Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-01
WORK OF A CLOAK MODEL.
Tho Exacting Duties That Fall to h
Lot OF some Young Women.

Tho Exacting Duties That Fail to h
Lot of some Young Women.
a young woman 10 act a a cloak
model must have u firm. full tigu'e-
that I'LL, ont the regulation size
without any padding The great r o
BILE about n cloak. you know. is that il
is apt TO be big and loose The model
must be OF that exact size which will
make this looseness apparent in the first
instance. No that IL can be reuiedied. 1t
Is very hard work To get "A good model.
There are few girls who have really
good figures. to begin with. Then of the
girls who have good figures. there are
lots who have no idea whatever about
showing of "A cloak. and to whom it lie
impossible 10 teach this art either.
They will put on the cloaks and SLOUGH
around before the customers in the
most idle, lazy. listless mi imagin.
able. It's a great knack to really show
of a cloak to advantage, and il ome
by instinct. not by education. It's in
the natural pose and carriage Of a girl
in her step and walk and manner.
W. are now short OF good mod.
els and have been advertising
some days for what We want without
the desired success Out of a dozen
girl'N shocome here after situations only
Il is apt to be in any way available.
We don't ask a girl many questions
when she ON here. but VI give her
a cloak to put OH, and then we watch
her every movement We can tell in a
very few minutes whether she is the
right sort or not. We measur her
bust, Of course. in the first instance ia
see If her size is regulation or not
We are very careful about the char.
acter Of the girls We employ 1t is a
fact, you know. that most Of the
buyers" in the cloak trldeare women.
The cloaks are for womrn and women
have "A quicker and mere intuitive per.
ception about such matters than men.
Now. there j. Il lady il the salesroom
now, looking at cloak and talking with
the model. This lady is a buyer for a
big house away in Denver. OF
course w could not for a toll.
crate a girl in her presence whose ron
duet showed in the slightest way that
she was not "A proper companion for a
lady. OF curse evident refinement of
manner and an mir Of good breeding is
of lnestimable advantage to a cloak
model when added to an elegant and
lively carriage, Cloak models get all
the way from 81 to $50 n week. There
are few who get $50. though But !
know Of one or W who get double
that sum.
The cloak models do not have par.
'icularly hard hours. but ! admit that
their occupation is not an easy one.
They are on duty usually from . a. IN
till > p, IN During this time they have
to try on cloaks perhaps two hundred
times. The cloaks are heavy. and the
models get very tired. but they are ex.
pected to he as bright and sprightly be.
fore a customer AT ) o'clock in the
afternoon n at 3 o'clock in the morn.
ing. Ii is true that the models are
busy only in the busy time of the trade.
which is but six or eight months IA year.
Still il is true that many models cannot
stand the work but a couple of years,
and at the end of that time-even II
they are still good models-are forced
by their poor health to seek other EN-.
.ployment. A good model a always
find steady employment and good
wages.
In the wholesale cloak trade the mod
els figures have to conform TO but one
or W regulation sizes. The cloaks for
little children are fitted on the wooden
model frames. In the retail trade less
attention is paid TO the exact sizes. and
more attention is paid 10 the sprigltli
ness and ''chic" of the model The old.
experienced buyer" knows what lie or
wants. and is not apt to be beguiled
by the graceful movements Of any
young woman. But the way a cloak
looks upon IA model has a great effect
upon the retail customer. In the retail
stores there are slight" models. ''full
form models, short" and tall" mod
and models representing all the
usual variations in a woinan's figure.
In the retail store. too. the model
must be something Of a saleswoman.
She is expected to entertain the Gus.
.omer, to point out the good points OF
he garment under consideration. and
help sell goods as best she can. In
he retail stores the customer generally
wants to try on the cloak herself, and
u this she is assisted by the model
Interview In New York Sun.