Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-19

--ten+ 1a0c. by Frank G. Carpcntcr)
PARIS, October Is. 1902
7f:cd States treasury Is costing
,-tl,ions Of dollars. The rigid Gus
.xau,nations now exacted at Now
~. aaa other ports are preventing the
,r,t,oa OF Paris dresses, and the
r--as here have had a large falling
.re.r American trade. AS II is now
nan can take more than 500 worth
sce into the United States without
fly. Everything is examined. the
-rors are made to declare Just what
ave. and there Is no possible way Of
80 ny IN without lying.
rom $50 to 500 to get even
4~ess made by the best Paris
fr and silks and fancy gowns
from 500 upward. Much lower
saar these are put on the bills
at by the dressmakcr in order
ns. 81 shown to the customs OIL
less duty he paid. Such fraud
actectcd. AND even when not the
is enormous.
r ec that multitude Of Ameri-
man came regularly to Paris 20
their wsrdrohes Each would
ar more worth Of hats and
mil the richer among them would
with eight or ten trunks filled
rseas Many OF them would not
th, dresses before sailing and
SIS them in as their personal
Others would put on half
aerent dresses in one day. wear
.H tow minutes in order to say
sa dresses had already been worn.
awed OLD Innings into the gowns
sorts OF schemes were used to
80 he new things look old.
rr customs officers were lenient and
-rreE s5ch goods to pass through. New
,-- i-ossIaakers came here and snug
rra III K dresses TO their customers. and
H.. PARIS dressmakers took orders for
~e delivery and sent them home by
.-s-9rar friends. i is estimated that
c no American women took home
.-.s-rs in this way and to-day of the
v thousands who pass through Paris,
IS sa-6Cm that one leaves without a
r rozva and hat The wholesale bust
-s- has. however, been stopped by the
sraus officers, and the RESULT is Won
s-t fa1Gng off IN the Paris dressmak-
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PARIS DREssNAKERs WHO LIVE ON
AMERICANS.
Tr5esd many Of these Paris dress
makers i've on the business they DO for
srs Some of them have American
---rrr which Is worth hundreds of thou
a5s q dollars a year. / am told that
tie big department. stores sell millions
nj dollars worth Of goods 10 American
tourists every. season, and that the fash
unable millinery establishments depend
mach on their sales to American women.
Paris sets the fashions for the world.
al al Of or big department stores send
tfetr t1yers here for fashionable cos
,rres They buy only d dress or so Of
kind 70 show these In their windows
er3 take orders for copies. Such dresses
.-o called models. and making them is
regular business. There is a large class
omen here who do nothing else but
q new gowns. They live in the little
side streets Of Paris, working away,
a,, o. sight They will make a complete
costume for eco francs $40 and upwards,
au6 il Is such costumes that are bought
tr the American dealers Sometimes
design is shown in miniature, doll be-
lsc dressed up TO explain the completed
r~67uat but In general the costumes are
D. s3ll siza. SO that they can be sold out
right when desired. / am told that s7me
ri our importers bring in hundreds OF
such designs every year.
THE SEWING GIRLS OF PARIS.
Few people have any idea Of the enor-
nous amount Of work done in Paris. The
ct1 is looked upon as the center of gay
a.s and fashion not only for France,
bit FOR the world; and it is common
saving that all the world comes to Paris
to shop The American tourist sees a
crowd of losfers. old and young, strut
ting ID and down the boulevards and
the fashionable. well-dressed thTonS Of
ladies and gentlmen driving on the
Champs Elysses and in the Bots de
F1sloene and thinks that this is Paris
The reat Paris Is a Woodworking city,
with more laborers, perhaps, 60 It's popu-
lla9I ,haD any other city in Europe. It