Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-06

beauty and. wealth, when combined in
woman, exercise such tremen ious sway.
Msy Sharpsteen, the little lady in ques-
ton, possesses outside Of these peculiari-
ties personal history that Is equally in
terestlng. Her father was the Paris part
ner Of Arnold, Constable Co., the great
New York dry goods concern, and when
he died there few years ago he left to
this, his only child, his entire fortune.
Her mother, who has fortune Of her
own, regards the child as the greater
treasure and lives but for the one object
Of bringing Up the little gifl so that she
may be able to adorn society and enjoy to
the greatest extent the unusual opportun-
tiles that will be at her disposal. Having
been born In Paris aud her fathers death
occurring soon after, Mrs. Sharpsteen
brought the little girl with
her across the ocean to Philadelphia,
but after travelling with her here She has
three times, within as many years, re-
turned TO Europe and visited the German
and French spas, the Spanish, Italian and
other resorts aud the mountains OF Swift
zerland, each time taking the child with
her. She is a fine little traveller and
loves the changes, but at times has shown
a delicacy Of health that, being very re-
sponsiye to climatic influences, leads the
mother to change her quarters as soon as
her daughter betrays any indispOsition
Accordingly, IN this country she has fire.
quently gone North In the summer aud
South In the winter, so that II msy be
said there is probably not a mature per-
son OF extended social experience any
where who has seen so many of the CAV
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maiden of five summers. Mrs Sharpsteen
has found that Sea Girt, with its combina-
ton OF sea air and dry pine woods, agrees
with the modern little Miss Ariel better
Than anywhere she has been, so that last
season she was there some time before
going to Europe and she will spend most
OF this season there.
Little May Is semi-brunette, with
! brown hair and eyes, remarkably fine
complexion and an. exceptionally beauti-
full mouth, shaped like a Cupid's bow
that species OF mouth which has the lips
parted when In repose and showing
pearly teeth within She Is what is called
"old-fashioned, having seen and heard
so much travelling that her expressions
and the action of her mind are at times
startling, but she u.s. nevertheless, thor
ougbly child and loves and seeks child
companions She has wonderful
English nurse, who was present at her
birth and whose life seems wrapped up
and wendell in the child's. Under the
circumstances and with all the means
awaiting her it is natural that this little
American princess shouldhave an unusual
wardrobe, but more than once custom
house officers have been astounded at the
number and character of the trunks car
nqrtt Il 1,aN
Sharpsteen arrived in New York from
Europe with eighteen trunks she found
herself, to her great establishment, sus-
pected OF being famous female smuggler
for whom the officers were on the look
out. To begin with, Miss May has
passion for dolls, and she has picked
them up in every foreign cou1try where
she has been, and not dolls only, but
dolls wardrobes, and every conceivable
thing that can be thought of for doll
housekeeping. She has German dolls,
and French dolls, and Flemish dolls, and
Swiss dolls, and Japanese dolls, blondes,
brunettes, brides, peasants, and OF ali
sorts, compleXioDs and sizes. Then she
has everything in diminutive that fair
femininlty clothes itself with the world |
oVer-trayell1ng suites, bridal trousseaus, |
seaside costumes, full evening dress and
chignons, boots and gloves almost be.
yond number She makes it a point to |
have gloves for every doll in her colec- |
ton, and there Is a glove-maker 10 Paris |
who makes them for her especially.
This fancy extends to herself and is the
one point about which she is particular.
Never, except when eating or sleeping, is
she seen without gloves. She has gloves
to play In, gloves to drive in and gloves
for all occasions, almost all of them of
Kid and OF shades to suit her dresses
Everything that little girl of five years
old worth million of dollars all her own
can have this little girl has. She has a
watch, many rings, some beautiful
clasps, and brooches and bracelets and
even diamonds. Her dolls wardrobes
alone represent large expenditure, while
her own clothing is as rule the finest that
can be procured. She has now with her
over a hundred dresses. Her hats are
particularly cute and different from
the common and are mostly French. Yet
any one ting on the Beach house sea
decks and land piazzas might see this
wonderful little maiden playing In the
sand or running with the dogs to the
woods and notice nothing more in her
than any of the children around her She
Is fond of play and is never so happy as
when engaged in some sport with
children OF her own age. Master George
G. Boldt, Jr., the flve-year-old son of the
well-known proprietor of the place, has a
fine team OF Rocky Mountain goats. The
other day he got a cute little wagon and
was presented with $40 suit of harness
and celebrated the event by taking Miss
May out for drive and the two tige-year
olders driving along the beach behind the
nlmble and well trained goats were well
worth a sketch