Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
SEW NC FOR THE DEAD.
Girls Who Make Good Wages and Are
Contented In an Undertaker's shop,

Contensed In an Undertaker's Shop.
isn't il lovelyf" asked a young
sewing girl, holding up for inspection
something Of white satin and lace.
"We are crowded with work Just
now, so | brought this home TO finish
it tonight"
You have a trousseau on hand,
thenf suppose that fancy garment,
whatever il nay be, is fora bride"
The sewing girl opened wide her
eyes. I'VE don't make no trousseau,"
said she. did you think ! worked at
a dressmaker'sT
"Yesi Aren't you with Nine. X. Z"
Not much! left there a month
ago. The madame gave me too much
Sass and too little pay. I'm in Us
undertaking establishment and am
earning half as much again as | did
at Mime. KS, who is the most
awful screw in this city. The season
is longer too. though of course there
amt half the number Of girls employ
ed where ! am 10Y that there were at
madame's When | worked there |
was laid off reg'lar three months in
the year. while four weeks is the long.
est that the girls at the undertaker's
are idle. When there is a full supply
of robes in stock they are put TO max.
ing collin Innings, which most of 'em
like because il isn't fussy work,
though. for that matter, none of their
work is half SO fussy as what | had 10
bother with when ! sewed for live
people. Miss B tshe is our fore
womanl used to have the same place
at a dressmaker's, and she says she
has grown ten years younger since
she went into the robe making bust
ness, because she has 50 much less
worry Of mind. She sometimes used
TO have 10 keep her girls up till IL
o'clock Saturday night 10 finish a
dress for some rich customer, and early
Monday morning here would come
the dress back again 10 be altered, and
a sassy message along with il about its
want of fit, Now, there amt any par.
tlcular fit about a burial robe, as you
can see by this; il is made only TO go
over the corpse. Miss B SAYS it is
a great comfort 10 her 10 know that
them as wears EN- don't make no com.
plant, and in the main they are be.
coming, which can't be said of live
dresses-l e the dresses live PEG.
pie wear.
ITO see them in their collins o
would think they were completely
dressed, but really all their inery Is
on top. Even the mems solid looking
black coats and smooth shirt fronts
can go on and off without removing
the corpse. What | am making is for
young girl who died yesterday, and
will be buried tomorrow. She was 10
have been married next month, and
her trousseau was begun at Nine.
As before | left there. She will
look just as sweet in this robe / am
making Tor her as she would have
done IN her wedding dress.
Afraid Of the coliinss Not after
the first day. II would be a pity If
we were, as our sewing room is at the
end Of the loft where piles upon piles
of them are slowed away. We talk.
and laugh, and sing, Just as we did al
Nine. X-'s,and Miss b is an
awful lot nicer than the forewoman
we had there, because, as | have al.
ready said, she isn't being constantly
worried out Of her life by fussy ladies';
and, as il is ~piecework, she never has
70 scold the girls for loafing. She
says that what she can't get used 10
Is TO have 10 20 downstairs and take
orders for robes for folks that still
have breath in their bodies. Some
people seem TO be In m awful hurry
TO get their dead put under ground.
When Miss.B- was downstairs 70.