The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18
WOMAN'S VARIED PHASES.
THE BUSINESS WIFE IND THE ST.
PERFLUOUS HUSBAND

the ono that helps to run the laundry. He can
be studied in his most Unnecessary estate
whom the laundry Is n small one. like hundreds
20 bc fOunG in the poorer parts OF tho city In
t!..tSe the wife G".I The actual work oi washing
hnN ironing win mo neIp Of rs many assist
ants as sho may need or he able to hire. The
husband. seated NJ comfortable distance from
the heat and soapsuds, does tho book
Kcc,Ihg This process consists in writing
o. slips the number OF articles left by
customers AMI then looking for the pack ages
when they have to he delivered to the appli-
c,nts. This allows him 70 keep a cigar in his
mouth usually. and ho can keep his seat
daring nine minutes out Of ter. SO running a
lnnadry is not hard for him. Hs wife. leaning
over the washtub. seems to take tho enterprise
moro severely. Possibly that Is her fault
Only in the ease of an obstrepcrous debtor
would the presence Of the husband seem
I. ally valuable. Whether that opportunity 20
p'nNc his value arises often enough to- mako
h / worth while as a business assistant is. OF
course. Il matter not susceptible OF proof. II
must be remembered too that his retention is
not always the result ~ his wifes free action.
Another husband who sometimes seems un-
necessary is tho dressmakers. We. the unnt-
tache1 drcssmakcr Is as rare as tho unmarried
prma donna. He figures in tho business much as
the laundry husband docs. but he Is frequently
Of real i'm portance. The man tailor for women
nowadays is Of course. not included among the
business husbands although he IL generally
married and has wife to hclp hin. The un-
scnn husband in the establishment known
under the style OF "Clotilde" or Mime.
Smythe's or by any equally feminine name
l. in many cases an industrious and successful
worker Usually this husband remains in the
wOrkroom down or up stairs. has entire charge
OF the sewing women. overlooks their work to
see that it is properly done. distributes the
sewing materials and keeps an eve on all the
business done behind the scenes. One New
York dressmaker has a husband who Is
never heard of. although he is her chief cutter
and on that feature OF her work most OF the
womans reputation rests. Another husband
designs. although his existence is never
heard Of by his wife's patrons. Most OF the
men do the bookkeeping and buy the goods
required. There are OF course. some that are
as useless as the laundry husband. although
they are few in comparison with the number
who are really valuable assistants in conduct
ing the business.
The increase in the number OF men millners
has been so great during recent years that the
milliner's husband has lost all Importance a
figure in a business that was supposed TO be-
long exclusively to women. Very few Of these
men have other than legal title to the names
Gns sdpf Ee nrer and the
% "a. s sSo .oa ss EssB
10 have a taste for such work or tho kind Of
Ss y M t fs ,Es in sas mser
they Entered The Parroom oi an uptown hotel
soda wns sn a enPs and f redaced was
the proprietor OF one Of the expensive shops on
a%' or 70 of the pS nS His pams
was quite ordinary and American. and he
R%t the we World Hfofr Business
French name, that costs more inside hat than
any other iii New York.
Nobody who ever saw Rosa Bonheurs pic
turc would believe her guilty OF any personal
vanity. blueJeans bouse'and breaches are
not tho dress OF a woman who thinks much
about her looks. But the painter was proud
Of her feet Once an English artist painted her
portrait She was satisfied with it. but noticed
one detail with disapproval.
But my feet" she asked. where are they7
You must put my boots in because l have
such small feet"
They were small in reality. but in the general
carelessness OF the artists attire they did not
come in for much attention. She was as proud
OF her Legion Of Honor medal as OF her feet and
It always had an especial value in her eyes
because she got it from the Empress Eugenie's
twn hand. Most Of the women in Paris who
have the order are in religious life. One ia an
ictress This is Marie Laurent. said to be the
hldost actress on the French stage. She re-
kcved the medal. not for her achievements as
In actress, but as the head OF the Actors Or
lhanage. a home for the orphan children OF
Ictors left without means. In that place her
thartics have frequently attracted attention.
That Rosa Benheur left in her studio an I'M
Finished painting for which 100000 had been
nfrcred to her is not believed by judges here.
The Bonhsur pictures do not bring the prices
they did at one time. When Cornelius Wander
ht paid $4,000 for THE Horse Fair" her
pictures reached their highest figure. Proba-
bly, many Of the sketches left behind by her
never to sell any Int her com peted works and
the studies LETT behind her are consequently
dcaISr from whom sh" obi aimed no such prices
as the pictures ultimately brought. So she
81 rich as she might haye been Tsn n But
h'qr pictures r, hSsan f. hTng high no Prizes fe
spanish Muetcers Crossing the Pyrenees"
IN ISIS. and that was the record un to- that time.
II 1851 one Of her pictures in Paris sold for
was Flock Of sheer in Reposss he,qrn-
ing to Pasture sold here IN 1877 at the Bel,
% BRO nSPf s$l ~ IN iS5s SSonaay KsnossS
rHmoi St donD,in uvf thew ' wGnd BRING today
the amounts willingly paid for them some
Rosa Bonheurs Indifference to dress got her
Her father sent her to Il boarding school. where
She was TO be educated in return for his ser
vices az drawing teacher. She wore a common
print dress. refused to study anything but
drawing. and was hated by all her, school
dra%g SGS asys"fsa hss's eli @i%
the teachers. She never learned many inn
rOrtant things for WHICH she had been sent to
original ideas as to spelling and grammar
Her father took her away from the school and
under the roof OF big bnilding There was a
terrace there for drying clothes. and in this
she had already the determination to become
an animal painter. She was ut one time ap-
rrenticed to a lr"ssmaker, and her father sent
her To- school after She had shown taste for
art and mons whatever for drmssmak Ing. The
first work OF her brush that brought her any
nranc.aI reward was the decoration OF some
boxes used tO pack plumS in. Sh" was abb"
by means Of such work TO support herself for
soma time.
Il wonder who'll be the boss OF tho board
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