The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06

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and ais oouldn't beRin 10 cot on with New
YOgh customers ~ m lfish wuuan can,
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soothe and clIolc, And tho lrish Nnunan
10 ingenious 90.
'Whsn, for Instance, one tells me that
shs ls afraid she Ia short Of goods for a
CERTAIN style ~ costume for which she has
taken an order. all I need say Ia this. n
o French woman had that order she would
have no trouble about making the goods
answer with 4 toss e her head tho Irieh
woman walks on and I hear no moro about
shortage 81 material.
a German or an American, on tho con-
trary. would, under the same circumstances,
be quite unmoved and probably would
really require moro goods. The French
are economical cutters and the Irish come
next.
Yes. the head employees in this depart
ment are Irish, and the Irish predominate
In all the first class women's order depart
ments | can think Of"
THE Irish are born ~salespeople. They
can sell anything" remarked the manage
Of q Sixth avenue store which includes "a
d~ressmaking department high in fashion
able favor. And they are artistic and
adaptive-supposing they have talent
enough to enter the dressmakers' ranks
at all.
Some Of the best and most artistic en-.
ployees in our custom order department
from time to time have RISEN from the ranks
Of errand girl and shopper; and they were
Of Irish parentage, Young Irish girls who
learned the dressmakers' trade in Ireland
before coming here often develop into
thorough artists in fitting. designing and
selling the more expensive grades Of women's
clothing, aside from tailored gowns, which
are generally cut and fitted by men.
Dinner gowns. ball gowns. reception
gowns, fancy co5tumes-if they can be
called that-of every kind are seldom or
never on this side of the water fitted by
men. Tailored suits, on the other hand, are
rarely fitted by women.
I'm the thousand and one small places
in New York which advertise to make
ladies' suits, the German, tile Pole, the
Russian, is far more often encountered
than the Irishman. and in these places
women employees are much in the back
ground. They seldom At, or take orders
or sell. They help with the Sc wing and
that is about all; and it is not often that an
Irish woman is met in any Of them.
Our head outer and filter in the strictly
tailor suits is a German. but the orders for
such suits are taken mostly by an Irish
woman. for the reason that they are given
in the department which makes a speciality
Of gowns Of lace, silk. satin and velvet.
italian women do the most ornamental
Of the sewing on women's costumes made
here, and there are many German-Ameri-
cans in our workrooms and some in our
salesrooms. Our European buyer Of women's
costumes is Irish-American, the head Of
the department is an American and the
chief takers of orders are Irish and Of Irish
descent.
AT present we nave no French woman
in the department. French m are
scarce