Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-20
LITTLE NAY sHARPLess.
Interesting Gossip About the Richest GILL
in America.

May Sharpless is her name and she
is nine years old. Her closest rival is
Jay Kingdom Gould, the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould and the grandson
of Jay Gould. Young Jay may be
richer than May after awhile, but just
at present he is not May Sharpless is
estimated to be worth SO, 900, 900 in her
own name and right. Her guardian is
Ex-Governor Leon Albeit. of New
Jersey. Even her guardian finds it
hard work to keep track of all the
wealth that flows into pretty little
Mays Golfers. Before she is of age,
If nothing happens, she will be enor-
mously wealthy, and the man who
secures her heart will become the hus-
band of probably the richest woman
on the continent ten years hence.
May Sharpless is the daughter of
late member of the famous dry goods
house of Arnold, Constable & Co.
Sharpless was the resident member of
the firm in Paris, where he died. His
daughter was born abroad. She is as
bright as she is rich. She speaks
French and English tluently. and is
rapidly acquiring thorough knowl-
edge of German. She learns very
rapidly and is very fond of the stage.
Her youthful talent has exhibited itself
more than once in tableaux and private
theatricals. Two summers ago she
was at Sea Grit fashionable resort on
the Jersey coast, with her mother,
nurse and governess. Some theatric-
ais were given and May made big
hit in several sentimental parts. Her
lover on the stage was little George
Boldt. son of the proprietor of the no.
tel and proprietor of the well known
Hotel Bellevue in Philadelphia. Georgia
was about Mays age and made hit.
During the same performance Miss
Mamie Albeit, daughter of Mays
guardian, made hit by her beauty
and talent in rendition of the "Mik-
ado" Mays histrionic talent is hard
to restrain, as she wants to appear on
the stage at every opportunity.
But it is May Sharpless' dolls that
are the wonder of all who know her.
She has probably the finest collection
of dolls in the world. And she is con-
stantly adding to the stock. Her dolls
range in size from the smallest to sew
eral that are nearly as large as their
owner. Two or three of them cost
thousands of dollars apiece. Every
summer Mrs. Sharpless and her child
go abroad and the latest Partisan in
ventions in the doll line are purchased.
The dresses for the largest and most
expensive dolls are made in Paris by
Worth. They are perfect fits and cost
more than the average American girl,
even in fashionable society, pays for
her dresses. The dolls wardrobes of
Miss Sharpless are wonders. Each
of the favorite dolls has half
a dozen miniature Saratoga trunks
filled with dresses and other
clothes. The underwear of the
dolls is made of the best of lace and
the finest of silk. They have the lat
est style of shoes and wear the newest
shade in hosiery. All of them have
hair, not of corn silk, but genuine, and
the hair is dressed according to the exist
ing fashion. Miss May takes down and
puts up the hair, and when she gives IL
dolls party, as she occasionally does
at her home in this city, the dolles'
hair is arranged by regular hair dress
ers engaged for that purpose. At her
home here May has dolls houses. car
riages and a regular dolls establish
ment. Her dolls parties are we'll worth
witnessing. She invites her girl friends
to bring their best dolls, and the recep-
tons are modelled exactly after recep-
tons in high life. Engraved invita-
tons have been sent on several of these
occasions, and the dolls were brought
in carriages by their mistresses They
wore wraps, their dresses were cut
low in front and V-shaped behind, and
corsets, bustles and the usual female
paraphernalia made up the costumes.
AS most of the dolls could walk when
wound up. the scene in the parlor as
they moved around, using their fans
and bottles of smelling-salts, was real
istic and decidedly novel.-Cor. 81.
Louis Globe Democrat.
|
Omaha jeweler-"Here sir, is a
| clocl tbat will I tb;nl nlooSo xo,,r