The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-13
The Empress Eugene and Her Cor
set Maker.
From letter Of Olive Logan's in Harper's
Bazaar

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From letter Of Olive Logan's in Harper's
Bazar.l
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 q No one could pretend to be
well corseted who did not patronize
Gringoire. Her prices rose like the
mercury in it's tube on hot day. She
made no corsets for less than $40. 'sWe
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 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
BILE customer, and in foggy London,
Gringoire babe adieu to the world OF
s.false vain show in feminine outlines
as we'll as all other things. Her former
forewoman continues her business, and
''Gringoire' still glares it's gold letters
at you from black marble sign. Ii
stands to reason that all the workers
employed by Gringoire were good cor
set makers.
Il never should have left madame i
madame hadn't died. said one of thes'
young women, as she took the number O
my waist inches, and wrote them in hel
book. Madame liked me to wait OF
the English customers, as | am Eng
lish. Oh, such fine ladies as did use t
come to US! And such lovely figures
J Did you ever see the Marchioness o
} Hastings, madame =
, Never
sOh, how beautiful her figure is
only eighteen inches around the waist
such bust, and such sloping shout
. ders -
; Indeed, them exclaimed the book
keeper, fine-looking French woman
| with positive manner, ''she must b
very different from the most of Englisl
; women. The generality of them hav
: waists SO long that they reach to tn
knees, and fiatter than their backs
s'The Empress was beautiful figure
, was she not = I asked Of the corset
! iere.
! Magnificent. Very stout, 20
: know
5 Stout I had seen her often, blu
; never thought her stout.
''She is so beautifully proportional
She measures twenty-seven inche
around the waist, but her bust is S
: very large that her waist looks yer
] small.
/ .sWhat sort of corsets did you max
. for the Empress z"
: 'sAlways coutil, madame-never sill
:, or satin, as many ladies ordered.''
: II suppose she scarcely chose cout
5 for economy's sake = | asked.
J, mo, madame; but she liked cout
c best. Then we made night corsets fc
n her."
e "Night corsets! That is somethin
/, I never heard Of
q s'They we're rather funny lookin
e All little tiny bones not thicker than
l. pin, and with straps and buckles
S front instead of busks.''
l. "What was the object of wearir
e night corsets q
d ITO keep her figure always RICH
IS Her bust was so large that she was COZ
}. ctantly in fear of losing her shape"
n "Who had the next prettiest fgur
n among Gringoire's customers e.
le The Duchess de Mouchy, the Emp
t, ror's cousin. She was the Prince
ID Anna Murat, you know