New-York tribune., 1907-08-28
LORDS OF FASHION.
c,eot DreSSmakers LeaUe Al SOrdid
Nonev Subjects TO Their Bureaus.

Sr.. head Of a big Paris dressnakng establish
- Is like a great loFd." says an American
- who renews her wardrobe seIai-annuelly In
- metropolis of fashion This may be Illus
a .a5 hv z little enecdote. a fete was TO be given
| !. F5avre. and great dressmaker had promised
80 for the occasion The robe was finished al
= last moment, and the coupe with the cou-
- the filter and q servant carrying the pre-
---s box tore 20 the station. The train had just
led out. What did the great do? He
-5sred special train az ese francs and arrived in
-szTe with the gown two hours before the begin
ng cf Tie function The gown cost not centims
moTe The extra train was reckoned as business
expenses.
- which even 2 prince would not need 70 be
-bazned From the apprentice 20 tbs premiere
-oIa ths boy &c the secretary who protects his
irrd from the shock Of complaints. requests and
cten tears, al ere penetrated by the spirit OF the
rThe customer who enters the house for the first
,iaae is enrneshed by & glttering cobweoby net
--ern the manner IN which at her entry she drops
sFr train and inclines her head her social stand
hg and her character aTe estimated. Every one
snows at cnce whether dignifled QlIiet, elderly
-sn must IInroT heavy brocades before her. or
xhe1her a younger clerk must show her the latest
sat-ics Of the IF the customer Is very
rcung and inexperienced she is taken 70 the moaei
epartnlent, where bright young women sho" he'
.he latest creations Of their lord sometimes upon
sru-es ana sometimes upon living models
The pr2SlnG-a4 ana 5ie 3aIs mt the paTis,an
insists individual treatment Among nun
srs models she finds scarcely any that are entiTe-
n satisfactory. Ii1at Is lOt hltot NoshN SiiD
,se-s TO each suggestion until at last. The great
--sn himself appears, and with Z gesture Gains
.bs nervous woman OF course, madame can
a,ssr nc toilet which has been out OF the work
,arr a week Madame has something Individual
sbnut her, something apart Madame cannot wear
r4at everybody wears. For har something mus;
se specially created Lake painter he sketches
sh his fingers in the air the outline Of the Gus
-,ne-s figure, eExQuisitei Charming" Already ne
srs-.iry some muslin about the customers ng-
20 In another minute the scissors are al WORK
re- risces a-e pinned together The measure Tor
.ss frock is taken, and the master EiHgs the
+F for the last time about the slender FORM for
,,ser she must be K she IS TO interest him The
-ornsn's head begins TO swim She scarcely daFes
"a ask the price. But the great man himself has
:. IDEA Of the cost That rs the affair OF his ou-
-ssu where men sit over fabrics and foios and
ssrrra the costly breath OF beauty in ccid figures
All the customers try 10 win the FAVOR OF the
erear man and also OF tbs filters and preEnieres
rseh regular customer hes her faToT1te inter TO
-rhon size constantly gives presents, large aac
ell now 6 bonbonniere, now ring. now q
f-aoelet Filters with exceptional taste are aciu-
sIv burdened with gifts For this reason IL Is the
erhition Of every worker IN the stelier 10 be ad-
ygnced 10 the position OF filter