The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-24

G OCIETY looked upon Mr.. Tappe a necessity, and
~ permanent institution. SO much So in fact, that
only couple of months ago Lady Paget invited him
to her house in 13egrave Square, London, and TO her
country house at Coome Warren and presented him to
her friends Here he drank tea with such social per-
sonages as Lady Sarah Wilson, Mrs. Leeds and Mrs.
Cece Bingham. Lady Paget was promo of her man
milliner that she told every to whom she intro
duced him that he the artist who had transformed
trade into profession and she declared that he
the and only miliner she would receive socially
and equally. But that didn t prevent him from
Mr.. Tapes shop sort of social rendezvous.
In the tea served in little Japanese garden,
and at cock of hot afternoon his customers sat
in big wicker chairs and refreshed themselves with a
equally wonderful brocade boxes. The dainty debu
tantes and majestic matrons of the f4oo' watched the
astonishing display with blase air secretly
wondered how could think Of such wonder.
full creations Often they bought some unusually at
traetve hat; that is, they ordered it, but IN many in
they failed TO return the boresome but some
what necessary checks
Actresses went to his shop to purchase millinery
which later became the talk of the theater audiences
and Broadway. There never were snch hats as MI
Tape produced Al his a customers S IL bought fully
of the richest millners of the country But those
who went into raptures over his foreign ooNng little
bank accounts to support it. And thus air. Tappe s
homelv women acceptable has gone by the board.
TN Tapes windows were Pumes from az parts of
4 the world Men had risked their lives the for
ests on the banks of the Amazon 10 furnish suitable
trimmings for his hats. Members of various unknown
societies had declamed themselves hoarse trying to
prevent different particoored birds from losing their
tail feathers but still the magnificent plumage made
ITS way the great mner store larer to adorn
the head of beautiful women of Fifth avenue or BROAD
way Hunters encountered untold hsrdships TO provide
the fur borders of Mr. Tapes winter creations. And
little did any of them think that they providing
the means for wrecking famous milliner
He was paiustaking and so artistic that his
handwork attracted to his shop women in every walk
of life who could afford to pay for the ricn headgear
which ne had designed, and many others who came
merely to feast their eyes He was IN business only
four years but during that time he bui'r up large
patronage among the wealthy, but the other day he
suddenly came to the realization that his profits which
were enormous paper were very insignificant in nc
tual paymcuts All who to his shop and saw,
bought if they could afford but few paid
Mr.. Tappe did not believe in letting the idea of
money have ANYTHING 10 do with his business He
adorcd because it art-creative art lie won:c
rather money than debauch his art Bnt his cred
itors hard uneeng persons, preferred that should
either debauch his art, or give it up Whatever nap
pencd they wanted their money. The mllliner was
verv certain that he could not ask his customers TO