New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-30
ONE KIND OF MODELS.
THEIR BUSINESS Is TO DISPLAY CLOTHES.
NAVY yor.NG WOMEN or GOOD FIGURE EARN
COMFORTABLE SALARIES BY TRYING on
GARMENTS FOR Wholesale AND


GARMENTS FOR WHOLESALE; AND
RETAIL. PURCHASERS
There are hundreds OF young women in New-York
n,bo make heir living as models authority
SAYS that there are more than a thousand: when
as,,naie leads 10 the conc sior that good looks are
not scarce in the island Of Manhattan, FOR these
Young women owe success entirely 10 their me
physique The models here alluded 20 are not those
who sit TO artists. and whose charms are trans
,srred % canvas but those who try suits. silk
waists Jackets cloaks and capes for the benefit OF
the customers in the and dressmaking estao-
lshmcnts.
The more exclusive and expensive Of the uptown
women's tailors all employ mo !els to display 'heir
gowns The best firms IT. the shopping districts
have them. but the Eat ma oslty OF moue's i','
oc.un,,lon In the big VIII los. e houses In middle
90, lover Proadway 4 number Of firms in that
vicinity employing mary a a dozen the who.e
war round The average dow. own modei Is paiu
from N2 to SIS a week. but a. unusually pieas'ns
subject may command as hga IS SIS Those IN the
big retail Establishments VINO combine the o''ce VI
a model with that OF sale woman get s''
The available model mus measure thirty-six
inches about the bust AMI twenty-three or twenty
four around the waist. he height being IN proper
ton the trying on OF gowns ana c'otKs Tor "o"e"
built on a less liberal pai being in,rusted TO the
misses models that is. 10 Uniformed girls fourteen
or fifteen years old.
SATISFIED Win AiAI<is WYNN
81 think our work is nuch to be preferred to that
n, tho ordinary salesgrla.' said handsome model
q, the brunette type. employed In a large suit and
cloak house In Broadway. eonccrn which Is said 10
be the largest OF its kind tn the world our hours
are shorter. and FOR mon ms at time there Is
scarcely anything 20 do. q cours' the very busy
months are busy indeed. but we e treated with
the Creates, respect and we always get OF az haif-
mast the year round. Some Of tn firms in town
% models business
cots slack but this frri never does; our salary
goes on JUS, the same. whether there Is much or
nothing doing We always cert ain OF our vaca-
ZION OF two weeks. and liA OF ir pay during
that time - course. II q sirl want longer va
cation she has to pay for the extra time
.'po YOU M We dress IN any prescribed style!
Incurred one Interested In the inject
.oh YES, We are required DR. In black: all
NJ lis: lust a simple tight-htting. waist. and good
style plain skirt You mustn't judge OF our Uniform
by the way look this morni &. sire added. gianc-
ing az her companion. Put as there is very little
doing this month we are permitted to wear cotton
waists they being cooler and more convenient, and
she adjusted A stud in her blue-stI ped shirt waist.
august is our busy time" she continued. and We
will be buster than ever this year on account OF so
many of the drygoods houses beginning to deal in
furs."
You try on the furs and coaks?'
Yes and that is warm and tresome work when
the thermometer is In the ninetes.
How long do you have to keep the garments on?'
.Oh sometimes the buyer does not know just
what he wants and must avail his decision. or
try a number OF garments 20 see " he likes them;
then again In ten minutes man Y y buy quaint
ty OF goods and will b. released. In the winter.
I'm February when every body is coaked up and
wearing heavy clothing. adopt tight-httng jer-
seys and try on thin unned summer costumes for
the next seasons trade. Trying on the thin things
in winter though isn't bad cloakins up in
the heavy suits in summer
II think It's a great deal r!cer to be in a whole
sale house than In an uptown store she went on.
because much freer an have much
more time 10 ourselves In the stores uptown the
glrs are on their feet all the time. nd there isn't
much cessation In work the year round you see.
because many people from a distance come to
New York shopping even in the summer"
WELI-GOWNED YOUNG WOMEN.
Another advantage OF her calling which this
shrewd young woman pointed ~ was the fact
that the models had the oppo. tunity of getting
really frst-class gowns and ja kets for much less
than actual cost. I'VE rattle pride ourselves on
dressing we'll and being sood style, she explained
at Is a part OF our bush SIS" And looking at the