The Washington times., 1906-07-21
FORTUNE EACH YEAR
FOR HER CLOTHES
Miss MOroSini Has TO Be Eco
nOmiCal to Make 100000
Meet Bills.
HARD TO DO WITH LESS
Often Pays as High as $4,000 for
a Single Gown, She
Says.

NEW YORK, July 21.-Miss Giu!ia
Morosiri. daughter Of Giovanni M5rosini.
banker, spends more than slo0,oo0 year
on clothes, and even AT that declares she
has to practice economy.
Miss MoTosini IS famous in society for
her beauty and raiment Her father
who formerly was a partner of Jay
Gould. is a millionaire. and there is no
limit placed on her dvessmaker's bills
J. IS OF her own vClItlon that she en-
6c1vOrs 10 keep the annual CXPeTse OF
her wardrobe reasonably near the $780,
coo mark 1t is the easiest thing in the
world Miss Morosini says. for a woman
who can afford il 20 spend much more
than slCl 0JJ a year on her clothes with
out being eNtravaganL
Tells Reporters How It's Done.
IN her fathers home at R.verdale-on-
the-HuGson, n reporter, who doubted the
possibility Of a wardrobe which cost
S90.d00 each year 20 rcpleuisu, asked
Miss Aroros5ni how It was done, The
bankers daughter whose beauty is ot
the statesqUe order. consented, though
little reluctantly. 10 explain
You SEE. when one is permitted TO in
dulge cultivated taste or esthetic idea
W -A++NttL AH+-NN Alllls7 tiitflA eLhRAL A4+t q
p,nse," said Miss Norosini. with a smile.
"a bin win run into thousands with re-
markable rapidity. For instance. II
would require only Zoe dresses At $500
each 70 reach 100000.
"a thousand dollars is not an eX-
travagant price 10 pay the pest Partisan
Gressmallers, especially when YOU con-
slider everything IS handGSde,
Ten Thousand for One Gown.
Indeed. a gown easily may cost from
$3.50 10 $1,000 without In the least be
trayinE it's price 10 the casual observer.
- gown of real lace may cost almost
any price one hundred gowns year
was a conservative estimate for the
woman who enteTtaIns and goes about a
great deal. for some women make IL a
rule never TO wear the same gown a
second time. The duty on imported
goods also is high.
II design eeyrythtrg l wear. for
even e. CllSummate artist never can
know what suits YOU so well as YOUR
SELF know H. And then one must pay
for the name of the artist i'm gowns
quite the same as I'm paintings. Paquin
told me his best customers were Ameri-
can women, and doubtless money Is
spent lavishlv here because fortunes
are made so quickly
An Endless Variety Necessary.
and then New York women spend
more upon their wardrobes than other
women because we have not two sea
sons but four. and that means new
gowns, hats. coats, wraps, etc. four
times year We must have gowns for
the country. gowns for the city, gowns
for the theater, yachting. driving, and
aut0mobliug. To say nothing of recep-
tiou. calling. dinner. and bah gowns.
The simplest cannot he had for less
than Sl25 by order from abroad
For instance. the simple muslin frock
os yore. which was "a modest affair. as
sumes now the dignity of a new name
IN the lingerie gown, and can cost al
most any price. Formerly il was meant
TO stand siege in the laundry. but one
would hardly trust 10 the tub a dimity
zen prluccsse' or Louis XVI embellish-
cd with silk embroidery and real lace
ribbons which cost from $3.50 To $1,000
Then There Are Hats and Things.
"The hats Of today, too. are so unlike
the hats az yesterday that one must
trust the building OF a chapeau only 10
one who understands her art 4 fash
iOnable woman must paw from S25 20 $50
for a hat For, after all. the hat is TO
the face as a frame is TO the picture
Then there is the matter OF shoes and
parasols. Fashion dccrees shoes must
match the gown. These must be made
20 order. The parasol also must match.
or be so constructed as 10 enhance the
beauty of the gown and wearer II cas-
ily viii cost from SIS 10 $3.50.
You may think gloves TO he a mere
tride OF the expenditure on Woman's
wardrobe but they. too. must be made
70 order. You usually can count on from
SIX 10 twelve dozen pairs year. And
thoes for evening gowns NAV cost as
high as $50 II embroidered or lace trim
med.
Lingerie IS no small item. for IL must
all be made by hand and wiz run up to
5000 or $4,000 One must have wraps
and jackets To suit various seasons of
the year, and the woman with fad for
furs viii have 20 exercise care If she
wishes 10 limit herself TO 10000 a