Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-03

and indulging thoughts Of the summer
season. we see white cashmeres embroi-
deTed in delicate colOrs; also white fan
nels, muslins, ZephyTs and lawns, all in
light shade and all embroidered. A
Scotch bunting is said to be the coming
sensation. Tight skirts will be the rule
in the house, with close fitting Waists
and no gathers or opening visible. Sleeves
of different material wiIl be tight 10 the
arm except near the shoulder, where
they will be moderately pulled. In the
drawing room only a few jewels, and
those small, will be worn.
1t is on exceptional occasions in New
York that great displays OF precious
stones are made. The amount Of money
that many New York women have IN
vested in jewels is well nigh incompre-
hensible. 1t would never do to compute
the immense value of the jewel casket of
Il woman like Mrs. w. W. AstOr, for it
would be impossible to come within
500, 600 of the true figure. AS it is only
at the larger balls and the opera that
elaborate combinations of precious stones
are allowable, the owners OF the great
collections are rarely viewed in their
complete array, and therefore their pos
sessions are not appreciated by the gen.
eral public. Recently l have seen an
exhibition of this sort of wealth that was
amazing. a girl the daughter of one
of the richest New, York mothers, has
become engaged, and up TO this time
she has never worn any jewelry more
than few neat little pins for the cor
sage, a turquoise and pearl ring
and tiny ear studs of diamonds. In
speaking of getting married this young
woman appeared most delighted in the
prospect of securing a generous portion
of her mother S jewels. In order TO show
20 me how well entitled she was TO feel
joyous IN this regard, she led me to the
great oaken box in which the jewelry
was kept. 1t was il the mothers bed
room, and had only been sent from the
safe deposit that morning to permit the
lady to select her ornaments for dinner
party that she was to attend in the even
ing. As il was opened all the gems of
Aladdin seemed outspread to the gaze,
and yet only one tray was then seen,
under which were four others, each
crowded with countless jewels. emitting
their vari-oolored rays. The daughter,
who was to some day own all this costly
effulgence, selected bracelets, tiaras,
necklaces, rings, aigrettes and pins from
the mass and hastily bedecked her
self in them, striding proudly
about the chamber to show how
gorgeous she should be when they were
hers TO wear The young man who mar
ries this girl and her diamonds happens
TO be surprisingly impecunious, but if
the bride brought nothing TO him
but her beauty and her moth
er's level oasket he could well
be thought one of the most fortunate
fellows under the sun. As 1 left the
happy maiden and went out into Fifth
auenue L noticed a tatteTed old beggar
ringing at the lower door of the house for
a crust of bread. He would have been
lucky if the servant could have followed
out the Biblical lines and given him
stone instead. A couple Of bracelets
would have kept him in clover the rest of
his life.
If a woman is so rich that everybody
knows her ability to have all that she de-
sires in adoTnment, then she no longer
feels compelled 10 exploit her affluence.
For that reason, some OF the richest wo-
men in the country often appear, even
on occasions of elegance, in toilets that
are not very costly A dress lately worn
by Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, ana
herewith illustrated, was an example.
That was six weeks ago, and already it