The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29


tAllos tnoW 40 thty W6nid Be- SONS Oh and
leaving me 10 TIE bHrch ~ the busy season
Just az they do In other S~hopS,and / for one
wouldn't blame EN-. l never have TO
consider the Law In the management Of my
shop because | know q woman's strength
and have always taken that 40 my guide.
No woman has ever been employed In my
shops for longer than eight hours q day.
Out Of that time therePis always taken ~
hour for hinch and recreation periods Of
twenty minutes each, morning and alter
noon.
Il don't tell them they can have On hour
for lunch and then encourage them 10 STAG
in and take a few StitcheS- They knov
that In good weather they are expected not
only 10 got out Of the room and into ina
streets for freah air, but they are OIpNOAAe
10 stay out until the end Of tho time, Ths
twenty minutes given mornings Il only for
stirring around the rooms and giving thelr
backs and fingers time 10 rest, but IN me-
afternoon recreation they take turns
making and serving tea and biscuits. Oh,
Il is my treat but l And that II pays. Work
ing human beings are just the same a.
work animals. Give them good care and
they give you good service.
Another point wherein ] differ from
other tailors In Chicago II not ell over the
country; l have no tardy fines. You put
a woman on her honor and ninety-nine
times out Of a hundred abe will come up 70
the mark. When my workers are q httls
late in getting IN, knowing the opening
hour. they feel in honor bound 10 explain
to the forewomAn Of their room. II The
excuse Il q good one and the woman is an
honest, good worker nothing is saidto her
beyond an expression ~ofsympathy. II she
should be a ~hRr-nearly all lazy women are
lian-Ghe IL soon dropped or II abe drops oul
herself she finds her pace Allied on her
return. ] never have TO advertise Tor help,
I lot II be known in my workrooms that
such a number Of women will be needed Al
a certain time and there are always more
applicants than | have room for.
$40 I think women make better tailors
than menu Well, / know they do just as
satisfactory work. There was a time when
preferred men for the machine work,
but that was on account OF their strength,
not their skill. The machines were heavy,
and for that reason II was hard 10 get a
woman with SUFFICIENT strength 10 run them
for any length OF time without breaking
down. Now that machines are no Longer
beyond the strength OF the average woman
| never think Of hiring a man for the work.
Ny reason. for employing women rather
than men lies almost entirely within my
own personal peculiarities. ! detest the
odor OF both whiskey and tobacco. ] con
slider smoking and chewing . criminal waste
Of money and I have absolutely no patience
with a man who drinks. II would be din.
cult for me TO get fifty first class tailors 10
Chicago who used neither tobacco nor
whiskey. For that reason II for no other
would always prefer women. There are,
however, several other reasons One Of
them is that the hArdWorking woman Is
better understood and for that reason
more easily managed by another hard
working woman than by the average man.
There Is no reason 90 iSr a. ! can SEE
why q woman shouldn't tailor Tor men,
began with boys clothes, and as the boys
grew up / grew up with them, They be
came accustomed to me and | to them. Al
hrst my boys would all 60 on for a few
seasons and then come slipping in for an
alteration on a garment that had coat them
several times over what would have
charged. From that beginning they would
gradually put themselves back on my
books, 20 remain "a long a. they were In
reach Of me. Now that my reputation asa
mems tailor has become as well established
as my making Of boys clothes they appear
TO have lost all desire to change. Outside
OF nv workrooms there are only two points
In which l claim 10 differ from other tailop.
/ keep my engagements TO the minute, and
a customer can, II he prefers, furnish his
own goods. l import goods, 60 10 London
twice a year, but II q customer wants q suit
made from his own material all right and
good, That 10 q part Of nay business and ]
guarantee to satisfy him.
when ! came 10 Chicago eight years ago
I owned one sewing machine, the furniture
for two rooms and three hundred odd dollars
in bank. To-day | own my shop and work
rooms in the heart Of the city, q good work
ing capital In bank, besides having enough
invested 10 keep me in comfort the balance
OF ny days II IGhould decide 10 step down
and out. ] began by working hard, and
now my business keeps me up 70 the notch.
1t IL reliability and hard work that has
given me succees, and from what know
OF the world I'd have gotten 1t In almost
any other field by paying the same price