The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19
81 fIII TIEIII IIEIIHIN DIIIlII
STETU OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
ERECTED IN PARIS IN 1900.

so that they c+H be s1ld outright when
desired. ! am told that some uf our i'm
p5rters briug in hundreds Of such designs
every yea.
Few people have any idea q the enormous
amount ot work done In Paris. TIL city
Is looked upon as the center Of rayety and
fashion not only for France but for the
world; and Il is a common saying that all
the world comes 10 Paris To- shop The
American tourist sees a crowd u loafers.
old and young. s-ru-tinl ur and down iii.
boulcyards and the faehionatie. well-dresscl
thTCuE Of ladies and gentlemen driving on
the Champs Elysees and In she BCis do
Boulogne and thinks that this IS Paris. Tho
real Paris is n harG-warkuE city. with more
laborers perhaps 20 its population than any
other city Of Europe. il IS the city of work
shops and petty factories. i Is estimated
that there are $500 f5rteries and workshops
IN the city. and in addition there are thou
sands OF outsiders VIII work at their homes
The usual factories IRE very small. the ay-
erage number OF han4s being six
sEAMSTRESS EAR:sS LESS THAN
\ DOLLAR 4 DAY
a great deal OF w@rk is done by sweat
shops. who give the tufts out and take IN
thu completed product, AT so much a piece.
This IS largely 50 a. 40 gowns and huts.
upon which. IL * estimated. 1000 girls are
kept working for about eight months Of
the year. The girls receive very low prices
and ordinary sewing girls can make less
thar a dollar a day while working. and
some not more than half that amount. The
designers are. Of course. paid well. but the
average wages are FAR below those paid in
the United States
L. the factories themselves the hours are
long. I have gone thr0ugh the busiest
parts Of this city ats7 o'clock in the even
ing and have seen saving girls working in
the cellars far below ehe level II the streets.
The stores here cioS- between = and D.. n.
Il tho curious sights IF Paris j. taeSe clerks
leaving work. Some II thu stor have .ron
shutters which slide down from the top,
making a wall % sheet iron over the whole
front. This wall iflet down before The
clerks leave and thcrP Is a i-tle door about
three feet high and 5To feet wide which Is
lett open until they get out They crawl
through this door at night aud crawl in IN
rne morning a long procession Of women
and men. going In and out IKE so many
dogs They s~traiehtea up. however imme-
diately they get outside. and walk on 50
jauntily that ysu wouIG never imagine they
had heeu working all day
WORKERS WHO Make PARTS
OF LADIES DRESSES.
/ have spoken o. Paris as a manufacture
ing city. Il makes everything under the
sun; from pins 10 locomotives. from buttons
10 balloons, and from gloves to gowns. 1t
has -2OB people Who are engaged in max
ing only parts OF ladies' dresses. in contra
distinction TO the c0Tspiste gowns, and these
turn out d product amounting 10 $4,000
"A year. Il has ~tenstof thousands at work
On corseLs. not onls2 for Paris. hut FOR all
parts If France ano for shipment abroad.
The French corset r an expensive luxury.
and a good ore froih a high-griced maker
costs az much as So You can get others
shaped 70 your persga for as low as $. and
If you are SO Dlebiah rs 20 buy a ready
made article you RilE find "a large variety or
snch goods at still lower prices.
Paris manufacture q great deal OF furnf-
ture. Il has about &.00 workshops OF This
kind. each employing three or four hands.
The furniture Is costly, and It does not com
pare in quality with that OF the United
states made by machinery. France has a
high tarin on such importations. however,
and at present about the only American