The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-15


upon by fictitious poverty. She gives as
largely of her time and strength to her
charities as of her money and without
any accompaniment of sounding brass or
tinkling cymbals; does work that most
heiresses would leave undOne, such as
Sunday-school teaching, district visiting,
hospital reading and the like. Perhaps
her most striking characteristic-after
her bank accounts her distaste for any
sort of nOtoriety.
The Dowager Countess of Ellsmere, a
handsome, white-haired grandmother,
lately won an afternoon tea-table in a
competition for the best nonsense verse
after a given model. This is the sue
cessful verse:
A bat is no use in battle,
And cat viii not call home the cattle,
Cut capes with caper,
Measure tapes witha taper,
Or try to catch rats with rattle.
One of the richest women in this coun-
try is Mary Garrett of Baltimore, daugh-
ter of the great railroad king, and sister
of the present head of the Baltimore and
Ohio system. She is about 80 years of
age, and is worth perhaps 800, 600, 900,
much of which she herself has made by
judiclOus investments. She is of medium
height, has a pale face, and blue eyes
AAANI OCBCLUCub Oll SlIGCCdNlCos QUO ID
said to be a walking Poor's Manual on
railroad affairs. She inherited her
fathers love for the business, and is ac-
quainted with every detail of the railroad
he founded She gives a large share OF
her time to business, another large share
10 charitable work, but very little to So
ciety. She is a great traveller, and is a
most entertaining cOnVersatiOnalist,
speaking in peculiarly soft, low voice,
The "belt of the republics, - says an
exchange, Is to be worn by woman. 1t
is made of 80 silver dollars, representing
almost every prominent republic now
existing in the world. The owner, Mrs.
Maria II. Wright, of New York, woman
who has travelled extensively, has been
collecting these dollars for several years
in all parts of the world, paying for them
anywhere from their face value to S35.
The coins are now being mounted on an
artistic girdle, and when finished they
will probably form the most unique and
historic belt in the world.
The belt proper is composed of dollars
from the foreign republics. They range
from the Spanish terdinand VII. dollar of
1910 to the 1892 dollar of salvador
The chatetaine is made of seven dollars
of the United States of America, all of
different dates, running from the "old
dollar of our daddies'' to the edition that
has created the present national disturb
ance.
All are placed according to age, and,
being oXidized as TO color, are much less
conspicuous than bright silver dollars.
The silver design that connects them
introduces a double scroll, with rosette
centers, represen ting cactus flowers AS
all the dollars in the belt proper are
Spanish the device is characteristic and
clever.
Connecting the belt and chatelaine is
an exquisitely designed monogram of
M. IL. w" wrought in heavy, intricate
work, and so arranged that it can be I'M
fastened from the belt and worn sep
arately by means of a pin at it's back,
either as brooch or a clasp for shopping
bag.
Mrs. w has an interesting story to tell
in connection with every coin.
The Ecuador dollar of 1864 bears a mot
to, God, Order, Liberty" in large let
tiers. Its oOverSe has a curious conglom-
crate of marks. The signs of the zodiac
with blazing sun, are descernible; the
American eagle floats above, a ship at sea
comes Just under the zOdiacal signs, and
below is u bundle of fagOts with battle AK
thrust through them. The latter mark
is frequently seen on many public build
ings in the United States.
Following this intricate coin comes one
of great value from a historical point. 1t
is the last edition of the imperial dollar of
Mexico, stamped 1866, and bears the head
of Emperor Maximilian, with the motto,
Equality and Justice and the imperial
court of arms This dollar is almost OBJ
solete, as, after his death and the revOlu-
tion, everything suggestive of Macmillan
was annihilaJed, so that it was next TO
impossible to get one of these coins
Other dollars follow from Peru, Hondu-
ras Ecuador and the last cactus flower
holds pendent a late coin of Salvador
dated 1892, and as Mrs. Wright's daughter
is shortly to marry the president-elect of
Salvador, the choice is quite graceful.
German papers tell a pretty story of
the recent visit of Fraulein Lilli Finzel-
Prince Bismarck in Kissiugen In the
course of the conversation the EXCHANGED
lor asked Miss Finzelberg what types she
preferred as models.
Il like to get ragged boys from the
street, she replied. But it is difficult
to get suitable ones, somehow, in Berlin"
Il found it dihcult to get models in Ber
lin, too, answered the prince. But if [
were a Young volunteer soldier again 1
should gladly stand guard at your door
for the year-or be your model, for that
matter"
AS the young sculptor was about to
leave The house she stopped to kiss the
hands of the prince and princess.
Never, never!" cried the creator of
German unity There's much simpler
and prettier way out of the difficulty"
Suiting his action to bis words, he bent
forward and kissed the pretty girl on the
lips and both cheeks
A New YORK. jeweler, in conversation
not long ago with correspondents, con-
trasted the present resources of the trade
as against those OF thirty to forty years
ago I'm former times" he said, the
wealthy ladies were not so easily supplied
with ornaments as they are in these days
To get a single stone was not difficult, but
the collection of gems for a necklace or
for an ornament for the hair wasa matter
that required time and shrewdness.
'sNo ieweler then carried sufficiently
large stock of gems to please very tinlcal
people. or to fill an order for very costly
ornament, composed Of different stones
but nowadays, II e leading jewelers. can
satisfy the most. diverse tastes IN precious
stones from their stock, and can meet IN
a short time the requirements OF the most
extravaganza order.
81 do study w dinner, admitted
an ingenuous No oman, who goes 10
4 a 900 many al CrJainments IN the
I 1d1,.ea III Inc % "a Times writer,
..and dop't al am ashamed 10
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