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WOMAN A TAILOR FOR MEN
Chicago Boasts One Who Has Pros
pered at It.
MISS HILLS A COUNTRY GIRL
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Unit's Kmiloe mm Many
na titty Women.
CHICAGO. April 4. Chicago la said to
lhave the only tailoring establishment for
nen In the country which l owned, and
I muling d by a woman. Miss Florence N.
Hills la Uh- name of this woman man's
tailor. She l as been In the business for
the last eight years, mid dining the tuny
s,asona employs (Illy workers, mostly
women, with a scanty sprlukllne? of iiiym
Ml km Hill, wln'ii u n rmti r saw her, wis
talking, sewing, eating her luncheon unit
having lirr shoes laillshtd at one and "the
same tittle.
"Never have time to slop, ton inueh to
do; iiueh a, vhort while to live," te us
ured her iUtor. "When . I die can't
mine baek aaaln, j ou know. Vih I could,
then I'd take lime to lent once In a while.
keep my appointment. That's th reason
I have suroerded and that Is the reason
I don't have time to wuate. If I broke my
aiipolnum nls, never had lluuga reudy
when I said I would, then I might have
time to kill like a lot of tailors 1 hear
complaining of dull times. IVm't know what
dull times are In my busineas. The only
difference Is that some seasons I have t
mjloy twice as many helper as others,
l ikes Her Hualaeaa.
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CPIa receipts in 1907 were 1,158,716
ildiivL ancj were the
h(&(frXTk suPPlies for
er Buyers took fully 85
is the 2d largest sheep market in the
I had always been fond of sewinc. Mv
grandmother taunlit me how. tihe had
come out weat when it was a new country
and had been compelled to make all the
clothes for her family. She said ehe always
hat it to make the girl's things, but she
Just felt In clover when her husband and
Hons hud to ba fitted out. I Inherited It
from her. for when my father died and 1
h;nl to go out to. work It came as natural
to me to make men's clothes as It does for
a duck to take to water. We lived in the
country then and I had to go around sew
ing; by the day. At the end of six years
I had Worked up such a tailoring trade In
that community that I hadn't any time
to Klve to making women's and airla'
clothes. One of my patrons moved to Chi
cago and the next aprlne; wrote me to come
on and do my regular two weeks' work for
her husband and sons. She said she had
iH-en all over the city with her boys und
hadn't found a place where she could get
as Rood looking suits for the same money
that it coct her wh. n made them.
Woy Her Pars Kalrl). ,
"I lu ver had been more than ten miles
away from our farm In my life, so you may
know what a visit to Chicago meant to me.
I was all eyes dining those two weel.s. but
It didn't keen me from doing g.iod work.
I'd m v r made such stylish suits Ix-foro n
my life. My seeing ut all rigid but it
vi f the first opportunity I bad ever had
for getting style. The minute I struck tlu
town I knew it would never do for nie tc
Mart in to make those suits until I had
looked around. After I had viMled several
of t lie men's furnishing shops with the
woman 1 was to work for and seen the
clothes on the Iniys J was to make for I
decided I'd take a few lessons In pressing
I went to a high class shop, and, asking
for the manager, told him about my being
from the country and wanting to take a
few lessons In pressing so as to help my
ome Market is
HIPPING LIVE STOCK
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heaviest in the
per cent of these
reacri a total
of this number.
work when I got back home. Ho was very
condescending, but he took me in. It was
three days clear gain for him. He worked
me like a hore and never even offered nie
a chuir to sit on, much less a penny in
waes.
"When I finished the suits for the boys
in that family the father liked them so
much that he said I might take hint in
hand. He had a couple of suits that he
liked sent home for his wife to see. Of
course I looked them over pretty thor
oughly before they were returned. I dupli
cated both suits, a,nd they didn't cost half
the money the tailor charged. It seemed
to me like cheating and swindling in those
days to charge people so much for your
Work, but since I've come to live In the
city and found out about the expenses of
living 1 charge along with the rest. I do
the bent .work, have the best styles and
charge the best prices.
Hark to Chicago to Stay.
'Three cars after that first trip to Chi
cago mother and I came on to stay. Opened
a little shop on a back street with the
proiiiine of five regular customers. I sewed
while mother did the housework and acted
us delivery girl. We were on the lookout
for slack seasons, but none came. As soon
ss one stilt was off my hands there was
another to take up. Hefore the end of the
first six mouths I wrote for the woman
who had helped pie In the country to Join
me here, tine la the forewoman In my
work rooms now, and three of her nieces
uie regularly employed in the business.
Those four were my first assistants, and
if they've ever bad a discontented day
since they came I've never known It. When
business men complain of not being able
to keep their help I point at those four
and ask the reason.
"The reason is plain enough. It rests
all on lbs shoulders of the employer. If
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I worked my women and men us some of
the tailors 1 know they would be going
off and leaving me In "the lurch at the
busy season. Just as they do In other
shops, and I for one wouldn't blame 'cm.
1 never have, to 'consider the, law In the
management of my shop becattae I know
a woman's strength and have always taken
that as my guide. No woman has ' ever
been employed In my shops for lunger
than eight huurf a day. Out of that time
there is always taken an hour for lunch
and recreation periods of twenty minutes
each, morning and afternoon.
Heat Hoar at the Khun.
