The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-18
MRS.. VANDERBILT
WAX, THINKS BOY
Mistakes "Salesgirl" for a Lay
Figure at Sale to Aid
Charity.
BABES At HOME REBEL.

The children OF the women who arc
pla! salcsgirls for charity at Gimbel's
this week are beginning 70 rebel against
the close application 30 business OF their
mothers. Several OF the amateurs Hld
yesterday that when they left home in
the morning they were pursued by the
p~laintive walls Of their babies.
~ left my small boy yelling from tho
arms Of his nurse. Mamma. is you roln'
TO work at Gimbcl's all your iife:'"
said one. Don't tell this on me. though
II isn't as had az to neglec. your chill
drcn for charity as it is for bridge,
is it,"
Mrs. Fuller Potter. who worked all
day. found time 10 attend to another
woman children. IL not TO her own. She
was 'in suits" and a little woman from
Jersey came along with u baby IN her
arms and wanted to get something for
s:j. Mrs. Potter hauled out all the
S?5 suits. but II was hard work for the
customer trying on skirts and Jackets
with u baby to hold.
Tell o what" said Mrs. Potter.
I'll hold baby and you go ahead and
pick ou a suit that Ats you"
1t took nearly ar hour for that woman
to satisfy herself. but Mrs. Potter was
unfiinchins. even though baby cried all
over her chiffon blouse.
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt. jr.. was
one OF the saleswomen yesterday and
won the compliment OF being taken FOR
a lay figure. by a small boy. Mrs. Van
dcCbilt had dropped on a chair to rest,
suddenly she heard the boys voice
piping:
MA. il II alive"
Mr. Vanderbilt w~iggled the toe OF
her boot IN the direction OF the child
who, clinging to his mothers hand. was
staring at her with all his eyes.
Very much alive" she said, Cant !
sell mother a pretty sailor suit FOR you
But mother and boy la fed.
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson was an.
other who met success as an amateur
sale sgi.l.
Among the women who served yester-
day were Mrs. J. II. Truesd,lc. the floor
walker, Miss Yvonne Gourd. Mrs. J. y.
+. Potter. Mrs. John Hannah. Mrs. l..
II. Peters. Miss Dorothy Thompson. Miss
Edith Wellman. Miss Jessie Thompson.
Tying. Mrs. seth Bliss Ilun Mrs
Samuel 8. Sands. Mrs, George Clark, Jr..
! Miss Joan Whitridge. Miss .\dah Ma rks,
Mrs. Russell A.. Hibbs. Mrs. Harrison
Tweed. Airs. Cornelius Bliss. Jr.. Mrs.
George :. Huntington. Mrs. Lirlce Iilas-
den. Mrs. Nathaniel Robbins. Miss Fran
ces Fa.rchild. Miss Mary 4. VOge. Mrs,
l.. l.. winthrop. Jr.. Miss Gabrielle
Gourd. Mrs. Joseph Il. swan. Mrs Will
lam +. W~hitehouse. Mrs. John IL iren-
tlcc. Mrs. Frederick Ives, Mrs. Sidney
Fish. Mrs. Reeve S.h!c., Mrs. Grenville
F.nnc,te. Mrs. George :. Thompson. Mrs
81. John Smith. Mrs. David Grey. Ms
e. =. lie Due. Mrs. +. S;uyvesant Pilot,
Miss Ruth Morgan. Mrs. George Whit
ney. Miss Frances Henry. Miss Josephine
Parro;h. Mrs. ". n. Vanderbilt. Jr., Mrs
Frank l.. Crocker. Miss Mildred lavcs,
Niaa Theodore %lAiroQur. Mrs. y. J.. Blag-
den. Mrs. Arthur Iselin. Mrs. Reginald
Fircke. Mrs. Il. =. Picrrepont, Miss Ruth
HAYDEN. Miss katherine Hall. Mrs. Rcsi-
uald Brookes. Miss katherine Topper,
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. Mrs sidney
Brces. Mis-. CHORD iincho, and Mrs
J. &. Faiychild.
To-day IL the las: day the amateur
VIII serve.