Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 March 1893 — Page 3

DIPLOMATIC WOMEN.

FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKERS WHC HOODWINK AND FLATTER.

Oily Methods of a Swell Dressmaking House In the Metropolis—Women Trade on the Foible* of Their Sex—A Business

That Slinply Coins Money.

The only women who ever grow really rich and powerful in trade are fashionable mcslistes in big cities. Women do some times lay by tidy fortunes as milliners, shopkeepers and principals of smart boarding schools. But by dressmaking alone are vast sums of money accumulated. At this present moment not less than a dozen mantua makers flourish in New York wlio reckon their earnings by the hundreds of thousands, and without exception the heads of these wealthy establishments were from the ranks. Each and every one was a poor seamstress in her time, worked for small wages and owes her ultimate success to industry, pluck and shrewdness. There is no business in which competition is fiercer, and nooe that offers such opportunities and rewards for genuine talent.

Of coarse with so many competent rivals in the field it reqwires a level head and lots of sagacity to succeed. In this respect one particularly modish flam is the envy and despair of the entire profession. The partners aro two middle aged, gray haired ladies, and every year sees them very nearly double their income. They achieve it by diplomacy that leaves all of their antagonists miles behind.

Their latest stroke of legitimate cunning was practiced upon St. Louis. By personal inquiry and the aid of the social register they identified the leader of the beau monde in that place, and to her a snare confidential letter was written. In tertns of subtly deferential flattery she was informed that the fame of her exalted position had reached New York. Naturally every fashionable firm was eagerly seeking her patronage.

After the preamble had paid due court to her high estate Mmes. A. and B. begged to say that, being forced to fill large orders forgowns in San Francisco, they would esteem it an honor to stop for a single day in St. Louis and offer madamean opportunity of inspecting the latest Parisian importations. But they were respectfully forced to impose one condition, which was that madame would keep'their arrival a urofound secret and tinder no circumstances breatho a word of this radical departure from the established usages of the house. They added that of course this restriction did not apply to ni.itlanic's own family and closest personal friends, but the whole transaction waa lo be considered strictly confidential.

The result of this wily move might be easily foreseen. An accomplished fore woman, with several elegaut assistants, ar rived from New York, engaged luxurious rooms at the hotel and sent a card to their correspondent. That morning a perfect mob of rich woman stormed their place auil were treated to a magnificent oxhibi tioa of French gowns, winpsatsd bonnets. But, with the exception of one dozen costumes, everything was marked "Sold"

addressed to San Francisco The 12 high priced frocks were snapped up in livelier time than it takes to tell, and loud clamors for more were heard on all sides. The smiling forewoman shook her head, and even looked doubtful when orders for duplicates were thrust npon her. She urged the congested state of the work at home, but would do her best and Intercede for ladies who were so kind and complimentary to her employers. The ultimate outcome of this clever move was a net profit of $15,000 to that firm from St. Louis alone during the following spring.

A visit to the imposing mansion on Murray hill occupied by these clever modistes implies a practical lesson in the potency of wit and flummery discreetly combined. When a customer drives up to the stately entrance, a liveried footman assists her to alight and then holds open the heavy plate glass vestibule doors. Apparently he is the sole masculine element on the place, for no sooner does she enter the wide, lofty hall, carpeted through In crimson, than three or four well dressed women come for ward. Two half grown maids, bell girls evidently, sit about in crisp skirts and smart caps and aprons, ready to run or rands at a moment's uotica All about are evidences of luxury and wealth. Hothouse flowers bloom everywhere, and cheerful wood (Ires burn in wide open chimney fireplaces. One of the reception committee takes the visitor in hand, and in five minutes the artless woman is convinced the whole establishment has been on the qui vive for her coming.

All these long waisted, admirably groomed young persons know her by name, a dozen anxious inquiries are made for her health. They are sure mouths have elapsed since her last visit, durtug which time she has certainly grown stouter or thinner, as the case and her aspirations warrant. After one of the small waiting maids has been dispatched and bidden, with great empressmeut, to say that "Mrs. Jones is willing to lie fitted," the flattered visitor Is conducted into a cozy lounging room. Hero she is re lleved of her wraps, is settled in a big arm chair, has a hassock thrust under hex feet, and tea is offered her, together with the latest magazines or a dish of harmless gossip. If in ailvance of her appointment, she is never suffered to be wearied, for the deferential but loquacious attendant talks cleverly and is a genius at listening to par sonalties, uo matter how dull. Accounts of Maud's toothache, the butler's impertinence or Mr. Jones' ill temper apparently thrill her with interest, and when the bell girl begs madame's presence in the fitting room she has absolutely to tear herself away.

