National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-11
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GOSSIP ABoUf THE IViLET ARTISTS.
A New York correspondent OF the Chicago /
Trs6rne writes that Journal an interesting let |
ter .bout the fashionable modistes of New
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There arc two or three man-miiliners, or
ladies' tailors, who have fair popularity. They
Ansb cloth srits and cloaks I'm the best possible
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way pu' 'ne,l ueas VI Trimming a.o
ways approved. Like most men, 'noy ue"sn'
to seeing women splendidly dressed, with
rather more color and contrast than ladies
admire who prefer a certain reserved style, As
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ana WIN unianhg accuracy ihe ns-o
iste takes the measure OF his subject and dis
misses her. The next day or week, the bodice
"a half finished. the outside stitching done. the
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arenearsai taxes piace'' Sometlnes III expert
enced forewoman make the alterations needed
under the eye Of the artist; sometimes the
mining and shaping are done by the foreign
IS. orr daft Anoers Ladies' vbom M one
can sccu.e VI i Es ~ W na s,.1. .ne a
dresses cus aenen%en WIN a. a'.,e S1h-
cern as .neS soea L. uoeor ol snen ne =. =.
OF 70 n3se oo.s nslCu W asnoelnsAeI. ~ 10
not unco"'ioT " S nnu men WIZ WE az uoII sI.ie.s
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young, s-s ssn.i s; wlS con,Sssgs .nas
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$1,000 .ta,;r. =, he bo,,.a ,witi ths hat;t
Of looking into tbines. found her way into the
work-room of his millinery establishment.
There were dozens of bonnets go tastefuliy
trimmed that her eyes, educated BY the ethics
of Boston, at once recognized the touch Of an
artist There, too, we're dresses in every stage
of completion, delightfully."- planned. Asking
who trimmed the bonnets, the work-girls told
her the master of the shop. Who designed the
dressesl The same man, who selected every
yard of trimming, and attended to the finishing
of every dress that was sent out. His fame
was wide In the hill country, and the Dartmouth
college ladies thought they couldn't wear
bonnet unless it came through hfs hands. He
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dress alike, whether long or short, stout or
slim, but devised fresh styles for each Going
into the psrlor at his house, the lecturess
stopped to pick up an exquisite tea rose tossed
on Q marble slab on the table, and found 1t
modelled in wax-the recreation of the milliner
artist. He sketched In crayon, and painted in
water-colors. His house was fun of delightful
trines-the work of q man who had earned HIS
own living since he was eight years old. Chi
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business who gave ladies' dresses . ut and I'm
ish unsurpassed BY any woman dressmakers
from Van Buren, street to the Boulevards.
Those who have once tried It prefer the work Of
men dressmakers; and whya Because they are
more thorough than women, and more polite.
THE CAREER OF SUCCESSFUL MoDIsTEs
Is yery easily traced. One or two of the hest
in New york are women of GOOD family. who
finding their resources reduced. invested the
rest IN business. ard selling the laces and siIks
thew used to wear. find ricb returns. In other
cass. a clever fSrevoman succeeds NOT on1v
tn the business INIT The station M her nredeI
cessor In two ~ the Iaroest dres.m ! Linz,
estsbiisbments n, broadway. when the mistress
whose zeal and tasfe had b,iiit nm ths Concern
took leave to die, the husband married the
forevoman, leaving the stvle Of the Arm nm
chsnoad one or two boIses have What nav
he ceiIed 1iterarv .;de,connections for a. 10. =
tvr, verv wen Known fasbion.co,resnend
and sonyraists hsvs intimate relotians ,.itb
s,,acjo1 est. hI;sbment. There 10 a I;nsb,,, 10
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IN : r,;,v NJ al. there nn,,st no on. a,+ist'
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entere = ncdiste,s business ~ stars a. bon,s
and does dressmaking in private for the rest.
There was, few years ago, shop in the
central part Of Broadway where children,s out
q md
1t was kept by an English family, who lived in
the same house with the shop, in honest, Old
World fashion,. The mother was kind, saga
cious woman, OF wide reading, and charmingly
able to talk of what she read. --
Several delightful daughters, and'a nephew
who was popular essayist, drew about them
artists and newspaper men, who found the I'M
pretending home 80 much to their taste that
daily meetings grew habit. The shop-shut-
tiers closed; sitter dinner that plain sitting-room
saw as good company as one would find in
New York. The fun, the good singing, were
unimpeachable; for Mast and his fellow-artists
| got up the caricatures and charades, while Par
ton cracked his dry jokes, or came IN disgaise,
whose character ne kept up In face OF the
whole company without suspicion. So thor
oughly DID the artists appreciate the practical
TWO, believe, carried on wives rom there. l
am sure any man worth choosing would prefer
a bright, sensible girl brought up to business,
before one OF the unsexed artists ard writing
women who infest our cities.
One OF the modistes, who has beenA stan
dard OF New YORK. fashion for years, came over
as iady's maid In rich family, married the
ltsiian vaiet, ana set up IN
| 4 x1cEL1rrLE SHOP IN THE BowERr.
| Com ber rom. on .noed, n Tho bos, ,,o,chho-
hoods IN tho citv, she o.tbero5 rro,,a.+S "a
hro,,s,ht bar faryiv ~, SSsT sendina IN
tors p schooi " Psr;a T,on, whi.h thav caS,s
haol 70 a hand some b,me Mad.ma "a . ,.,os
,ha res,ect of ali Who rnov, hsr nnt isss ~.
her nnaffacted oood sense than for ber t. st
ard ta1ant she 10 10 he .ean at nnhiic h.Iys
aa~a ssanaii, Jrs.s.1 a, $500 s.,,a az, haIs
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honho,n,,ie M nda;,erSano. she ,,aa.s
n her showlrooms snd everrone ann oS hsr