The sun., 1910-05-05
TRADE SCHOOL GIRLS SHOW
DRESSES or ELABORATE SORTS
ON VIEW.

Theyu DS Absut Any thing mats Wanted
IN THIS Line. the Manhattan Werhrr'
MN. hut Dressmaklng u Net Ths :.
Limit Hhat Living wage" D.
The woman who is wrestling with the
problem how 10 lOol, better dressed than
her next door neighbOr on half the money
need only spend half an hour at eOI Hast
Iwentv-third street and her sartOrial
troubles will 10 forever hani-h-d
The Eirls Of the Manhattan Trade School
have bern busy for weeks designing lin
gerie irocss, dinner gowns. ruffied shirt
waists and simple little things Tor morn
ing Al day yesterday the models were
displayed on brand new counters in the
assembly room on the first fOor. The
youthful dressmakers are ready and ~ ger
20 sign anidayits 70 the effect that they can
10 any figure aud make il look a. Il II were
huilt on the latest Hue De Ia PaiN lines
They arr preUarrd 10 furnish anything
the most eNacting customer wants in the
way Of color and material also. and that
too az a price that IL actually too small
tn he quoted
Dressmlking n orly ono or the arts
tina, NAV be learned in yrar al the rwen-
tv-third street school The pupils are
taught how TO run all sor;s OF maohines
IN big light room. and dozens Of visitors
expressed themselves amazed az the
specimens of tuckinE and hemstitching
and -hettsr than hand embroidery which
they saw on the upper fiOOrs. The Girls
who can stay only a few weeks learn how
10 mount samples. and those who can
spend half year preparing for a trade
acquire the art oT making papcr hONes
or sils lamp shades or improving rats
Miss Elsie Cole the placement secre-
tary. said there was a great demand for
Manhattan graduates
There is large field open 70 skilled
workers IN almust any trade she "a
planned -and II % Ware only possible
FOR our girls 10 stay with No for a year
or Tor TIVE years We should have little
difficulty in getting suitable placra for
thcnl az fair wages. As it u the lrest We
can do u % stand az the aOors Of tho
public schools a. the children come out
ard leg them 10 let NJ teach them inst a
few things before thew start out Tor
themselves 10 what the census men call
gainful OcCuuati0ns
We succeed usually in bridging over
fO- those who take ono oG our courses
the pcriOd wherein they would receive
from nothing TO 70 ceuts = week for their
services. When a girl leaves NJ she v
ahls to ct AZ the veY least ~ q week.
80 = -.
good Operatives get considerably more.
in many oases a living Wage-
What do you consider q hang wage
for a giris- she was asked
i don't altogether like 10 60 On record
On that pnint. she renhed -hui I think
that. roughly speaking a eirl might live
decenty in New orb on about s. a week
~ course that vouldnt allow for illness
OE. recrention OT any extras
But don't u,ust of ths girls who come
70 you Ivc ~ home2' asked the inquirer
Eve arr Just this minute trying 20 dis
pose ~ the case of one n our cIcdtiates
who lives a. home said Nisg ole I
will tell vou about b. Her father is
a narnlvtlC and her mothers time - taken
up iu looking after him and tWo Young
children. Our girl who has h~eu earn
ing about sli a week ~ q machine opera-
tive h no sole suppOrt ~ th' .aTnify.
she ha1 just como from the h0zpital.
where she has ts.rn undergoing treat
meu' Tor appendicitis Sha wo0'i h. alsie
90 rtiu hsT uschinr Tor -o""ra, weeks Z
and wants NJ to gci some Irhier form
~ work Tor her until -h' b. stronger
~fn "eal'y ought 70 60 % ih" country for
r Tow weeks o. regain her strength. and
~" could rrri,anIv srrangD % md hsr
there Il vo did NOS have 20 rrDk1n oh
? b" I'm ,lv
They never have applied for ard and
Ne don't Ike 20 turn them over 20 M"
[ harty Orgau.zau oR 80" eiv and have
hem q on the hooks That IL orly one
li many nsisnors wherr. from o financial
point n view tho gira would 10 letter
u Il they a d i've al home
IL IA becai-e their WggeE are reeded .
~ home thai N" girls aav" 10 90 70 work
no s1Ch an cary ago Our pupils range
FROM ~ ~ IA. and very fpC 20 them arp
abe 10 stay with us a year m 'ess we g.ye
them ard
TITS tho giving Yp o. their utrg~ndeace
hat M" x r.s object to. .l.L h.Gs Jo'e y
They would ga her slave for . ght or
Mn" hours and tf"n hsve tf".r time 10
themselves than 10 w0rk interim ttrntly .
and ndehn te.y and alwgys ~ at thu he-k
and call q some ono
= finally got her another D'a.c - aid
Miss Cole We arr m touch vi'h about
'syrn hundred employer. and 30 n their
shors have teen personally invest gated
~ ~. "" send cards IN Them from time
n time With a % rtrd .u ~ Quest nus
n regard Ia tho efficiency Of the girls
ye have sent them. and We kcrp un com
nunicaton with tho grs by a similar
method Tho answers arc tshuIaisd and
'laced on iiie, - that we nov have a fairy
veil equirTed employment bureau