Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-03-17
Beauty Turned to Mercantile Account.

Beauty Turned to Mercantile Account.
GIRLS WITH FINE FACES AND. FpRMs
USED AS MODELS IN TILE STORES.
A great deal of nonsense has
been written. about women who
serve as nude models for artists.
The effort has been made TO. make
them romantic by describing them
as virtuous exhibitors of their per-
sons. I have taken some pains to
learn the ttuth, and / am ready TO
assert, wishout fear of contradio-
ton, that NO decent female. gets
her living as an artists model in
New York. There is no chance
for doubt on the subject. L.have
also. ranade the siHg1 1faS sdfseoysry
that the sanae women who uncov-
er themselves ia m.ehfs studios
withGut a blush, will only do so
before the female class of the Art
League when closely masked.
They have ne shame 10 regard to
the opposite sex, but will not serve
their own unless protected from
recognition. It was not Of these
creatures doings, however, That /
set out to write, but of slightly
similar employ nent for girls with
good forms and faces-that of
wearing fashionable things in the
millinery. dress-making, cloak
making and hair establishments.
Hundreds of girls thus turn their
good looks to account in this city,
pot only in retail places, but in the
Wholesale departments of the lar
gest houses. A cloak will sell far
quicker when displayed on the
torn of an enchanting live figure
than when u dumb thing OF wire
aud cotton, with u pasteboard face,
is inside of it. This may be q
mild prostitution o. female beauty
but it has the countenance of the
! best Gtms in several lines of busi-
uess. The inmates of Pasha's
HareM are net moie careful chosen
than are these mercantile models
They must not only possess fin,
forms and faces. but q graceful
carriage and polite manners arr
also required j for a lady like as
pect is as valuable as beauty fo
this purpose. The wages are new
er less than the same persons
could earn With tkelr needle, AM
usually moro.
ONE PARTICULAR BLONDE,
with the sweet face of Marguer
ite, ard the tall, wiIlowy. lopg-Ieg
ged of the gentle ,naidens in WI.
ter-color pictures, is said to re
ceive $40 week in Murray Hi
robe and cloak concern. An
thing aud every thing looks we
on her; no style of garment is un
becoming, aud she has the deport
,, ment of an ideal Princess. She
the daughter of a German beer 81
looner in Avenue B At sixtee
she applied for work in this con
cern. Her suitableness for mod
81, WAS seen ut a glance, ard sl
was engaged at s5 a week. II,
pay has been frequently raised,
> consequence of enticements fro
rival shops, until it Las reaehed
. higher figure than is paid to au
> other employee. She is now twen
ty. She is considered worth MOI
than her cost, BECAUSE foolish hu
ers, seeing her attractiven IS, ton
4 ly Imagine it's possession won
somehow make them look II
same. She is q god girl, al
saves her money. The same cal
! not be said of all who are similar
exposed to fattery and temptatio
q Some of them look vain and gidc
with the consciousness of the
d, beauty, and desire to own such f
;, cry as they wear. Then comos -di
4 gracs and a plunge downward.
n the millinery and hair stores, II
= requirements in model partic
- larry concern the head, and seve
= al stores contain wonderful exhi!
- tionf of facial loveliness of va!io
~ types. In one millinery coDce
a this feature Of ths business b
- been thoroughly elabol ated al
- systemized. If brunette cust'
e mer appears a brunette girl wa
4 on her, SO that she may see {.
n colors iu conjunction with a con
n plexion like Eer owp. Blon
a girls III turn, attend to bon
n shoppers. For showing dress'
n shapeliness Of bust aud waist
e. the chief requisite. At the tir
~ Of closing a certain millinery sto
n 10 l4th street, the scene at I
door is like that at tue rear OF
,. theater during the run of IL bal
a spectacle, by reason Of the tello
le waiting to escort tho girls kome.
,e Cincin4atti Enquirer.
) Scientists tell US that raIn-wal
~ brings down yearly about twel