However, one fails to appreciate the triumph of the system until a gown is to be tried on. Hen more bows and smiles and sugar coated inquiries await the visitor. Her basted lining is produced, and just as she is about to slip it on the woman begs a thousand pardons, envelops madame's bare shoulders in a fleecy wrap and taps the bell sharply. She then explains that the senior member of vhe firm, Mine. A., tv.utle it a special point lo be called when &rs. Jones vvns to be fitted. "She says the Hues of your figure area adds the adroit flatterer, mid it is an iusjnraUoa to watch you try on a gown."

By this tini Mr.it A. appears in a trail ing robo of scarkt crepe de chiae. bringing with her a perfume of violets, She is an elegant consummation of the methods that dominate lu .«tli*bmeiii, alt suavity ami smartness. She talks entertainingly as the work progre .en breaks off to advise a "light lowering of t-he waist line, vrarostbe titters to remember they are handling?the U.indsnnKwt figuiv in Now York city, aad *h (Mine. A.) will permit no carelessness Of iti••.rring of its fcymmetrj To prevent tediurn she orders a number of Parisian novel* ties to bo shaken free of their tissue paper and vtfhetod cases, catches up a sumptuous golden brown velvet, holds It near her customer's rosy cheek ami I# filled with speechless mi miration at it# becotningness,—New York Sun.

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Extravagance In Women. &

The ability of women to save money is doubted by some skeptics of the other sex. Their disposition is supposed to be in the direction of spending rather than saving, and perhaps some of the harsher critics speak from unpleasant experience. Worn an is by nature endowed with a love of pretty things, not for personal adornment alone, but also for the oeautifying of her home. An attractive gown, a "love of hat" or a sparkling jewel will not neces sarily bring more joy co her heart than a set of handsome curtains, a hearth rug of becoming pattern, a comfortable chair, a bit of china or glass for her table, a picture for the walls or a flowering plant. Tied down to her home by her duties, it. is a pleasure to her to surround herself, as far as she can, with the things which she sees and admires in her trips abroad

But her love for the artistic and beautiful does not prove that her tendencies are toward extravagance. Thanks to the condi tions of the present time, many of the things which she admires may be secured at a comparatively small cost. Never before has it been as possible for a woman to furnish her home prettily and yet sensibly todress herself and her children becomingly with a reasonable expenditure of money, as it is now. Of course a woman's success as a domestic financier depends largely on her training. If she has learned to value things only by their price marks, and her teaching in the direction of good taste and economy has been neglected, she will subject herself to the criticisms of those who love to discover faults in her sex.—New York Press.

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Exit the JManlcure's Nail.

The manicure's nail has gone out—that is, the carmine toothpick which tips the fingers of the assistants in a manicure "parlor." Women never cared more care fully for their nails than now, but the woman of taste avoids extremes in this as in all things, Pink nails are admired, because a perfect nail should be thiu enough to show the rose blood beneath, but a nail glowingi with the red salve of the toilet table is no better liked than lips and cheeks which owe their brilliancy to the rouge pot A glossy poUslf is not to be recommended the natural smoothness and glOss should be maintained, not heightened. The best authorities forbid the use of the nailbrush.

Any dust or soil may be removed with a bit of cotton wound.around a wooden tooth pick or a piece of orange wood. The little emery boards sold everywhere keep the un der surface of the nail so smooth that little or nothing can adhere. The best implements are got by buying a pair of nail scis sors, a fine jeweler's ,file and a chamois pad These, with emery ^boards, a box of noga line, for healing the soreness occasioned by the loosened cuticule, and one of posaline, for slight use. are a proper outfit.—New York letter.

Young Women, Take Heed.

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am willing always to give up my seat to a woman in the street car," said a man the other day, "but I will not be bulldozed into doing so. The woman who stands i* froht of me making audible remarks on masculine impoliteness in general and my own actions iu particular can stand until doomsday so far as I am concerned, for re linquish my seat only to a lady, and the person that, acts in the manner I have just mentioned is no lady, and therefore is quite able to stand along with the rest of the strong minded individuals in the car."

