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Show This is pretty Miss Louise Busch, an employe of the United Railways Company in the position of private secretary. The costume was made by Miss Busch in the U. R. school and worn by her in one of the entertainments entertain-ments held by the company 's employes. I Corporations in Cities Through- out America Ash Information Regarding Re-garding a Sewing School that Will Teach 10,000 Dependents of Employes. Sm CORPORATIONS throughout tho United States arts real-f real-f ( lzlng the value of tho tau- I man side of life, an oppo- I1 Bit attitude corporations were generally considered V VJ' y to have had In a few year gone by. i A Mwlng school with lO.ooo pupils (in tho Bear future) Is an Illustration, This school, mm- Which already has been started, is attracting X- the attention of corporations throughout tho flH country. Letters are pouring In from heads of Street railway systems from nearly every city HI of America, asking about It. The ono which HJ- Is described In this story Is the forerunner of Bt what is going to he established In every city, eventually, If the Inquiries can be taken as a criterion. The project under way Is at a large and pleas-nnlly pleas-nnlly appointed clubhouse of the United Rail ius Company, at Grand and Vista avenues. In AT St. Louis. One of the chief promoters of the BE school ts William V. Brumby. H At present there Is an attendance of several hundred, but when the school becomes better known among tho 5500 employes of tho United Railways. It Is believed the attendance will tax the capacity of the clubhouse and tho audl- HK lorium adjoining. There is room for looo to clt at sewing tables at one time. KtV- Just now many of the younger girls are busy JF . with bathing suits In preparation for the open- lug of the season at the various swimming pools j ef the city, and are turning out pretty and m WBF! iBltM''1'1 ' This is Miss Blanket bathing suit, made in the U. I t, I R. school. On the left is shown Virgil Carson in a coat made by his mother, Mrs. Thomas Carson, whose husband is Zr fj f; ' ' I an employe. - - rr , - 'i n Jr Mrs. V. B. Wagner, wife of a Park avenue vv. ...... . ,', - -.L-J'f'': ' A j i conductor, knew virtually nothing about sew- )V v 000r' ' ! lr"-' wnen sho ontcrC(1 the school a few months n 00000l' ; Recently she finished, with her own - -C ( T 00000' ; ' I i hands, a very pretty Peter Thompson suit for f yj (A f her daughter. Virginia, 15 years old Tho suit. ( ) . . ' J , of light blue linene. with sailor trimmings. i $ teAisjMJ would have cost about $14 at a downtown ' - ' shop. The material cost her Just $120. She ,, made a coal for the girl a mahogany U.:..y ' Uk7 bmwn coat of mannish mixture and saved- Y ' ''Ay . $ ..j. '-'lift- ': - about $1" on It. In making theso garments "- - ' . fS . - Mrs Wagner worked only from 10 to 2:30 'fa j&m JWr- W V "?,ffB WWF o'clock each tiny fcr about three weeks. V r ? .mm jVfe8JHk Mrs J. R. row?all. wife of tho foreman at . v i, '. :'if-'4mil -I tho Jefferson and Gcycr car station, recently y . -v V " ,; . ''''lv-vA " ' :J ' completer1 a hnndsome suit for her daughter, y v a v A V '$t M " Miss Verna Dowdall The mother joyously told y , .j' ' ' ' ' ': how she wns enabled to make up this beautl y V&ffi. : ''' - I- ful grrment at a saving of $25. She finished it modest garments- Among the older pupils in sewing, cutting and fitting the seven ages of woman aro represented in the school s activities activi-ties First, the making of the layette the dainty frocK6 bedecked with tiny blue ribbon for the new baby. Then comes the falryllke christening gown with tho breath of angels upon it. Then tho little one's first walking dress a proud moment for papa and mamma. Next comes her first long skirts. Yes, she has grown up. and we can scarcely realize It. Then her first party dress another proud moment mo-ment for fond parents. And then comes tho gown of gladness, of high hopes and heartaches and tears the wedding wed-ding gown. The seventh? But why mention It among thoso who have looked for tho last time upon a loved one, still and white In robe of purity? School Grows Steadily, Officers of the United Railways consider tho sewing school one of the moat Interesting of tho many organisations connected with Its social uplift and welfare work. President Richard McCulloch founded the school last autumn and It has grown steadily. More than 4(H) garments gar-ments already have been completed, at a saving sav-ing of several thousand dollars to employes' families, and the spring enrollment of members mem-bers is expctid to bo very largo. The company furnishes the clubhouse, heated, lighted and attractively appointed, and also provides pro-vides tho services of experts and seamstresses, cutters and titters, who give Instructions with, out charge to tho members. The supervisor is Mrs. Llllle Freer, with Mrs. B. E. Dresner as assistant. Tho employes" wives, daughters and sisters furnish their own material to be made up for family use. The Instructors take as much pains In directing the making vl Under-garments Under-garments and gingham or calico house dresses as they do in the fashioning of cloaks, suits and parly dresses. Clothing for children also Is made In the school. No initiation I'eo nor dues are charged. Any woman or girl dependent upon an employe or herself employed by tho company may ze-como ze-como a member of the school, which Is open every day In the week from 8.30 