Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-21
FASHIONS EAWsNG.HOUsE.
How Prominent Society Ladies' Dss-
pose OF Their Elegant Drsssss.
"what becomes OF them?

"What becomes OF them?"
swell this is a confidential business Nonsieuris
and she shrugged her shoulders high and locke at
The STAR man with her head on one side. .sConn-
DENTAL Monsieur; very confidential" she re-
peated. She was a dealer doing a private DusI-
ness Just around the corner. you might say, trolu
d very fashionable neghborhoot. Her place ct
business is her private house. a modest little dwes
ing, with no sign or other Indication that business
| VI any sort Is done there
II am a sort Of clearing-h house OF fashion" she
said, after pause. during which she studied TBs
| STAB mans face and gained confidence In him
1T Is an exchange business. never buy any
thing l act Tnerely AS agent some of the
most fashionable ladies IN the city do busa-
ness through me. great deal OF bust
hess Is done-all IN a strictly private way.
There Is considerable money Ia some OF the trans
actlons-that Is, considerable cOBslderingl Now,
there was that handsome dress oI Mrs. = OH
no; j shant tell her Dame. That would De
breachl" Tnen she shrugged her shoulders and
looked again up into The STAR mans face-siae-
wise.
"But Il was a magnificent dress and sold we'll
A great many magnificent dresses come 70 me.
NOT A SECONDHAND CLOTHES DEALER
"No, am not dealer In secondhand clothes
Not In the ordinary sense. one lazy can't get all
| the wear out OF an expensive dress Not q FASH
iopable lady. The more expensive the more
striking ana beautiful the sooner t becomes coin
mon. Lady IA fashionable life can't arOrd o.
| wear a dress untI IL bscomss common. some
dresses that attract much atUentiOD cannot b.
| worn more than three or four times linen tn,
question y, what shall become Of them7 they
must be either laid aside until everybody has FOR
gotten them, and tAe material mixed With sogne
other and remade In a new style, else they must
two hundred, or nve hundred dollar dress
In two or three wearngs- IL Is n valuable
piece Of property after that The same LADY
until ~ Is NO longer Mt Tor service, but another
lady, not her personal friend and not visiting Ia
her circle OF friends, may wear-a dress just Ike
n Ladies' often say they won't wear n dress again
after they see one just like IL"
The dealer shrugged her shoulders and looked ~
II she might explain tubs within u she did not
consider IL more prudent % Keep stlll
at won't do for fashionable lady % appear in
dress may do good service by exchange IL NAV
appear many times In public without exciting
and In the same company
BOW 1T rs DONE
''fhe way the thing Is done II this: Ladies who
spend thousands Of dollars In clothes going ooD-
stantly into society and always appearing In new
gowns, don't generally feel that they can afford 10
lose the cost OF gown entirely after wearing u a
few times. Yet they could not be Induced % CON-
unue wearing H. They sell cn the old dresses ana
the money goes toward CITING the new ones.
They are sold for very Iauch less than they are
worth, but the lady gets some rebate on them
and the purchasers get good dresses Tor very much
are just as good as new, and can wear them with
out any danger OF appearing 20 wear second hand
clothes. Then they N turn eel theta 10 some one
else These sales could never be made dlrec1l, g..
tween the principals 20 the transaction They
must be made through an agent, and
unknown. They are very particular about
this No one knows VINO buys or who sells They
must have confidence IN the discretion Of the
They have their confidants In these mAItsrs
There are number OF agents In the city. some
Others, like myself. DO just the exchange business.
Some OF nay patrons both guy and sell through
Ine Ia eax a for sal q In
the friend OF the lady who last wore H.
VIDE cIRcLk or AooUAIsrAscks
81 must DE well acquainted with all my patrons
and know all their society associations sseT
do not buy the dresses They are left with me TO
sell. IL sen them ! get paid Tor IL. II fan 10
md purchaser return the garment IL IL gen
orally easy 10 sell good dress out OF course, one
must have VIDE circle Of aequaintances 70 40 The
.'It is an extensive business here 10 Washington.
and quite a number, mostly coored women. afe
and sold the price falling rapidly nj each transfer.
A dress does full service a. this way, and wears
fashionabie s.semolsees have bean worn by some
one else than their then wearer. Rich people.
even, do not buy clothes 20 throw away before
they have shown a fold from wear: ana the Tact
that a dress has been worn by another at some
time does not condemn IL % retirement II o. does
SHOW IT'S service In the least ts sale In The upper
circles IL lost It goes rapidly down and is soon
worn BY some weIl-to-do eolored person. second.
backs OF coored psople, buf hey are MOI ths osiy
ones VINO wear oIt1hss not new
Beulangtss Rsess In Paris.
over twenty deputies including Andrielx,
6ranss and Furquet, have Joined the national
protest COMMITTEES IN favos Of boHiAngsrs pro
gram. party Of l.50o studsnts psrsasd through
the Latin quarter Last evening IN PARA shouting
down with boulanger.s sud '.Down win tss
dictator!" They c0llidsd w1th crowd OF beulang-
ists who drove the students 70 the boulevard n
Disorder. Resembling, they ATTACKED the
Soslssgiss sswspsss. en- .5a ts 4, . sassrssts
SACKS and stones. wouneahg many. several
arrests were mAoe-
Ma PExnlnFoSt ooHrLSss ksoOvsRy n,
PEcrHD.-A dlspatch from Niesbaoen, Germany.
les nAge{ eelQ: The conoitioa q Mr. Psndis(ok
has oonsideraoly impreved since his admission e
the hospital The psrslYsis al his sds Al NJ