Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-11-03
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Worth, and its progress was evidently
watched with the utmost interest bv the
whole staff. The attendants fiocked in to
look at it, and the young lady upon whom
1T was being fitted seemed as proud as
duchess. 1t was wonderful what changes
the hand of the master made in few
mlnutes-here piece was ripped up in
order that more graceful outline might
be secured; there new trimming or dec
Grafton was introduced, and everywhere
a few touches effected an obvious improve
ment- 1t was ball dress, such as Young
ladies' dream Of in inspired visions. IT
placed in a room 1y itself it would at
tract universal admiration. What then
will be the effect when the fair owner adds
her own beauty to IL?
Nearly all the fabrics used in the dress
es made by Mr.. Worth, are manufactured
from designs Of his own, for he is great
inventor, and even at his dinner table a
sheet OF paper is often by his side, and on
it he draws designs for some new costume
destined to captivate the male sex and fill
the other sex with envy. Dress with Mr..
Worth is fine art, worthy Of calling into
exercise the highest human faculties. 1t
was he who invented those channels under
garments which are supposed TO add 80
much to the already irresistible atrac-
tons OF the nobler part of creation He
knows everybody, and seems to be an
acute judge Of character OF one lady
he said She looks as if she wished to
be always slipping poison, and to
administer large doses to her friends
When some one else was mentioned. he
remarked; "She is so much done up in
her currant .elley that it is quite hopeless
To approach her. Not that his savings
were always in this caustc vein-he has
his favorites, and among them are the
American ladies. many Of them whom are
his best customers.
They possess the requisite figures to en-
able him to do justice to his art. For
them he exerts all his TALENT. he has
made himself acquainted with the history
and belongings of most of the best known
New York neutrality-suspicious. "a II matter
of caution, for Mr. Worth. like our old
friend Dogberry, has doubtless had - his
losses" He can tell you who Mrs. So
and-so was before her marriage, and
whether her father left her any money,
and how much her husband has got All
this sort Of information is doubtless useful
to a man Of business, whose bills cannot
be but Il triile long, for excellence in any
field of labor has to he paid for. The
great English clothesmaker for men
is not cheap, yet in a mans attire there is
no room Whatever for the play of fancy
and the exercise OF ingenuity The great
and critical point Of trimming" never
has to be decided. And it is upon that
point that Mr.. Worth is so great an author
ity. One of the friends whom accompa-
MED had u magnificent Indian shawl
which she wished to have converted into
Il mantle. 1t was beautiful shawl. the
finest ever saw. and it cost originally
about : 300 (fjOO.)
The shape of the mantle having been
decided. there came to the font the mo-
mentous question of trimming-in this
case merely II trimming for The edge.
One or two suggestions We're made. but
after Il few moments reflection the cele-
bratcd artist came out with an idea which
was at once admitted 10 he the best that
could possibly be presented, even if all the
dress makers in the world were assembled
in solemn conference on the question. One
point only astonished me IN the learned
dsquisition pronounced by Prof Worth
There were in this Indian shawl some
ular shade which crnnot be produced ont
of the vale OF Cashmere In an Indian
house which once visited the door of
every room was composed solely of Il
grand shawl presented bv the maharaiah
of cashmere. and each shawl was selected
rs the finest example of !he workman
skill. The green in those shawls was of
lovely shade. beautifully blended with
-, ii. l., l..
fore Mr.. Worth there was the same rich
tint here and there
The remark that hc made and which
took me 50 completely back was simply
this; Madame. we must suppress the
green Suppress the green Oh. Mr.
Worth surely that was a conception
which owed its origin To the assassin ting
weather. and which thy excellent iudT-
ment would repudiate in cooler moments
The French are supposed To be the great
est deviscrs of dress and ornament in the
world, but Mr.. Worth has gone into their
own stronghold and beaten them He is.
rs everybody knows. an 1nglishmau, and
long held position in the house of Swami
n Edgar in London. whtre his peculiar
abilities soon marked hin, out for promo
ton. HIS is now French citizen and has
two sons who look more rrench than Eng
fish. and who has served or are serving
their prescribed term in the army. The
Partisan modistes no longer contest Mr..
Worth's superi ,rity. They adopt the
simpler and easier course of following
meekly in his footsteps
At the beginning OF each season they
buy dress of Mr.. Worth's and use il rs
a model. tracing inch by inch its cut and
fashion. Thus an EnglisAman is at the
top of the tree in Paris, and it would be
hard if he had climbed all the way there
without getting some fruit.
In word. Mr.. Worth is rich. influential
and respected-a celebrity" in his way.
in many respects characteristic of the
times in which he lives. 1t is pity that
he cannot apply his gifts to the adornment
of both sexes. but since he had to choose
one, there is no denying that he made his
selection wisely. II admire your skill ST.
much, said |. THAT am sorry cannot
ask you TO make something for me by
way of preserving memorial of it," II
only wish. replied Mr.. Worth. THAT
could make even a pair of trousers for
myself" and he looked ruetully down at
his neither garments. which, to say the
truth, would have sent thrill of horror
through poole's establishments