The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-11-10

a dainty tea-gown of gray cloth, with front
Of soft pale yellow crepe and rufies Of heavy,
creamy lace was made, as shown in the picture
The full front gathered under wide SASH
belt at the waist and was finished at the throat
with straight collar. The oysrgown, with q
Vatican pleat in the back, had lace ruf1es,
beginning under the peat passing over the
shoulders and down the sides, narrowing OF
| and disappearing little below the waist-line
The lace was made very full right over the
shoulders and scanter down the front. Tho
sleeves, with their double puts and wide bands,
were finished with wide ruf1e of the lace
II is model that would look well in other
colors and materials.
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every cloud has q silver lining" at is an
i'll wind that blows nobody any good" and
those other consoling ma1ims to the same effect
ars certainly well proven in the ease of the
woman who has diamonds VI. she who has
none. It seems the possession of valu-
able jewels involves worry, excitement and
suspicion enough to take st least 10 or Is
years of the owners life. Here are some
eases cited In advancing shis theory.
Tho shrewd observer will frequently see q
placid, demonstrating woman suddenly press
her hand ON some part of her body not ap-
parently claiming attention, and look of
anguish pass over her face. This is not caused
BY casual spasm of pain, momentary dere-
LECTION of some physical function, but by the
horrible thought that her diamonds may have
slipped their moorings Some women carry
their diamonds around their necks in chamois
bags, like scapulars; others adjust them, like
porous plasters around their waists Mrs.
Thomas Winans, of Detroit, pinned 8 thousand
dollars worth of diamonds to her corsets and
now il bewailing their loss. Women seize the
most unlikely places to stow their diamonds
when not in use, but do not seem to lessen the
chances Of loss or anxiety. Last Winter Q
young woman pinned 5000 diamond to the
bottom of . silk skirt for safe. keeping.
week after forgetting this, she put on the
skirt and merrily promenaded the town.
When she sought to wear her diamond it was
gone. After week of anguish it was recovered
by the offer of 500 reward. She had dropped
it where it had been picked up. Not two
weeks after she sent it to strange washwoman
pinned inside of a corset cover The mental
agony which accompanies such exploits tends |
to whiten the locks. A woman with solitaire |
earrings of unusual value wore them concealed |
in gold balls. In slseping-car these were re- |
moved, AID she was brought back home in q |
piteous state of collapse. Another woman, be- |
lieving that her person is in danger from the |
possession of such valuable diamonds when /
travelling, pins them in the folds of the window
curtains and hides them under the corners of /
rugs The next morning she has forgotten tho |
precise spot, and, after ransacking the room in
. state of comparative frenzy, and perhaps |
losing train, the missing jewels are found. |
The same woman, in Paris, hid her diamonds
In q slit in mattress. The diamonds, after |
week or so. had made considerable tour of the
interior of the mattress. Not being found, the
maid who attended to her room was charged |
with theft; detectives were called in. A pretty
imbrogio was set in motion, when the enter
prising landlady had the mattress opened and |
the diamonds were found. People who do not
own diamonds have this compensation, and it
should not be lightly yalued-they do not have
to take care Of them. /