An Embarrassing Mistake

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 36, 10 September 1892, Page 4

An Embarrassing Mistake

A secretary of the French Legation at Tokio was lately requested by a very cuarrning 1 and dainty little Japanese lady, the wife ot a Native dignitary, to procure ior her from Paris a complete outfit— dress, hat, parasol, underwear, shoes, hosiery, and everything complete. She likewise requested that in view ot her ignorance in matters pertaining to European attire the things should be carefully packed in the order in which they were to be put on — that is, in such a manner that the underwear and the other elementary garments to be donned first, should lie on the top of the box, and that the dress, the cape, and the fantrelucb.es which constitute the finishing touches of an elegant -woman's toilette should lie as the bottom of the case. The secretary lost no time in complying with the wishes of the little Japanese lady, and sent all the necessary instructions to Paris concerning the packing of the garments in the order requested. These recommendations were carried out with great care by the Parisian coutuiier entrusted with the commission. But unfortunately by some mistake the address was pur. on the bottom instead of on the lid of the box, and when it reached its destination it was opened with the wrongsioe up, A day or two later the little Japanese lady drove into the court yard of the Legation, and stepped out of her jinnkisha to call upon the wife of the French Minister. 'Jhe extraordinary appearance which she presented caused the company to collapse entirely. She had put on the clothes in the order that she found them when she opened the box, and the latter had been sent wrong siae up. The result was that she had donned everything reverse order, the cape and the dress being worn under instead of over the underwear. This she fondly and proudly imagined to constitute the true Parisian chic. — Dunedin Star.