The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-10-27
SECRETS or DRESSES.

wealthy women VINO often ray ibeI
Dressmakers with Jeweiry.
Fancy a woman going about in her
carriage with two men on the box, a
team Of blooded horses in harness, a
crest on the blinkers and not enough
money in her purse to pay for making
a morning dress A wealthy poor
woman-the irony of i'll And yet an
uptown modiste declared to reporter
that there are plenty of them In soci-
ETY..
"Only a week ago." she said, 81
made lace toilet for a customer and
what do you think she paid me With
| A snake bracelet The jewel l know
must have cost 5000, which more than
covered the bill, but didn't want it;
/ preferred to be paid in cash and told
| her so. Then she took from her hand
small diamond cluster ring and beg
ged me TO receipt the bill. / was obliged
to do so, as she is an old customer.
RIGHT The world thinks so. She
wears beautiful clothes, always comes
in a coupe, and | know she has
maid, for have seen her.
II once made a wedding dress for a
fashionable young lady who agreed
beforehand to give me five rings in
lieu of the money. The jewels were
all engagement rings that had been
received from discarded sweethearts
and which she knew she never would
be permitted TO wear as the wife Of her
accepted lover. We had an under
standing that she should have the
privilege of paying the amount due,
with interest, and getting back the
rings, about which she had a woman 8
sentiment Well, | kept the jewels
two years and cleared $50 on that sale.
about ten months ago lady came
to me and left an order for three toi-
lets. had never done any work for
her, but she was well recommended
and / felt sure she was all right
Well, do you know when l sent home
the goods she came back with the bill
herself and told me she could not pay
it. as her husband in fit OF jealousy
e en0 h bPp been nsf for s1oo but
were worth $1,000, she thought
Would | take the tickets, redeem them
and hold the case for a year2 Thi:
, was a most astounding form Of set
Element. referred it to my attorney
who paid the money on the loan anc
brought me back leather case con
tanning an assortment Of rings ant
bracelets and set of earrings. Tha
was last April, and / haven't seen O
heard of her since.
mo, l rarely lose anything. W.
don't have bad debts, as tailors do
Women, as a class, are honest.
have been swindled by adventuresses
but my regular customers always pay
There lives at the Windsor hotel
. wealthy widow who has been
source of annoyance to every dress
maker she has had any dealing with
The first time made her dress sen
it home with bill, which she delit
= erately discounted, item after item
sending me check for a third les
than the amount due. On investigs
ton found that she had pursued thi
method with other modistes, SO DO
|, tied up my indignation and waited fc
IL another order. 1t came in due cours
of time. The material was her own.
made it up and charged the balance du
on the first account and politely will
held delivery until the whole amour
was paid. The woman is abundant
! able to pay for everything she o
ders, and is in every other particul'
most delightful person, but she has
mania for discounting her dressmal
ing and millinery bills that amour
TO positive dishonesty.
Zone customer l had was the wi
of an old miser, who promptly pa
- her bills but never allowed her al
to pocket money. At her order the bill
were made out in pencil and she wou
ink them and add as much TO the d
ferent figures as she dared. The c'
Iector found no difficulty in getting
, check from the husband, and the q
ditional sum over the original de
ra- we gave to the moneyless wife Of t
* millionaire. A dressmaker doesl
need to be in business very long
fore realizing that all that glitters
not gold New York World.