Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-05-19
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4Ale 0TA TraGedy In Peunsyfvania Hotel
IA few weeks ago. the proprietor OF
ahOtel ID Scranton, Pa, decided to
dress his nine or ten dining room
girls all alike. So he called the girls
together and told them he would Sc
lect the material for the dresses. and
pay for it, and the girls would have
to get the dresses made at their own
expense. Thew would be required to
wear white aprons and white rutlies
at the neck and wrists. and they
must wear their hair braided low be-
hind the head, so that it would al
most touch the rutfies. II a girl left
| tho landlords employ without cause,
or IL she was discharged, she would
be Obliged to leave her dining room
dresses az the hotel. He was going
to get two dresses Of different colors
for each waitress, and they were to
wear one set one week and the other
the next. The girls listened atten-
lively, and when the landlord had
finished, there vas some gentle kick
ing against the new rules What
colored goods did the landlord think
Df getting for the dresses? Oh, he
didn't know, but it would be becom-
ing to them and all right Leave
| that to him. Couldn't the girls go
and pick out what suited them? Oh,
no! That would lead to lack Of har-
mony and chickering's, and it
would take a month to make
the change, the landlord declared.
Wouldn't he be SO kind as
| to let them choose for themselves?
Not by a jugful! Well, then, he
must he sure and pick out something
real nice. Oh, yes lie would get
the neatest goods In the store. Would
they have to drill like soldiers. No;
but they will have to get up and get
and put on more style. Very we'll,
they would do the best they knew
how.
When the landlord brought the
goods in the next day, there was
some vigorous kicking on the part OF
the blonde dining-room girls. The
landlord had selected some light-blue
and light-pink ginghamS for the two
sets OF dresses, and at Onc the
blondes lifted up their voices and
strenuously asserted that they
wouldn't look Il bit nice in garments OF
that kind. But the brunettes were
pleased with the goods, and. as they
outaumbered the blondes, they
thought the latter ought to be salts
fed. The blondes, however, wouldn't
spend a cent to have the dresses
made, so, there! And they wouldn't
,,no~ <hn 1svht kJno onl Itrhf ri ~ l.
things, even il the boss were to nay
for the making OF them. But the
landlord quietly took the %recalcitrand
blondes in hand, and when he got
through with them they promised tC
make up the dresses AS soon as the
uniforms were finished, there was
more trouble for the landlord. One
OF the blondes said she wouldn't veal
the dresses for any man. and she
threw up her situation right away,
saying that she would sooner go to
work in a kitchen at half the wages
than to look like fright Another
blonde wore her pink dress for a day,
and then left the house. The third
tried her best to get used to the col
orS She had several good cryins
spells, and, on the second day, sht
packed up her buds and went away
A day or two afterward, the fourth
blonde beauty threw up her job ant
took Il walk, and all the girls tina
were left in the dining wer,
brunettes. For a week, the exas
peratcd landlord was s~horthanded
Then he advertised for help, ending
his advertisement with these words
"As the undersigned has had all tn,
experience with blonde girls that h,
wants. none but brunettes need ap
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