Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-05

gifted Foreigner who Garry Away
American DOllaFs.

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American D0llars.
| OSCAR WILDE OF THE PRESENT DAY-NAKrNG THR
RELATIONSHIPS LITTLE FRENCH w0AAN WITH HKR
LIVING AoDELs-TEI TASTE OF WASHINGTON WoA1N
IN DRsss-PECUI1AR ADvKRTlsExBNn
Correspondents of TIE Ev.sue STAR.
NEW YoRx, May L
Max oRell, who recently sailed from New York
| Tor England, wont write q book about America,
no says Because he said 1t we needn't iatter our
| selves however, that the clever analyst OF ma
tional follies could md nothing In our manners
ana our Government that naerited the witty and
epgrammattc causticity OF his pen. He found lots
inoeed. that was crying TO be "shown up" and he
made copious notes Of our shortcomings and our
queernesseA but you Zee the International copy
ti8nt DILL has not yet become law, and Monsieur
Max oRsll ID as shrswd money-maker a. . Con-
necticut Yankee. II he writes his book on "LOncle
sam ct son Continent" he must needs write it In
French, because, although he speaks English
cnarmingly, he cannot write wen In the language
ana 50 soon as Monsieur ORell il reading the last
Etched OF his work In Paris some en-;
1e putting the FIRST pages in type over here In
English, and the bright Frenchman VIII lose al
would give him. And that is why Max O'fsell
WONT "n'e book about America
| What race we are for sturang the pockets Of
foreign actors and lecturers and chetrOsophists
ana esthetes with dollars. Max Orch took away
WIN MIN bank drafts for $20O 900 as the remunera-
after more in the fall OF go when he proposes lee
turing for four or 1ve months He will then try
ms luck In Australia, sailing from San Francisco In
M4tcn, 1880. suppose our Cable, or our stockton,
say, should go lecturing abroad, do you imagine
they would bring back the equivalent In francs and
has garnered on this side? Even our greatest
American, Mr.. Sullivan OF Boston, Is said to have
landed here dead broke after his recent journey
HNo Tod oh
put IL certainly Isn't particularly merchantable
| commodity.
It's some consolation though, to know that sew
eral OF these gifted foreigners who have bam-
Doozed US out OF our dollars in times past now
Even oscar Wilde, as Biakely Hail writes from
| europe, Is nothing now but an ordinary plebeian
edltor, and Bakely notes with much glee that the
| erStwhie Sylph-ltke form OF Mr.. o. Wilde has of
late become aldermanc in its superfiuity OF stom-
ach. Fancy the ethereal disciple OF greenery-yal-
stuffy, nosome printing shop, and celebrating the
locking up OF the forms by sending out the Off1ce
boy for .another art pint o. bitter" with which to
add to his stomachlc grth and deepen the rubicund
| color OF his noSei
| have been talking dress this week with dress
| maker. Don't be frightened! am not going to
write chapter on the styles, but I'm going to say
something about somebody who can sway the
scratch OF her head. She's little old maid OF a
| French woman, and she has garrett at the top OF
| house on 9Th avenue She has but few patrons
Ior whom she makes gowns, two OF her best Gus
toners being Fanny Davenport and Ada Rehan
put there are several great New York houses which
receive their new ideas OF feminine wearing ap-
parel from this hard-featured little foreigner, and
she Is an artist of acknowledged ability. 1t is
treat TO see her when she is evolving new drapery
mas her models. the same as any other artist, and
they are flesh and blood, too, mind YOU and no
Dummy figures. She will stand one OF these models
| In the middle OF her garrett, arrayed In the gown
which is perhaps to inaugurate an entirely new
style IN fashions realm, and as she circles around
the inquire, Just as Indians in dime novels
dance around victim tied to the stake, Madem0i-
selie looks sharply at every portion OF the dress,
and at the same time scratches her head vigor-
darts at the figure as eagles are supposed to dart
at their prey, and with little poke mere, little
pinch there, and small yank in several places at
and Mademofsele begins her war dance anew and
scratches her head more vigorously than ever.
when the draperies and things are finally arranged
10 ner entlre satisfaction, the model must do the
walking about, while Mademoisele sits still on
high STOOL watches things closely, and scratches
ner head. The model must initiate a lady walk
Ing on rainy DAY, getting into cab, bending,
bowling, and sometimes dancing; she must manip-
ulate a fan, arrange her couture at The back OF
9er mead, and go through other movements that
display TO Mademoiselle the effect OF her arrange
ment IN every particular. MademOiSelle COM
planned TO me that she could not copyright her
new deZgns In dress. She sells them outright to
two or three large establishments which make
from hfty to five thousand or more gowns from
III, ~.
dreds OF other houses without the formality OF
even asking permission. Mademoiselle believes
she could retire In 1ve years II a dress design
copyright law was passed which would allow ner
royalty on each pattern sold OF her inventions.
The little French lady remarked to me that the
women OF Washington dress In better taste than
their sisters OF New York and Boston. In New
YORK, she says, the women dress 'loud;" in Boston
they are "dowdes" but In Washington they have
DO them much credit She also told me that she
Is now making designs which contemplate the
abe OF that mysterious piece OF impedmenta
everybody should rejoice and be glad
There are curious things1n the way Of news
paper advertisements CROPPING pevery Sunday
In the New York journals OF late, which Indicate
more clearly than almost anything else the cos
mopolitanism OF this great city. have cut out a
few OF the odd ones recently. Here is one:
party and willing to pay for it. Adonis, is u ofce
1 should be glad or a chance TO read some of the
card. believe they would make a very readable
newspaper article.
Herels another:
Parties mot less than twelve wishing genuine ORR
apply to Mr.. Wong Chin Foo. JUL
Mr.. Wong Chin Foo is Chinaman OF education
ana many accomplishments, who covers the Chi
nese laundries, joss houses and opium joints for
couple OF newspapers. He Also adds TO his news
ties who wish to see the oriental elephant as he is
exhibited in Mott street.
A "bureau OF mending' has been well advertised
lately In the papers Its announcement says:
All kinds Of mending for ladies and gentlemen done
cheap; socks darned cents pair shirts rebosomed.
cents each. Fashionable dressmakng for ladies al
very moderate prices. Lady III attendance
There are plenty OF bachelors in New York, ana
no doubt the "bureau OF mendtng" is paying es-
Enlistment.
This ad. was a novelty when it first appeared.
but as half the business offices in town are now
patrOntzing this or similar concerns the announce
ment is now looked upon quite as a matter OF
course:
The Brooklyn Cesn-Towel Supply Co. will put m
racks in New York and Brooklyn offices and supply
towels daily at very moderate charge
The personal" columns Of some Of the daflies
are always interesting to the student of New York
TO the ordinary reader. For instance, what In the
world does this announcement mean?
The voice of N. H-k is the voice Of God. Nemesis
Here Is q man afflicted with mother. in-laW look.
ing for sympathy:
A gentleman, middle aged, educated and refined.
whose domestic relations not happy desires to
respond with lady similarly situated Address Hay
ward, box Al.
And here is q woman who evidently believes
that the human form divine is mere perfect in
af1uence than in poverty:
A lady once living in affiuence. now in straiteped
circumstance would pose model to artist
only. Address. with stamped envelope, Secusion up
town Office.
could make 1t very interesting for the gentle.
man who advert1ses the following II knew In Just
what part OF the West Mrs. Rex resides:
young gentleman desires the ACQUAINTANCE Of
middleaged lady, widow, Of lively disposition for
companiOnshp, his wife resides West No Iner
cenary applicant wanted all correspondence must be
strictly private. Rex, Uptown Office
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