New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-31
SHOPKEEPING LADIES.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN LONDON
From The London Queen.

| From The London queen
We wonder whs. the great ladies Of hundred .Ss:i
granddaughters and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES behind ths
POSITION for wen born and highly educated women
would have been quite impossible. Anything ne
least original or out ~ tue SS n moor aSv Hestss
Stanhope, who persisted In the Wilderness and one
or two more stood out nom The crowd and took lines
Times were easier then for the Upper Ten thousand
than they are now E Gays r ssS SoSo S.B ne savs
told the richest and have utterly broke the poorer
Of the better classes who now often ma themselves
thing. Life Is not all cakes and ale by any means
now, to those who seemed at the start well en-
tered aud lightly handicapped in the race of lifo In
one way, however the hard tunes have bad some good
result 1t has at least given those possessed OF real
pluck and energy a chance OF coming 10 the front.
Honor TO the brave II the bravery has only consisted
IN giving up q pleasant society life. and going in
particularly those ladies OF good position who
SnSased IN trade keep shops and ioGE after them
and who in some cases aro making capital thing OF
Lady Granville Gordon Nine Lere) was the first
In the field, closely followed by Mrs. Pocklington
Mime. LID whose establishment in Grafion-st We
important Of all tho ladies' shops OF course. there
are many others Mrs. Charles Kerr has her own
she has only set up quite lately but her relations
and friends form a respectable clientele" OF them
bonnets. not to mention the gorgeous tesgowns that
are lifted on rs under the personal supervision
plenty Of grst 10 her mill. Mrs Cooper Oakley Nme.
Isabel attends 10 business at No. 80 New Bond st.
for Mrs. COOpcrOakley began life " sweet girl
graduate and has found her mathematical training
look after her financial position herself Mrs. La
bretouche and her daughters Mrs. LOTUS and Miss
yicoIrS ct Gle" work had in rooms Just above Al:
knson. the llknown Bond-St, perfumer Their COM
hats and hornets displayed in their pretty show
rooms, and they also turn out charming dresses OF
avyn nm
dress to the nearly as gorgeous sa-gown rich with
fur. gold or silver embroidery, priceless lace. The
their customers whose numbers increase steadily.
Lady Mackenzie is another well known lady who has
latest recruits 10 the ranks is Mrs stuart Menzies,
of Park Lane London, who, under the nom-deeom-
and dress1naker Mrs. Quincy pins her faith TO French
cutters aud needlewomen, and IS ParIsienne 10 the
dealer added TO the list o. lady traders. and prove
that something beyond millinery and dreSsmakns
We might greatly longthen list. but snace fails
us, and we want to get back 10 Nine LII in her beaI-
tiful house In Graon-St, the home Of Sir WILL
lam Vernon Harcourt. dignined porter receives
at the door, and we mount broad low staicase.
ton rooms, ono so wcn-known in Sir William Har.
courts time, on the first floor, and Mme.
Quiuze style tho white woodwork with which they
are paneled is picked out with gold, and silk bro
parauet These rooms are we'll worth looking at for
themselves. though, OF course the hats and bonnets
high stands that cover the large centre table,
overflow the tables around the great attrac
ton. Smart girls IN dark dresses nearly concealed
under the large spoeSsy white apron of the French
bonnie MT about looking after customers. and putting
pretty hats tho heads OF pretty girls who eagerly
watch the effect Of their cOiturc' I'm the largo
Louis Quinze dressing glass in the corner I'm ono of
The mary long mirrors that line the walls An ante
chamber At the ord OF this large room Is where the
last finishing touches given 20 exquisite creations
and where dreams OF loneliness In the shane of tea
gowns and ball gowns are 30 be seem We cannot
describe them al length but carry away with M
an Impression of classical dTapcry aud OF the most
fairylIko clouds Of daphanons materials. All these
artistic arrangements uOtlceably and romark.
ably beautiful and yet somehow quite wearable-
or perhaps we ought rather 20 say the master
mind, Is everywhere visible for with fifty girls IN her
employment Nine. Iilps part Is rather 20 direct
and supervise. In the business room, clerks ofce
three accountants always at work Her fifty girls
are weiI-behaved, well looked after and weiLfed.
perhaps we should say they Of excellent
and wholesome meal day, for dinner the only meal
Nine, LII provides; they breakfast and tea az home
Dinner, however consisting OF the best jOinis ana ex.
cellent puddings served 10 them IN detachmonts Ia
warm, comfortable dningrOom, leaves nothing 20 %
desired.
Nine LII is full OF plans for the greaer comfort SO
better housing not Of her own WORK girls alone, ~ "a
all other such work girls She says tho wfptsns ss
ings, desolate called homes wne ~ 4sa ,,ss
arc not only most uncomfortable bnt ssry ons 10
that Il would bo paying speeuisss stv 4, twenty
start homes that would tAkr In from ssssy Win
five sirls In earh and where they won1t ~ sresf dss
real knduess lind fair confofs S VI, soId ssSt one
better on n she had tine NM any taks tizc sad
or Two q ,,s tiara but would require eons'sas
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