, 1877-12-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Kate Fields Visit to Worth, the
Man-MiItiner.
Is Lord Mayo Insane R---Was the
Empress Eusenle a
Bcauty2
Beauty and Industry Ct gretan Women
Albert Edward and London
Reporter.

The famous monarch OF modistes granted .
audience lately to Miss Kate Field. who th'
Eoseips about his majesty: Worth has q lart
establishment in the Rue de Ia Paix, Paris, ,whe
400 young women stitch, stitch, stitch, not at a
in poverty, hunger, and rags. His employ
number LOO in all. and during the Commun
when NOBODY ordered dresses OF anything els
Worth provided for scrcuty OF his employees
though l,c, too, suffered for want Of dcce1
food. Wasn't it good OF hint And isn't
guecrthat this leader of fashion should con,
from the country that is accused Of having n
taste- Worth is English, born fifty-two ycal
ago in Lincolnshire! Once upon q tim
he mas clerk in Marshall & ShrlgrDyc':
and At Is years Of age he set out 70
Paris with a Few pounds in his pockc,
Brains was his only capital. That the mal
is gcuus in his own profession is as evident 2
jiy from, his mother, who POSSESSED exquisite
taste. You must not judge Worth BY all thu
dresses made by hin, Us / used to do. II J
woman insists upon having fassr' iurbelowed
disguised be mag be- :.My lifc is anything but
q bed Of roses,' he said the other day. ''What
have to endure from some women is simply
Incredible, when 1t is remembered that they call
themselves ladies' Que person sailed in late
iasie At ali, Nj. Worth; i want So
and-so.' Madame he replied, syou can
have what you want, but l am quite
sure that il had your taste shouldn't have
any customers She didn't mind the sarcasm.
rcccntly: You make my cousins drcsaes, and
don't approve Of them, MIR. WORTH Neither
do !, madane, he answered; if your cousin
Likes coiors mixed up, can't helpit. II you
congratulate you!:'' Yes: that's The Way
Worth talks to tho people. It doesn't make
tie least difference who they are lie says
exactly what he thinks, consequently he is very
original aud very amusing. What would bc
extraordinary in ans Que else seems to be pe:
1eetiy natural in him. 4 grand dame once went
up to Worth to show hin, the new costume she
wore for the first time Glancing ut Aer,
Worth exclaimed: 81 Your dress is spoiled by
your gloves Take them OFF, And of they
came.
Worth is a tallish man, with big, clever head,
and very prominent forehead. His brown eyes
are singularly shrewd III llnexprea5lon, aud their
SEIZURE OF detail is surprising.-that is. for
mcn. AS rule, men hlyc no more tyo Tor de-
tail than owls.Aave for the sui. Worth takes
you IN at glance, aud knows what your style
ought to be, which is such comfort When l
go to 4 dressnlaker: don't care to 1'work mT
passaSe.'' want to order harmony in one or
two colors, and to encounter braj,f equal to the,
occasion. Worth's taste, when allowed full
play, is rrcproachahle. ~ prefer simplicity to
anything else,'' he says, "but there are women
who don't beierc in the value Of dress unless
msd it j. for saase asev T dan r nH1 @ 's SeM SEss x s
is becoming to Que person Is hideous when worn
by another. 1 study to make the best
out Of subject given me, as, unfortunately, We
can't have people made to order, can wes If l
1ul. ard pretty. Then dressing them would be
an artistic pleasure. dress should never
oycrpower the wearcr. 1t should merely be an
appropriate frame fur = charming picture, bring
Ing out the beauties Of the .picturc, but never
detracting attention from it. So few women
understand this. Why, when find can make
costume for less money than had been agreed.
upon. actually annoyed clients by telling them
SO. They think it cannot be US handsome as it
ought to be, and they would rather have more
material added, however much the design might
be ma1rcd, than pay less. ! assure you that is
fact- Consequently, when meet ladies who
know that dressing is IN art, I take very great
satisfaction IN them as patrons. It isn't
every woman who knows how to wear
a dress. When hare done my best, l try to.
make my client do her best, by seeing her walk
and sit down. To walk With style is rare
enough, but when it comes to being ablc to sit
down in dress propeILly,-well, there are not
many equal to that. Then, women think they
ought to have number Of dresses, and would
rather be seen every day ina new toilet, how
ever hdcous, than wear one dress, however be-
coming There neyerwas greater mistake. Ii
your frame is appropriate, stick to it. Don't
be getting out of it, and trying experiments. 1
have just made dress for Nine. Nilsson, in
which she looks better than ever saw Ier be-
fore, ami have begged her to wear that.dress
constantly in Russia, il she wants to produce
most charming effect As she Is sensible,
think she will take my advice, which, Won pcr-
ceyc, is against nv interests; but, gracious me-
money is not ny only OBJECT. Art is intended
u b;autlfy naIure, not to deform it.s'
You'd appreciate how bne an artist Worth is
BY .oing his villa at Suresnc, 1t is one Of the
n'arycls Of Parisian suburbs. never saw, such
harmony Of ensemble, every bit fitting into every
other lit, as though 1t were Il mosaic Worth
has been his own architect, gardener, designer,
upholstercr. Tnerc's not carpet nor a curtain
that he did not invent StufIs aud chairs have
been made for bin and for him only. The
hangings In his library are works of art in the
way Of embroidery. The rare old china, which
is Worthss particular frenzy and with which
many Of the walls are inlald, would drive Mr.
Gladstone mad with delight The eye is per-
petually grati6ed, and when you step into the
ga1ucn the view OF Paris, the Buis de Bou-
lougne, and the country for miles around is
dream OF beauty.
This villa lies directly beneath Mont Valericu,
the finest sight in tho neighborhood of Paris.
stones, pillars, and s,atuary, brought from the
TuileEies, and bought by Worth after tile Com
mune had done its worst Seated on 4 lovely
terrace made out Of the imperial wreck, listen
Ing TO an ;eollan harp, gazing ut the city OF
splcndor at my feet, and breathing air stceped
with glorious sunshine, lpassed one Of the most
charming afternoons Of my life. Worth III a
quaint, flowing gown and skull cap, that made
him look tremendously like Hogarth, entertained
re pucnesse DC - and ourselves with stories
OF the Commune, and when We left we were
111nly convinced that one of the clcyerest men
Englanu had produced In this century Is Worth.
the drcsstnaker.