The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-02-10
GOTHAM GOSSIP.


/ his BEAUTIFUL CHATEAU AT sURIsNE's-
THE RAGE FOR woRTH's COSTUMES IN PARfs
AND NEW YoRK-woNDERs OF ENANELING
AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OLD CURI-
osITY SHOP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
4 A MUSICIAN.
tFrom regular correspondent Of the Sentinel
/ NEw YORK, February 6.-That curious
alliteTative line, What. is wealth when
weighed with worth" is likely to be read
hereafter with d new meaning. The
interviewer has been and gone and done
it-has penetrated into the palace of the
prince of naan-tua- makers, Worth, and the
result is page of description which is calcu-
lated to make mere modern monarchs feel
Ike hiding their diminished residences. 1t
recalls the palmy days, 1.-THE golden prime of
Haroun Abrsschid. One cannot help think
ing that mere wealth is nothing compared
to Worth of thisk kind. wemight have quar-
relied with him abor.s his avocation, If he had
lived In a common vulgar habitation-
simple hsuse, such as other
people occupy but when we are
informed that he moved about in faultless
attire through saloons " hich are sort of
paradise. We ara s,cai ghtway convinced
that Mr.. Charles frederick Worth 'has ele.
waited his profession tuUbe dignity of fine
art" NOtrue devosee' OF ashton can tail to
be interested in thiv sing ular man, and I
therefore set apart a lew lines for the pur-
pose of ske5ching him. First and most sur
prtsing facs, be is English, b aving been born
In Lincolnshire, and his-lsth er was lawyer.
Where be yeur theories now, coneerning his
fins FrencEy taste, his true PaYisian ele-
gance? Deubtless, tie quality called
Frenchiness is like greatness, and may be
achieved by some men, fo1 there is no aues-
tionsthat the subject of this paragraph has
attained to'i7r although he may hxve been
born TO greatness. The stepSby which he had
reached his rscsent position were the coza-
mon ones, Installer , loss OF 5er1 une, his own
search for employment in Paris and more
than.all his great eye for form and cslcf and
his Inventive hcuiSy. At present he is about
forty years old, handsome, and modest in
manzer, albeit ne II lord Of = snsinor which
might well exsite she envy of the least covet-
Gus os mankind. An day lo1g he is al his
workshops, aud' no costume leaves then
withoat the masters seal of asprovaA His
lowesS price ID Slge tes any kisd of q dress.
At night he MGes back 10 his hcme at
Suresnes, eighs miles from Pans: on horse
back, and again'in the morning reaches bis
post Dy the sar1emeans. He has two hobbies,
yaenza ware and g,esnery, and by them
his cfheateau is. nsssds truly ldelSzntfal
Fountains, winter gardens, zyiaries, and
all kinds and degrees ct beaUty are there
tastefualy combined, and the resul is an en-
semble unequs2led in its effect. sorsa- idea
OF the splendsr of Wcsth's esta blisAsnent
may be gained, from the, statement that for
every day and aor great iOceasions alliss, only
the =, ~..,-
BIsSRsF s4zERzss CHINA
is ussd upon his tables, while one xalon is
lined entirely with tiRs sFecimeals OF Iaenza
pIztes held in place By silver hdttcQs. So
n81lch For the man snd his suS ronadings; !;
wfEt he acconsplishes all the wof Id Knows.
,l,o II.
prefer going without something else for the
sake Of saying that they posss ess- o4e of
Wsrth's costumes; sn1 TO sucla length is
this feeling carried, that our leading ac-
tresses in. New York now wear these mar
vels of elegance. Kiss Fanny Davenport,
and others Of her gems who prictf themselves
as it were, ON the 2erSsction of aheir ap-
pcilAtments, import ell their dresses direct
! frcm Paris, 30 that We have always an op-
portunity to.examiae in d etail the more
striking designs of the great chief eestumer.
Tbs wonderful success of q lis maa in a vo-
cation so uRusual doubles tenlSts others
tOtry their luck klt so far their Unsuccess
is the onlFthing to, be en- roniclsa concern
| ing them. Maa-miibner there are liz
plenty and iouzishing on es toe, as witness
lost on the Vilse du Havre. he left aa
immense fortune, tho PR )ceeds of two great
establish xaents, one here and sne. in PANS
and now his viii is just dmitteato probate.
In old times these thing 8 were left entirely
10 women, bus row nouf avouSshange toax.-
celia, and il islto be exp ected that in an age
where women study law and medicine to
say nothing ci divinity, men should revange
themselves by trying wsmans' work
tnsmsslves nsnsss onsS sSt thars many mas-tna hn
there is only one Worth. Al one time there
was q male dress maker in New York and
also one in Brooklyn, and they fiousished
for while probably on accsRnt of ths nov
city, but soon they disappeared, and 4 doubt
if the innovation will ever become natural
lied in Gotham. 1 have myself seen dresses
made by these gentlemen, who unlike the
great Worth really did ths ripping and the
cutting themselves, and even condhscendad
to remodel old dresses, making
HANDsoNTi COSTUMES
\ out of two old silks of contrasting colors
And after all, isn't this amore dSxnified call.
ing for lord of creation than enameling the
the possession of q French citizen who ad.
vertises that he enamels ladies' "in any
style, to last a weel, or a year."
And speaking Of queer traces. there is 8
sign on one of our streets which 1t hrsi
sight is well calculatea:to drive the nniniti.
ated mad. Dark Eyes Colored, says this
/ curious sign, and there being no one thing
IN view in the windcw beneath. which might
furnish clue, seekers after 'smore light
: are obliged to M aka an effort for it, unless
tney are possesSeO OF sullclent ~cneek" u
: go in and ask. The probability is that after
} you have lost yourself in vain questioning
} az to those glass horrors, artificial eyes, and
as to why they don't color light eyes in
, stead of dark o mes, you will ask some friend
. what 1t all me ans; and he will answer, "hs
will tell your that when the scions Of oul
Q first families, get into trouble,s by impru6
/ dence in seeing the old year out, or in any
9 other way, and are casually disfgured by
2 having thu sir eyes blacked, they ito ayoi
unpleasan t tinterrogation) go to these oblig
. ing gentl .men of color, who paint over th'
r bruise ipf the most artistic manner, thereb,
, enabln 9 these nice young men to return {.
b the bos ,om oftheir families unsupported ant
rejoic' .ng. am assured by competent an
thori Ey that the work is so wonderful,
pert ect as to be almost indiscoverable; s.
:, the 4 the bruise comes and heals and disap
"