Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-08
PASTEBRCSH Adopts.
The Boz-l-skt1Z Girls of GeT
YORK sud Tnsir WORK
An u-Patd B1siuess In Whieh Mary
Thousauds q Women Are Engaged-
astehozrd, Ont. spsnEiss, Old
G9wus and Pretty Fsoss-

Yearly AID dzri1g Al sessc1s soI1e hrn-
drs5s q Ken and many t1J1sz1cs Of glrls
are e1plCysd "a i1s PAPER b1z fsctOrles o.
Ee-y Tcrz. Worz1g women II this trade
SAYS TIE Es7T Vcrk S-sr, are not a. wen
pa-1 ss tLCse e gagged f he ncre ce-ics.s
vgrk 4 1-zz-1y z sr1lEc-zl fCwsTs, eEnDro-1-
erT s1d tLs Ike, rCr IS thcse IN ths Uors
-z,.rl.-s rrsceE TIE boLUzker's wcrz
css f1r less ski than the former, and iess
II ---1 siren ga and ski than soue Of the
lz.-e- Ms. crz-c-es Of boz-nzkng can
ts Lssr-ed II z few weezs. TIE materials
are g1t AID t1e tOc-s simple. The result
Sta. wages are so-1eslIes as lcw ss e
week and se.11u sooTe g. or q. The
uo1er are e-p-svec a. piece w0rk. The
r-e-. wE1se wages are ost-er, WORK Oy the
week Ne- and 5-ys rEn the machines and
prepare tLe Ez.sr-zl for the finishing
tl-e1ss gwen oy t1s gir-s.
On ez-er-g z 11Z fsc-ory one is bswl
6srs1 ~ = u--l---e q shapes and colors.
T1s-s are bg1ss. b.g and -ti.e, in Cylinders,
-- e. -raT--ks forms, IN b1g, narrow
l-l-s- and i1 z c1ze1 cher shapes % be
.--T.--.5z-s5 " earned gs11et-5cal terms.
Car c.. -.-z1 pa1ers il rsz-s, Il STRIPS, IL
-..-c-s s-1 .- 1--t-s=1 g. lie soo-t
sT=-T7-zz-z- Gr=z. c-s----ss a. o-s ed cf
--z r1c- are c--t-g t-s -g-T c-esp straw
-la-- 10 s--.z--= s-zCes. I-e prepared
-s-s-=-czr1- w-s- ---c-s1 edges s-d .C-E.
s-razr-- ----s- ware = q 90 De f1--71 Up tcr
EE . 81 Z u z --=s- -=sp q 2 is5-s -
s-.s z -C- -- -z- TT-g s-z--s q guard o.s-
.--= z-=s- E--= pci-
--= leap e --1-E-T s--z-Ea5- 50 tEzt c-s
edge @ zal-- p-=-s C psas-z1-s-c s slightly
sIErs=-- z-1 WA o-1st .L-cz brush i1s
Kan --1srz--T oez--ss al t-e edges ~
few s.-cEss- C-Ls- p.=1@s s-s deity 1Isc
=, --s E--=5 edges, TIE PIE 5 5-c-z1t 70 Al
zr=- edge, --r-a5 cTs- and pounded VIII
--s zz-=- =, t-s newly g--a5 .1--ts. Tie
opposite edges are tz@- g--a1- s-1 finally
u=5s oT u.a-z, t-s pzs-eccz-t 5 s.cr5 q
edge ard c---z1. r---c 80 as 20 tcr- re
s1=s C z 51L- = p--c1 T1e-e re z.Zed
edges zee. makes al tzs:- ard Ire DIX
T---c-t 11..c-1 O. Ii, = passed % ole Of
l1e g-s.
TIE girl s,a15s ~ her table and rapidly
s--ea-s cardboard Win g.1e. UPon this
E-a1 s-z1= s-s .zvs laf dozen long mar
r--- III. .--s = PAPER. SelZng the box she
l-s1s c1 Tie p-s-eo5ard DJ:con and secures
u ~ a5et. and sure Application Of the paper
r.1gc-. Sc makes 10 pause for measure
EeL,s, o.. tears II her ribbon when it IS
,1S long AID pieces i cut when it is too
short. Tl--O AID foreanger 1T the nib
Dll with --e-r.1g accuracy. As each box
j. 11-..-e- -- is laid aside % dry, and it is
interesting 20 see how rapidly the pile
grows -L-sr the girls flying hngers Her
pr, however, is only 4 small fraction Of
ceLsf1r each box.
Ids are fashioned much in the same way.
Tle I'D reaches the worker with edges
turned up. and her work is % apply the rib
bgls d paper that add strength and orna-
Ug-- The lid is rested upon a round
wooden p0st twelve or fifteen inches in di-
ama,gr. This stands on the table. II is a
simple matter 20 turn the lid as il rests on
the post and apply the RIBBON Of paper TO the
four sides. Hundreds Of Ids can be com
p.e-eC 10 DAY. " hen 10 and bottom are
finished the box must be labeled, so as 10
indicate the article il IS 70 contain. This
work is rapidly done by some Of the younger
girls.
Boxes Of this kind are turned out by the
million and are sold at from one to five
dollars per hundred. CJst.ier boxes are
edged with gilt paper and covered with fig
urcd material. COstlier still are the bon
bon boxes. Gay Lthographic pictures are
imported by the thousand from Paris TO or
namcut such boxes. They are lined with
delicate paper and edged with an imitation
Of lace. The foundation material Of these
pretty cabinets for sweets IS plain brown
pastcboard. II is an instructive lesson in
the striking results Of simple devices 70 see
one Of these bare, ugly pasteboard trays
grow under girls uimble fingers into the
daiuty receptacle that shall make sweet
meets dOub.y valuable. Bon-bOn boxes
sometimes wholesale at twenty-five dollars
hundred, and wages for this work are
somewhat higher than In other branches of
the trade.
One accustomed to the sight Of the work
ing girls Of New York at their daily toll
viii note the absence Of gay apparel among
the workers Of the factories. Glue is an
enemy Of pretty gowns, and the girls either
come 20 the factories in their Olde ST garments
or exchange their street dress for soIled
working clothes on reaching the scene Of
their labor Glue, however. does not iniure
face or figure and in the box factories, as
10 others, most Of the girls are ruddy and
clear eyed, while fair proportion can lay
good claim 20 beauty.