The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-07-04
TWO STORIES OF WORTH
He Loved New Gold and Old Lace, but
Could Be Generous.

| The great Worth, says the Westmin-
ster Gazette, could be generous, as well
as great In the empire days, a cele-
Ibrated Partisan fashion leader. allowed
IA large income by her husband in that
capacity, found the years allowance nm,
OUT and fancy bail coming on to close W.,
the season. Much or most of thar i'm
! come Moved year after year into Wort1,s
I'LL 80 the lady, not permitted to run into
uept' drove to the Rue de la Paix and
| nnaue a proposal to the great man. Might
S nlre " dress for the ball? This revo-
rIIoionar ~, proposal nearly produced ano,s
pleNy' Inc Rue de la Paix had never
sunk SO low as that. Worth refusal e1G q
LINE lady pressed. Worth hesitatpd IT,
lauy Desought. Worth gave way (beinS
generous as well as great. The IodT
tInianked him. But he made his horgo;n'
She was to wear the dress exactly nc h.
should design it. -'e
linen he put all his mind into the trans.
acton. She was handsome woman
WHO carried dress well. There was y
sreat deal of patriotism rife and active
III tI9se days. Worth decided the Iodv
should go as the flag of Paris II w.,
then a new idea. SO her dress with W its
rods and its swirls, reproduced tha tr ri
color, festooned with silken ropes and Oh
illus OF nautical gear, that lent them
serves 10 millinery were pressed into cor
vice. Her earrings We're tha trinoIon =.
enamel. Her shoes were the fricoior IN IN
SHtin: Her stockings were thn trino1 dn
nag IN SILK. And the great Worth SOM
f., Oi an9ther great MISUNDERSTANDING TO MIN
~ ~ nLank' mere aide de camp, but still
H. ~ we mentioned with becoming respect-
49, tho famous halrdresSer of the day. And
IucY, together in N''' M
clded that the lady's hair-it .wns do uJ
ana curly-should represent by The "a" aiG
% longs and other methods, a tumbling
u ~ sea, in the midst of which shoniii
liiG, as her only head ornament. thn arms
v WV 4rls' the famous three-masted galley
l. ne ureSs was delivered on a Wpdnesday
worn M on Thursday, sent for on n M
c cnS and, ana. said the lady, "all he
NMohfI q 5 PASSION FOR LACE.
one OF the Worth stories that rncniTod
credence few days ago in tba A mer;i
can colony, writes a Paris correspondent
OF tL me Boston Herald, was to the effect
unat a certain rich person went to him
W quantity of almost priceless ~,
10 De USED on gown she desired TO wIS@s
~ a grand wedding. The dress came
npnle IN due season, and then the lady
observed OBS q change in the disposition of
'h''' W uO llednS pleased her
She could scarcely believe her own SnnSns
and called in a. friend, who accompanied
iher at the final trying on, and left it TO
her If the lace did not seem scant and
quite different from its original arrange
m me AssuredIy. What could be the
matter! IN all haste the two women
rushed off to interview the great man.
only to be told he preferred the trimming
as 1t was and should not alter it! "But
had more lace than you have put on, Mr..
WORTH exclaimed the owner. 'There
were FIVE, madame" interrupted the auto
crat; is not the dress beautifully" And
that was all the satisfaction the lady ever
received. She threatened to go to law,
but was deferred by the advice of friends
VINO. knew, the dangers of invoking French
justice where a question of dressmaking
was concerned. Mr., Worth professed to
nave unhounded love for antique laces,
and it is surmised this passion Sometimes
got the better of him.