The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02
WIEN THE DRESSMAKER COMES.
BY MARGARET {. sANGsTER.

A FUNCTION. mysterious and sacred,
~ as recurrent as moon or the tides,
Is known TO the initiated as
the coming Of the dr. ssmaker. Its
rites are treated with the deepest awe,
and never without proper ceremony. al
though thzre be those who tear their
hair and gnash their teeth when the
time for celebration comes around.
To the man Of the house, the COM
ing of the dreSSmaker is as annOVing
as thu old-fashioned house-cleaning. In
both cases he is made to realize his
insigUificance. is impressed with the
TACT that he is only a big clumsy and
laundering mau-body. and is. for once.
in his life, showed aside with as little
tormality as If h We're merely a
sUperfluous bit Of furniture
The dressmaker, let it be understood.
is "A parsonage Of distinction. For weeks
before her arrival affairs have b. en- so
Arranged as 10 give her an uudisputed
right Of way She IS often engaged
months i'm advance and her dates are
ass fN=d and as carefully made as
those which announce visits of royalty.
ID her own character she is plain Mary
Jenkins or Kitty Cassidy In her role
of dressmaker she is an autocrat. and
stately DANES and fair demoiseiles bow
Tore her. one SOlicitS her in the
autumn for week in the spring. one
who is al all forehauded engag es her
FOR the fan the day the spring sewing
y finished. Her prices are high. but
nobody disputes them. 4 dTe3smaker
who has style and savoir-faire in the
creation of feminine toilettes may sim
ply ask what price sh pleases.
When she is expected an air of ex-
element ucrvades the household.
Breakfast is earlier than usual. The
off IN
bile impatience flUrries the mistress, and
the maid moves about as hastily as if
looking for an invitation to a wake.
Should John choose that special morn
ing TO loiter a little before going to
business, saying that he has to meet
man on his way 10 the Office and will
take a later train. deep detection
SEXES his Womankiud- There are
times when the best Of men is
stumbling block: when On5 waves
joyful hand at the most adorable hus-
band as he disappears around the
corner.
Everything else yields TO the urgency
OF the moment when tn lady Of the
scissors and the styles appears ON the
scene. Samples were sent for weeks
ago. and goods anXiously selected and
purchased. Mother and daughters have
reminded one another whenever
errauds have been mad to the local
shops. Go bring home needles and but
tons and bTaids and sewing silk and
Innings and hooks and eyes and twist.
il would be too dreadful to find any
thing lacking when the dTessmak= rs
time had come.
When she has taken off her hat and
jacket, and uurolled her patterns. the
artistic surveys thu materials laid out
for her inspection. The shimmering
silks. the tilmy GAUGES, the sheer lawns,
the lowered organizes, the lUstrOUS
mohairs- tn soft woods, whatever the
fabrics chosen may be. are spread be
fore her with "a certain pride.
Beautiful and costly they may be.
but the dressmak p is never en-
thusiastic. Sh- regards the most
elegant StUnS with Indifference. as be
fits one who handles such goods daily.
and to whom nothing is sumptuOuS or
INA EuihCeut. SIN. is often naughty.
and occasionally oudesceuding. but