The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
IMPRESS Eugene and Her Cor
set Maker.
[From letter Of Olive Logan's in Harper's
Bazar1

(From letter of Olive Logan's in Harper's
Bazar.]
During the period of the Emperor S
reign over France it pleased his beauti.
full spouse to touch with her fairy wand
the house Of Gringoire, and Gringoire
became at once the corset maker of
Paris; and not of Paris alone, for does
not her sign to this day read, ''Patented
Furnisher to H. R. H. the Princess of
Wales = No one could pretend to be
we'll corseted who did not patronize
Gringoire. Her prices rose like the
mercury in its tube on a hot day. She
made no corsets for less than $40. s'We
always charged the Empress $40 for
hers, said my corset maker, scientifi-
cally bending my bones-my whale
bones-to make them flexible.
Madame Gringoire was a pleasant
hammered lady. Summoned to London
about six months ago to attend III. R.
H. the Princess Of Wales, Gringoire
found that her own body was more in
need of attendance than that of her no.
bic customer, and in foggy London,
Gringoire bade adieu to the world of
''false vain show in feminine outlines
as well as all other things. Her former
forewoman continues her business, and
''Gringoire' still glares it's gold letters
at you from black marble sign. It
stands to reason that all the workers
employed by Gringoire were good cor
set makers.
II never should have left madame if
madame hadn't died." said one of these
young women, as she took the number of
my waist inches, and wrote them in her
book. ''Madame liked me to wait on
the English customers, as am Eng
lish. Oh, such fine ladies as did use to
come to us! And such lovely figures !!
Did you ever see the Marchioness of
Hastings, madame g
'sNever.''
*'Oh, how beautiful her figure is :!
only eighteen inches around the waist,
such bust, and such sloping shoul-
ders -
''Indeed, then,' exclaimed the book
keeper, fine-looking French woman
with a positive manner, s'she must be
very different from the most of English
women. The generality of them have
waists so long that they reach to the
knees, and fatter than their backs.''
*'The Empress was beautiful figure,
was she not = I asked Of the corset
iere.
*'Magnifcent. Very stout, you
know"
Stout! I had seen her often, but
never thought her stout.
''She is so beautifully proportioned.
She measures twent y-seven inches
around the waist, but her bust is so
very large that her waist looks very
small.'
''What sort Of corsets did you make
for the Empress %
''Always coutil, madame-never silk
or satin, as many ladies ordered"
II suppose she scarcely chose coutil
for economy's sake 2" I asked.
''No, madame; but she liked coutil
best. Then We made night corsets for
her."
':Night corsets! That is something
/ never heard Of
@'They were rather funny looking.
All little tiny bones not thicker than a
pin, and with straps and buckles in
front instead of busks.''
'sWhat was the object of wearing
night corsets e.
ITO keep her figure always right.
Her bust was 50 large that she was con-
ctantly in fear of losing her shape.''
'Who had the next prettiest figures
among Gringoire's customers -
The Duchess de Mouchy, the Enpe-
ror's cousin. She was the Princess
Anna Murat, you know $.E