The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

free to carry any small belongings or her
train, woman is comfortable and yet
feels quite secure as she moves.
Rare Collections of Lace.
To walk In silk attire is not wholly sat
isfying any longer to the woman whose
husband has siiier to spare and one Of
the feminine ambitions, old as the hills
and never fully satisfied, is to possess
rich lace. Mrs John Jacob Aston made
the first great collection of valuable
laces in America, and for many Years
the Astor laces, now an heirloom In thar
family, were unrivalled. Mrs. William H
Vanderbilt made the next best collection
that on her death was divided among her
children; but since Mrs. Astors and Mrs
Vanderbilts day, New York society has
become possessed of some much more val
liable and beautiful examples of rare snd
antique needlework.
Not very many years ago Mrs. Wolf sur
prised her lace loving friends by pawn,
a thousand dollars in Florence for ora
antique flounce, and then she willine'v
paid prices I'm proportion for any rare an
tique piece she could find. Old lace Was
her gentle mania, but her limit has baar
easily overtopped by Mrs. Victor New
comb. who cares not If lace be old or new
provided it is the most perfect po.rt
d Alenson in the market. At one mr.
chase she secured the whole set of marvel
Gus laces owned by the Princess ClotTda
and under that Princess matchless Allen
son wedding veil Miss Newcomb was mar
ried.
The hearty admirat ton of all the lace
lovers goes out to a remarkable set OF
three deep flounces of the richest Venice
point owned by Mrs. Thorne When IN
Italy Mrs. Thorne found and paid hi.
price for the lovely pieces. draped them
over silk gown and wore it all trump
antly to an ambassadoral function in
Rome. Lovely as her gown was, 1t ex
cited something more than mere admira-
ton, for all at once a guest al the recon
| ton fell on her knees before the aston
| ished American lady and began to bestow
! humbles kisses on the rich ornamentadon
| of her gown. In the commotion created
| explanations came forth to the effect that
Mrs. Thorne's lace had once been precious
| church property, and worn by a famous
| Italian cardinal and therefore in the re-
lgious Roman man it inspired as rever-
| entail emotions as If he had seen a fam
Gus relic. Thereafter, when in Rome Mrs
J Thorne forbore any use of her lovely lace
One of the few New York women who
makes practical use of her laces is Miss
Lena Morton. ex-Gov. Morton's daugh-
! ter. Her knowledge of lace is very wide
her love of it sincere, and her purchase 81
both antique and modern pieces very fire.
| quent The majority of her evening
dresses are draped with flounces, shaws
and berthas worth many times their
weight in gold, for this decoration she pre-
fers to any modish invention in frills and
panels and lapels Mrs George Gould
is conceded to have the most remarkable
collection of lace handkerchiefs in the
United States. Cobweb-like mouchoirs
owned by Louis XIV and his Queen, by Ma
RE Antoinette and the Empress Eugene
are in her possession, and she never makes
trip abroad without adding modern
duchess point. Bruges, point d'Angliterre
and Honiton handkerchiefs, to her Lovely
board, and $500 is paid without question
for handkerchief that Mrs. Gould's lace
trained glance approves Emily Holt.