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They were a company of congenial worn «n before an open fire over 5 o'clock tea, and one of them was saying how she hated to grow old and lose her zest in life and its bringings. Then a fresh faced matron, with a pair of steady, true eyes, spoke out with her native vehemence: "Nonsense! What do the years bring but greater treasures and greater capacity to enjoy them Do you suppose I guessed any thing about real happiness in what we called 'youth's happy days?' Why, every year that I have been a w.ife and mother 1 have known constantly increasing joy bet ter and better appreciated what life offers me. Every day I value and delight in my friends more and more every day I take on a wisdom of experience that gives me a sense of power against what may come, and as to the future and old age, why, I never think of it to dread it. I shall not be old tomorrow. I say to myself, and what is the future but always only tomorrow By and by, when do sit in the chimney corner and knit end watch the children's children play around me, I am sure I shall think how happy and safe am J, and what a beautiful thSbg life particularly the dose of it!"—Her Point of View in New Tcrk

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JILTED PRINCESSES.

Girls Whose Lovers Were t,Lured Away.'.

Opcra Singers and Parisian Circcs the Cause of Many Broken Hearts in Arlstoe rati Ladies' Breasts—History of Illany Love Affairs.

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It is difficult to reason with a maiden who has been jilted by her betrothed, or to attempt to heal the wounds inflicted upon her heart—and her pride— by the desertion oi her faithless lover. But it may possibly lighten the burden of her mingled grief and mortification £o learn that not even the royal and imperial princesses of Europe are exempt from being made the victims of breaches of faith of this character. I am led to make this statement by the announcement of the impending marriage of Princess May of Teck to the duke of York, and by the reports current in Europe to the effect that a

match has been arranged between

Princess Marguerite of Orleans, second daughter of the duke of Chartres, and the czarewitz. Both of these princesses, one of whom is destined to become queen of England and empress of India, and the other to be an empress of Russia, have been subjected to the indignity of being jilted, and that, too. in the moijt insulting and heartless manner.

Princess Marguerite of Orleans, who was solemnly affianced to her cousin, the duke of Orleans, in the spring of 1890, at Sheen house, Richmond, in the presence of all her relatives and of the principal members of the monarchial party in France, who had come to England for the purpose, was deserted by her betrothed very shortly after his liberation from prison. It may be remembered that he spent some six months in jail, partly at Paris and partly at Clermont, for having visited the French capital in defiance of the decree of exile pronounced against him. Throughout the whole period of his imprisonment the princess visited him daily, bringing him delicacies and books, and endeavoring in a thousand charming and graceful ways to alleviate the hardships of jail life. Even when he was transferred to the great penitentiary of Clermont, situated at a considerable distance from the capital, she le'ased a villa in the dismal and dreary town of

Priori /foy

Clermont and took up her residence there with her mother for the purpose of being near to her fiance.

No sootier, however, did he obtain his freedom than he insulted her by the flagrant publicity of his liaisons with Emile d'Alencon and other well-known French and English demi-mondaines, and finally brought matters to a climax by officially announcing to his family and friends that he no longer loved

sidered as broken off. His conduct in the matter excited the utmost indignation, even among his warmest adherents, and went far to destroy the temporary popularity wlrch he had earned by his six months' imprisonment. Should the princess now become the wife of the czarewitz, the duke would have occasion to regret his behavior, as he has manifested great anxiety to establish friendly relations with tho court of St. Petersburg, where all his advances have been contemptuously spurned until now. Indeed on one memorable occasion he was forced by the czar's orders to leave the Grand Opera at St. Petersburg in the middle of the performance for having presumed to applaud the prime donna, Mme. Melba, before the emperor or empress, who were present, had given the customary signal for a manifestation of public approval. It is hardly probable that his position at St Petersburg, when the Russians realize that he has subjected their future empress to tho greatest indignity to which a man can subject a girl, will be improved.

Princess May of Teck, the future queen of Great Britain, has likewise been jilted, not by a prince of the blood, however, but by the son of a mere British peer, in fact by a commoner for such Lord Weymouth will remain until his father, the proud and arrogant old marquis of Bath, finally succumbs to his mortal enemy, the gout. Princess May was regularly engaged to young Lord Weymouth, and the betrothal bad been announced by the pres3, when suddenly the young viscount, acting, it is ssid, on his father's orders, broke off the match. The marquis objected to the marriage on the ground of the morganatig parentage of Princess May's father, the duke of Teck, but there may have been other causes besides, as the duke seems to have the gift of irritating crotchetty old British peers and magnates by his foreign ways and by his difficulty In d&tingui hing the border line between excessive familiarity and an arrogance disproportionate to his non-royal birth. Whatever the causes, it was thoroughly understood at the time that the engagement was broken oft by young Vh-

THRKK JILTED PRINCESSES.

