Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-11
TEACHING SEWING.
..,.o WOMEN SHOW BUYERS or
' ',.oy,ses HOW TO USE THEM.


...,lsn which Has Grown Up
-. a row Yenrs--Evcry Sewing
=. headquarters Now Employs
~. who 30 NothlnE but Teach.
.,.,,,lpr machine teacher ls nm indis
Ih, IN. adjunct Of the sewing machine
In. (. invariably o young woman.
, on ..,som hear Of her, 1t Is true, unless
l0' -. bought now machine and want
~ us how 10 use some u ita new and In
Indictments. Yet there are several
ui.-,rd Of her 10 Gotham. From hftcen
ta,drei teachers are employed IN each
sseorllng to the buliuess done
~ by. ,,ork consists In following up every
~, .,nt out either on trial or sold on
i.',,iimont plan. Her work Is partly
-,s Ia uses, partly to see that II Is
N.,lr cared Tor aud that It has not been
ION tidal with no intention Of buying
tmBly because tho family had some
-, 10 do and saw chance to do It
,t,.t pairing for the use OF the machine.
We; no statistics have been gathered
~ the sowing machine teacher. She
400, even attracted the attention u any
= III numerous societies which devote
g.rslyos 20 investigating the working
Tie sowing machine teacher h one
t,t.ncwrr Of the four hundred or mona
-lt'oas into which women have Gu
,..imtle past three decades.
~. also one In which women have q
.-5lv. Except Ia tho ease Of heavy
800 uachincs, all the teachers are u
ssr,atlss sex. She has some intoroating
ughnees TOO. o ,,.-,-.
Atsln the morning she Is expected 10
lstthp companys office. There she ru.
- the number OF places where she
.id the day previous. how long he spent
.s.h place. what sort Of caro- is being
Fl, tie machines. u IL DO machine
.,s,d on trial. whether the party Is likely
ably or not, or whether they have just
an because they want the u.s. Of Il for
Ching. Then abe 4 given list o. new
-t.h.nss sent ont Ia her district. II Ia
tarly o'clock when she slirts out. Shc
3 expected TO call in twenty or thirty
,,ets bcforc quitting work NJ Go'clock.
~ NNNhANA VI NNNNH NtAN NANNHAANNHHN W. N|NHN
sr,nictn OF eighteen Lessons on an average
tlh day.
lleF salary Ia not nm oxorhitnnt one,
tolgh she seldom complains u Il. sho
ytiInly g. better of than tho factory OF
a'srh. She must be- able 10 speak two
languages Nc least. Ia the up town districts
gassh and German nru Indispensable.
Down town. English and German aud abil
.rt make herself understood 30 the ltnl.
Las and russians Of tho sweat shops ara
nluiaIlc,
Asa rule a girl takes up the re Of sow
81 machine teacher when She h between
U,uioen aud twenty years old. Usually
&c sticks 10 u too. In a large up town Of
fss i one young woman who has bCCu
uifitfn years IN the business. She "
oyts salary Tor her work, and In ad
ti0n O. given nn agents cummigio fal
20 the mAchiuca sent out on trial which
Ltsuucccds 10 selling She likes tho work
rl considers herself pretty we'll fixed
Dec estimate u her earnings gives a.
rdagc Of twelve dollars u week.
he beginner IA given six dollars n week
IlAis Increased gradually Il she seems
AulJ to b. a successful teacher, Tor there
49, MlNAN NNkAaNAAAn NAN NlANA Us us 90
gsie. and STAN as wOll A. Ia every othuI
tttG,, until the maximum salary Of uin'
ttlln reached. some Of the teacher,
lssoE,tery expert In their knowledge OF
issrEtines and nrc ~. capable Of taking
il'ai'sit and repairing them a. tho ma.
Gss. Who constructed them.
OPPORTUNITIES ron coon.
ne sewing machine teacher has aomf
l.ra,iug experiences IA the rounds Of hoi
Vr'k Size cots a knowledge Of life, ml,cr
tAs and poor ne usually, aud an insight
10 The home life Of the poor, strange Gus
i1ai aud general human nature that VI,
osi acquire no other way. II requires q
GRAIN amount 81 philosophy, too, TO max,
successful teacher. As likely ~ mol
hriir,, Assignment will be- to dark aud
e'uiy hack room In tenement house
vhtre poor mother is trying TO support
Do little ones making clothing Tor o.,
HlcS She hns bought u sowing mnchin,
yin newer Improvements. with which All,
los 10 accomplish morc.
IlcsewinR machine teacher must IN a.
Eontiliy listen to the whole story. An.
a'ae be at sympathetic, and the woman
aghlhlc TO keep up her ins;allmout uut
Aa 10th new and old machines, tho 90
i'Henoo Is apt 10 have depressing effect
Wihe may havo TO 20 20 sweat sLo,
tefo everything u oyorcruwdcd aud gen
c-lly disarrscable. Or, again, II Is quiet
isaant little home neft whore littll
l'nan Is anxious 10 help tho strong rieh
An ~ doing hor own sewing nj home.
yet the many contrasts, che hcartrcnd
hs tales aud the contact with hard. I'm
"ely poverty seldom mgkcH the sowin.
n"alne teacher unwomanly or bitter
sae Jolly, happy, sympathetic won,
with great we'll II thnnkmlness II
i1r heart because her own lot Is ~ inucl
0,.er than some others
scmei.mes she makes good use Of ao
powers OF observation, and the result
llase startling little stC-ies. For a newn
Paper woman thore Is nothing like the oc
@pAl'on II the sowing machine teacher "a
neans o. gaining useful knowledge
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