Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29
GIVES EMPLOYMENT TO MANY.
Br2dley-Martin Sees 1870 seamstrcsses at
Work and He Is Happy-He Finds THAT
the s25O.OOO win BE Well Distributed,
working People Getting Some OF 1.-THE
Costumes

Costumes.
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Stitch stitch. stitch.
on double, and hose and shoon,
From the rise of the rosy sun
70 the rise of the silver moon.
Work. work. work
I'm the workshops dusty ana tdL, leo. a.,
From the scads that Will come cavortlnS III
From the Bradley Martin bail.
Work. work work
For the shekles OF silver ana god u
From the gown of russeI ana button anu
The cash to their hives is rolled.
sew. sew. sow.
For the big financial haul
That will come in floods for making the
Tor the Bradley Martin ball.
Cook. cook cook,
TIL the day gives up the ghOs,,
on trufies ana quail and Jerrapln
And nighungaIcs tongues on toast;
Ard thc cash come SrollinS In
To the stocking upon the wall
For preparing the daiptieS ahead OF time
For the Bradley Martin ball.
Snap. snap snap.
Will re-echo the cabby's whip,
As he tetches the equine on
The auricular clip;
And the horses viii prluCc and fly.
Though they stumble and slip and fall
And the Stableman's nags will recoup his
Al the Bradley-Martin ball
Stablemau. tailor. cook.
Look forward serenclN now,
Like the dance musician and waiter OF
The CheSierfcidian bow
For the night of he festive tenth
or February 20 fail,
While they work wide awake for the cash
they'll make
From the Br3dley-Martin ball.
r. X. MUNKITTRICK.
Mr.. Bradley Martin has begun an in
vestigation of the subject of the pro-
jected costume bail, from the viewpoint
Of the beneiciaries of the quarter of a
million dollars it will probably cost
those who take part in the festivities.
He is trying to find out if the money
which would otherwise remain in banks
will benefit only limited number Of
ShOpkeepers, already well to do.
Mr.. Martin began mis- tour of inves-
tigatiOn yesterday. He started &
Union Square, where he visited one of
the best known cOstumers in the cloy.
He asked whether many orders for COS
tunes for the ball had beer received.
He was told that enough had been re-
ceived to furnish wock for 1870 women.
DO YOU mean 100 extra employees
inquired Mr.. Marin, In as,Omshment
We'll. it is practically that replied
the cOsJumer. We have been obliged
to lay aside our regular work, which
will have to be lone lat"r on during Inc
dull season, so Dy giving :hese peGu:e
work now and wo'K then II amounts
to the same thiGS. f." they will set
just double the wages by having two
seasons of WORK.
Mr.. Martin asked to be allowed to
see these $50 seamstresses. The pro-
prietOr conduc-el him TO me work.
room, where ne SAW me busy stitcher5
at their work He made tour of the
room and inspected eacn wman 5
work. He noted bright, happy faces,
and his own caught their reflection.
Yes, they are happy" the costumer
remarked because they need work.
and your ball has furnished it, Every
woman probably represents a family,
and maybe its chief bread-winner, so
the good does not end with these $50
/ people, but in many cases benefits two
and three times that number
We'll, / am glad to have seen them,
for | confess all this talk about my
wife's extravaganza has made me feel
very badly. | don't mind a bit now
what is said about waste of money.
since the money finds its way into the
pockets of those who need it, said Mr..
Martin.
He then ordered his own and his
sons costumes, and requested that de-
signs and samples of material be sent
TO Mrs. Martin for her selection.
Designs for the costumes TO be worn
at the ball are necessary. They are
usually made by obscure artists I'M
, known to fame, who find existence by
their brush, a hard task They re-
ceive $40 apiece for small water color
sketches.
Many of Mrs. Bradley-Martin'
guests have selected famous portraits
by old masters as models Tor their
gowns. An engraving to one after La
Tour has been purchased by well
known society woman for $50. A num-
Der Of ladies have bought reproduc-
tions of Van Dyke. Vatican and lie
Brun at the same price.
Dressmakers will copy these pictures
and give employment TO hundreds OF
women and young girls who are usually
out of work at this season. for in many
Of the fashionable establishments a
large percentage of the employees are
7 laid off after the middle of January
until it is time to begin on spring fash
| ions.
Little errand girls also come in for
| some of Mrs. Martins money. These
small wage earners, whose weekly 81
are. in some cases, all the income OF
( a family. when father and mother are
( out of work. run from shop to shop
matching silks and velvets, getting pat
: terms of lace and samples Of ribbon
! and blessing the rich ladies for whose
/ gowns they are trotting about, for they
| can now take home their slender earl
ings On Saturday nights. instead OF
/ their discharge, as they had expected.
The court costumes of the sixteenth
I seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
, in which Mrs. Martins guests will APP
! pear. are most elaborate. embroidered
| and trimmed with lace and jewels The
/ needlework will be done by women
/ who do not have steady CT remun era
/ tive employment and so will the bead
work. the pearl girdles, belts, bodices
/ fllets and headdresses.