Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
A SCENE At WORRIES.
Tne farts Genius Who Constructs Ravish-
inGiy Beautiful Costume>

A SCENE At WORTH'S.
The Paris Genius Who Constructs Ravish-
insiy Beautiful Costumes.
When at least thirty thousand Of
the lair sex are to be gotten up in ele-
CANT garbs for any special occasion, an
animation Is created among the MIL
liners and dressmakers that rapidly
assumes colossal proportions AT
Worth's establishment, for instance.
feverish activity reigned till late in
the night Ladies were coming to
have costumes altered. or to make sure
OF their completion, or to buy new
dresses from among the pattern
dresses OF the house, and work-women
were charging to and fro with fresh.
ly-completed corsages or skirts in
their hands. and NJ. Worth was hav-
Ing the life worried out of him with
questions from his employees aud sug.
gestions from his customers, and his
admirable fOrewoman, Mademoiselle
Marie Barre. almost lost her patience
(she never does, l believe), and alto.
gether chaos itself had come again in
the great establishment on the Rue de
la Paix. For not only was the next
day that of the Grand Prix. but
on that evening the Princesse de
Sagan gave a dinner of eighty
covers, followed by an evening
fete champetre "a decided novel;
ty in garden parties), and all
fashionable Paris was in a whirl &C.
cordingly. l got into a quiet corner
late in the afternoon and sat and
looked on, an amused spectator, at all
the excitement. Here comes the Ouch.
ess de Leuchtenberg, elegant, grace
full and quiet Of demeanor. altogether
satisfied with the exquisite toilet in
mauve peau de sole embroidered with
silver spangles and garlands of lilacs
in shaded silks on the skirt front, q
very dream of q dress for which she
desires mantle. Worth's quick eye
discerns for her Just the shade of green
in velvet that will harmonic with the
mauve and match the shades of green
in foliage of the lilac garlands. and she
glides away after consultation of ten
minutes. Next the Countess of Croye
makes her appearance to try on he1
directoire coat, all embroidered with
steel and silver beads and silver and
gold thread on scarcely discernible
groundwork of the find old gold cloth.
Mrs. Lee-Childe, whose husband is q
nephew of the late General Robert E.
Lee, gentleman who for love of the
defunct Confederacy has renowned
his fatherland forevermore (she
was formerly Mdlle. de Sartiges),
is having the last touches
given to her toilet in silver-spangled
tulle, with a directoire coat in sea.
green Bengaline bordered with an EN-.
broidery of small pale pink roses and
silver spangles. There is sash in
pale pink watered ribbon to be looped
over the aerial folds of the skirt, and
Worth's dexterOuS touch alone can i'm.
part to it just the proper curve. Next
comes lady who wants to know II the
hat which her maid brings with her
in huge handbook is just the thing
to wear with the dress NJ. Worth has
sent her the evening before. He looks
at it, sends for box of artificial flow
ers, and substitutes for rather stiff
spray of pink roses a graceful cluster
of sweet peas. and the hat is artistic
instead of being overloaded. Then
dress is brought to him. q lovely cloud
in pale peach-kernel Grape, with wa
tered stripes of the same hue-the
work-woman can not decide whether
the sash in watered ribbon to be worn
with it should be in pale blue or pale
pink. Worth sweeps all the colored
ribbons aside and finishes the dress
with a white sash knotted as only his
swift, dexterOus fingers know how to
tie a ribbon. PhiladeIDhi0 Tele0rduh