Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-06
UNCLAIMED oRsss GOODS.
n-tsrk~is fr~Qasatiy Left VIA Dre>~
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A. @1Fertlsr -1rt- agfsr-1t 81 = ts~ cav
agooser TIE n4aas a dress alsk ker - tns
60 cE taAt al garments ia asr possession,
me material To- ~a-cA azd bsen left siIn
her more u al az na0nths ago Sooid 10
SD ~tthin taros days fEoEn the date u
TIE 1etice unless the owners ella l1et t1e =
gods All pad Tor n e making
80 many persoas have. for souls re4-
sOn, got iuto the way II bringing dress
materials. AMI often hauds9Ine goods, .
she expl4i8ed - q reporter. "gettlng
measured foF the httiug. aud making ap-
poiutaleats % retura Tor ths Try lng % 4
The garments l have bad cat out from the
material they have left 10 ny keeping aud
then never showing up afterward that I's0
quite stock Of dresses on nay hands
Therefore ieterm ned pom the some
what unusual scheme OF advertising them
fgr sale"
Are tho majority OF dress makers
troubled Ia this ~ays''
More than YOU would suppose. They
zen rally nOtify tie persons who own the
goods personally II they have their ad-
dress-s, aud II they DO not quietly dispose
OF The dresses . Gust omers whom they
vii nc Or alter them for their own wear
ing"
H ~ do you account FOR people buy ing
goods placing them with a dress maker,
and giving them up entirelyr
Il cant account for il. With few ex-
ceptiOns, those who DO s. are working
women, ofteu his IA pric a domestics. They,
perhaps, have put out the last cent II
some moaths' savings 10 get the material.
one ylclssltude or another may arise. aud
they nnd themselves unable q earn any
thing toward paying the dress maker.
Thus the tifns passes on, until the season
for the goods Is over or IL has goae out OF
syle, aud they'd rather pay for haviny
something ese made up. Such peo~
pie are invar. ably tickle in thei,
iancies. too. What delights them one
month fnds no favor with them another
A servant girl who has left dress good
with dress-maker for weeks is usually
ashamed 10 come back and explain that
she has had no money u pay her. She
may have been discharged from her place
or lett il in hun. She Doesn't like to ex-
plain these things. The average domes tic
has little mag ination and is, therefore,
not fertile IN making excuses.
Occasionally some woman who Is wei,
situated, with apparently abundant
means. will do tae same thing. | have or
hand now, and for sale skirt anc
drapery, the material Of which was sent
here by a Michigan avenue lady. She
came IN her carriage 70 see about its ar
raugement and 10 be measured for il. The
skirt is OF very expensive goods. / vii.
show It 10 yOu," she said going into an
inner room and returning with a skirt OF
handsome black embossed satin, with
drapery Of rough, stylish woolen
stuff. Now" she added, ''the ma
terial for both the dress and
drapery cost 3 per ward The lady
was very close in her barsa ain with me.
and as | was desirous of securing her
patronage told her l would make it for
$3.50. | asked her when she wanted it sent
home, and she replied that she'd send
servant for IL. | have never seen her
since, and no one has ever called for the
skirt. sent my daughter to her resi-
dence twice with a request that she eithel
send for 1t or give payment upon its de-
| very. She my daughter the first
time herself, some three months ago, AMI
told her that her mother must have "A very
limited patronage if she cou dn't wait for
her money till people sent after their gar
ments Another young married lady
brought an elegant pale blue and Roman
striped silk 70 be combined with
claret -colored velvet for an evening"
dress She was in the greatest haste
for it, in order to wear il at swell
social event which occurred last fall
She urged me to make the greatest exer
ton To have it done In time. We rushei
10 through She came and tried it on. Ii
fitted her - perfection. Tn en- she fanced
would be improved by a fall Of lace
across the front. She departed ostensibly
70 a leading dry-goods store TO buy it. |
have never seen her since. sent the
/ dress with the bill to her fashionable
boarding place, but the bearer was told
she was no longer there.
Il have had women bring materials and
never return even u be measured. leav ina
addresses which l subsequently found to
| te fictitious. don't prstenl 70 account
/ for these vagaries. But I'm gOin. to be
more careful hereafter VIII N | take good.
from. fancy that more than one shop
/ litter makes some dress-m maker the in =
/ nOcent recipient Of stolen Dropartv"