National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-07-24

with some OF Their Cltents-Some
Results of the New Divorce Law
The Salon and the De Melville Ex-
hibition-Theatric Il News
PARIS, July 10.--I once knew on editor
who began to print n list of popular fall
lacies. 1t is needless to add that he soon
gave up the idea, for his space was
limited. He had not got far enough to
include in the list the old scie that i'm
mediately after the Grand Prix Paris is
at once deserted, but If he had CON
tinued on in his praiseworthy work he
would ultimately have reached this most
popular of all the fallncies. The famous
exodus about which chroniclers have
been lainenting ever since the days of
the Vicomte de Launay is, in great part,
n fiction. The number of Parisians who
flee the city during tn summer. an1
who put up with rs much heat and more
discomfort elsewhere simply because it is
fashionable to do 80, is confined to IA
few thousand including large sprink.
ling of resident foreigners--w claim to
constitute the celebrated tout Paris of
high life Nine de Jirardin used to
pretend that the women who remained
in Paris during the summer were not
beautiful, and that they dressed them
selves negligently because there were no
longer any gentlemen in town to admire
them; but this was simply n spiteful
sally of witty woman who felt obliged
to stay in the city while her idler
sisters were dispurting themselves
at Baden or Mt Hamburg. There is
no season of the year when Paris
il more attractive than in the summer;
the springs are ruiny, the autums damp
and chilly and the winters rainy and
cold. In the summer, on the contrary,
the heat is not oppressive, and the broad
clean avenues and spacious parks scat
tered over the city render il one of the
most agreeable places for u sojourn.
have no pity for those so.cnlled victims
of duty who are obliged to stay in town
all summer. II person cannot amuse
himself in Paris ut this season of the
year he must be decidedly difficult. Mil.
itary bands play in nll the large parks
every afternoon. the Bots is fresh and
delightful, excursion boats ply up and
down the Seine every few minutes, exhi-
billions of various kinds are always open,
there are races every day; dancing gar
dens cafe concerts, panoramas, theaters.
the circus and the hippodrome in the
evening. What more is needed to console
these victims of dutyp
THE DREssMAKERs' BLACK LIST.
Whatever the season there is always
plenty to see and talk about just now
outside of the political field, which is
very animated on account of the ap-
proaching general elections, we have
under discussion very important ques-
ton, because IL is one that touches o
most vital cord in feminine human nature.
Need j add that it concerns bills and fur
bellows? The Washington ladies, like
those of oil communities where elegance
in toilet is de rigneur, have undoubtedly
had from time to time some difficulty
with their dressmnkers But have these
indispensable outtitters ever leagued to-
gether and made up black list against
those ladies who, for good or for INSULT
cient reasons. have not settled their bill
without the intervention of justice? The
discovery Of such list here has set all
those elegantes who patronize Worth,
Felix, Rodrigues, and the rest in state
of flutter easy to he imagined. 1t was, as
usual, nm enterprising reporter who first
got hold of this list Of bad payers,
list, by the way, printed and
left lying about in the work
rooms where all hands could see it, and
it was another one, less scrupulous, who
began to print it. Happily for the peace
of mind and reputation of ceS dames only
part of the list was published. 1t APP
pears that the ladies' dressmlkers an
outttters here have o syndicate which
looks after the interests of the corpora
ton, of which M Worth is president.
One of the most important duties of this
syndicate is to keep the different firms
informed about the solvability of their
clients. To do this they issued cir
cular inviting all the members of the
society to send to the president notif-
cation whenever there was client who
had caused any difficulty in the payment
of her bill. These clients were class-
fed as l, swindlers; 2, persons who or
dered more than they could afford to
wear and pay for; 3, those who never
paid without being sued. The only
proof that seems to have been required
by the syndic tie was the word of the
dressmakers sending in the name. Thus
the clients were condemned by ca pa te
testimony. and this is what has caused
an explosion of anger against the dress
makers. 1t il very naturally asked If,
out Of the 800 names inscribed on this
who have not paid their bill because it
WAS excessive or because the article fur
nished was not according to agreement
There are some American names on the
list already published, and / venture to
say that if the truth was known it would
be found that the ladies thus character
lied rs swlndlers have for good and suffi-
cient reasons simply refused to pay. 1t
is notorious that the Partisan dressmak-
ers are often beh MI hand with their
work; they frequently deliver dresses Mt
the last moment when American ladies
are about to leave the city and when no
time is left to make necessary alter tions,
or even to finish the costumes. L have
known many cases where Indies have
been obliged to take away with them
work that did not suit. Once in while
one of our courageous countrywomen
fatty refuses to accept dresses
under such conditions, and leaves
them on the dressmuker's hands. | have
no doubt that some of the names in this
now famous list We're placed there be
cause Of such refusals. As for many OF
the other delinquents named in this con
fdentiAl (Y) circular, they would. nc
doubt, he able TO prove that the modern
fashionable dressmnker's bill is often
times stuffed out quite rs much as some
of the corsages for which payment is de
manded. | advise the Washington ladies
if they ever discover the existence of {
like list in their city, to Immediately
publish n counter one, classifying theil
dressmakers as; l., those who charge
for more material than they use, and who
threaten to scandal if their bill is no
accepted; 2, those who charge gooC
deal more than is agreed upon, in tn