The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13

a vigorous Virginia reel. That. too. is be-
cause the men like it. and though the
New York man does not dance so well as
the women. there are those, like AleXan-
der Hadden. Langdon Irving and Harry
Lehr. who do this gay exercise with won
derful finish. They are the men who have
made it a rule for their set and sex to
carry two pairs of white gloves TO ball
and never approach Il delicately arrayed
woman save in kids as immaculate as
new fallen snow. They, too. have intro
duced the new and very greatly improved
method in dancing of taking a woman by
her right wrist instead of her right hana,
and invariably holding her arm at length,
but only few inches away from her
carry any small belongings or her train,
a 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 siller 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 wears the Astor
laces. now an heirloom in that family,
were unrivaled. Mrs. William II. Wander
bilt made the next best collection. that on
her death was divided among her chill
dren: but since Mrs. Astors and Mrs
Nanderbilts day. New York society has
become possessed of some much more
valuable and beautiful examples or rare
and antique needlework.
Not very many years ago Mrs. VOL
surprised her lace loving friends by pay
ing thousand dollars in Florence for one
antique flounce, and then she willingly
paid prices in proportion for any rare
antique piece she could find Old lace
was her gentle mania. but her limit has
been easily overtopped by Mrs victor
or new provided il is the most perfect
point d'Alenson in the market. AT one
purchase she secured the whole set of
marvellous laceS owned by the Princess
CIotilde. and under that princess match
less Alenson wedding veil Miss Newcomb
was married.
The hearty admiration of all the lace
lover goes out to remarkable set of
three deep floUnces of the richest Ven
ice point owned by Mrs Trorne. When
in Italy Mrs. Thorne found and paid a
big price for the lovely pieces. draped
them over a silk gown and Wore it all
triumphantly TO an ambassadorial func-
ton in Rome. Lovely as her gown was.
il excited something more than mere
admiration. for all at once a guest at the
reception fell on her knees before the
astonished American lady and began TO
bestow humble kisses on the rich or
namentation of her gown. In the comnfo-
ton 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 religious Roman man it
inspired as reverential emotions as If
he had seen "A famous relic. Thereafter
when in Rome. Mrs. 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-Governor Morton
daughter. Her knowledge of lace is very
wide. her love of it sincere. and her pur
chase of both antique and modern pieces
very frequent. The majority of her even
ing dresses are draped with fiounces.
shawls and berthas worth many times
their weight in gold. for this decoration
she prefers to any mOdish invention in
frills and panels and lapels. Mrs. George
Gould is conceded To have the most re-
markable collection of lace handkerchiefs
in the United States. Cobweb-like mou-
choirs owned by Louis Nv and his queen.
by Marie 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 hoard. and $500 is paid with
out question for a handkerchief that Mrs.
Gould's lace-trained glance approves.
EMILY HOLT.