Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-20
THE "TRIER.ON."
The Young Lady Who Figures in
Making Establishments.
Va;ac of n Good shape and q Ssy1ash
CaFTtaSe-Gising . Garment
aa Air Tired Out
Completely.
New York Start

iehind a plste-glass window on the second
q or oi II big building on Leonard street, the
Scr day, young girl might have been
sen at:en;iveiy gazed upon b. three men.
The y, ing girl was plump, graceful and fair.
Sac wore satisfied smile below a mass OF
l:ga:, iaiig hair, and upon her shoulders was
craIed haI dsome CLOAK. OF her three in
:p-ctors two were hats and store clothes
= he third was bald headed little fellow,
with beady eyes and rope of gold across his
paIka-lot waistcoat, that flashed through the
window and dazzied the eyes Of reporter
ON the pavement opposite. Five minutes
later tine reporter was confabulatiny with
view TO an explanation Of the phenomenon
.Lottie's - years old, and about the hand
sonnet girl in the business. It's rare to find
a girl with pretty face as well as good
Fl cure, ami what is more essential, stylish
air The air is all style, and it adds 25 per
cent to the value of a cloak to have her
show it off. She's worth every cent of the
So week We pay her-and she knows it.
IL he didn't she might not get it There's
Ssi,ie, that black haired girl at the table
She Is good shep- bot not much style, and
We get her for SIS week The girl with
mole on her cheek, before the mirror, is
Lizz:e. Not very luscious, you see, but up to
her business. We pay her $40 q week and
call il cheap
1t seems an easy and profitable employ
ment for women" suggested the reporter.
That young lady" said the bald headed
gentleman, impressively, is our 'Trier-On
Daisy, Ell. We have three of them They
try on the clOaks we manufacture for the
lenefit Of our customers. The effect Of a
CLOAK depends largely on how it is worn.
The Richest garment looks inferior a
frame TO a cheaper one shaped to a fine form
That's Lottie, and she is the best Of the lot
Ia. ha, Catch ON to her style, There's grace
for You, ard carriage and an air See the
style She throw into that s. garment she is
showing our friends yonder, who are buying
.or western croSs-road trade Oh, the
Irier- On j. invaluable
The bald-headed Sentleman's black eyes
Clittered He spoke in the accents OF Israel
and foadlci lis rope of gold as he con.
,inue.l:
No. 81 easy laid the cloak salesman,
"a ckly. Not 50 easy, my friend, as il
ipp,.. Dozens OF good looking girls come
"a here every week applying for positions of
tIat sort But bess you, this thing can't he
taken up at once hy the average woman II
iaE-s an apprenticeship. There's might,
Zeal Il art IN throwing a clcas gracefully
over the shoulders in such a way e, t. bring
On: i les, point, and cover W
its wo-s,. 1t is n part of tbs
secret OF knowing how to dress
well, which com aratively few women have,
ter all o.. course most Of our applicants
ar, poor Iris, VINO can't have the stylish and
elegant air Tat Il " nan can generally get
only by familiarity with rich and tasty
thing. That's why a born lady in rvdu cel
circumstance is such a prize TO us. She car
give few touches 20 cloak that sets it of
better than all the merely fine G CURES in the
world. Lives that style of woman, and
there IRE a good many like her i'll the bust
ness
w nat is the gen.s;, of Lottie r mquireo
the reporter.
Began as shop girl up town Got into the
cloak department as a brtisher Kept her
eyes open. watched how fashionable women
d;e,S. Industrious ana aniable Finally
tine superintendent gave her a handsome
dress, and let her try on c'oak. She made
hit, got on lots Of style, and when she had q
row up town, we We're glad to hire her, AMI
will keep her as long as she wants to stay.
TAX a look at her a little nearer
i.e seductive invitation was accepted
l.o;tie was at that moment walking past The
two crJs roads Luyer-. She wore an e!e
CANT garment, and stcppel with great dig
nifty, shoulders bach, and head erect She
was exGu.Sitely dire s., d in black SIX Small
diamond studs flashed in her ears. ani PAL;
O. bracelets jin-iei a she novel. She
passe twice over the length Of u strip of
carpet. Then one OF the crossroads buyers
pulled the cloak 4 little to Ole side, TO better
adjust it The other pa Ssed his hanl across
the back AMI waist. Then the first stepped
nearer the girl AMI pulled The garment
snugly around the chin AMI drew i: tighter
across tn bI,t The girl wore an ex
preston OK p,acil good nature. She wa.
very Irotty. with a rich color in her
cheek, and le-haps such close proximity
10 a warm blooded statue abashe,'
the men. They were very solemn and tum.
ia tine cloak good deal When the rc-
T., rt,r was introduced the young woman 40
in ,xiedgei tie intro luction gracefully and
TIE bal I-headed gentleman INDUCED in lively
>5lic5 and admir.nS CALCULATIONS with III.
customers. When they were leaving. Mis-.
Lottie shook hanls with them cordially and
to!i them she would look for them in the
-psiHs They went of obviously fattered
AMI III young laiy sank into the chair, sent
Il little girl for glass of water, called Miss
susie t. bring her fan and announced her
s-lf tired To death.
Its awful hard work, though it don't look
S." she observed TO the reporter ~On ones
feet all day. and all the time trying ON and
taking of those heavy things. Then one Ia.
10 smile and be pleasant, and submit to 10
handled ty all those vulgar, odious country
men, which, | really think, is the hardest OF
all | have 10 &c; here at 5 and leave at &,
and when | get homr am too tired to &c
out, almost always
Bat you must marry sometim., Of course,
the reporter felt encouraged t. suggest
Nv bat does girl who is making good
living and having a good time want to marry
for aid Miss Lottie, with an evident relish
for the topic. Il don't know single clerk
among EN- Ia marry; not one.
but I've heard Of young laiie, in your
position u arrylng rich customers and head. !
of firlls, urged the reporter You wouldn't
have the hear; to refuse rich and hon
urable man, now, if he loved you very
much.
All aid Miss Lottie, with Liz h; laugh, |
sore Of US girl~ have done so7-Eere |
she gave an involun-y glance |
AZ the blad-headsd lite gentle |
m5n who just then gestica /
Ia IN, violently IN a window 10 4 man acros: |
the s;r-at-~and that's nice, Of course. Eui A.,
III - Of the rich fellows who want u take I'd 1
90; don, mean marriage, AMI yoa have To b 1
careful. Put the trouble Is, the oil ones |
onig lO-,k cn Us with business eye. Here 1
she a-aia glanced at the bald headed man, /
t1e1 bI:JDuboling a gentleman with n beet I
ling leak III another part of the room I
There's no sentiment in them, Indignantly 4
You would thin, there was some romance 4
N bciu-, thrown constantly With a pretty /
girl mean girls-ani seeing her toiiing all /
the TIM FER Nour inter isis But Il makes nc 4
difference. When she get your pay Satu
In night there's the end Of il.
Last Tale oil the Trio.