The evening times., 1900-03-06
coRsET-MAKING IN AUSTRIA.
The Amount of Rattan Used In Thei
Manufacture Very Small

Manufacture Very SnSnii.
Carl Bailey Hurst. Consul General 10
Vienna. in a communication TO the De
partment OF state. says Of the use Of rat
tan In corset manufacture in Austria the
following:
The consumption Of rattan in the man
ufacture Of corsets in Austria Hungary is
small. not more than 5000 TO 800
pounds being used annually. This supply
comes from Germany, as there are no man
ufacturers in this country. ard what little
Is employed is imported for the greater
part by the corset manufacturers them
selves and not by dealers in ratarS Il
whom only three in Vienna carry this
article at all. One CT these dealers told
me that in the past year he had disposed
Of only about $50 pounds The rattan is
used only for the very cheapest kinds OF
corsets. in widths from one-eighth TO two
ffths OF an inch. and ranges in price from
Is to 2. cents a pound
Most Of the corsets are made with an
Imitation whaleboue. produced from the
horns OF cattle There are three factories
in this monarchy where this article is man
ufactured, and their annual production is
SS.O00. $1,000, and $4,000 pounds. respec-
lively. q total Of i76O 600 pounds. There
are two kinds Of this bone. called. respec-
lively. blond and black The blond va
riety is made from the wet horns Of Hun
gaTian cattle and is much the better arti-
Gle. The black sort is made from horns
Imported from India. which are sent dry.
as during the long trat portation they
would putrify. This latter kind possesses
less elasticity
The hCruz mr. r,rag4aa hafv-aa- baa,-,-
and hot irons. The outer sides OF the
horns become more or less scorched. and
the slabs sawn from these outer surfaces
are much Inferior IN quality TO those taken
from the centr- which are the best and
dearest. The bones are cut from six 70
twenty inches long and three -sixteenths
10 fve-siIteenths Of an inch broad The
lengths from twelve TO twenty inches are
those in demand for corsets anC sell.
wholesale, the black for p cents and the
blond for 60 cents a pound. Large guam
titles OF these bones also come from
France because the manufacture here does
not meet the demand.
There are not more than a half dozen
corset factories in Austria Hungary. and
these turn out about 1 500. coo corsets an
nually- The twa largest ones are in VI
emma leopold LauEeis. VI Wallgasse I6.
and BachTich Broth'rs, 1 SalzthOrgasse u.
and each can turn out about 1900 a day on
an average The wholesale prices range
from 81 10 $50 dozen. these being made
from cotton goods costing from 10 cents TO
81 the yard The retail prices are 20 per
cent dearer The favoTite and best sell
ing cOlors are grey. cream. and drab. The
better ones are neatly decorated with fan
cy stitching in various c0lOrs. are edged
with a narrow trimming at the top and
have half-inch broad cotton laCes CORES
ponding in tint 10 the stitching. COrsets
can be bought in Vienna at retail as low
as l6 cents
A feature in Austrian made cOrsets is
a large hook sewed on IN front wei un-
der the waist beneath which the laces are
passed in tying Statistics as to exports
are not obtainable but it is estimated that
about 1O.O0l pairs are annually shipped 10
Eastern countries and South America.
Wages in the factories range from 81
10 So a week. and working time is ten
hours a day. Women are mainy employed
The fancy stitching and embroidering are
given out "