a. m. until 5 p. m. Tho pupils may como and go as thoy please, and spend as many or as few hours a; they care to at the sewing tables or cutting benches. The employes get identification cards from their foremen or division superintendents, nnd these cards are turned over to the supervisor at tho school. There are no formalities about Joining Enthusiasm pervades the school, and the pupils pu-pils proudly exhibit the garments thoy havo created with their own hands, telling how much they have learned about sewing and how much they have saved And, Incidentally, the..' tell how pleasant It ts to do their sewing In a clubhouse, where they meet so many congenla' associates It Is becoming a great club for the women of the United Railways" family if OoliO employes, or approximately 23,000 persons. per-sons. Theatrical Costumes Made. All of the COBtUmei worn by memriers "f tho United Railways Dramatic Club aro made at the school. Those worn In the holiday fan- Left to right are Mrs. Waller, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Ketchem in coats all made by themselves in the U. R. school. tasy. Dlejcens! A Christmas Carol, and also In the melodrama. At Randum Run, presented on St Patrick s Day. caused much comment. One of tho handsomest dresses, a crinoline lress of tho period of 1 -S 10, was worn by pretty M iss Louise busch, who has Just finished a handsome and modest bathing suit. 'T havo more clothes now than I ever thought possible." said Miss Busch. Miss Lou i.so I'.lanko also lids Just finished a pretty bathing suit. in a for t night and enjoyed every moment devoted de-voted to it. Mrs. Stcvo Kelly, wirc f a Virginia and Walsh motorman, a Jolly little homo body, admitted ad-mitted that v. hen she became a pupil she know a precious little even about plain sewing. A lew days ago sho completed a neat blue serge suit on which sho had spent about ten days and saved $1.V "Now, please help mo describe the suit." tho writer said to Mrs. Kelly, "or wo may maho a lot of mistakes." H "Not any more than I made In making It. H Mrs. Kelly responded, promptly. ' But It la a H fino suit, at that " H Saves Seven Dollars. Another neat bluo serge suit, made by the H wearer, was worn b Mrs. J. L Mallory, whose H husband Is at tho Easton car station. Mrs. H Mallory figures that she put In only three days H working on the garment, and sho saved ?7. H Mrs. E. E Jones, wife of a conductor at the Virginia and Walsh car station, established a H record by saving $14 on a dress that required but threo and a half days in Its making. It H Is an attractive evening gown of changeable H taffeta. Mrs Jones, now nearlng the expert H class, knew very llttlo about sowing when S sho Joined tho school. H In about threo days, Mrs. Jonn D. Waller, H wife of a conductor at Virginia and Walsh, saved $10 by making a neat and well-lilting military bluo gabardine suit with white broad-cloth broad-cloth collar and cuffs. It is the Urst suit she ever made. Mrs. J K. Montfort, whoso husband is night foreman of the Fifth Division, Is a mature matron who had always employed dressmakers except for plain sewing, until tho school opened. "But now," sho said, "I havo become independ- mM cnt of dressmakers. I am learning the tiny fl points of cutting, sewing and fitting.'' And the proof of her statement was found In tho hand-some hand-some one-piece tailored dress sho wore. It was her first own-made dress, too a Burgundy crops with whlto flannel collar, on which sho worked M about three and a half days and saved $14. M Miss Lillian Hense of the claim department. U another Dramatic Club favorite has made three JI drosses and two waists at tho school in the I i-.isl few months, and Is an enthusiastic pupil fl Mrs. C. Nowcom, wife of a motorman at 'I M Virginia and Walsh, Is proud of a one-pleco H box-pleated serge dress, with embroidered col- J t lar and cuffs It represents three days' work m and $10 saved, and Is the first street dross .she JH ever made. 1 mmm Mrs. John Hlnik, wife of a Cass condui tor, BSH had never made anything but plain clothes H" until a short time ago, when at the sohool jhBi turned out an olive green suit. She saved $22 Irflfl Miss Edith Robb of Master Mechanic O'Brien's fl office, finds It convenient to spend part of herjH lunch hour and other spare time at the school,! and says H Is not only profitable but pleas-B ant Recently she finished her first suit andfl saved $20 with her own hands, Saves Thirteen Dollars. j Miss May Kutlerige. daughter of Motorman I D. A. Rutledgo of tho Vandeventer line, . wearing a nifty brown suit which cost her about $13 less than a tailor or store would hav charged. Her mother had been sewing for 1 but she has learned much at the school, A especially In cutting and fitting. H Mlns Lottie Brlzlus. daughter of ConductorfB W Li, Brlzlus of Park avenue, also was al I novice vhcn th( 9hool opened. Recentiv shJ5 j made a pretty blue Bergo gooso girl drcBs, ant I I Ihe family exchequer Is $5 fatter as a result. I Mijis Henrietta Zlnke, daughter of c. ZinkJ I i1 of the mechanical department, had sewed bill I very little when she joined tho school Noi V sho has an American beauty crepo do chlni 1 ; party drcf-s, on which she worked four diy from i a m to j p m, Tt woufl navc rof, her $20 In a shop. Her onlY expense wa f fl for material. H UN Frank Ryan, wife of a Leo avenue con- fl ductor. recently completed a Copenhagen blue suit and saved $12 h spending parts of elortf fl days at tho school. !k I |