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December 22, 1880
Watertown Republican
Watertown, Jefferson County, Dodge County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
A narrator describes seeing a magnificent stage costume in Paris for actress Mme. Judic, featuring a skirt with beautiful lace that was actually inexpensive stamped paper mimicking real lace, commonly used by Parisian actresses for its effectiveness and economy, deeming real lace wasteful.
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Mademoiselle's Lace.
[From the Theatre.]
I once saw in Paris a magnificent stage costume, made for Mme. Judic. On the skirt was the loveliest tablier of rich lace I ever beheld. The dress was displayed on account of that lace; and that lace was worth perhaps, $2.50. For it was paper, wonderfully stamped, and represented chains of fuchsias, and looked just as much a piece of real lace as a Paris diamond by night looks an old-mine gem. Parisian actresses wear that paper lace a great deal; it is light, though, soft, and very effective. To wear a costly lot of lace, which may be ruined in a night, when $5 worth of lace paper looks as well, is considered the height of folly by intelligent foreigners.
[From the Theatre.]
I once saw in Paris a magnificent stage costume, made for Mme. Judic. On the skirt was the loveliest tablier of rich lace I ever beheld. The dress was displayed on account of that lace; and that lace was worth perhaps, $2.50. For it was paper, wonderfully stamped, and represented chains of fuchsias, and looked just as much a piece of real lace as a Paris diamond by night looks an old-mine gem. Parisian actresses wear that paper lace a great deal; it is light, though, soft, and very effective. To wear a costly lot of lace, which may be ruined in a night, when $5 worth of lace paper looks as well, is considered the height of folly by intelligent foreigners.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Fake Lace
Theater Costume
Parisian Actresses
Paper Imitation
Stage Folly
What entities or persons were involved?
Mme. Judic
Where did it happen?
Paris
Story Details
Key Persons
Mme. Judic
Location
Paris
Story Details
Narrator sees stage costume for Mme. Judic with fake paper lace resembling real lace, used by Parisian actresses for practicality over costly real lace.