' 1 don't tell them they can nave an hour
for lunch and then encourage them to
stay in and take a few stitches. They
know that in good weather they ate ex
pected not only to g-t out of the room
and Into the streets for fresh air, but they
are expected to stay out until the end of
the time. The twenty minutes given morn
ings Is only for stirring around the i ji nu
and giving their backs and finicr tim
to rest, but in the atlcrnoon lecreatim
they take turns making and serving tea
and biscuits. Oil, it is my treat, hut 1
find that It pays. Wording hu i an b.vngs
are Just the name as work animals. Hive
them good care and they give you good
sci vice. i
"Another point wherein I dlffir from
other tailors In Chicago. If not all over the
country. "I have no tardy fines. You put
a woman on her honor and ninety-nine
cases out of lot) she will come up to the
mark. When my workers ate a little late
in getting in, knowing the opening hour,
they feel In honor bound to explain to the
forewoman of their room. If the excuse
la a gcod one and the woman is an hon
est, good worker, nothing is said to her
beyond an expression of sympathy. If she
should he a liar nearly all laiy women
are Hare she la soon dropped, or l( she
drops out herself she finds bar place filled
5. 1908.
Money
Indu
f i.1
" Thrrfcs year iooi up z,zoj,odz neaci.
Local packers bought fully 97 per ct. of
this big supply and would have used
more if they could have gotten them.
Horses
sold here and from this point were reshipped to al
most every state and territory in the nation.
HS3
on her return. I never have to advertise
for help. 1 let It be known In my work
room that such a numhtr of women will
be needed at a certain time and there
are always more applicants than 1 have
room for.
Woiuru Have Advantages.
"Do I think women make Inner tailors
than men?" Well, I know they do Just as
satisfactory work. There wus a time when
I preferred men fur the machine work, but
that was on account of their strength, not
their skill. The machines were heavy,
and for thai reason It was hard to get a
woman with sufficient strength to run them
for any length of time without breaking
down. Now thai machines are no longer
beyond tue strength of the average woman
I never think of hiring a man for the work.
My reason for employing women rather
than men ins almost entirely within my
own personal peculiarities. I detest the
odor of both whisky and tobacco. I con
sider smoking and chewing a criminal waste
! of money and I have absolutely no patience
I with a man who drinks. It would be diffl-
cull for me lo gel fifty first-class tailors
tin Chkago !io neither used tobacco nor
whleky. For that reason if for no other I
. would alaays pruier women. There are.
however, suvrrul other reasons. One of
them is that the hard-working woman Is
better undei stood and for that reason more
easily managed by another hard-working
woman than by the average man.
"There is no reason so far as I can see
why a woman shouldn't tailor for men. I
begnn with boy's clothes, and as the boys
grew up I grew up with them. They be
came accustomed to me and I to them. At
first my boys would all go off for few
seasons and then come slipping in for an
alteration on a garment that had cost them
several times over what 1 would have
charged. From that beginning they would
gradually put themselves bsck on my books.
the -Be
stries
f i a r i
3BB
received during the year, 44,020.
head. These were practically all
to remain as long a they were In reach
of me. Now that my reputation as a men's
tailor has become as well established as
my making of boy's clothes t'.ioy appear
to have lost all desire to change. Outside
of my workrooms there are only two points
In which I claim to differ from other tailors,
I keep my engagements to the minute and
a customer can, If he prefers, furnish his
own goods. I import goodj. gs to London
twice a year, but If a customer wains a
suits made from his own material all right
and good. That !s a part of my business
and I guarantee to salivfy him.
"When I tame to Chicago eight years ngo
I owned one sewing machine, the fuinlturu
for two rooms and three hundred odd dol
lars in bank. Today 1 own my shop and
workrooms In the heart of the city, a good
working capital in bank, besides having
enough invested to keep me In comfort the
balance of my day if I should dei.de to
I step down and out. 1 began by wjiklng
hard and now my business keeps me up to
the notch. It Is reliability and hard work
tiiat lias given me success, and from what
1 know of the world, I'd have gotten II in
almost any other field by paying the samu
prite."
REVERED 'ON A BATTLESHIP
".tar-fpaaglrd Rassrr" aad Quarter
Deck Bfrereseee Above
All Else.
The longer you remain on a warship,
either as a member of the crew or as a
guest, two things become more and more
impressive. One Is the reverence for the
quarterdeck and the other Is the patriotic
regard for the national hymn, "The Btar
Gpengled Banner." The quarterdeck seems
te be almost a holy place. The officer
Jute it taey step upon It, No stain
y r v i
thousands
S535&5939
Im KlInaH , ,
" " """! upon it. If a man,
for Instance, were found spitting upon it
well, hamstringing would be the fitting
Penalty ,f , f(,,ing9 f )o8e
" the performance were consulted
Ixt 0e inollrnt n,veul t(B rfg&rd
lie hymn on H.ipboard. We were ateam
lug Ju;t below the eouator on the way to
nio Janeiro one evening when showere
made It impossible for the band to play
on deck. The concert was held In a rase
mate and the humidity added grPat dla
comfort to the heat. Members of the
crew off duty had at.lnued to their under
Mrts and tro.isor. The musician had
thrown off thcii coals. Their face, ran
with sweat us thiy played.
Kvery concert cutis with "Tfce Star
Pparpled Manner." U was tl,a to pUy
It. All the musicians stood up and the
men wlm had crowded In to hear Iho
music came to attention, but not one move
loward llftlntf hi baton would the band
master make until every ono of hi men
had put on his coat and hut. They might
play Strauss waltse and even Wagnerian
selections in their unuVrtMi t, but no notu
of the national hymn could lm played until
every mat- was In Urcs b filling tho oc
casion. All this Is nothing unusual, but It
Is impressive to the man who sec It for
the fttM time.
So, although t,i-r la no place for com
fortable loafing Hj sometimes It is lonely,
a civilian paero;cr on one of these ships
after all can f rid entertainment and other
:l Irgn t i 'n' evert him. Day hy day ho
feels his patriotic linpuhn iiuickened. Day
by day he is more and more glad that he
Is an American citlxen. Franklin Mat
thew (fleet correspondent) In New York
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