Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-18

mands for H. Others are the wall aowers
Of fashion, appealing only &c the few, and
suon fading into hopeless Oblivion.
In the folding department. where the pat
terms 20 after being cut, there Is another
small army Of GIRLS at work. The various
parts Of a pattern are put before them just
az they come from the cutting department.
With trained swiftness they gather UP the
different parts and with the aid Of metal
folders gather the tissue pieces into the re-
quired size. After The folding here Il the
labelling ana the final wrapping 10 he done
before the pattern Is ready TO be offered
for sale. The whole process Is gone
through with great quickness. Sometimes
rush demand comes in from the order
department OF the factory at / o'clock and
by in the afternoon the stock OF pat
terms is ready and out on the delivery
wagon. a.
Millions Made I'm Near.
From the workshop OF this one factory
between 100000 and 5O.OOO,Oco patterns are
issued a year. enough, some fundamentally
inclined person calculated. 70 literally cover
the continent a number or times, II spread
out
In the various departments Of the build
ing. the literary. the printing department
and all, there arc between 1000 and 5000
workers employed. all busted with lthe task
of oillng the great machinery Of fashion.
In the smaller factories where patterns
are furnished to the papers and magazines
the plan of the establishments is much the
same as In the larger plant at least the
modus operandi is. The patterns. planned
for this purpose, above all things must be
simple. and must be practical. They have
to be thoroughly tested before they are sent
out. The designer must have a new design
ready each day, so as to have a fresh fash
! ion greet the readers of the paper every
afternoon or every morning. TO do this
keeps her wits and her fingers busy. She
has to be constantly on the outlook for new
ideas to use in her work From the desigR
model is made up on dressmakers forms,
usually, though for the children's clothes
| the little people themselves are brought in
| frequently to try on. Then the artist
sketches the model. In the same way as In
the larger factory. the patterns are struck
| OF. From the artists sketch line drawings
and half-tone mats are made, the half-tones
for the magazines and the line drawings for
the newspapers. Each week seven of these
mats, with accompanying descriptions, arc
sent out to the papers the concern furnishes
designs to-.
| The orders Tor the patterns all come
through the paper, so that the pattern
company comes little in contact with its
customers. Occasionally, however, letters
! trickle in from patrons not in touch with
publications or from some person wishing
to come direct to headquarters with de-
mands or complaints. Some Of those let
tiers are curious specimens. such as one re-
ceived recently by g well-known concern
from a woman asking advice on how "a
shorten a child" The young woman in
charge Of the correspondence was unmar-
ried, and the question puzzled her. She
thought it over carefully, trying not &c
call I'm outside help but finally had to sub.
init it to the once force. A practical
married man solved the question quickly
The woman meant how to put the baby IT
short clothes The information was duly
given.
A design plainly marked "One-piect
Apron was among those sent out by THU
same company. and shortly after an indg
nant letter came from a patron. All tn,
pattern had not been sent to her; thert
was only one piece of it. and unless none.
were refunded at once she would circuiat
rumors about the pattern company amonl
all her friends. A careful letter was writ
ten in answer. telling the owner of tn
pattern to read the directions on the out
| side.-BroolSlyn Eagle. ....