The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-11-08
A VISIT To wORTH,s.
Anne II, Brewster, in tho Philadelphia Event
TeleRraDh

Anne II, Brewster, in tha Philadelphia Event
Telegraph
AvIdNoN, France, Dot. 1.-Ons of d
great sights in Paris is the man ''Mantu
maker Worth. One day was there vii
friend who was awaiting an andienc
and while waited with her admired II
beauty OF the Duchess di Sesto (forme
Duchess the Morny,) who was sitting on
sofa out In the corridor, looking over son
fashlon-plates. This handsome wona1
who was one of the stars of She secon
empire, is now grandmother; her daupl
ter by de Morny is the wife of her secon
husbands eldest son. The Duchess
Sesto, it is said, Is the illegtimate dauehte
OF an imperial parsonage of Russia. d
Morny was said to be an illegitimate hal
brother OF the Emperor, and when sent q,
mission to Russia, had the audacity L
take as armes parlantes a hortensia flower
At the time Of this famous mission. he WA
engaged to be married to beautiful Amer
can girl her trousseau, it is said, was pra
pared When he arrived in st. Petsrsburc
he found that one Of the objects of bis
mission was to marry him to this hand.
some Russian princess" He dared moi
refuse; that is, unless he was willing to
face obscurity and imperial oblivion. So
ambition and money carried the day-he
broke his plight and married according to
MS imperial alf-brothvrs wishes his mad
career afterwards can be read in that clever
novel of Daudet, the Nabob.
While we were talking over this de Nor,
ny romance, we saw three English persons
enter the corridor, an elderly woman,
young one, rather pretty, and smiling,
awkwaro young man, nice homely country
sort OF people, quite out of place in that
Vanity Fair. They immediately attracted
universal attention among the smartly
dressed shop girls. After some delay,
worth came out OF one of his sanctums,
and encountered these odd-looking persons
on ms way to us, for they were standing in
wait for him. The elder woman accosted
him in decided English pronunciation,
Blushing and smiling, the young. pretty
girl who was with her, Redeemed, but looked
lmploring and eager, while the young man,
| In his shyness, hid behind the curtain. inst |
as If he were dog, and expected to be |
trodden on or kicked out. almost expect
ed to hear him howl. They had come for
the manty-maker mans autograph Think
of it.
God bless me, ms'am," said Worth. in
true English tone and manner, Il have
written my autograph many time in a
business way-but really"
The elderly and young women interrupt.
ed the potenate Of petticoats with the most
overwhelming entreaties, 80 he yielded
good naturedly, and went off to a desk
with the little morocco bound book they
gave him, in which he wrote his name He I
brought the book back to Them, laughing,
and saying ,
I've made sad mess of 1t, I'm afraid. ,
but ''Oh, Mr.. Worth, " exclaimed the 9
two women in ecstatic unison, 81 am sure !
we are ever SO grateful etc.
Worth attended them very civilly to the : :
entrance, and with as much respect as if
they had been ordering so, 900 francs worth $
OF gowns from him. their male companion |
emerged from the curtain, like canine t
follower, and as they moved off down the I
mirror-liDed hall, all the girls of the estab> +
lishment crowded together in the counter d
room doorway to look. They made a a
pretty sight, these shop girls all dressed h
elegantly as walking, living fashion figures W
in gowns of rich stufs of mingled aud in .,
defnable tints, united with solid colors of -,
gold brown, peacock blue, or oak green. ~
All these garments had a cut, form, n
iesign of "manty maker" fantasy which d d
,an neither be imagined or described; some tL
If the girls had elegant mantles over their W
richly embroidered. There they til
TODD in dazzling heap of bsrbaric, not al
rtistic, splendor, on tiptoe, arching their ia
ecks, bent over, bent down, forming a fir
urious effect with their brilliant, curiousIy ov
Ormed costumes. tit
The stuffs, by the way, on the counters foI
Worth's. this season, are superb. Rich ~,
rocaded silks, and satins, and frappe vel Sn
ets They look ike ancient Persian and " "
"a oIJ
ssues. They have fantastic designs, are cill
all of rich shsens of gold and silver, red tlr
nd yellow, sunlight and moonlight sap th'
hire satins, with multitudes of vari-colored ov
CURES changing at every fold; creamy hiI
olored velvets and designs of the richest to
1eS, the iridescent shades going and ooms me
g. and crossing each other as you wave wa
10 Stuffs, and producing delicious effects. isle
hat superb costumes these silks and 70
tins and velvsts would make if handled ~,
ter the style of the Titan and Tintoretto,
ID Paul Veronese days. You remember pa Par
9 gorgeous gowns of the alegorical Qua
omen on the ceilings and walls of the OFT,
oge's palace at Venice! And the grand ant
'men in the ''Supper at Simon's House," can
d the Marriage of Cana of Paul Vero- hay
Sc, in the Sale Carrse of the Louvre trie
lat is the way these stuffs should be made aga
d worn. But Worth makes the fold of acc
yown o solid dark color, and then snips me,
ese superb stuns INTO triangular DTS that the
ep OUT OF me Dteaatns, INTO triangular deli
rohs 'Sn. s wisuoIa ha io nt9 paS'ions pie,
IT. ,,Iar shonas os Sa,, o,' ~, r,oI5aO forC
,wn aiIIa Gown There was a daIicjous in e
atoyante silk gathered into stif form at e1al
back and tied into knot about half whl
v down the skirt. There is no meaning that
these arrangements, no truly artistic de- cy,
n. The new visiting and dinner dresses mur
half long, are as tight as ever across
front and hips and full behind. saw A L
eral of the ugly old fashioned crinolined
tiles at Worth's rooms. \,
The well known ''manty maker Worth, N
man about so, he has a son of over 20, az
D is employed with his father, and is Voa aa
l to be even cleverer than Worth In de- !
ming the unartistic dresses of our day. tney
rth pere has a round, good natured face, eAPe
little bald, is about middle height, eAcl'
sses very simply, has no figure to boast proP
and has a limp, tired look about his tnint
ulders and back, the arms hang a little WIN
rard with palms inward. AZ II meant 10 prosI
atarT,0II,, sf,a1thir,e, a., ;,1ar-;-ar, witht
;ooots srd nhan be !. ,aIlir1 w6.t bs worlC
M ~ 10 witb ! rosntIa on 9own ac- being
nsnvino his words with anpropriate preci
,ures, his movements are most droll and as
Iical. His manners are not at all bad. 1uoul
pected to find him conceited and uppish, are
e spoiled by the women, especially after Gnost
scene of the autograph and by the ota'e
, he seemed rather pleased with that sAiOo
Ir, and while be talked with us about it, some
ctually laughed. He has rather home Irlen
Iimple, Straightforward manners, and our
n addressing the young women of the ~,
blishment be prefsces his remarks with WIeel
English phrase, II say" When We OF ss
him how much we liked q summer nO.ui
s he had made for q friend Of ours, and auo
d il pretty cotton, be cried out Iue
Oh, dear, no. 1t is not cotton at all it oVeII
soft linen. The Princess Y paid me peace
francs for it, but il will wash forever SnArl
ever and ever and ever.n lOss
was quite droll to hear Worth boasting suoin
dress of his would wash etsrnAlly;
be has q sort Of economy with his IA
te customers vhicn Is very amusing,
is like the good intentions that pave
Ain lost land 'sWhy do YOU not have Mr.