The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-05
sHREwD ECONOMY.
A woman's Smart Plan for Obtaining
n Swell Wardrobe.

IF you will promise never under any
circumstances to give me away l will tell
you great secret" said one Of her most
fashionable friends to young Mrs. Noodles
the other day.
Hope / may die. as the small boy
says was the rejoinder.
'fWell, then, only two of the gowns
have Drought back from Paris were really
made by Worth. The rest are all counter
feits''
Goodness. What do you mean?D
1T is all the doings of my French
maid, Annette. She is awfully sharp. you
know, and it is a lucky thing for me
that l picked her up across the water.
There isn't any sharp dodge she is not up
to, / believe. But the one / am going to
tell you about was really worth great
deal of money to me-"
Il am breathleSs.''
well, you see, had made up my mind
to get number of really handsome Dress
es, but my husband declared that the
bill must not exceed S1,0o0, which he
thought was very liberal. But, of course,
as you know very well, such a sum would
not go far at the shop of great Partisan
artist So ] had to try and figure things
out pretty closely. Annette came to the
rescue"
with an idea?"
with a most valuable idea. She sug-
gested that I should take her with me
when l went to the dressmaker's. |
decided to order two gowns, and for that
purpose l was going to the shop to look
at a number of sample dresses. These
pattern gowns as they are called are
kept in stock to show to customers, in
order that the latter may determine what
they want Preliminarily Annette nut me
through a regular course of Instructions
Said she:
=" Madame, there is a way to manage
this sort of thing which is adopted BY
most of the fash icnable ladies' 1t is under
stood that you bring your maid with YOU
in order that she may help you with any
thing that has to be tried on, and that
sist you with your apparel. Now, YOU
must be sure to look at as many gowns
as possible before coming to a decision,
and when anything. strikes you favor
ably you must tell me. Of course it
would rst be possible that you should do
this openly. because the dressmaker would
perceive that we were Using his material
for hints on which to construct costumes
at home. That, you see, is the object we
have in view
But how can tell you without speak
| ing?' / asked.
+" 1T is very simple, madam said An
nette. We must have a code of signals.
When you drop your handkerchief it is
to call my attention TO the hang of a
skirt. You cough and / understand that
am to take notice of a. sleeve You rub
your nose and that conveys an order
to me that | shall nix in my mind the
trimming Of a waist You may be very
sure eildt 1 Will lCi 81 ilOlHll$. Iii this
way ! shall have mental memoranda OF
everything that pleases you most in the
stock of the cOstumer. AS soon as we gel
home / will put it down on paper You
know that am a sl1illfuI dressnaker
and, being able TO initiate whatever / see
I can make for you a number of gowns
which will be admirable. You buy two
costumes and you get a dozen or more
You have the benefit of all the artists
suggestions and it will do no harm to per-
nit yo,tr friends to suppose that all Of the
dresses are from his atelier.'
We'll, my dear, carried out the plan in
detail, and all the beautiful gowns which