Pringess Marguerite sufficiently to singer named Losinger, the daughter of make her his wife and that under the the valet and of the cook of the old Auscircumstances the match must be con- trian Gen. von Martini. The union

count Weymouth and not by the princess, Under the circumstances it excited considerable comment that in her preparations made for her wedding to the late duke of Clarenee last year, one: of Lord Weymouth's sisters should have received the queen's commands to be one of seven other daughters of peers in .bearing the train of Princess May-at the marriage ceremony.

Other princesses who have been jilted' are Princess May's mother, Princess! Mary of Great Britain, sister of the] duke of Cambridge,who, previous to her] marriage to the duke of Teck, had beenj betrothed to the late prince of Orange, eldest son and heir of King William of the Netherlands. The prince was on! his way to London to be married to tho' princess, all the arrangements having] been made for the wedding, when, in anj unfortunate moment, he yielded to the invitation of Napoleon III. to spend a few days at Paris on the way. Napoleon byi no means relished the notion of seeingl an English princess established at Thai Hague as the queen of the Netherlands,] and accordingly did everything that layj

Power to prevent the prince from] proceeding to London, where his fian«j cee was awaiting him. By order o5f the! emperor, the prince was surrounded by' Circes of every description from the time of his arrival in Paris, and, being a man of weak moral character, he speedily gave way to their temptations, So public were his immoralities in the] French capital, and so long did he tarry| there, turning a deaf ear to the remon-j strances which reached him from Thej Hague and from London, that at lastj the match had to be declared off, as the pvinco absolutely declined to leave Paris.

One of Emperor William's sisters, Victoria, who is now the wife of Prince Adolphus of Schaumberg-Lippe, has' likewise known what it is to have been jilted. After no end of trouble and ac-i rimonious discussion, the consent of I both the late and tho present Germanj empress had been obtained to her mar riage with Prince Alexander, of Battenberg, who for the space of a few years, ruled over Bulgaria. The match excited great irritation at St. Petersburg, lead-] ing to almost an open rupture between the German and Russian courts, owing to the bitter animosity of' tho latter toward Prince Alexander, and was condemned by all the leading princes and statesmen of Germany, Prince Bismarck being foremost in his denunciations. Indeed, so strong was the feel-

ing against the marriage in Germany that it was decided to celebrate it at Windsor castle. The most elaborate preparations were made by Qik ,«n Vio» toria and Empress Frederick 1' th« wedding, the trousseau was purchased and the prcsonts already sent, when suddenly news was received ten days before the day appointed for lite ceremony that the prince had just married at Cannes a very beautiful open*

has not, however, proved a happy one, and to-day Prince Alexander, who noW bears the title of Count Hartenau, and his plebeian wife are separated, the former living at Gratz, where he commands a brigade of the Austrian army, while the countess resides at Vienna, having an independent establishment of her own.

The duchess of Alencon, youngest sister of the empress of Austria, has never entirely recovered the mental shock caused by tho manner in which she 'was jilted by the late King* Louis, of Bavaria, and although she has since become the wife of tho duks of Alencon and has had several children, yet she is forced to spend from time to time periods ranging from sbcj weeks to six months in the private in-j sane asylum at Gratz, in Austria, wheroi so many royal personages have been,1 confined.

Iler eldest sister, Princess Helen, of! Bavaria, was likewise jilted by thej present emperor of Austria, who, after} being duly affianced to her, fell deeply) in love with her younger sister,} Elizabeth, on the eve of the date ap-j pointed for the wedding, and marriedj the latter instead. Princess Helen subsequently married the prince of Thurn and Taxis, and remained to tho last day of her life the warmest friend and most trusted counselor of Empress Elizabeth and of Francis Joseph. 1

Set a Goad Example*

Horny-Handed Granger—You're ouej of the fellows that's howlin' fur good) roads. What have you ever done to irn-J prove 'em, I'd like to know?

Slender-Legged Bicycler—We've done! more'n you have. We've widened ourj tires.--Chicago Tribune.

•A Slander Jlefutcd.

Priscilla—They say that Clara's hair'. Is not her own. Prunella— Do they? What a shamelj Why, she showed me a receipted bill for it the other day.—Truths

The Wliote Story."

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