Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1894 — The German Empress’ Other Self. [ARTICLE]

The German Empress’ Other Self.

When the German Emperor was last in England, an order was sent to a well-known firm of modelers for a model to be made of the Empress’ figure, with movable arms, complete, the upper part to be made of papiermache, the lower part below the waist, like a telescope of wire framework. This unique sac simile of her maiesty is to be used as a substitute on all occasions when the Empress cannot be personally present. For instance, all dresses are to be tried on this second self. When they are sent from the dressmaker finished, her majesty will inspect and criticise them from every point of view, and pronounce on their suitability for her figure, and so on—in fact, see her dresses as others see them. This double is also to be used for decorating evening dresses with flowers, etc., and taking creases out of trunk-crushed gowns The model is made like a telescope, one part of it to fit inside the other, so as to take up little more space when traveling than a bonnet box.