The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-01
TRIALS OF TIE MTLLINER,
CRLNET CUsTOMERs a GREATER pU1-
DEN 7HAN BUSINESS CfRRs.
she Mu" no nee wors la Mode. and Nus.


thnt the MIIiinsr'- Mind Il Theirs
Whenever two or three women are patbersd
together at this season Of the year You mar
lie sure there Is n grand interchange OF tales
| OF woe concerning the things that have been
! done that should have been loft undone and
| the things that have been left undone that
should have been done by the dressmoker. the
| milliner. and tho cloakmaker. It would seem
! from the concnrring Testimony Of all woman.
| KIND that the artists who devote tholr time and
| talents 20 draping and decorating the human
form divine according TO tho latest mode
were direct emissaries OF his satanic mai.
esty. inspired by u diabolical ambition 10
thwart and pervert every woman's desire 10
be well and becomingly dressed TO deIev thu
completion OF gowns to overchaige on 1nd-
ings. to Ecep in cold storage, lust for tho aaka
OF being disobliGing, the fur garments tbev
promise to make ready for winters wearing.
md to design the most unbecominc hats md
honnets at the most iniputtous prices they
dare. As II these long. su frerinR rnterers m
fair woman Is vanity these keepers OF the ward
robe in queens palaces were really a league
OF pick pock cts banded together under solemn
oath to make every customer. save. indeed, n
few unusually pretty women, whose beauty
trtumphs over bad nts and makes even an un- |
becoming bonnet attractive. look "a ugly "a
they possibly can. charge as much for Il ma tina |
law allows. and be forever about doing it nil |
from malice and machiavcllan mnlevolenca |
But tho miliner and the dressmaker and the |
furricr met by chance and talked It over
= II you want to see human nature az she ia"
began the milliner you Just want TO stand
behind the chair where oil day long the ene
ladies sit in front OF the Wig mirror, ndeetInp
and fussinE over bonnets. The women with
great big faces and heavy chins and sallow
skins tumble into hear in that chair md
want bonnet that makes them look lust ns
they think they looked when they were
sweet sixteen and had waists that measured
less than their arms measure now You show
such woman the Kind OF hat che ought to
wear and she will say it IL too old you sbov
her another one that her daughter ought TO
wear and she will say that 1t makes her face
look too big somehow. And she can't
Zee why you don't maSo becoming
things any more as you used to- Then
'he begins to get cross and red in the
ace. and fanctos you are not interested
n her any more. BY this time she has worked
herself up into such n state she doesn't like
Inything you have. any way. and IL she doesn't
~ OF In q hun as you hope she will, she acts
Is IL you made unbecoming bonnets lust on
purpose to DO unkind. when you spend your :
ife trying to make every woman look her best. Z
watched ono Of my girls going through a
Gene OF this kind. She had O strain Of Irish I
ood that made her quick and CLEVER and she =,
Tas pretty well tired out when the customer
nrned round and saw pretty Young girl try d
NJ on q light and airy bonnet. and Of course q
IokinG IL ke rosebud lust iloesomet. ccause
ne, Lord made her that way, 'Thrre.' she p
aid; Why don't yon make me- look like that
, bonnet -makci IL becoming, ynu know > N
Madame answered the girl, we mako
onnets hore. We don't make faces Of cuurso y
had TO discharge the girl. bui didn't blame r.
- Then there ia the woman that wants an all. b
lack hOnnrt because she can wear il with : W
IerythinG! and when YOU make it Tor hor she ri
/" woman that wants n bonnet that will an hl
yer Ia wear in the evening. md 10 church and e.
the Afternoon. and pcrhhp, in tho morning. a.
b" isn't so much t. blame. because she proi- ~
D!y has II cranky husband who doesn't give a.
.ough il she hdsth money Somo women Uuy
'nnrts Just as they huy caramels. becnuso In
he worst of them all Is woman who brings :
y own material. little III Of let. u roll OF
I'd then she can't understand why It costs
much whom sne had all the material. and
pleased to call tho air Of pirot hat hat and and
there is ANYTHING real valuable ip her old SIX
You can't make her see where It al sS N
axes other PLEASANT remarks OF the same co
nj VIII stand anout 80 much Of it,, you Ar
ow. hut even the worm Will turn: and ono IN,
me real lace for bonnet hogan TO hint that I'M in,
lile she looked on. 10 10
But don't want you to rim, UP the bonnet In In
pretty ~ 1t ls now do not Intend to nc
Ne il m again. told her. dn'
But / want that bonnet. am going 70 n | W
ention this afternoon. and must have it. a. a.
+, loq VII hnyo to get some one else TO make feI
ke uonnets Tor a living l do not have to III
g insults from anybody. Tor
r good manners in the carriage at tho door 10"
their iootman ana coachnan TO guard rrt
Is. headed child in here that nothing would MAI
without cutting and enlarging the crown, Ssn
the the an newt GrI ay 9 she cam mat 10 a DC
iscd To- take the hat because the crown in i
cut: lsunnos" she had been somewhere ben
me, had found CHEAP place where she s snE
Id have it made up at hnf rrce. The sales ni1p
nan verv politely told her that she hal or nih
ed the hat cut in that way and must takeit. III
N the torrent Of insolsnco she began to rem
r on that girls head made me furious. and I"M
ant up and told her that she needn't take TN TN
hat hut that the girl had told the truth. lin
But give Won my word as q lady that she anu
not told tie truth the great lady an sa,'
red with flashing eyes, a nv
nave known mat girl for twenty years. h htS,
gered. She has never told mo an I'M n1 Pi
h. | must accent her word as a lady. do wy
you sr rnm na mn Hs Whs II who
1 morning, % course She cried. but thing ~
will remember the lesson" 81
er. "a woman never Knows what she OH,
ts and never Knows when she has cot H. "nG
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figure never studies II honestly makes =.
many allowances for it, and eNuocts Ter shin
shaker 70 make height and grace and ali puu
the Creator hasn't been able 10 do for 70 X.
all 1.-THE same price. She is always seeing ueht
rthing that lust suits her. When She rats Ial
. il doesn' look HS she expected and shs 70 .,
and thinks ! am to nIamr uIea
- ~ now sbsip neio ana cety'
n. As could tell until | stand her nm ne
10 mirror AMI study her humps ami uihs
rs ii make the dress as I really mini QUE
iIght 10 have Il she is displeased hacousa Wsu'
II more stylish, II make il ACCORDING fo
node she is disappointed OeraIso In maias
ook 50 large. The worst OF II 10 when two |
en- come l., selher. OF course the wom.n | n
the best figure gets tho hest-looktnp Dr.
VI ~ ~ o.. q :, mae IL belleNes OF O.
wasn't interested. - ~ .
nd the way rhey will change their nInds oron
the waist Ia all Planned and they have no cats,
81 n. They g. home and talk II NH nvar ltiln
somehnay and the SOmpbodv advisos hh,i
| not 70 have IL that way: then tksv cn,ns 81, ~
and spend an entire morning tAIEino N olh',i
and having Il changed lou see Won roS ~
Z can MAZE a woman believe .hinT sr;ts t1unie
Inlss- she has n changed thTp, Sr tnns WIN
) They willt"li YOU that In the stores bSisy
hrro or four yOHsn coming In Ia tsik a | hsSAtS
an over and ravr II changed OF e@uys" Ne
tina daS. aud everybody Wonders WIZ ! anu
get dresses done on time Another thing bnJ