Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-08

ments' are sometimes included in the
general lump of ''ffndings. The man
dressmaker is more insatiate. He not
only insists upon furnishing all the
etceteras, but the material itself of
which the costume is made. He usually
charges from eighty to one
hundred and twenty-five dollars for
cloth gown made to order. If he ''cOm-
poses'' q receiving or ball costume to
suit the style or taste of his customer his
prices are regulated by the length of her
purse and her willingness to draw its
strings, and often run up into hundreds
of dollars. Recently a young lady VS.
tied Fifth avenue establishment and
asked the price for making a plain street
gown.
The charge was 500, but it was re-
duced to 500.
GLOW much for the making - she in
CURED.
''Ninety dollars, - was the reply.
"But [ have some very beautiful
broadcloth and 1 wish to have it made
up, - she said.
Every well, - answered the tailor,
blandly; eve will make it. The price
will be $50.
y ''Do you allow nothing for the mater
ial?''
'fNothing at all. Of course if you
wish to use your own goods in preference
to ours we have no objection; but we
make no deduction in price.
AS ferryboat was making an effort to
enter its slip the other day there was
overheard a snatch of conversation be-
tween two well dressed women. They
were evidently discussing the masculine
'dressmaker, pro and con.
GA man made garment has fit which
no woman can give. - said one.
''That may be, - SAID the other little
spitefully; ''but in the eternal fitness of
things l am sure it is not proper for
man to fit q woman s dress. and, accord
ing to my idea, no modest woman will
submit to such thing.
''It is greatly a matter of use, - said
the first speaker. 1.-THE man simply
looks upon his customer as as object for
whom he is to make a garment. He is
an artist in form. II her figure needs
improving by artificial means he pro-
ceeds to make it as nearly perfect as his
skill will allow. The lady only thinks OF
him as the agent who executes her orders.
And then the finish. A man is so
much more careful and painstaking, and
when the work Is done has perfection
seldom seen in that which comes from
feminine hands. There is no reason why
a woman s gown should not be made as
well as a mans coat, and no man would
employ taiIoress TO make his coat.
81 care nothing for that, said the
friend, obdurately. 81 would not have
a man make a costume for me if he did
the work better than any woman on earth
could do it, and charged absolutely moth
ing for his labor, Every man who makes
a dress or a bonnet takes the bread from
the mouth of some woman.
''Does not every woman who sets type
or digs potatoes take the bread from the
mouth of some manu-
''That is of no consequence, was the
reply; ga man can always find some
thing to do. If one avenue is closed he
has thousand others open. Just here
the gangplank was secured and the ress
of the conversation was drowned ia srfes'
of 90 Kee-ebi'' ''kee-ab!'
Did you ever see a girl behind the
counter of a store whose gown fttes Esess
like glove made for her hand, or q
pretty chorus girl who wore street cos
tune that might have been made by.
Worth? These young women could neEeE
get money enough to pay Fifth avenuee
Twenty-third street prices. and vet they