New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-14
LAST ROBES.


SEWING FOR THE DEAD.
a1sn,t n lovely ~ asked young sewing-giri noun
tr- nm for inspection something OF white satih anu
lace. We are crowded with work just now ~
brought this home To finish il tonight
You have a tr0usscau hand them supP'S1
cha, ,.,,,. Garment. whatever IL may be, Is Tor d
The sewinr.rirl opened wide her eyes. "We DOM
min M, t,ot.-cau.- said She. " Did you thnA J
worked an "a dressuahcr's'
Yes. Aren't you with Madame Y"
Not much. left there a month ago INC '"a1
anne gave me too much sass and too h'ue pay u"
in " undertaking establishment ana am earilns
laf o.. much aeain a. l did at Madame Us, who
&, tho most awful screw in this city. The season j.
orger too though of course there amt hah me mum
be, of girls employed whore am now thar there W.
at Nalar,,'.. When worked there wa lau Oh
reg Tar tlrcr months in the year. While tour W.
is The longest thar the girls at the undertaken a'c D
when there J., a fun supply Of robes IN st"cA 'noy
are put 10 making coHiu-uings, which most oil cru
ike be,aus. il isn't ns,y work. though Tor that n"
ter. none o. their work is half so fisSy as "na' }
he'd TO bother with when scwed for 1--we peoPio
Mis-, b. l,lc il our forwomaW used 10 na'c '4'0
same place az dIes-mahers. ana 81" N
She has grown ten ycar- younger since she went l''o
he robcnaltng businc- because she has 80 "'o"
los, worry Of mind. She sometimes used 10 nav -
keen be, rrls up til twelve o'clock saturday niSh'
and early Monday morning here would come the dress
back again 10 De altered, aud sassy message "onS
with II about Il, want 81 fit. Now there am any
particular III about a burial robe, as you can see DS
this: IL +, made only 20 go over the eofpN'' '''s'
r. says IL Z, -iea5 comfort 10 her u know thst
then, thai VICAR, 'cu don't make no complaint and in
ia. main they arc becoming, which can DE- s~~ u
live dresses mean the DRESSES live people wear
TO see them IN their collins you would thinA 'heS
fires hut
fs ON top. Even the mems solil-loohhs
black coats and smooth shirt fronts can 20 on
and of without moving the corpse What am hfdh
ing Is for a young girl who died yesterday. ana Will
be- burcd tomorrow. She was 10 have been marion
pcyt month and her trou-seau begun at Madame
Ks before ] left there. She Will look Just a.
syvoc in tbs Iole anu making for ncr a. shc """'N
hayo dom bon her wedding dress.
AFRAID Of the collins Not after the hIst uAs
II would he "A pity II VIC were, our sewing room
i ar the end Of tho loft where pile upon pies
eing trst a. Va. ,ltd al Madame Ks and Mss b
/. an awful Dot nicer than The forcwoman we hSl
theic. becas" a. nave assi e ~. h, o'.sr IA
beng constantly Woillcn oit OF hef M " IL
d.e a1d q. II N uicceWDrk. she never haS 10 scofl
the rris ior -oaina sAc say i, ~ lis IND tai
orlcr for robe, foI FOLKS that still have brafh IN
ctr bodie5 some peop!e SEN 10 De- IN an 1Til
Ni-- b. Wa downstairs toda, At noor sJl", ana
gre lest o! IN "elr ealing oui IuhoH' one . 'r W
bad ior chair break down under hey ana ~ Let wa
uo ot,cr t0 fe had. what did she DO but 90 ou' hv
dag in coffin o. slf OF When We hld mis- 81
ON lunch i,oA and laid her ON III Do ana COY IRE.
Del. wilma r..c- and thrn heg gan to cry and tain
about tue virtues of the deceased. ana "-r hdtlh-
a r.a. Tolls wake. CONS tsIiuE there wa uo candies.
wien +. come. Orc. boss W. didn't know but we'd
all Doc fired out fYl ucdIliu- with me- collins. nul
9U DO. sad was tttf 10 would Doe money i1 20, p)che
n ~. 1lyr fD4f.- vr 400 ot lu oIr collins a, oI
custom would pay him better than Our work The
mi iu tur cliu--te'- awful cheeky jumped up
baIf na,t Twelve and them be- said that what wa
fun ~ Us Vugd Doe c0l 1crd death ly most folks ad
Win fbst lc went oui. ono of th. erls said be-
Wa .n god humor because there was talk OF ne
y.V1r fever coming h-!e th!, summer, bur ma
,vasn't .y Tudcifalcr- amt no more hcartl,se
chan Other men, and when f. comes 10 paving their
girls they aiut hail such skins a. some women