Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-25
THE WIcKEDEsT MAN.

Central Frn0syiVanla. Disguised IN
feminine garments, the wretched person
called on every lady in three contiguous
the agent of new st0oking-manufactur-
ing company, secured hundreds Of orders
and measurements before he was finally
detected and exposed. One would mats
urally have supposed that wickedness
could sound no deeper depth than this,
but it now appears that n still more wick
ed young man has recently been di>cOv-
cred in Boston. The Pennsylvania mis-
creaut did not collect payment for his
mythical stockings in advance, and
hence, as he made no money, no con-
ceivable object can be assigned for his
villainy. The Boston wretch, on the
other hand added black mailing to his
other crimes, and is unquestlonably the
wickrdest man on record.
A bout q year ago, so runs the story
| fssl iUnnbe Boston lressmaser took into
her employment an attractive young wO-
man, who soon became extremely popu-
lar among Boston ladies 1t was Miss
/ Annies business to ca i Mt the houses Of
ladie, who employed the fashionable
dressmaker, and to cut and fit their dress
es-a task which she performed with
wonderful and really unparalleled skill.
/ 1t was universally agreed that there new
er had been such a dfessmaker's assis-
tant. miss Annie'' - the Bostonan
ladies were accustomed to remark
plays nm alturism in her professional cog
ntions, Of which the average diessmaker
who never comprehends the di>tncloni
between the ergo and the nonergo, is in
capable" There is no doubt that in her
way Miss Annie was a true artist. She
possessed rare Imaginative powers. She
often >aid 10 her patrons, with n gentle,
musicnl voice, that not even a mouthtul
Of professional pins could mar: The
fault with most Boston dresemnkers is
that they cannot rise above the dead lev
el Of realism, aud their work is therefore
! fat and commonpace. The true artist
should be full of agination, and should
! Illustrate IN her work The ideal culves
and piciuresques inequalities Of surtnce
which constitute the highest type of full>
dressed beauty" Thus combining in
her onversaton philosophy, poetry, and
thorough knowledge Of her art. Miss
| Annie would so enlighten the labor Of
being fitted" that her patrons regarded
it as posi- i've pleasure 20 place thpm>
selves in her delt hands and undergo the
usually pro.aic processes OF pinning or
unpinning, OF being taken in" here and
"let out" there. 1t was noticed with
much admiration that she always carried
with her a note book in which she made
careful mcmornnda. This wa done, ms
she explained, becausc, as a consclen
| tiods artist, she felt pride in her work
and wa, unwilling that she should lose
| the recollection of any sudden inspiration
MS to the delicate insertion of "A gtsset, or
the bold cutting Of shoulder, piece on
| the bias.
The business of the worthy dress maker
who hHd the good fortune to employ Miss
Annie increased rapidly. 1t soon be
came test of true Gu u!ture among Boston
ladies to have their dresses mnde exc!u,
sively at her establishment. The result
was M apparent increase of Bo-tonion
beauty. fsr which the local scientific per-
sons could find no sufficient reason. It
was not that the average weight Of the
feminine Bostonian phil1so>her had in
was mani iiest increase in breadth and
thickness. For the first time since the
planting of the Colony Of Massachusetts
Bay it was noticed thata Boston lady
when standing with either Of her edges to
/ the sun, frequently cast we'll defined
! shadow. No change has been made in
| the diet of The intellectual classes. The
ladies OF Boston still live upon Emerson
and baked henns, but those Of them who
had been fitted by NJ ss Annie had oh
yiously departed from the accepted stand.
ION lady had hitherto been made to con
sisi Of seven parts Of pule intellect, two
parts OF spectac les, and one part of flesh
and blood.
| One dark and dreadful day last week
each one of the Indies who had employed
| the services Of Mis- Annie received that
young persons card, with the accompany
! ing statement that a young gentleman
awaited them in the drawing room. The
| first lady who received thi. announcement
laid aside the copy of Emerson, put on
her best hnir, and went down to meet the
unknown visitor. Him she instantly rec
ognized as the hitherto Miss Annie, and
was, of course, terribly suIpri-ed. Thi>
wicked young man. who had so success
fully masqueiaded MS dressmaker's as-
| sislant, explained with much nppa;ent
penitence hat he had been detected and
discharged, and That his sole desire was
/ to hide 5imself in California. To do this
however, he required money, and he,
therefore, felt that he would be exeus-
able IN presenting small bill for the
dress making materials which as he al,
legged, he had furnished at his own ex
pense. He was sorry to say that, owing
to the failure Of the crops, both whale
bones and cotton were extremely dear,
but he had, nevertheless, charged only
53 per pound or the former, and S. for
the latter. On payment of bill for these
articles he would instantly send the Indy
/ his note hook containing memoranda re-
latng to her dresses, and wnuld depar. in
| the next train for San Francisco.
There we're 81 distinct Bostonisn ladies'
on whom this abandoned wretch success
81 NJ. n a .,.:Lh L m