The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-18

rnpye words are placarded on the
door II iGS Sixth avenue. The build
ing con- meHces with store, grows
upwards into residences, aud is all
newnT.s and brown stone, Tie sign
quoted is on the door Leading to the
residences. The writer read it and Ell
tered. \ carpeted stairway and hall
brought him to another door upon
which the inscription Is repeated. a
rap bought out u lady. She was under
thirty years old, above the average in
personal attractiveness, and well
dressed. She WAS - little surprised at
male caller \ slight lifting Of the
brows over her very large eyes said so.
"Will you. walk in, sir?n and her
lirs assumed business smile.
Ihe writer entered a neatly furnish-
ed room that was somewhat Uttered
With ,lressmaking. The lady moved
a chai toward him, and sank graceful
ly into another. Then she laid one
hand gently over the other in her lap
incllhed her head coquettoshly to one
side, land looked like a polite inferno,
CATION point. The visitor told her that
the novelty of her announcement had
attracted his attention, and that he
would like to talk with her about her
unique business.
.1f should tell you all about it,
shesaid, good humoredly, "you would
be fired listening before | got
thrSugh.N e.
she was assured Of the improbability
of stch II result, and urged to go on,
Slid needed 10 further Questioning,
L., IL ..l,,,,y..J lI,.onlf Al ,rnnI fnlIynr
as Veil rs woman of refinement and
EDUCATION.
u woMANLY PASSION ANALYzED.
III am the inventor of this business, Y
she said, "although | may have got
tile idea from an article in the Sun
sdme time ago describing how dress
suits are rented to gentlemen. Ifyou
know anything about women you know
that the most of them have not only a
INssion for dress, fhutf weakness for
iioyelty, '!rhe'Woman with one calico
dress wants two, and the woman with
an silks wants eleven. The rule is
good with the owners of the most COM
Iplete wardrobes. Another thing you
may not know: women don't like to
wear the same dress to more than one
or two parties or balls in one season.
Now, it is upon these female charac-
istics that / thrive. You would natur-
ally guess that only poor ladies
hive dresses; but that isn't so. Rather
Tho reverse is the ease, 4 good many
of my callers ride %ithina teW .plopks
of hero In their carriages, and Walk
the balance OF the way. II wouldn't
do, bless you, to be caught hiring Il
dress; ,but ] can assure you that many
a borrowed one is worn at fashionable
gatherings. Sometimes, too, lady
from out of town wants to go TO a
party or to the opera. She has only a
travelling dress with her. and borrowed
finery islher oniy rcsouice. The Msi-
ness. however, Is not entirely confined
no renting parry dresses. There is ~
ol, nsional ear fcf a street Dress, some
fines by o shop giff who wants TO ~
d,,lee i'll an AFTERNOON walk on Broad
way. Once in "a willie an actress,
suddenly callpd upon to play . part
out of her line, or from a desire for =
greater variety than her wardrobe az
f,r,ls, rents dress for week; but
they usually want dresses that are too
s,,owy, or too peculiar or pronounced
DIsGtIsING DRESSES.
"IJog ia that? Well, I'll tell you.
II woufd hall Kill a lazy tq b9 capsht
wearing % hired dress. I To protect
them against such q. terrible citas-
trophe 1 must alter the appearance Ola
dress every time It Is worn. so you
see the colors must not be too odd, nor
the STYLES too peculiar. Women beat
the dickens for remembering what
other women wear. but by a little
iF,ps;.ui;x / niailage TO disguise my
goods sofhat they esnip TO ieasgBlzeq;
As / have said, L only use oolnrs thai
are not too odd. alter the trimming,
too. every time il is worn. "A slight
change in this respect is enough 10
destroy tl1e Identity Ofconise, ityou
saw dyegs one night with one Kind
of trimming and the BeSt Hight with
another kind, and worn by different
lady In a different gathering, you
would not be apt tie recognize IL simply
because the cut and color we're the
same. Besides, l usually have two
waists for each skirt, so as to b. ableto
fit different sized dies, and these are
not cut IN the same style. Here, for
ihssancp, Is 8 purple siih shlfl aha -.
waists. One Is 1owsnecke = aid very
sbort-slpeved.- Thai is large enough
for a tolcrably plump lady: THE other
Is for a slender form, and Is only eul
ott square IN the neck. and the sleeves
are long, Naturally the plump 1nfs
want the first kind, and the slender
ONES want the other. If all my patrons
would grow of size, 1t would save a
vast deal Of trouble. Scarcely ever DO
rent a dress without having to let out
or take in the waist. Now, here isone
that was working on when you came
in. Blue silk ? No, no; that Is satin,
moi silk. The waist j. small n0w-if
YOU wcie q corset eleIk yo, colld y: =
Mt sigllt that it didn't measure near
twenty inches. II was worn last night
by a young lady whom ] know to be IN
more than comfortable circumstances