Maud Puddle, the head seamstress
As head seamstress of Foxe & Boxe, Maud Puddle (widow of the saintly Mitchell “Mucky” Puddle) bears the heavy responsibility of upholding the firm’s reputation for highest quality work.
Maud is the sister of the redoubtable Josephine Pond, and it was Miss Pond who recommended her, very firmly, for the position. Her merits, however, speak for themselves. She is a master tailor and cutter, runs the sewing machines with the confidence of Caesar commanding an army, and produces immaculate hand work–no easy feat with wings.
The two sisters live together in genteel harmony, their utter respectability marred only by Maud’s habit of dancing to loud ragtime records on the Victrola when her sister is out attending Improving Lectures on Topics of High Moral Value. On these occasions, the neighbors have been known to knock on the ceiling with a broomstick.
Maud pretends not to notice.