The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-26
BEAUTY IN MANY FORMS.
Striking Specimens Of Lovely Women and
Sparkling Gems in Washington Society.

Striking Specimens Of Lovely Women and
Sparkling Gems in Washington Society.
Many women of many minds, many
gems of many kinds, might be truly
written of tie Washington ladies this
winter, and their adoruments, says a
letter to the New York Herald.
Senator Palmers wife prefers laces
to jewels, and bought while in Europe
last summer much lace, of the finest
make and design, "enough to last a
hundred years." she says, and each OF
her evening dresses has quantity OF
fine lace on it, most of it being point
duchesse. She has precious jewels
also.
The wife of Senator Jones, of Ne
vada, has penchant for pearls, and
therefore, whenever her husband OF
relatives make her a present, her lik-
ing for pearls is consulted. On her
last birthday her husband gave her a
necklace of quite large solitaire pearls,
with pendant in the shape of an oys-
ter shell, made of diamonds, with a
large. single, very pure pearl affixed
where such are usually found in oyster
shells. She has worn necklace and
pendant recently.
Senator Stanford's wife has the
largest collection of diamonds pos
sessed by any lady now in Washing
ton, having four sets which belonged
to the late Queen Isabella of Spain,
which were purchased by Mrs. Stan
ford in Paris when the effects of Queen
Isabella were sold. One of these sets
has yellow diamonds, another stones
Of blush tint. while a third is of the
purest white. One of her pendants OF
very large diamonds is fully three
inches long and of proportionate
width.
The largest single diamonds, set in
earrings, worn this winter in Wash
in@ton, are those of Mrs. Langhorne,
nee Ogle, of Virginia, whose husband
is naval officer. These earrings
have diamonds as large as filberts and
very lustrous, and are said to have
cost $4,000. The same lady has now
q $4,000 diamond necklace lately
bought for her by her husband. In
the necklace are 50 old mine diamonds
and the central stone alone is worth
81, 800.
Mrs. Payne, the wife of Senator
Payne, of Ohio, and mother of Mrs.
Whitney, wife of the secretary of the
navy, wears on the third finger of each
hand large solitaire sapphire in a
ring. She says that each of the fam
lily wears sapphires in memory of one
of her sons who is dead, whose favor
ite stone it was. Mrs. Payne also has
brooch of beautiful and very rare
crystals bought in Smyrna. They are
not pure white, but are very clear.
Mrs. Whitney has very choice dia-
mond ornaments, one being a comb,
another a necklace of three strings of
large solitaires, from which falls a
pendant of diamonds and rubies. She
prefers to wear white dresses, and has
a variety of them, both for morning.
and evening wear. If you see her in
her o'7n sitting-room, most likely she
will have on a negligee of some white,
soft Tx, Or wool material trimmed
with face. Most Of her evening gowns
glitter with gold, cut steel, crystal or
pearl head pendants and passemen-
teres, always used, however. with dis
cretion, there being just enough TO
Tighten up white, gray or fancy, col
ored frock.
The wife of Maj. Powell, the direct
or of the bureau OF ethnology, wears a
brooch and earrings composed lt very
large turquoises, which her husband
collected in Mexico.
Mrs. Bugher. the daughter of Mr..
Washington Me Lean, wears neck
lace with danglers of rare design,
bought in Russia, in which ale set
every precious stone except diamonds.
In this connection, one who knows
well the wife of eX-Congressman Flow
er, of New York, and her sister, Mrs.
Schley, recalls that they have the finest
Opals in this country, hich were col
fected for them in Mexico, and were
set in diamonds by q leading New
\ Gork manufacturer the same who set
with diamonds the large and curious
oval-shaped pink stone which tno
Chinese minister wears nearly in tire
center of his forehead, and the name
OF which no one here knows.
Pretty girls have rarely been SC
numerous in Washington society as
now. Pretty as a picture is Miss
Willard, Mrs. Cleveland's schoolmate,
who was her guest for ten days; Miss
Ethel Ingalls,, daughter of the presi
dent OF the Senate, who resembles
Miss Willard and is debutantc; Miss
EndicOtt, daughter of the secretary oi
war; Miss Lucy Corkhli, Justice Mil.
ler's granddaughter, who is also very
intellectual rosebud. and Miss Her.
bert, daughter Of Representative Her.
bert, of Alabama. Each of these
girls has perfect complexion of roses
and lilies, and golden or golden
brown curly hair.