Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-06
TRIED 10 sMucorE LAcEa.
An Important Capssrs BY New Yssh c1ssss
House O0eials.

TRIED 10 sMucorE LAcKA.
An Important Capt1rs BY New Hssh C1ssso
House 0Asials.
The custom house oficials IN Nsu Yerk ere
elated over the lace seizure nads lass Saturday
by Miss Mary +. McQueeney, md 1ns. oaxialss
zacaron, from whom ths laos ~ taksn, fssb
particularly blue.
The hcss were examined yesterday BY Tie ap-
praisers and we're valued u el,7o0, inclusive Il
the duty Of 60 per cent
New York Sun reporter yesterday called odr'
Nine. Zscaroh. who lives ss 20 East Ssd ssrssA
She has sole charge Of the "Turldsh ee@pss-
sionate fund, which she says d for ths bstAss.
ment Of the Turkish women end chndrun-
She ID woman Of culture and carried herssAf
With An air acquired by professional association
with the four hundred She deals With no one
else; None but the wealthy could aGord her
Turkish-embroidsred bah drusssi, table Hnsu
and lingerie.
Her business circular, purporting 10 Be- siRusd
BY the ladies Of the Vanderbilt, Assor, Psrsons,
Folsom and Webb families, not to speak Of he
elite OF Boston. Chicago and Philadelphia, most
earnestly recommends her work e Q nobls
| charity.
About two months ago NINE Zscaro6 paid
visit to her home and branch ofsce IN Pasis ana
incidentally to the famous lace maken Il
Otusectb, from Woom ene orooU00 UumDrO0D
pieces Of the very finest Duchssss lace.
Mime. Zacarons story Of the seizure may be
given in her own words. She said,
| 1T does seem too bad TO have this talked
over 90 much fear the notoriety win be .
death blow to my work. Yop -, have
visit there last month. The lacss asssmptsS
to bring over were made especially for W and
would be Of little use 70 any one else. The
laces are made for US in square, obloug, circu-
lar and almost every other shape. Our TuEkish
size just to at these pieces or the lace IL dead
loss to us
The fund is in urgent need Of money, though
clearly ont Of debt, and I thought BY bringing
over my iaces free Of duty could manage 70
assist my women over the dun season. You can
not imagine what q terrible loss this seizure
means 10 those poor Turkish women II only
had the lace / could FIX up the embroidery
have on hand shd sell il as quick a. q fash-
But without that lace the ladies would not
think Of purchasing the work Of the Turkish
women. In q week or 20 will have a large con-
sign ment Of goods from the women of Constan-
| tinople.
II will need hundreds Of dollars for duty,
and now haven't much as one dollar.
intended to put the proceeds Of the lace TO-
ward paying the duty on the embroidery. The
duty is always more than what need to pay
the women for their work and the expenses Of
the entire establishment. l wss never
more surprised in my life than / WIS
when / was stopped by q lady at the
custom house, Immediately after landing.
| never dreamed Of such a thing and had been
/ a woman of stout build l never would have
been detected, but as it was, think my skirt
was out Of proportion to my waist and shout
ders. 1t does seem pity that my charity should
receive such a severe blow, but perhaps il will
| be for the best.
The men at the custom house were very
kind to me, and | am sure were il in their
power, they would have let me pass unmolested.
| But the women.
Il do hope this case will soon be settled. that
| l NAV 60 on to Newport TO see my ladies.
shoald have been there before now, and yet
am afraid the ladies may look upon me with
| contempt after this exposure"
The madame has reason to feel bitter toward
Miss McQueeney, for she had passed three or
| four special agents in safety. When the keen
eye of McQueeney rested upon her she knew
something was wrong The inspector said:
''she was almost too calm, and that Is
what at first caugh. my attention She
wore one Of those fur-lined, thin
serge skirts, ard when she stood
moment she moved, l saw ttat the skirt hung
entirely too heavy. / never like TO make q
scene. stepped up to Mms. Zachof and told
her was customs official; that her appear
ance indicated that dutiable goods were among
her makeup, and that il she would step into
the steamer would follow shortly. and that no
one on the dock might know any
thing Of the affair. She did not waver
for a moment. but frankly replied: We'll,
have some dutiable goods, believe But
gentleman who was with her and who 20 mys-
teriourly disappeared afterward, gave me some
| directions, &c. told him that would be ss
lenient possible with the madame not be-
cause he told me TO, but because she was
woman.
when followed the lady into the steamer
she coolly dropped over n short skirt that was
fairly quilted with lace, and 1 never saw %
neat a Job before in all my experience. Not
an uneren spot could be found anywhere,
l ripped every bit of it of. And Just
imagine my CONSERVATION, when upon
counting it found 1855 pieces Of various
sizes. L then asked her what more she
had, and finally she produced two very long
towels, padded with the same quality Of pre-
cious laces. She finally handed me a bunch of
the Turkish embroidery and that ended my
twenty-four pieces Of Turkish embroidery and
six pieces of lace evidently intended for center
piecss for tables.
AT first Nina Zacarof said the first lot was
worth about SIS, then 500 and finally that
al were worth about 800. Aterward the men
very carefully examined her baggage and found
three Of the very finest blcpdo wigs ever
made, all OF one shade and evidently made for
one person. Mime. Zachrof is very dark
hence the wigs could rot have been In
tended for herself. Then there were Eve
exquisite hats, more than 500 pieces Of
fine dachesse lace. al very carefully sewed in
between the Innings of her gowns, and about
800 pieces of the daintiest silk imaginable.
Then there were samples of the prettiest photo
graph holders you ever saw.
"The photograph holders were made Of silk
and lace and we're simply dreams Of beauty and