, 1875-10-24

The True Story Of Marguerite Gantier,
La Dame aux Camellias,'
The Trouble Of Getting Baby Named in
Paris-A Pair Of English Eccen-
tricities.

dolphin Telegraph: It is an odd fact. and an
That does not particularly garry out the theorie
OF the womans equality advocates, that the tw,
Chief dressmaAars OF Paris-Worth aud Pippet
l-aAoud both be men. The tirBt-that King o
the Dressmakers-is hard at work enlarging hi
palace OF fashion on the Rue de- Ia Paix. ney
series Of rooms, opening out Of wide well
lighted corridor, will shortly give space for th,
| dlsplhy OF his unrlvaled styles. It is rather iu
teresting to sit quietly waiting in one Of tht
| shoW-rooms, mere ''1ooker-on in Vienna +" and
to note how every detail in this vast establish
ment owea its completeness and finish to his
hand. Here, there, and everywhere, attend
| Ing to one customer, answering the
| questions of = second, giving advice to
| third, sitting in Judgment on tho toilette Of
fourth. showing one girl bow to put in a
sleeve, and second how to trim SKIRT, fas-
tening on waist, trimming for one dress, and
dsposing lace in graceful curves for another
It ia easy to see how he has won his 1eputa-
tion and made his fortune. There is no doubt
but that in his own line he ia real genius,
and when to that qualification ia added unt1r-
ing industry and lnexhaustible energy, it is no
wonder that his creations in dress have attain
ed to such worldwide celebrity. Que thing
about him that ia very astonishing ia his mem
ory. Show him piece OF lace, for instance,
and be will pensively remark. "Ah, YES, you
bought that laco Of me in 1868. It wns then
In pale blue silk, the skirt o: which was
cut eo-and-so. and trimmed in such way,
cluster Of blush roses, threa roses and five
buds to the cluster Absurd as the above
may sound. it is not one whit exaggerated, and
yet the number Of dresses that are annually
sent out from his renowned atelIer must amount
to several thousand. From the Queen to the
cocotte, all classes Of female society coufess his
power and bow beneath his sceptro. For there
la nobody like him in all the WIDE range OF Pa-
risian dressnaking. He alone POSSESSES that
marvellous power OF combining colors together
"style' that cannot be described, but yet is so
real and 80 attractive. have described so many
dresses lately that hesitate to give descrip~
tion OF the marvels have recently beheld IN
this "Court Of the King" One, however,
ban-dress intended for the young bride of Prince
Milan Of servia merits special montion. TWAS
lch pearl-colored satin, the front creased with
three vide ecarfs of the satin fastened
plainly At one side and drawn up into
graceful fullnesa at the other, where they were
and foliage. The petals Of these roses wero Of
most beautiful and understandable shade, some
thing between pink and q pale crimson, and the |
combination Of color with the silvery pearl of
the satin was SIMPLY marvellous. Worth is trim
ming this season silk house-dresses with yiyid |
scarlet. The bows and ssshes and houuces of
one superb black silk we're all lined with . heavy
scarlet silk, while another was trimmed with |
narrow bands OF scarlet OF course go brilliant !
and conspicuous hue needs to be disposed with |
infinite art to render the combination at onco |
tasteful and not too SNOWY. The celebrated I
Of Paris drives out every day |
ia the Bois de Bou1oghe. He wears kid gloves |
IT peculiar and delicate lilac hue. and always
:ides with one foot upon the front seat. the |
rouser leg on that side being slightly drawn up,
a tn n tho
1ue as his gloves.
THE TRUE STORY OF MARGUERITE GAuT,ER.
Says Paris correspondent Of the New York |
Graphic: At. the Gymnasse "Lt Dame aux
Jameliias" is being played, with aiarguerue
Coulter Of rather different quality from that de-
ineated SO often and 80 satisfactorily By Mile
Blanche Pierson. The present imperBonator ia
dlle Tallandiere. who gives to the Lady a. the |
;ameilias more OF q probable than ideal chaEscs
er. 1t is well known that the original Mar-
uerue Coulter vas Marie Dup1essis. who died in
SIT, and whose monument is one Of the fea-
ures Of the Cemetery Of Montmartre, Her life
7ns q romantic one-if an illregulated life can
yer be properly that. When young girl, she
7as grisette OF the Latin ouarter-pretty
eicate, and dirty! For some years ahe cortiu-
ed to live in the same fashion, when
he astractcl the attention Of young
Ian Of very illustrious name IN France,
nth no less = title than that Of Duke,
nd soon after she WAS not unfreQueptly
zen on his arm at garden-ooncerts, charming
onhg woman in elegant attire. From that time
be belonged to tbs beau monde of Sinners Her
leyation seemed to inbue within her no dispo-
tion to lead o better life, but only urged her
n to resolutely enter upon more tempestnous
purse. She was consumptive-haf hygienic
I'D half strategic. She went to the German /
ian Of 84,-a Russian diplomat, who had CO. /
perated at the treaty Of the Peace Of Tsitt {
is heart was sore and tender over the recent
1873 OF beloved daughter, who had died OF con-
lmption. and he was struck with the resenl- |
ance Marie Duplessis bore to this child. 6he had
10 same pretty face, relyety eyes, elegance of ]
.ure, small hands and feet, and the same cough |
he result WAS that he in sepse adopted her to
'nsole hun for his loss. Returning to Paris in i
ia role Of q "famiiy portrait" Marie installed | 8
rd de Ia Madeleine, where she ultimately e
ed. The paternai alteration Of the Count left i
II abundant liberty, and her distractions were | b
'merous and varied. She had her salon. Il
mo young men Ia mode, Baron Of unhappy
'torietT, the celebrated pianist L., who
IS generous as Russian Prince en- passage,
rse- jockey (for euphony call him nadqu,qnon), a
10 gave her magnificent pair Of horses and Z
poet, who brought her his young enthusiasm, .
d later immortalized her. But the phthieia d
vanced. h
Marie vas remarkably pretty-ta1I, moderate | f
wel-shaped. Ignorant, without wit, but rich ! !,
instinct. Although a Normandy peasant bv | =
:th, she had some noble blood in a
r veins, being remotely related to historic Ii
me- Of which her own WAS modification. She | se
d with tho greatest ease and readiness. q,
7alsehoods whitened the teeth" she would ~
7. So she was not an ideal character; she ~
II made her mark in the history Of beauty. +,
ring her last days she wanted to see a play, -,
so 'Fas driven to the Palais Royal Theatre ~ ~
Q was so feeble thai she Was carried to her e. =.
< By two lackeys That was the last tune sho - =,
t her house. She rapidly failed from that ~ ~
le and the Count-father, who WAS away, came -. ~
me to find her dying. 4 devoted friendd who -
never left her watched over her until the last r
ment, and then shrouded her so beautifully | =.
It in death she was more beautiful than she ~ ~
been in life. Her head WAS surrounded with ~ ~
Mt d'AIencon lace; her hands were arranged | ~
~ to bold bouquet Of camellias-her favor q.
ttower-and in their midst was deftly placed o.
ny crucifx. Her coffin was filed with camel IL, Ia
and for u year following her BURIAL her ~, ~,
re was kept covered With these perfuneless ~, ~
Fers carried and placed there BY the faith ~
FT1S i.nu nk~ /