The Dickinson press., 1888-04-14
THE CLOAK WOMAN.
WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT HER RE-
cEiPTS AND EXPERIENCES.

Ladies as mp CiSerS-SCencs in the Dress.
ing Room Before and .Aftcr the Ball.
Tie Attendants Money Sauccr-A Sad
story.
Jcanr Was on" of the maids in the ladies'
d., ,.mg room at II club party ONE night re-
~crnile. while George. her husband. served
tn. gentlemen as check master i'll chief and
l.i.li custodian ri Ike nNelcoatS and goloShes.
.1cnnv cam" bone discouraged and angry.
t;rur-r WAS julilant. Reason why: Jenny's
cash receipt, for nearly II whole nights hard
WORK Amounted to Just fortv-scven cents,
which was half of what had been taken in.
ST. had divided equa.ly with her assistant.
Gt",g,y" lin. ,lcl $40 in silver merrllN Ill his
~lrul,,r> pocket. and added to Jcnny's depres-
siu:l lv asking her sare;stically if she didn't
wish She could work for men instead of
wt,,lirm.
Si., expressed herself freely to IL reporter
on the next day, when George was quite out
Of hearing.
'itu | always fare as poorly as this when
serve thu ladies' at parties: No. not always;
l,ai | never get half what ] ought to get. and
I'm not gra>pimy. either. Sometimes l get
~2.:5N: hat that's not often. Two or three
ri.aos | had over 81 as the result of the even
in.'> work: hut that was when an exception
allv generous lady gave Il whole dollar. Onco
Il sud booking lady asked me if ! had any
children. and when | told her that l had one
liitl. 2irl. She put dow Il - hill and said.
't;,, the lutte thing something nice with that,
ali I'll her it l. from. Il la'iv whose little girl
In, golr AWAY never l." come back. and then
size turur,t AN! wiped the tears from her eyes.
.Wlu, j., Tia" regulation Tip which ladies'
,,,4 l,,.., ., .,t.l -,..n.ir,,Ss don't moan
VIA! they ought to give: hut what they
~rr.li.. do give:
.Ncli. ilm sorry t" say it's small. 1t
rarely ris :,i!rv,. t"n cents and more fire.
uurM,lv .ifun> to- ~ nickel. Ii each one would
civ, ov,i, that nir.i, the returns wouldn't be
50 Ii, !. ~tuYt:iv ladies nutni;illncr til" gentle
nlri, II EVERY PARRY: hut. bless You. any
amtHln; %; ,'!,nl IL" not give anything at all.
L. Wt,i.i utl..,. ,ntl nSiiamWl ot the whole
fO'aa,e rlup. ii yu, could see the way they
Gul.,. .tnari irving hot 10 sre that anybody
i, - .,ja, a,,,,.in. Til" richest dressed ones.
wi.l g. u. ~ carriages. M" >olurtlmcs the
most ~, "a At that. They Sl,cnd every cent
of t!s,i' j.iaA,f in things 10 make them look
w.ii >i.>.. rib'"iiS. .icwrlry. hair dye and
tHeY i:.jtt. "itl :;;adgc every nickel that goes
in ;4AN nti"I direction. I've learned 10y eX-
r4ioncr that "ftru the molrStlN dressed
wn'.;.m Who walks 10 tho party. as we know
llv The cai,iitirn ri her ovciShoc>. Is most
likely t." give tin. attendant in the dressing
r,,.i II ,i,e"lr fee, She may d" this because
Sin" Knows something of the difficulties Of
siii!in. along ON little herself. and wants to
lioI,, tx. or she may do it because She doesn't
want Others to suspect her poverty.
All maids of the dressing room are not
so expert us YOU in reading character, are
1t,"v:"
$50. the most of them jump to- serve the
ri.l, la,i,s, anl turn their backs on the
l%,nirlv dressed "hS. WAS that way myself
TIL | learned better. ! stlrl"S" IT. natural to
Think tina; people VIII" have money in plenty
VIII .ivc money freely. Anyhow, the whole
w!,rl,! ari* rs if it Thought that: but it's II
gr,a' mistake. ! assure. YOU
What j., the method of giving: Do they
hand III" money I" YOU or put il down some
Mii",r:"
".',i,. we always nave a saucer. plate or
basket set in Il conspicuous place. We are
MT lih" male walters. We can't hrowbeat
lrel,Ir into tipping lis. We won't hang
around as ,lny do and make guests feel mean
ard Insignificant if they don't c"me down
wi,t, ,lr coin. Wcprrterd not To he expecting
anything. IIltcl! you a secret. We have to
l,:; SONIC money III that plate ourselves to
start With. If wc didn't, upon my word, l
la.l; ayc nobody else would. Sometimes |
have tried the plan of laying II silver half
dollar on dollar on top of the dimes. nirkris
| ntot pennies. Sometimes it works and some
| Times ii @,lur>n't. 1t usually has the effect ri
startling some of the give lothings. amy way.
and | secretly enjoy that. although, | am
making my face as blank as Il white plate all
,ll.,;mr. Again. would you believe it. som.
"r them s,r the his piece of money. and at
once SETH, ii III their own minds that as
somebody has given 80 generously nothing at
all i, needed from them. SO You see. there
i no infaliibir rule for making them come to
,ian. On the fee question:"
"lpu YOU have much to do for ladies in the
dressing room:'
Much 10 do: Well, l should think so. In
addition To helping them put ON and oil their
wraps and oyershoes, and being responsible
for these articles. we help them to button
their gloves. We adjust their drapery, pin it
VI, When it comes to pieces, get them powder
and roli@c and combs. and ever SD many
other things which some of them continually
do cry for. It's plenty we have to 10 for
ti,rlm. il y"u please"
".Arr they polite and kind tn Nou:"
".Su,nrtimes. not always. Some are natVr-
ally cross alul immticlt: some thank us fWi
amy little service. and some act as though
ti,ey thought they would lose their rrputa,
ti.,n rs la'l"s il they gave us pleasant word.
We become aide judges of good breeding
We learn 10 know sholdy ami r%reterse at {;
glance. Tile dressing room has its ronGullceS
too. have seen rivals glare each Other
fairly out of their slippers after an evening
oi competition. And have seen eyes spark.
with the delight of loves young dream. Nol
SOC ."aI poetry: Yes. and novels, too, whcl
! 80, Il hit OF time from my work. Once /
Young la,iy Slipped Il silver dollar into my
iila,i rs | was putting on her cloak. Il he
cam" engaged this evening" she whispered
'tn the only man there is in the world.
wan. to make everybody as happy as | am.
She was Il plain little thing, but kind ant
sweet spoken: but at that moment her fac
really looked beautiful to me. That wa
three wears ago. She was married soon afte
her engagement. and every time l saw lie
after that [ could see that her dream of hap
pina>s wasn't being realized. Poor littl
thing, | SAW her once this winter in til
SANE dressing room, and her plain little fac
l!as grown pinched and melancholy. Til
last time peekcd out of the dressing rool
10 see Her HusLaIu us sic Jollleu MN. L kHeN
Immediately by his manner toward her tina
he didn't care Il rap for her, and the worst Q
it was that She knew it, too. l heard som
of her friends gossiping about her. The
said that her husband had married her fo
money. and that lie was an awful flirt ali
was rapidly breaking her heart. Dear, dea
me. They who are without money thin
! themselves cursed: and they who a
sometimes find it their greatest enemy. 1t
; too biz IL problem formy philosophy to solv'
> lin surc."-New York Press.
/ Industrial Geology.