St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-25
DRESSMAKING DONE


bearing the familiar legend:
DRESSMAKING DONE
BY THE TAYLOR SYSTEM.
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The new tenants brought only an Or
binary amount of luggage and seemed
in every respect quite ordinary and in
offensive. By the afternoon mail 200
circulars went out, directed to ladies
whose names were copied from the blue
book of the Twin Cities. The circulars
contained the following interesting an
nouncement:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 10, 1S89.-Dear
Madam: Your attention Is respectfully called
to the fact that Mime. Marie chlcot, lately
from Paris. is making brief stay in each of
the principal cities OF the United States. She
brings a limited quantity of Dr. Brown
Sequard's famous elixir of life, the secret Of
its composition having been obtained only
at great risk and expense. This wonderful
elixir makes the old young the ugly beauti-
full, removes every trace OF disease, also all
physical or mental imperfections at the first
application, and is perfectly harmless and
safe in its operation. You will never have
wondrous effects of this true fountain of
youth. All names and correspondence kept
inviolably secret. Nine Chicot and attend
ant will be at your service until Friday, Aug.
16, at
Office hours from to II a. m, 2:3O to 8
p. N. Yours confdentially,
NINE MARIE CHICoT,
400 West Fifth Sire ct.
Wealthy ladies seem to have a taste for
the mysterious, for by 2:30 Tuesday aft
ernoon the hall and waiting room were
crowded with eager and curious visit
ors. Nearly all wore veiis, seeming
anxious to stay incog. themselves and
yet find out who the others were. In
the inner room sat madame, dressed in
semi-Oriental costume of crimson satin
and black lace, with lace scarf cover
ing her whole head and face save mar
row space about the eyes. The table
at her side was covered with instru-
ments and glasses of all descriptions.
The curtains were drawn SO as to leave
the apartment in sort of dim twilight.
Madame couldn't speak any English
and the attendant managed the visitors
in most naughty and dictatorial way.
She asked just three questions: whats
your name?" What do you want the
elixir for?' "Wiil you try it now or
make an appointment" No statue of
adamant was more silent than she about
all the details of the business. The la
dies trembled and stammered, but Curl
osity finally prevailed, especially as a
sign on the wall announced that no
charges would be made unless the pa
tient reported cure, when the amount
would be left to her own discretion.
No. was victim of the opium habit,
and the little hypodermic syringe was
consequently no novelty to her. She
barred her arm, saw few drops Of
thick, creamy fluid injected beneath the
surface and trjpped out with beaming
face to encourage the more timid pa
tients.
No. 2 was a gaunt, severe-looking
spinster, who wanted to be made young,
golden hair. Her implicit faith in the
remedy was beautiful to behold. She
went away hopeful and never came
back.
No. 8, a young and beautiful maiden,
brought Fido, her pug dog, "who hadn't
been feeling well lately" This patient
was little out of the regular order, but
madame was finally persuaded to insert
the elixir under one corner of his SOoty
muzzle. Fido imme diately became so
exhilarated that he jumped on the table
and barked most fercely. The cure
must have been permanent, for the case
was not again reported.
No. 4, slender, wiilowy maiden
wanted to see if the elixir wouldn't en-
dow her with enough poetical fervOr so
she could rival Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
She brought back some verses next day
which faded the color out of the carpet,
cracked the mirror and made the var
nish run off the chairs. The elixir was
a thorough success in that case, and the
young woman is now hunting for pub
| Usher who will risk his presses printing
the outpourings of her poetic soul.
No. 5, a sweet, gentle-lOOking old
lady wanted her age set back forty
years so she would have more time to
prepare for heaven. After taking the
elixir she skipped out declaring herself
| growing younger at the rate of about
five wears minute.
No. 6 was authenticated, cross-eyed,
freckled, stoop-shouldered, and aged
| forty-tiye, wanted to be young and
| pretty. The attendant politely limited
| that there is limit even to miracles.
But the lady insisted, took the elixir on
two succeeding days, and on the third
reported her engagement to young
| and penniless suitor. She was satisfied
| that the elixir did 1t. Her falling heir
on Tuesday to neat little fortune of
course had nothing to do with the case.
No. twas all nerves." and firmly be-
lieved herself afflicted with every
| known and several unknown diseases.
Tried the elixir and pronounced herself
| able to play three consecutive games of
| lawn tennis in one forenoon. So there
was no question of her recovery and
some doubt If anything allied her in the
| beginning.
No n Cbr;ctiop eoioDt;et ,yontod -
| try if the elixir would so augment her
power that she could raise the dead, and
thus start an opposition practice. The
attendant refused to let her try it, and
| the scientist went away SOrrOwful.
So the crowd surged in and out all
the afternoon and evening. 1t would
revive a cynic's faith in human nature
to see how trustfully those women
came to gain all sorts of benefits from
some substance of which they knew alb
solutely nothing.
Madame had all the business she
could attend to. The patients reported
wonderful cures, but out of seventy
three cases treated, only two were
grateful enough to offer any pay for
their restoration. So madame moved to
fresh fields and pastures new. The ter
ritory of st. Paul is now open for her
successor. A few facts CLEANED from
Nine. Chicot's experience are presented
for the benefit of her former patients.
The record of names shows all the pa
tients to be unmarried ladies or widows,
which fact might be of some use to
those collecting statistics to prove
Marriage Failure.''
The elixir used was only mixture OF
| corn starch and cold water, so that
faith must have been large agent in
performing the wonderful cures. Its