The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-26

maintain my position with the sales peo-
pie and for the house. No, nothing is safd
here in regard to dress, but there is an
unwritten law, and know that I am sv
pected to dress in a way suitable to NV
position. That does not mean that mus.
overdress. l must dress appropriately AZ
all times, must dock like my work and
give a certain distinctiveness to my posi-
ton.
TT IS this way. Perhaps a customer
comes here to get gown She tries on
number of different styles, but is not
quite satisfied. She gets little beyond
the saleswoman and sends for me. go
to her as some one having a little more
authority and underst anding more thor.
oughly the styles and the gowns. 1 saw
to her, No, I would not get this and I
tell her why, and go on to show her the
reason that she will find this or that mora
appropriate. She will probably take my
advice. But what would she think IL 7
came to her wearing a shabby gown or
one that was not in good style? She
would not think my advice was worth
while IL did not know how to dress nv
self. So though gown may be perfect
ly good at the end of a season L must put
1t aside.
TT is different in different places, ana
the experience of one is not the expert
ChCC VI dda III ~ Inherent mouse q. WO-
man doing practically the same work
and getting the same salary might not
be obliged to dress equally well. The class
of goods she had in charge and the class
of people with whom she was dealing
would make the difference.
ooh, yes, certainly must have a gown
for every season I should feel that 1 was
dressing badly if I did not 1 had this
gown this spring''-it was very pretty
gown all in black, fine materials, made
in one of the latest styles, and with a
light-colored vest-'and now I must have
two new waists for it. Then there is a
dress for the opening of the sale OF the
Paris gowns. Oh, yes, I must always have
new gown for the openings. Then, for
summer, must have a pretty grenadlne
skirt and shirt waists; but they are shirt
waists a little different from the ordl-
nary shirt waist-shirt waists that I must
have made, for instance You see what
mean? Then for the fall there must be
another dress and still another for the
winter.
''It will cost more for woman In my
position to dress than it will the wives
of the greater number of prosperous bus
mess men in the city. That will be in
dressing only for my work, and then l
do not dress as well as I would like.
Now, I don't mind telling you this: I
started IN small position and worked
my way up. began at a position lower
than a good many who start in. 1t is as
IL L had gone in at a position of, say. 81
week, while others went in at a salary
Of $12 or $14. But kept getting on, and
whenever l was promoted I would 20 10
the head of my department to thank him,
and he would say:
That's good; now you can afford to
dress a little better
How would I have shown that I was
getting on If I was not dressing a little
better? Each time I would go to him TO
thank him for an advance he would ray
the same thing
II did dress a little better and kept
on advancing, and 1 know that while
have gone on, the women who began in
better position and have economical saw
Ing every cent, are now in the same DO
sitions and getting the same S12 and S4
week that they were getting at first
There Is another thing about having
responsible position. You must live pp
to your reputation. We have the rrpu-
tation of getting $50 $75 and 500 q week.
Perhaps we do not always get as much
as people think, but we must live I'D TO
our regulations. A woman who is making
700 week must do as much as the wo-
man who is getting $500 a week. I don't
mean in living showly and extravagant-
~, but she must give to This and give
10 that and do what the people exncct
one OF her position 70 do. Sho mus, d. it
Tor the management and the sales peo-
pie and for her own SeIf.r.snao.