Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-21
DOES PATrI WEAR ONEs
The Great singers Dressmaker
Consulted About a Delicate
Subject in Order 90 Decide n
BET.


] Boston hertlds
yesterday saw JeWess who was a
queen yith wealthy Christian subjects.
Indeed, she was not poor herself,
thanks TO the throne Of fashion upon
which she had been elevated. In
front Of her residence, in en- up town
street, were a score Of carriages, and
her parlor was crowded by the women
who hsd come in those vehicles. They
we're waiting, it could not be said pa
tently, but quite submissively, for an
audience with her highness. Their
complaints ct the delay were expressed
by the nervous pulling out Of watches,
BY hdgety changes Of position in their
chairs, aud by pacing too and fro. but
rarely by any utteranee. They know
full well the uselessness Of rebellion.
She vas a dressmaker, and nobody can
be successful In her business here
IN New York without assuming
the arts Of an autocrat. The wealth.
lest and most pampered Of our bellies
are accustomed to submission to the
convenience and dictation Of their fe-
male clothiers. 1t is said that no wife
respects her husband unless she is
compelled to bow to his will. That
surely describes the best relationship
between the maker and the wearer Of
fine gown. My errand did not CON
slst Of an order for apparel, and | got
into the presence without delay. |
bad called TO get information for the
settlement Of a bet.
III believe, madam" said |, that
you made the ball dress which Patti
wears in the opera of La Traviata. ,"
Yes, she replied, IF you mean
the white tulle over cream satin, low
necked and no sleeves, the front Of
the skirt garlanded with trailing vines
Of damask, hesh.color, pink, and"
That is the one" | interpOsed:
but it was about the hustle that III
oh, the tulle is draped away in
paniers, falling to the back on the
train
mo doubt, no doubt. But friend
and l differed over the question
whether that able structure was all
prima donna or artificial, and we made
bet, agreeing to leave the decision TO
you. Does or does not Adelina Patti
wear a hustle under that particular
dress2'
"She does. Bustles are absolutely
indispensable with all kinds Of dresses
now in fashion. There isn't an exceps
ton Is that enough Probably you
wouldn't care for the details if | gave
them to you"
I'D like to get them into my note
book, if you only had minute more
to spare"
A millionaire's daughter at this in
slant timidly stuck her head into
view, and said that she trusted she
didn't intrude, but it was ten minutes
vast the time appointed for her to see
the madame. The dressmaker, rather
frigidly polite and severely smiling,
replied that she was not yet disen-
gagged, The heiress abjectly apOlogized
and withdrew.
"YOu will publish the truth If you
say" the expert resumed, that no
fashionable toilet, whether for house.
hold or ceremouious use, is devoid OF
distension at the rear. The device
may not be separate hustle, and mas
culine ignorsnce might take it to be
an unintentional part Of the garment
itself. Steel springs, like those of the
old time hoopskirt, are set into the
drapery to exactly produce the de-
sired effect. A woman properly fitted
with hustle is perfected in the pre-,
vailing outlines of iashion-that's all
there is Of it; and it's no distortion
it makes her charming"