Living Models.
A new and profitable source of livelihood lor women in New York is as models for modistes. The work is pleasant, as well as lucrative, for the duties are light, consisting of the mere fitting on of the '.'owns, jackets, &c., and the salary ranges from £2 to £5 a week. One advantage of this calling from the average feminine point of view, is that it affords such an excellent opportunity for obtaininc? firstclass gowns and mantles at much less than the actual cost. Some months of the year these models are very slack of work, but luring the other months are very busy indeed. They are required to wear neat, plain black dresses, fitting tightly at the waist, and their figures must measure about thirty-six inches round the bust, and from twenty-three to twenty-four inches round the waist. Therefore it will be seen that the atrocious custom of tightlacing—happily no longer practised by refined women—finds no favour among New York belles.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 50, 24 June 1896, Page 4
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164Living Models. Hastings Standard, Issue 50, 24 June 1896, Page 4
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