Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-28


celebrated man milliner, of Paris, as fol-
lows: Worth is tallish man, with big
clever head and a very prominent fore
head. His brown eyes are singularly
shrewd in expression, and their seizure of
detail is surprising-that is for man
As rule, men have no more eye for de-
tail than owls have for the SUM- Worth
takes you in at glance, and knows
what your style ought be, which is such
comfort. When I 60 to a dress-maker,
I don't care to /" work my passage IL
went to order my harmony in one or two
colors, and to encounter brains aqual to
the occasion. Worth's taste, when allow
ed full play, is i1reproachable. L pre-
fer simplicity to anything else" he says,
but there are women who don't believe
in the value of dress unless it is loaded
with trimming. They drive me mad,
for they can't take advice. Now, what is
becoming to one person, is hideous when
worn by another.
study to make the best out of a sub
ject givea me, as, unfortunately, we can't
have people made to order, can we? If
had my wav all women would be slight,
graceful and pretty. Then, dressing
should never overpower the wearer. 1t
should merely be an appropriate frame
for charming picture, bringing out the
beauties of the picture but never detract-
ing attention from it. So +ew women
understand this. Why, when I find I
can make costume for less money than
had been agreed upon, actually annoyed
clients by telling them so. They think
it cannot be as handsome as it ought to
be, and they would rather have more
material added however much the de-
sign might be marred, than pay less. I
assure you this is fact. Consequently,
when meet ladies who know that dress-
ing is an art, take very great satistac-
ton in them as patrons.
1t isn't every woman who knows how tc
wear dress. When have done my best
I try to make my client do her best by
seeing her walk and sit down. To walk
with style is rare enough; but when il
Genes to being able to sit down in dress
properly-well. there is not many equa
to that can tell you. Then, women think
they ought to have number of dresses
and would rarher be seen every day in 6
new toilet, however hideous, than wear
one dress however becoming. There
never was a greater mistake. If your
frame is appropriate, stick Ito it. DOM
be- getting out of it, and trying expert.
ments. I have just made dress fol
Madame Nillson, in which she appears
better than I ever saw her before, and
have begged her to wear that dress con
stantly in Russia, if she wants to produce
a most charming effect. As she is sensi
BILE, I think she will take my advice
which, you perceive is against my interests
but, gracious me, money is not my only
object. Art is intended to beautify nature
not to deform it,
You'd appreciate how fine an artist
Worth is by going to his villa at saresne
It it one Of the marvels of Partisan sub
urbs. I never saw such harmony of en-
sen6ze, every bit fitting into every
other bit as though it we're mosaic
Worth has been his own architect, gar
dener, designer, upholsterer. There's NO
a carpet nor curtain that he did not in
vent. Stuffs and chairs have been made
for him, and for him only. The hangings
in his library are works of art in the way
of embroide y The rare old china
which is Worth's particular frenzy, an6
with which many Of the walls arc inlaid
would drive Mr.. Gladstone mad with de.
light. The eye is perpetually grati6ed
and when you step into the garden, the
view Of Paris, the Bots de Boulogne, anC
the country for miles around, is a dream
of beauty.
! This villa lies directly beneath Mon
4 Valerin, the finest sight in the neighbor
| hood of Paris. Then there are ruins il
the garden, made out of stones, pillars
and bought by Worth after the Com
mune had done its worst. Seated on {
lovely torrance made out of the lmperia
wreck, listening to an Holian harp, gaz
ing at the city # splendor at my feet
and breathing air STEPPED in glorious
sunshine. l passed one of the mss
charming afternoons of nay life. Worth
! in quaint, flowing gown and skull cap
that made him look tremendously ik
Hogarth, entertained the Duchesse d.
- and ourselves with stories of tn
Commune, and when we left we wer
firmly convinced that one of the cleveres
men ErglaLd has produced in this cen
, fury is Worth, the dressmaker.
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