Smyrna times., 1866-01-31

eheu, and, at his advice, the establishment un-
dertook the making up of clOaks. The ladies
were soon attracted to the place by the taste
displayed in the articles manufactured, ana
from the fact men, not women, took thelr hG"-
sures. Worth, who is shrewd fellow, saw the
length to which the idea might be carried, ana
SO opened a dressmaking and cloakmaklng
shop, which he fitted up in the most magnlh-
cent but tasteful manner, and he measured the
ladies for dresses as we'll as for cloaks and jack
cts This was piqu0nt, and the btdSe women
of fashion began to flock to Worth s. In a
short time it became a matter of course that no
lady was properly prepared for ball or Soires
unless Worth had fitted her, and his business
increased to q fabulous extent. The most aris-
tocratic ladies of Paris, the noble and the
wealthy came in their carriages, and waited
en- mdsse In the snte-chambers of Worth $, that
he might, as their turns came, dress them. In
their under-garments they stood up to be laced,
frightened and fitted By Worth, who pulled and
hauled these noble women about, was pettish
and overbearing to them, ruled them roughly
they submitting to it all, because not to be
dressed by him was out Of fashion, and that, in
many cases, they were head and ears in debt to
the man. No thought of shame at being ex-
| posed halfclOthed to his gaze, nay, his touch
seemed to disturb the ladies' 1t was flShiona
bic to be dressed by him, and modesty had no
thing to do with the matter. Do not believe
that French ladies alone patronized Worth
/ there were English ladies. and grieve to say
| American ladies who did it--in fact, | shoulC
say, who do it now, as Worth is still in the ze
NTH of his vogue. Fashion is mighty and mus
prevail.
haYe cited the Worth establishment mere
ly that | might draw the parallel and max,
the application. Here you see in this immod
est, | might say outrageous, substitution of
man as ladies mincr and maid, the final re
suit of a submission to male measuring. b.
degrees the ladies learn to tolerate the thing
and finally become convinced that the mel
have the more taste in fact, that as toilets art
donn@d to please the roughcr sex, a defcrenc,
to male ideas on the subject must be the mos
rational means of insuring success This is
deplorable result, as are all things which tenC
TO lessen the most charming, most winning
trait of a woman-her instructive modesty.
Under no circumstances should certain pOr
tions of female apparel be sold by men.
must be extremely annoying to ladies to submit
| 70 questions from the male meaSurerS or clerks
which necessarily are more or less indelcate
| have often been amused ut the puzzled ex
precision of lady face when she was calle'
upon to decide as to the nature Of the article
she wished to purchase, and have though
what q relief it would have been to her ha
|
it we're certainly preferable that, in all shop
devoted to the sale Of ladies' goods, none bu
female clerks be employed. There would b
then less of the fictitious shopping which
now so constantly INDUCED in by young ladies
who find this pleasant pastime. If thcr
were fewer spruce, dandy male clerks to AiI
with, talk to, and be cOvertly admired by, "
should see our young ladies devoting then
selves to more profitable occupations than ruI
ming from shop to shop, day in and day GU
We might then hope to see in this country, ;
is generally the case in England France al
Germany, young ladies possessing not sma
) tering of language, and faint idea Of intelle
tual matters, but sound practical educatio
fitting them to appear to advantage in societ
and rendering them proper companions f
) men of education and refinement. If We are
, see our women adopt the fashion Of Paris,
least let it be with certain reserve.