Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-14
VlCTORlA'S CAST-OFF CLOTHES.
New York Bellies Making Market for
RoYaItY's Discarded Garments.
New York Sunday Mercury.

New York Bellies Making a Market 70
RoYaltY's Discarded Garments.
New York Sunday Mercury.
The following decidedly curious nd
vertisement appeared in morning pa
f per last week:
ladies desirous of purchasing ar
ticlcs from the wardrobe of Queen Vic
toria can do so by calling ON Mrs. Mar
: tin, West FOrticth street."
A Mercury reporter found the deSig
mated address TO be--mOst appropriate
ly, perhaps-an English basement
house let in lodging-roOms, of whicl
Mrs. Martin occupied back parlol
with very obese bed in very con
tracted alcove, squeezed into the gen
teel scmblancc of Il bookcase. When
he shut the door after him the bee
came tumbling down with II violent
clatter, and stout lady in dingy reC
wrapper, who was reading Il ncwspa
per at the window, said "Drat it,
with great yehcmence,
The reporter apologizcd TO both I'll,
he'd and himself, and explained his cr
rand. Having janmcd the bed N
again, Mrs. Martin made assurance
certain by rolling an armchair agillnSI
it, and, sitting down in it, said: "'rhat
was my advertisement you saw, sir
and you could have seen many other;
II you had been 50 pleased. lts moi
the first, nor the second, nor yet tllt
tenth, and | have the receipts to prove
it, not to mention the ladies who have
bought of me, II was so disposed as tt
name thcm-Some OF the llrSJ ladies' 0l
the land, sir, and I'm not ashamed tt
say it. Not that It's any wonder, fol
the chance they get IS not one that
comes to them every day.
"10u mean the chance ol purchasing
tile caSl-Oli clothes ol queen, ObScrN'
ed the reporter
Mrs. Martin surveyed INN with Il
glance OF suspicion and replied: "WIlo
said cast OIL clothes? II they don't
suit them they don't necd to Duy them,
do they? Which, as Far us that goes,
the caSt'oif clothes OF Il queen, aS you
call them, young man, is a ucal better
than some folks best Look ut these
hosiery now," and she handed the re-
porter Il black ball FROM the mantle.
The ball mrolIcd into Il pair of sllkcn
hose Of the finest texture which pre-,
sentcd the appearance Of having III
vested the royal cNtrcmitcs Il couple
of times at most. If thcirrCycrcnt sug-
gcstiOn may he permitted, however, her
maicsty's pcdiomr had been dirclecl
In the performance of his duties about
the time she wore those stockings, foI
nj the point of each great toe the deli
cate fabric had been cut, evidently by
the pressure Of a sharp edge. The
heels and toes Were white or rather
had been before her majesty walked in
them without slippers. rhcsize of the
pedals which had filed them were cvi.
IDENTIFY that Of an ordinary wOmans
and the measurement in other par.
ticulars, rs far as the reporter was per.
mittcd to make ii was in proportion
Altogether they did not present any
particular difference, except in the ab.
scncC of ncwncss 10 similar objects
which are displayed TO the vulgar gaze
ON those plaster Of Paris works of art,
which has become I'm attribute Of most
of our dry-goods store windows, and
the reporter said 50. But Mrs. Martin
pointed to the white band III which the
upper portion Of Them terminated, and
remarked "Don't thcy| and indeed,
woven in the band in open work, were
the initials "V, H. surmolmtcd by a
crown. This regal stamp Mrs. Martin
assured the reporter, is permitted only
upon articles manufactured for the
royal wardrobe, and in corrOboratiOn
she produced several other pairs Of
stockings, which she declined TO mroll,
however, all Of which bore the same
mark. Itlikcwsc existed in some cam.
brio handkcrchicfs, which she took out
of hairy trunk. Her collection, she
stated, embraced several sets of I'M
dcrcothing, gloves, lace, and plain col
lars, fans and cuffs and shoes and slip
pers. Most of these had been already
disposed of. Such as remained We're
of character to be held sacred from
the gaze of man.
This led quite naturally to the inter
esting point of their origin and dcstna-
ton. According to Mrs. Martin, every
three months witnesses Il complete re-
ncwal of Queen NictOria's wardrobe
In spite of the popular impression that
this consists mainly of muslin caps
and black gowns, il is really very cX-
tensiye, and much of it is almost un.
worn: still il has to give place to the
new supply. 1t falls the perquisitc,
SAYS Mrs. Martin, of the maids of
honor, who, in fact, receive no other
reward. These exalted but frugal Ia
dies sell it in lump, aud divide the
money il brings among them.
The method of which ii is disposed
of partakcs of that species of mystery
G. w. NJ. REYNOLDS used to rrVel in
when he proidcd the rlrctc and proni-
gate monarchy with his rcd-hot pen.
The discarded rarb of Britains great
ness having been hacked in bundles is
TRANSPORTED by night to the residence
or a Mrs. Marks. who receives il from
the Trusted carrier and returns the
money, She does with il what ladies
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