Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-18
THE FIGURE SPEAKS.
WHAT THE GIRL WHO TRIES ON
HAS TO SAY ABOUT HER work.


Wearing Zine Clothes May ne Pleasant.
but the Degree Of Satisfaction Depend.
on whether You Own Them or MOI.
Conversation Of = Figure"
II sometimes wish my good looks was In
my face" snid the pockmnfked pirl III
would be awful nice 20 have my ewes bino
instead Of green. aud my mouth little in
stead OF big However. since that wnsn't
10 be 40. I'm glad I amt 90 scrawnr ne
some girls that nint bad looking ia the
face. Folks try 10 comfort me by saving
that there are dozen pretty faces 20 one
real good figure, but the be-, consolation /
get IL the twelve dollars week that INV
figure brings me Ia. now that I've got a
place IL ! was Just one Inch taller IA
have rot one without any trouble. hut
though ] wear the very highest becle,l
shoes can find. siill ! Amt tall enough 10
mutt some Of them Who are them, Why.
the bosses In cloak places. u coursc. You
dont think pose Tor nft CLASSES. do youi
No, much. ] don't I'm a figure, 10, .
model
Cannot add oublt 20 my stature, 1
don't wanrto add cublt, whatever tha,
may be. 20 my stature. but I'd Ike 10 /.
just an Inch taller. I'm all right Ia other
matier--thirty-c eight inches In the bu.t
and twenty threc Inches In the waist, with
nicely slopinR shoulders and long enough
neck-short nocks nru the trouble with a
good many TINT would Ike 10 BE- figures,
and good many mors arc all light except
for their big waists.
Now. some Of the girls say I'm laced
tSht because my waist il 10 small In com.
parlson with my shoulder. but II Isn't 20.
nobody ever saw me pud and pant A. gifl,
do who tie one Of their cuugt lnccs 90 tha
bsdpost and pull TOT all they aru worth on
the other.
AN easy bcrth I've Roti Well, yes. (, I,
saey work In comparison with what snmo
other girl. have 10 do for half the money,
but ] have the cate u the ina stock, and
u weighs on my mind. | can tell you, 10 b,
held responsible for all thgm high priced
sacluss aud wmpS And then tho con.
slant trying ont lt's true my hours arc
only from y tlll :, but | earn my salary a.
vel ~ the black satin dvssos that wear
In the shop. Yes, Of eouue they furnish
the drrascs. ia like 10 go myself, with a
salary Of twelve dollars a wcek, buying MS
own silks aud satlns. Tor they wear ca,
awful quick under Tie constant puiting on
and pulllus on u saoquos aud wraps
COMMENTS or nuiu.N
"No. ! don't do any trying on In the
wofkfoom. Figures Aru expected 10 do
TINT In smaller establishments, but In our
place u IL a. much ~ ! can DO 10 Try on for
eusiomcrs Sometimes thov will b. o..
many a. i've ladies standing around walt.
ing 10 sec how sacqucs that they have
taken fancy 10 will look On me From .
o'clock till hit IL usually ny on and Try on,
With hardly any let ~, and sometimes I've
lstn ncarvr fnlnungt than any would think
but I've stood u out. becauso know that
fAinilng folks hlnt wanted In business
No, idon't have 10 stand sull
~ nlmo-t always walk up and down tho
rom 10 show OF tho things. aud whiic tho
Cuslomer are looking NJ mo and passing
riuarks. ! am expected 20 look just ~
sweet aud smiling as one nf the wooden
dummies IN The window. NO matter what
thci may b. taylna. Not always compli
mtnihfyf You lust ought W hear 'cmi
sometimes they will say that evcFy bndy
can zee am made up ilguru o. wonIdn'i
hrtosiiff. Tie SQUARE shoullurcd sort ~
that ny shoulder slant TOO much. AMI
what would NJ me Nuulln't ht them.
should hore noti
'"fhc stout ones say that II Il inhum,n
10 kCep the laced up ~ tlght-that I'd have
a twenty cightiuCh waist N | was lri
alone. Tho awful tall ones say thry can't
tell what a cloak fually looks Ike when
they ser Il on such squhtty agufe, aul
sons who walk Ike COWS themselves say
they could form bcttef judgment of 4
cloak " they Jaw Il on a graceful psuon.
"l'd Ike 10 know u anybody but aH 40.
MS could walk natural With 10 many
folks staining ~ hHr al ~ ongn Flown
I'm downi ldhunL 4 nguru has got IA
lonk ln-t ~ pretty n. thr can or hloll b,
buuncc,l. and a. mHttrn stand lt makes
nHnluAt me-. can tell you. that ain't ~
batter looklus Ia the face
Kur All TuS
sour business booming. you think
Well, u ANT lad, but, OF cour.e. you kuou
there's doncn oloaks tried on for QUE thai
h snli. and somciimus Tor none that's told
Tine aud again I've tried on cloak afiui
cloak fnr customer that had no mou idri
81 buyiug EN- than have Of buying ih'
moon You may say IL Va all Nv q day
work, and hadn't ought 10 mind H. but
when the buyer fcold. the salerladlcs fol
not selling more eloaks. some of 'cm has 3
way u blaming u onto ne, telling him
leave all tho talk 10 them about their be
inR warm aud comfortable and At thI
sans timo light aud stylish.
"i'd feel like II, wouldn't ], say on ho
dayin September. praislng up Newmarket
and sralskin kaoqucs aud such thing. thai
I'm nearly anffoeatsd inl Yea, We are aw
ful busy Ia September selling our Imports
articles 10 the buyers for small stores, an,
my work lasts on Later into tie sunme
than you might think, 40 many folks bnl
when the season Ia over. 40 as TO get thlns
cheap
hardly ever 80 on my vacation befof'
the last week In june. some OF tho glfli
ia our place say don't need no vacation
aud it'r only fun 70 10 wearing hne clolhei
oil the time, or at least all day, a. do, bu'
don't sso wheru tho fun comes In llk'
line clothes ~ we'll ~ other folks, but Their
Ain't no satisfaction In putting 'em on ]
they don't bclong TO me, and having ~
tealskln wrap on my back doesn't maxi
me forget that MY Sunday saeqne coat OIL,
IiS, aud n bny n six druas this year u
viii have 70 do me another wln1er'"--Nes
York Tribune
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