskly walking up Broadway be.
tween CITY Hall Park ami White street.
Each carried bulky bundle, consisting Of foul
boys jackets. warm thick outside garments, to
be worn next winter by lads OF ten or twelve
years. The girls had Gle n, bright faces thai
told. without speaking, OF work gladly hn-
ished.
1--WE get twenty-five cents apiece" was the
answer.
do you make them out and out for quarter
Of q dollar OF each coat1"
yes"
And how long does 1t take your"
II do very we'll indeed II make four IN one
DAY., said one.
1T takes more than ten hours to mako four"
sai ! tho other.
You take your WORK homs from great e.
tabIishm snt7'
Los. dnu tUov smtnnGly hurried
The jackets we're Of thick. gray wool material.
aud were wadded. lined with alpaca. and had the
nnished appearance Of a garment made by an
adept, or struck la a mold. all exactly alike.
They were IN ade mostly by nachine owing. yet
the outtonholes, tho inside OF bindings, and
other pa IS were done by hand. They were
pressed on the seams, the ends fastened.
threads picked on. ne ,tlv folded, and wore
ready for the counter.
Wages Tor the making OF underworld and In =
ra I ha
" talor- uads articles. have droppsd far do " IA
witnln the last three resrs. he nav Of the girls
aud women who make up the manv arti Hes
worn bv mon. from gloves and chest protectors
70 shirts. does not average more than % a week.
Many make lass. and 80 IL cOpsidered good pav
nowadays In most Of the great establis hme nts.
Most % the work Is done by piece, the swif,sr
aud skilled women making more than the ordl-
nary ones or tue beginner.
Ono cannot make extra exertion. sew even
ings at home, snd la the morning early again In
the shop, TO follow 10 long" said an exDsrienced
sewer. some young girls work hard because
tney IKE 10 dress nicely. As long as we could
make 81. or $50 week, We we're content"
She mentioned a firm which manufactures
almost every article worn by the In an of fas hion
his unders Armenia, dress sbirts. suspenders,
neck-uss, gloves. and chest protectofs-and
whicn produces evsry grade OF goods, from
overais TO the best Broadway wear. she said |:
there, but now could not earu $3.50. gave NJ
After mad tried IL week"
now CLOTHES ARE hADE.
Garments OF all sorts, inner and outer, are
bands aud nothing else, another the t-imm ngs.
another the body OF tue garment. another hem
cutters are men. They might be termed cloth
choppers. lot they uss chopping knives. Tney
take many folds Of cloth and chop through the
wuoie Of II at one stroke. Tits mode secures
uniformity. Then the forewOlnan. and In a
IN mammoth IN inuflctory the four i've fore
women give out the wptk; and more OF the
laoor Is dons out OF the establishment than
IN IL. hen's drawers are made complete
for ATTY cents a dozen pairs. rhs .nIcxory
lAnOrfug = II q
blue. are maze compete u dog "a for fort y-nvo
cents. ALI overails are made for ATTY cents a
dozen pairs. striped calico aud mite shIrLs arc
made complete for sixty-uve cents a dozen.
Tue fore~oman Axes tae prices and soes that
the work ~ Satisfactorily done. Ii H. Is not
go ID II Is not pIid for, And rightly enough"
said one OF the wing women. Certain fore
women. even payiIg these li-ht prices, are sx-
cseiinsly popular.
There Is not better lady who has t. do with
wOrswoiDsn ia the city Of Now York than she"
hatu woman OF long experience, u the sn DDS
aud fact Jre-, referring - a forewoman; "sne
b ~ ninsy eirl., and sue Will not nave one wno
cannot II. ANc $50 week "
tors~Ouie > wages range from fl5 10 so a
woes u1.tOn counter GOT a. week duruag
tue nusy season. Nhic1 WAS SIX noitn. long,
ana ar 'pped l. 50 vhcn sltcS times came.
When tue new snIrts come som tue Laundry,
she counts the bdtsOns - 800 nat uons are
n4is.in-, iO.ds Ils snirts, aud Ddts them Ia the
oOxss.
rHB CUSTOMS OF THE TRADE
IL Is u general rule Of tn, nianufactortes that
those WOO work IN tns sh - a. aKol pfi'e ny
tue week ars hnsd for - I-rdinoss II nve min-
utes, nye cents II tnsy sst - a weys. and len
csn.. u the, sst $40 a week.
don l really DIstno tnsn, said one of tho
sewin ~ voiiei, Tor Ine-u Young gals W. I'D So
many Of theu n-ve sxeuses; and - aen vou .rs
empoFcu " nril, yOur tiue Is tnsir money. |
Has mo man 4lAct ufn- prV pli ftJrs xsnsIAIy. II
ID tha suDord mates Wno grind"
sue DshtiOhsd twO Or three proprietors who
sAeh provided wofs for 5JJ women, aud said
IA 1T ihsy ~err kluulJ, pleasant nsn.
