Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-15

the rum or may be 1 can now not say, but ii Is
The .young mans taste. Like father, like
son.. Is motto which never foun 4 mDte
striking illustration than hare Worth ais
spared no money on the boys educ .ttion, and
even sent him To one of the English uuiversi-
ties at last: but while the other boys were ell
gagged in the usual hnmdrum routine NJ Ho net
and Cicero young Worth was p,e5iZing tn
hours by making original sketches Tor robhS
from Worth az premier. Now he is back here
and stands, as look at him, leaning in a d1ot-
way, a very picture in a fit ing frame of.a
handsome dark-eyed youth gazing with enfaD-
tured eyes on the living dolls vino glide about
him, fulfilling an alSutti:irn deStinv in show
ing off to advantage the crea ions of the father
and the son. "a great artistic appro aches, aud
says she wants Juliet dress. The inStilct
which prompts Worth, senior, to speak is tat
of an ariStsoul 1T must be s ,m ,thiuy," ne
says passing his jeweled fingers over his eyes
dreamily, (which suggests the moonlight"
thought of he wealth. of the great house of
Capulet. Red gold-pearls
wrought in the stuff he murnprS 'SOne-
thing youthful. above all" replies the artistic.
Remember, juliet was but fourteen."
A stranger study even han the customers of
this costly place is that relating to
Who serve there Wo, nil'' Was the indisputable
OllginaI0r OF this idea. of dressing up shop
gills like Duchesses in order to show off the
wares of the esta bliSh nent. Previously
manlken OF wire and stutfing was invested
with the trappings desti ed for my iaIy, and
to Whirl the thing about or to push it alOns ON
Judge OF the effect dress would make. o. "A
si'rally for man lie or shawl the saleSwoinan
would throw it abou her Shoul iars but tue
poor dress IN this case. generally cast a
blight on the rich upper garment. Now every
girl you See at WOrth's is dressed in a mas er-
piece of the house. Undoubtedly these girls
a'e chosen for their fine figures. and therefore
i is not extraordinary that some of them have
forms which would lose no hing by cOmDari-
son with the VenuseS Of the Louvre. Tne en-
chanting PECULIAR les of each of these forms
is studied, and the dress is made i'm accord
ance with the figure, instead of the figure
being distorted TO meet a conventional cut Of
dress. Take the English Spe liking girl
MISS MARY
She who does all the talking with the Amer
leans who can not speak French. Could any
sculptor dream of a more perfect torso THAI
hers? And observe the Greek suggestion 10
the cut of the bodice! Soft folds of rich pli-
able India silk start from the shoulders, and,
crossing each other at the waist like kerr
chief, are held down by a belt. Nothing less
intricate than this cut could be imagined A
colored dreSSm aker from Cuvngton at seventy
I'VE cents a day could make it. Yet that it
should look well, woman SHOULD have the
figure of Miss Mary-the long, slender waiS.
f the s'oRing shoulders, the firm small young
DuSt 1t Is the figure of MAGGIE Mitchell en-
lar ged-as who should say, FanchOn grown
up 10 womanho0d and married to her "Lln-
Very few of these girls of Worth,s have
beautiful faces. That is not to be expected
glrl or the 6dsse ctHSSo, with beautiful face
and Il lovely form. can find a better market
Tor her charms in France than wearing other
Women's dresses at a shop. You shall See that
sort
AT MABI1LE
wearing dresses and diamonds of their own,
such as few, even of Wurth'S customers, pos.
SeSS. But all the figures are beautiful, and
every woman who looks at these girls says to
herSel1, Perhaps my figure will look like
that if buy Worth's dresses
~, Now, what do they cost, these dresses at
WORMS? Well, leaving court trains and
stage costume entirely. out of the count, and
taxing only the range of dresses which
PRIVATE LADY
Wo d a reyWhr {p from $40 gss frG
lars!, eXclaim many Cincinnati ladies: ~
can wen afford that What sort of dress can
stripe in washing goods, a princess shape with
two frills around the bottom of the skirt, and
Marie .. Antoinette scarf with ends to knot
around the shoulders. You can get silk and
cashmere dress-a good deal more cashmere
than silk-fOr $50. The thermometer of rates
Is generally found to be at s2OO-a thousand
mlngs OF course brings the cost up from $500
TO TO the price OF the Stewart home, there or
Iii this connection, and In conclusion. let me
say to ladies intending to come over this sum
mer that it is necessary for their own proper
understanding OF matters they should know
ne general verdict hear on all sides is, that
things are
NO CHEAPER
mere than they are at home. People who come
10 europe with the idea of getting things for
nOlhlng almost are mad. The standard of
values never fiuctuates here to the extent il
does at home, where, for the last five wears
especially, bankrupt sales and other disasters
nave thrown costly articles on the market i'm
such quantities as to make them almost a
drug, to be had at any price you choose TO
gl We, when ladies tell me they can get as good
SIX Tor 81 10 yard in Cincinnati as they are
asked here by the Lyons Company So for. INV
only answer IS, =" am sorry 10 hear it, with
only small discount as a trade -buyer with
heavy customs duties and large rent of an
eXtravagant store to pay, what could be mor,
OBVIOUS than that the Cincinnati merchant
under pressure OF hard times, is selling at a
losS: OLIVE LOGAN.
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