The daily gazette., 1879-08-27

Special Correspondence OF the GAzRrrx.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20, 1879,

SpeciAi Correspondence OF the GAZETTE Z
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20, 1879.
"Fashion and Famine" proved tax
ing title for q novel, but the fiction wa.
not more thrilling or 80 full of romano.
40 the practical details of ev.ry-d " life
The Italian silk-weavers' appeal to TIE
fair ladies' who have lately favored the
expensive but beautiful textures in
,s. md cOtt.n Is very suggestive, and
linen n idea of the sufierings ol
convevs lass who are thrown out ol
workers asa. he economy Of Il ose
, mnlovment bv re Fashion in lel
who are aLle to indu 'on from this
freaks. Look ng at Fash. "that thf
standpoint, 1t must be conced, '" yer
Queen Is a patron OF labor, anu III
concerts many families are indebted
their home comforts and daily bread.
Speaking Of Fashion calls TO MUD a
noticeable fact which may be Observed
In many families, and an explanation
would be gratefully received.
Why is it that the lady who is SO
prompt in paying her washerwoman he,
well-earned dollar as soon as the days
work is finished so often asks the weary
seamstress. who patiently waits in the
hall with her heavy bundle of work, to
60 ait few days for the money due her."
regardless of the fact that women who
sew for living are usually quite as
much in need of cash as the laundress
Tnat question has nothing to do with
the province OF q writer on styles? You
are mistaken, and in proof positive some
hints will open your eyes as to the labor
created by Fashion.
Now, there Is Wanamakcr, the mer-
chant princ' o. Philadelphia. Have YOU
any idea of magnitude of his business
and the consi ant revenue his proves to
hundreds Of industrial branches? With
out reference to the thirty distinct de-
pariments and the salesmen and women
there employed, or the outside manu-
factories which would perhaps be closed
but for the trade Wanamaker has created
| in our midst, attention should be called
to other facts which are usually passed
| by unnoticed. House-cleaners daily
wash the floors of the vast buildings and
the numberless windows are kept clear
and clean; porters are employed to do
the heavy lifting and to open boxes {; car
penters are constantly at work making
alterations and improvements in the
DuliuliSs duu uElVClc otC hCPe ouoy NS
livering packages in various portions OF
the city from the unique little wagons,
so well known by our city residents as
belonging to the Grand Depot, together
with boxes and bale wagon drivers, who
transport the heavy articles to and from
the dep Is.
In the summer ice-men have reason to
bless Mr.. Wanamaker, who provides the
Ass of cold water for employees and
patrons, and in winter coal and gas COM
panies feel the difference In their divi-
dends, since the Grand Depot is respon-
sible for some of their accounts; and,
again, buyers and sellers must eat, and
not One-quarter of the purchasers and
employees of tha Embellishments can bt
supplied with the creature comforts iI
the building, hence eating-henses or res
taurants in their turn give work to lalin'
dresses, cooks and walters for the benefit
of the Graud Depot.
"a big puff" did you say, for Wana-
makers Palace of Fashion?
Nonsence! true statement is not a
puff. Mr.. Wanamaker is down to Cape
May planning improvements in tn
Grand Depot, and when the cats away
the mice will play, and this letter is
written simply to please.
Yours truly, NJ. 4. L..