J. ne paw Tor snirt III AAinx ranges from nfty
conss dozsu 10 t-51 .colriing ~ ia car fashion
and mAtsfi.L Bss- DrOadsiy shiTts are maze
NV Al - dozen, 1uI ana ous, button lules
snd al. AlOwnx 3a.5J q don ~ tor the IN king
VI The dr. ca. 80 saicIs, wuich are solo fJr so
uuZeh, al taAt /. p.I To- tie Ia Az Dx aud ma.
tor'a, Is nos more Inan $40 OF ST.. ~ those
r-lo- VI psy thsr- are more aopliealts Tor work
tnan tne inshdi-oturors c-u emp.Oy. HunlrsI-
VI "Oneh sfe tar oil AVA VINO apply, Asny uf
tuem ooAd DO onl' O"or Work.
young woman VIM sswed nina years for the
ssAe eoueorn IA Leonard .Ifeet WAS thus spoken
OF " nor campo, 81: Often when / ca ne here
Al o'eiocS IN tue murnnS uave found nsr at
tue door. sue sdppVrtsd hersrN OrOtner,
oildt years DID, md hsr motasr, wac -
throhic 'nvaiid. 40 never hii Osttsf opera
tor, .nd oniy parted VIA nvr On sOius cat Of
that line VI ousiIsss. sac stIlI lives ia Harlem,
AMI -e~s la vance street,.
woman recently istt Arm for whom she
had so~eu hitteu years be ause having oeen
paid for tho eompl,te IN AKIN. OF mems ri I'D
n4uuoI trasoLins sairt, 81 a uUzsn, sue - uut
down - 81, Ono u tho arm. " whom sue re-
mon-Lated, tvpnsa:
don't o.re who does my ~OrA, 50 IL Is done
we'll.
lac VARIOUS oI Rpmhl CltnOllC sisters
are uppned Nv the manufacturers with great
amount ot wof.. Ius oistors, WAC nave on
tholr banda institutions fdIi oI nel yless
ans .ni wuneu, arc Glad - gss
work for tnvul, hV~ever small the
semineration. Tao ssi-suDport,nI SEWN.
women dvDloro tnis coin JetIti odt the alslsrs
urso sua ciIin wckeI ~ 1rpuan giris WAC,
without tnis supply, would oe wItloLt snsILar.
sosSRs IN rHg SHOPS.
1--WE cannot havo dlnlug r1om," said fore
man, "s,.ce Ia to- dear Ia taess gre II houses
do vutown.'
~, waNu the lunch tine comes, aud tue sew
inS mac iinb u.atter Is stOppei ilr - ualf hOIE,
tho women eat Ia ane midst VI thcir Work.
1t IL az CLAW" .ald the forsmAl, - the
writer l1Okei a. cInsregaiun OF workeIs.
luis Vas slSa 10 be found dg.ln ani ,AgAil,
w two ani tnrc" lOns hignts Of stars, IN graf
iuJns la tD.s "ne Tue ruttef was cnOpplu. out
islt Wcro pile sHvera lnCnts in thtcKu ess. aud
Occupicd the irpnt of the room wlth MS aids
A. several tables, TJnin- women were piessIng
lpo ielt nklrts 1T r they mad received the ,at
s.ttch Of adornnent, tho plated trlli wltn "A
nIlcned edss OF Ulus or 'trlet. |. taNes clever
nG-s evan - 10 tJit. Not every ouughus ,sh-
eTWOnan could glvs tNc nsAt, uulfOrm finish
that Is required the lr lnurs folI lae lnisued
SKI Is H. ple,; ana tnclt etrnius, the foreman
SAID, dorlnt materially amer from tlat oil tae
neudleWOllsn. On tue uppr OeiOw wore the fail
ClOAhs AMI tue warm WRAPS. Lac season begins
IN JUnt, and all tnruusn tho not weather Of
JAY tue eiC-aut stves OF ~ II winter were being
SHAPE d, ani tiIluned with fur ur topped ann
graceful dosl-n,. rne women tnus enpioyei