The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19
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Special Correxpondence Of The Sunday Republic
Paris. France. oct. Al took the elevator
Yesterday md mounted TO the top Of the
Firel Tower for a hird's-eye view of the
French METROPOLIS. 1 was fou0 feet above
Fl. so high ny that the men walking along
the streets below looked ike crawling bugs
and thoss CARRYING umbrellas ike gigantic
beetles. The street cars were no larg
than baby express wagons. and the au-o-
mobiles made me thiuk Of toy engines fly
ing along.
A. tbat height the cts looked more like
a man or model town cut out for Ghe occa7
son. Acres assumed the SIZE % town lots
rnd mighty huIAi0-s looked no bigger than
The Toah's arks which you hay iH the t'y
stores.
Everything was Uanderfuliy clean IS
THOUGH II had list coms from the hands IL
The poHshers. Ii was @ vast collection 81
cream walls and le8i-ruH5r,d roofs. clr by
prov streets. with rhe yiIyerg Seine w.uiir-
d. uav through. from one srG Go The other
.Just under me was the Hotel dies Iuyaiid-~.
its golden dome. covering the tomb ~ tl.
great Napoleon. and on the other side az
the Seine the beauriful Place De "a Con-
corde. where Marie Aujoinette and thou
sands Of the French nobility lost Their hNeS
by the guillotine. I could sac the TuilleriHs
and with my glasses di-tingr f-hed the sf1tuc
Of Lafayette put up by our baushtrrs OF
the American Revolution. Further up iEc
Seine was the Isle de IA Gle. with tar
Notre Dame Cathedral. and sack OF the
Tuileries. the a1adeiaiue. with its green
roof. The Pantheon. the Luxembourg and
tie Chamber OF Deputies. where the FTcueh
Congress meets. stood boldly ont. aai Ass
the long line II the Champs Eiysss. Wisl
the Arc de Tribmphe at its end. and b.
yond 1t the eNpause Of green known As INC
Bois de Bouiogre-
I took The telescope and picked out th4
Place des Etats Tnis. or place of the Unit
cd States with It's statae OF George WASH
ington. which was put up in 1909. the street
OF. tho American Embassy. and even -he
American churches. Of whish there are sew
eral in this great capital 81 the French
The view OF all Paris was as clear cut az
a cameo. and with the telescope every build
ing was distinct in the living map below.
To the naked eye II seemed Il miniature
city. and as ! looked down upon II could
not realize that Il covered an area Of 5000
acres. and that more than twsnty-seven
hundred thousand human beings were -ac-
tually living and working In the don houses
below. It was. indeed. worth coming 70
Paris to see
OUR TREASURY Is COSTING
THE CITY MILLIONS.
The United States Treasury Is costing
Paris millions Of dollars. The rigid c-s-
toms examinations now exacted al New
lDfh ana 0AneE ports are preventing lat
Introduction Of Paris dresses and The great
firms here have had a large falling Of IN
their American trade. As II Is now. no WON
an can take more than 500 worth Of
clothes into the United States without pay
tng duty. Everything IS examined the pas
sengers are made TO declare just what they
have. and there IS no possible way or
smuggling In without lying.
It costs from 50 10 500 TO get even q
: voplen dress made by the best Paris dress
maker, and silks and fancy gowns range
: from 800 upward. Much lower prices than
these are put on the bills given out by
Sthe dressmakers in order that they he
shown TO the customs officers and less
duty be paid Such fraud IS often detect
ed. and even when not the extra cost j.
enormous.
IL used TO be that a multitude Of Amer,-
can women came regularly 70 Paris 10 re-
plenish their wRrdrobes. Each would buy
$1,000 or more worth OF hats and Gowns.
and the richer among them would go back
with eight OF ten trunks filled With dresses
Many Of them would not wear the dresses
before sailing and would pass them in ah
their personal baggage. Others would p5-
on a half dozen different dresses in one
day, wearing each Il few minutes Ia order
70 say that the dresses had already been
worn. Others sewed old Innings into the
gowns and all sorts OF schemes were used
TO make the new things lock old.
The customs officers were lenient and all
lowed such goods TO pass through. New
York dressmakers came here and smug-
gled back dresses to their customers and
the Paris d-ressnakers took orders for f1-
ture delivery and sent them home bE
American friends. II is estimated tlI1
about 5000 American women took home
dresses in this way. and to-day. OF the
many thousands who pass through Paris.
# Is seldom that one leaves without a new
gown and hat. The wholesale business
has. however been stopped by the Gus
toms officers, and the result is a wonderful
falling on in the Paris -dressmakers trade.
PARIS DREsSMAKERs WHO
LIVE ON AMERICANS.
Indeed. many OF these Paris dressmaksrs
live on the business they do for f~oreigt-
ers. Some OF them have American cus-
tom which is worth hundreds OF thousands
of dollars asyear. I am told that the big
department. stores sell millions Of dollars
worth OF goods TO American tourists every
season, and that The fashionable millinery
establishments depend much on their sales
TO American women.
Paris sets the fashions for the world, and
al OF our big department stores send their
buyers here for fashionable costumes. They
buy only a dress or so OF a kind to snow
these IN their windows and take orders for
copies. Such dresses are called models.
n making them IS a regular bust
ness. There IS a large class OF women
here who do nothing else but design new
gowns. They live In the little dark side
streets in Paris. working away. out Df
sight. They VIII make n complete cos
tune for 100 francs tS4O and u~pSards. AMI
IT is such costumes that are bought by the
American dealers. Sometimes a design Is
shown in miniature, q doll being dressed
up TO explsin the completed product. but
Ia general the costumes are OF full size,