New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-29


tiny, succeeded in passing the thread; then
her features resumed their usual pleasant
expression, and having broken off the thread
from the spool and knotted it, she spread
cotton batting artistically upon some por-
ton of the dress, and having regarded it
with the eye of satisfied artistic, said:
There was once in France-in Paris-a
grande modiste. She had gained great riches
and was renowned, suppose, in the day Of
Napoleon-le Grand, Of course. There is
but one Napoleon. These others can not
wear his boots-porter SEES bottles, believe.
If they were to fall down into his great
boots, there must be those to 90 down after
them, these small Napoleons, with the bell
that the divers use. l believe so. Well,
it was in that day that the gron0e modiste
grew rich-possibly FROM the ladies of the
Marshals of the empire. How should 1
in La File de Madame Angotn
Pour epuiser Ia France ertiere
Les ros avaient des Enancers,
Ell Barras a la Rvaudiere,
Qui pave tous ses cTtanciers.
Settlement ce qu Cd ne dit guere,
C'est QUEEN dept des tribunauX,
Barras pave la Rivaudi6re,
Avec les bens natiOnaux.'
This gra1aGe modjste had IN GmOureur
tres distinga,e. He was of the nobility,
suppose, of Louis Philippe. To this noble
man she presented a son, but she did not
have the sanction Of our holy church. By
no means; tort az c0ntraire; it was the
other way altogether. After, she married
sn cttoyen respectable. But the nobleman,
when about to die. recognized this son who
had not been recognized by our holy church,
and upon HIM he bestowed his name and
title, perhaps his estate, who knows? There
was jeune dcmOiscAe who pursued the
study of the modes with this groa,de m0diste.
She was tres habi}e; ellie atat le ueiNcur
gout; and when she had graduated in Paris
she came q Ia NourcHe Orleans. The city
and the coast was then rich, with negroes
and rents and with the banks-you should
then have seen rue de C1tartres! Now it is
une rae dencans-of auctiOns-and you
hear their cry, Going! Going"-aDd with
the hammer. Non Dieu! That noise. When
pass by those sales q Fencan l place my
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formerly were elegant magaSi,as with hand
some garcons de compton. Oh they could
spring over the compton,, those young gentle
men, and whip down from the high shelves.
Then they could spread the most elegant
goods, and from Paris. All! l shall see no
more those magazines. But there the elege
of the great D,odiste Of whom / have been
speaking began her career. Oh her taste
was elegant; it was refined; but it was bold
also. Would you believe it +! She would
sometimes innovate upon the modes of
Paris"
We expanded our eyes and held our
breath at the audacity.
Eyes, she sometimes dared TO cut the
sacred patterns. l call that desecration-
that is, if one may SO speak of human Gus
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Perhaps there was the sign of the cross
perceptible in the movement of her finger
as she gave emphasis to this devotional
sentiment.
This modiste grew rich; much more, she
became renowned. Her styles went through
out the land, and even those people in the
city from which comes so much of lard and
bacon-j'ai bednco,p uue hanehc de
idmbon-and even at San-san aztec her |
styles were worn. What more! She grew
rich. She went to Paris. Was it to purchase |
goods! No doubt. Had she no other obiect9 |
Certainly. She wished to triumph in the |
esteem Of the gra,tdc modiste, and perhaps |
Of those who had not been so fortunate as |
herself Had she no other dream as she |
built the palace of her fortune and of her |
lopes' Let me tell you. She who forms |
1he styles of dress has imagination; she has
Inspiration; she has ambition-yes, like a
,onqueror. Why not? Is not the needle
sharp like the sword! Does not the ciseaur
lash like the sabre? de mon pere, we
Is there not glory to see lady
esplendebt, eJt0uissante, in role and cha
'eda of the latest mode, and to say, What
would she be without it ! 1t is my work
She is my work. She but goes into the
and to the Ja3s costumes and the
opera to display my work, and my name
hall be on the lips of ALL Is not this glory?
This glory was hers of whom l speak, and
he dream of her ambition was to marry
his nobleman par 5reret. She trIumphed
q this and returned countess and queen
+ the modes on this continent. You will
ow see her cote d'arnaes and also her ecla1s-
lions des nodes-what you call sample
tyles-both together. This woman is a
entrants; she is Josephine; she is an
impress of modes; she has conquered man
nd woman, NEST &c pasf You now compre-
end the difference between a modiste and
eonturier. have no cote Tarmes, me,
or have / married a count, cola tout"
lid mGdemoiseUe, good humoredly. "Je