Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-21
TIE MAN-NlLIHEs.

Mau-milliners seem tn be on the lncTeass'
I am told that it is absolutely necessary II
should be so in order to restore the lost
balance and that, since the medical profess
sion has been invaded by women, the mill.
ner trade has been in turn usurped by men.
OF course. the irresistible Worth is at the
bottom OF it all. His salons are at least "a
fashionable as those Of the great Mesmer
used to be. To inspire Worth with real
interest seems to be the ambition of the
Partisan leaders of ton. To get him really
to do his best is as rare thing as it is to
get any crack teacher of singing to take
special interest in pupil But then, as
the farmers wife said OF her husband, who
drank occasionally-only occasionally -
g When he do, he do" And when Worth
ia really personally affected, the privileged
being on whom his artistic attention is
layished well knows that, beside her toll
cite. all non WoIths-and even Worth's
own uninspire6-etfortsa are bound to pale
Fancy the futter of disappointment of the
lady who went to him the other day and
asked him if he would consent to diagnose
and prescribe-I mean, design-for her
costume Throwing himself back in his
armchair, the great artist requested the
applicant to walk up and down before him,
while with half-closed eyes he appeared
lost in vague contemplation. At last,
rousing himself with an effort he exclaimed,
1T is useless, madam. Je ne Yous sens
pas aujourd' hui. Come back tomorrow,
If you like, and will consider you again,
/ promise nothing" And she went, aud
she returned. Daughters of Eve Rights
of woman What is the world coming TO,
when these and other like stories come over
the water? Our beauties sniff at Worth
and all his works, turn up their little
noses, toss their charming heads, and de-
clare that "neyer, never would they in
| England put up with such q creature !'-
and Il sigh for female human inconsisten.
cyl 90 straight off to Paris, pose to Worth,
| get themselves designed and equipped from
| top to toe, and then come home boastiAg OF
their dresses
| Still our shores were safe. These things
were foreign uxuries-affeotations. We
are safe no more.
This happened last week. 0 ye men
folk, take heed. Do We know what ladies'
shopping now covers or otherwise? No ?
| Then learn. In fashionable London es-
Enlistment the lady goes to choose her
material and to be measured. A skillful
! UlllllD6T 10 tllplUfGus w ullG Vic uI0s5 IL
in progress she returns to be fitted. To
her surprise the man-miliiner now enters
upon the scene. The milliner girl knows
her superior and stands aside respectfully.
| With all the assurance Of eonnoisseur,
the master remarks, Madam, obviously
must be taken in here-a little shadow
of shade-so-so :" and quickly with a
| pin he puts in the pieat. I" All! you have
| failed again, turning TO the nervous MILL
ner girl. DO you not perceive that mad
am must have broader line here, more
ample fold there! Give me another pin
So That will do, Lift your arm, madam
Just little higher-so. The fold still
draws TOO much-so :" and in goes another
pin Presently the artist pauses, and steps
! bsok with half-closed eyes and surveys the
"subject" in silence. She has already got
used to hin-snd, indeed, cannot help see
ing, by the effect in the long glass, that
every touch tells, and that the fellow knows
| his business well. Then he approaches
meditatively, takes out one pin and
! thoughtfully replaces another, whistling
! low beneath his teeth. The lady supposes,
naturally, that is the way he thinks; per-
| haps he could not pin without Whistling
any more than a groom could attend to a
horse without kissing. She puts up with
it, No rudeness is reant, and the whole
thing is go unusual and strange to her that
a little, more or less, as things have gone
so far cannot much matter. And then, as
many others have practically thought be.
fore her, the end justifies the meana. And
the end is undoubtedly such fitting dress
as she has, perhaps, never had before.
worth or not Worth, heard lady
exclaim after the operation I have de-
scribed, the man was worth dozen of
those fumbling milliners-did everything
in half the time, and did it twice as well. :"
That is the moral. Well, matrons and
virginia all, what do you think of it? 1
know what you will say. AFTER all, 'tis
a matter of taste. and taste is conven.
tional thing. If The men can fit us better
than the women, we shall rot Surrender so
solid an advantage to the himsy claims of
conventionality." The fact is, in the long
run, women will always pocket pride and
prejudice, and lean to the people who ena-
BILE them to appear to the best advantage.
As to the man-milliner, some will say,
''tis true, 'tis pity" and few, perhaps,
may sigh, "pity It's 'tis true. "-[London
Truth.