Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04
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Lieht Work that's Do..
Pretty Girls with Slmbls' y, llssa~
"How do we steam feath.,.s "ssa
by holding them over the s,s.'. w
tho pretty feather-workor '
heartily at the question. m, ,aas
workers trade is not SO sl,..' ''''as
ALL for time must be given N.Y. NV y
Is expert enough TO handle "A. Nv
feathery articles. S''ss
From lower Broadway ava.
Seventeenth street may la fo,,.,
dreds Of stores where Nh
glossy feathers are exposed i.
In them are employed twent,
the number of pretty girls WA
cupatiOu, from z or 8 o'eloal
morning I'LL past IN the eys ,ss ~ ! +
smooth aud curl and steam M
wings OF the feAthered lrjbs / ~
from all parts OF the world M WA
shades. sizes and conditions
The primary object h y,
feathers Il 10 Timber the onils '' ~,
the rufiled, tiny feathers NM,
compouents OF not only tLs ea.,.s =
bonnet. but Of the price itsaIg
indeed, the husband who wnsla
cruel AS TO refuse his wife ma !,
OF a thing as il male out AZ 49,. 4
colord articles doesn't deserve m
a wife. ~
Steamlng feathers seem.
enough. Just hold them ~
steam" But the novice won,s
fingers burned and burned agal, \. /
attempt, aud then--WelL ibss
feather would be worth throwin..
The old-tashloned way Of doss
work, which is still ia yogna
smaller stores, Is TO iill an ga n,
kettle. having an extra lone ~.
nozzle. with water. and then nv
When the boiling point Is resel..1 1,
the steam issues forth the Won I,
pratty steamer begiaa Tie ~
Is held IA the steam. aud with n
engaged hand the girl sm0o.hs a.
stiuuts PARTICLES until theg M.
brightly AS tho eyes Of M 49,
This is all the work there Il tan
il IS long. tedious Ocoupailoa ~
strains the mind as well AZ ,hs wv
Bat II Shaksptares right. teat ,S,,s
ter llghtens labor. then. INDEED ~.
Is the lightsst labor in the ns,d /,
from morning To nighl about Il. a.
iingures lwins ia anl out aasla
gold and yellow. tile scarlet ~
black there Is nothing bat laays,s
Ia addition 10 bring s.exusai
feathers ara dEel curIrd ani M
prepared for tile millinsE, alsss y
glus'i 10 the regulation wire pla. ~
after the fashion Of tbs flower irsm
iloT II. DYsing . feather : Ike 9,ss
anything else. save perhaps M
costs more because there i 10 hsa
IL. Tho curling i done 0TeF ~
don fingers again playing apguana
part Ia shaping the twists ApA iatm {
they represent. so husbands xlll I'M
abJul IS a twist Then she WHz "a
ers arc attached 10 tiu wire "a Z
handles ~ means u pastn ana assr
thiek strip u cloth. and ,hsn lie s,as
arr rrady for market
Just how long Il takes 10 siesa 8
prepare zach feather il a qnssssSa 4
even a skilled work Woman eansa d
swnr Their Intuition and knosiass
Of lhs article is = help 10 dsssgmtas
but some feathers arr just as osstaa
about getting steamed anil p9lisAS i
lhcir or < nal owners wrse atosl =
ting caught. and they viii "a saa
lIul tho slender fingers finally essI i
waTwafd tips and then tho wosk i h
ishstl
OF course IN the larger ksss a
method Of doing ll,is work 4 si@
simpler. tItrUugit pvolsab3F % aass
vance has yet lsacn lsv sod Zoe tssp.as
Ing tito girls and their def Wpss u
machinery. Iudcs,L Il il dgakt'H 4
there could bs machine iuysalss d
40 thoroughly gri NJ tie llilis b4s|
with which tiis works aipzasA a.
this may be itc cause Of liie xigf 20
slant good nature, 81 u. As .ss ~
jet i light ouo perhaps y Wast !
just ~ we'll Ia drag machinery ~ !
--Nrlp IgrE WoFLd