The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19


night. And here again my ssrvioss penn
4 was startled the first time ! was sGEed
10 try on q pair Of stockings, q pale HIS
nix pair by the way. / oonsulted the
head'o the department. an e~xperienceo
0is ny tS sSS~ on = by all moans.' said sbs.
II selected q pair Of pretty gold glipPere.
and, taking en- assorted box Of SIX noe
Of ell colofs under my arm, ! went tne
trying on room, my cuatoner
One after anothey ! put on ne stG Sst ~
sheen would show, and n after another
the customer bought.
when ] finished she had selected twenty
seven pairs. They were. in All the tones
from silver white TO dull black, 2 AZ
Of brown. II was q wonderful morning
for me-, for the stockings were expansive.
SHY main work 10 the putting on OF cor.
sets. Tor there is something uncertain ab2uL
coreets until n has seen them upon the
figure, and, u the figure be . living ngore,
J. have some fetching French lingerie and
the unfortunate victim who bsholds 1t can
do nothing but buy.
Il tried on o pair Of bridal coreets the
other day. The material was white sllk,
trimmed with white Tfbbon roses, no larger
than . PM ball. and the lingerie was all
daintily decorated with white ribbon roses.
sold the corset and some jewelled clasps.
-'The girl who il to he q bride OF June,
ordered bali a dozen, all on the came style
and all with lingerie to match The heed
Of the department was 80 pleased that she
gave me half a morning OF, by way OF q
reward for my successful work.
sThe lingerie model must have the Eng
It1A an,.~l Ok 1900 - ,tA.rr Nnn 9Th q
military chest. She must stand with her
chin out, her abdomen dragn in. her should
ers back and her arms well managed at her
sides Unless the a carry herself in this
manner, she need not apply.
The lingerie model must have Q figure
OF this kind and she must also rejoice in q
pretty face; abe need not be a beauty, but
her face must be attractive.
Lingerie always looksowell when / put
ii on; 1t does not have that forlorn, irregu-
lar look which clothing has when worn by
some m There are wonen, who
would make q court gown look sloppy;
Others look distinguished in the simplest
Il have tried on many things which you
would not suppose that q woman would
care to have tried on. There came into the
shop yesterday a woman on her way to play
aSRe was carefully dressed for the COCA
sion and abe did not want to disturb her
costume. At the same time she desired
to buy some lace collars, a guimpe or two,
shawl.
Il was sent for and one after another l
laid the articles around my neck. They
suited my style exactly, for I am long in
the throat and my shoulders slope just
enough.
aThe woman was delighted and bought
well. l might add that she Is rather short
In the neck and that her chins are more
numerous than they ought TO be; l counted
three. Blu she was pleased at the patterns
and it is not likely that her mirror viii in
form her that they are not as becoming
to her az II she were thinner.
we now and then have a sensible Gus
toner:
al want that lace guimpe.' said a woman,
but l am sur l am too fat In the neck to
at once. Please send home the .guimpe,
and in a few days my neck will be small
enough to wear 1t prettily.'
1T Is seldom that wealthy customers
can be coaxed to see their personal defects
but now and then we have one who IL awake
woman In town, / tried on a complete set
of lingerie for such a woman the other day,
and this Is what abe said;
81 know my neck is thin'-this with q
~sigh-'and I am going to have you add a
my wretched bones. As for the shoulder
straps, while they are charming upon the
model, they would not be becoming to me.
/ need sleeves of elbow length. Make them
Of lace and let there be ribbon run through
them to make my arms look plunper. I
need all the help ] can get in the matter Of
looking NICE
we felt sorry for this woman who 30
frankly admitted her imperfections and
we tried TO remedy her trouble for her.
When her lingerie went home II was GER
taiRly q study in deceptiveness. II made her
look so plump and pretty that she came back
10 thank US.
Il am frequently called on to try on whole
sets OF underwear so as to show their effect
when worn under summer own put on
a very soft gold colored set Of lace trimmed
lawn Yesterday. It looked charming I'M
der the white lingerie dress. The Gus
toner likes to observe the effect Of the under
wear, for in these days there IL no use pre-
tending that one hides ones lingerie.
]The pay OF this profession IL very good
indeed. Trying OF things liz work which
women enjoy more than anything else.
They are naturally fitted fer It, and it is
something for which the shopkeeper Ia CRATE
full II we'll DONE