The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-23

soAE LovELINEss JUST FOR a CHANGE.
and don't know tut it might please ms
readers.
Ia the FIRST place. it must b. promised
that there are silkwoIm farms in manS
in.cign countries. and that many whole
cities are given up 10 the production Of
silks. satins, Veivcts and bI0cades. and
Others where different wooicn or cotton
Goods ale produced almost entirely foi
,lls market There are o,tima ID 70 bc
about 300 COO persons engaged Ia the
preparation Of the iuls worn Is our WO
men. lot counting the hunters o. salcs
lsople, and besides the other thing.
slawis come from Persia opi india. Jew
els from everywhere. and no end oi diner
EFT articles at wearing apparel FROM ali
eliC countries on thc lgoe Of the globe.
How many millincrs and dIcssmakeIs
shCemakCrs and other such wJTEer-
there gre ia Europe. the product OF
whose labor h. entirely Tor ihc American
market, tleTe arc H0 means 81 finding
0ut. but the figures must mount up into
many thousands. The great steamers Gn6
numbcIicss ships that come into our
ports like winged caravans, all bring
rcse upon case and bale upon bale oi
goods to be employed in dressing our
women, and the ingenuity and invention
Of the producers have been taxed 90 the
utmost 10 get mp something n-w ana al.
tractivc The Cciois ere as varied as tht
materials. and The patterns Gie as beau
tiiul as an artistic eye AID technical
knowledge can make them. Bonnet.
are poems and hats whole volumes-
generally bearing upon some phase @,
r1tulai history. There ale Cul5 anC
cloves, fans ami faces. ribbons, lalasOls
everything known in the list Of q w0-
mans wants. and that d.. is usually
longer than anybody purse
All these goods have TO 10 manuiact
ured IN wholesale. shipped to wholesale
Ucrchants here IL such quantities that @
visit 90 one OF the large importing houses
IS q revelation. Ii one there are five
floors, each lj5 by 20 feet, and all are
ulCd with great cases, shelves and
tables. loaded down with Tolls Of silk.
velvet. cloths OF all kinds and prices,
with clOaks app arently by The million
and stacks Of hars from floor TO ceiling
snd other things IA proportion. And
there are hundreds Of such cTeat import
ing houses, 50 many that there is Ia
tius Of several blocks in the heart " the
business center known as "the dry goods
district" which probably represents
more solid wealth than any other paii
OF this great city.
t1ch and Oh Of these import in enOr.
nous quantities and sell 70 tie retail
Neslers' both here and al over America,
gal they sell nothing az retail them
seiyes. The number o. luctmcn alone
eniplovcd in delivering these goods ln
eases at the different railway depot
would make q good sized army and l.
.frlkes the female behoid1r IS rather
curious lhQt while q man IL an importer
and can handle whatever kind Of good
he pleases, he IS as APT 70 have half lls
great house filed with 10 cent wooden
goods and 3 cent calicocs as with mag
4ifcent silks end brocades ] am sure
every woman viii feel surprised at such
moral turptude, just 90 l did. But
then l suppose somebody has % supply
cheap Goods. We can I all be million
sros. and many ere glad 10 get the
crr1pest gIades-for instance, writer's
fl-neis' wives and ministers helpmeets~
I elravs call O ministers wife help
meet" and his children babes.
tiirk Il sounds more respectful and con
scling.
after the spring, summer OF iau o.
winter impoTtatior5 are here--2nd they
always arrive about live months before
tho season for which they are Intended
they are uDpacked and thrown open iol
inspection, and IN q short time all those
enormous piles Of goods have melted
away and the retail stores begin TO show
rbe-a little by little and ia small detach
1l.ucs. fer II they showed them al o.
orc. the women would soon get tired