The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-05-02
From Town Topics

did not come in for as big share OF
fashionable attention as II generally
does. for il occurred in the dead vast
and middle horse show week; but Mrs.
Jack" Gardner. Mrs. Montgomery Sears
and Mrs. William F. Apthorp were
among the few that we're loyal enough
to its interests to leave their boxes early
Wednesday night in tine to appear at
the Grundmann studios just before mid
night and see and be piece OF The
Arabian Nights" Mrs. Sears get up
had one popularity to which she held
the exclusive right. She wore through
her nose. or apparently 30. a genuine
jeweled nose ring, and she wore it with
as much unconcern as il it had been her
hrbit to have il there. Oddly enough
it was rather becoming. Her costume OF
an Indian princess was silvery gauze and
embroidered satin, with pearls upon
pearls, and more pearls besides. Mrs
Apthorp. all in fluffy white and peacock's
feathers. was gorgeous as to fabric and
coloring.
Mrs. Jack Gardner. however, outshone
everything and everybody. and at her
grand entree she fairly stopped ones
heartbeats. She was arrayed in q cos
tune which she brought from Egypt.
1t was supposed to be the toys OF
Nautch girl. Asto body, she was tightly
swathed round and round with layers OF
gauze, gold embroidered; broad band
OF the same, heavy with Brazilian bee
ties wings, made the bodice, aud her
famous diamond and ruby necklace. with
her ropes Of diamonds, bound her throat.
But it was upon her head that the eyes
OF the Oriental multitude were fastened
with breathless admiration and awe.
Everything was covered but her eyes
which made it, as some facetious person
remarked, "such an xwfully becoming
headgear!" Her chin was swathed in
soft null as tight as bandage; two big
diamond balls held strings OF jewels,
with a pendant in the centre. which
hung just above her nose, fiom which
fell long strips Of embroidered gauze On
each side to the ground. Directly across
the face were strung lines upon lines OF
Oriental stones. The arms were covered
with old pieces of jewels and her bare
hands with lot OF queer rings OF Orien-
tai device 1t was really a wondrously
artistic costume, and one which probably
no one else could manage to achieve
with like effect or could wear so well.
Anthony Hope and beautiful Evelyn
Willard are not going to be married.
The lady fell off bicycle and scratched
her nose. The latter is not given as
reason for the former but the two items
come-together.
Mr. Irving and Miss Terry are in Bos-
ton. Great excitement, especially on
Tuesday night. Mr.. Irving loves Bos-
ton, and never. until last Tuesday night.
had he consented to produce Macbeth
there. But the people yelled for it. He
had to give it. 10 the fremont theatre
that night no man was admitted who
could not show at least three quarterings
in the Harvard Quinquennial Catalogue.
have lived long and seer little. as the
Psalmist did not say. but seldom have
seen anything equal to that audience.
1t was great" and its efforts to under
stand Mr.. Irving reminded me OF pre-
vious trimountain efforts to understand
Bernhardt and Duse; only the Tuesday
night effort was ha.Jer. II ever the
ghosts in the Old Granary squeaked and
pibhered: il ever the Mines and Fafners