The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-10

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that he gage i net would hass
made Lpctilns INN The bill
vas 1900 900
ancthe dine he the idea thai
modern dress vas on wrong and that
only required d daring indtyItualitc
reHse the styles q past Centuries
Toward this end he ave d flower ball
ana III men appeeredEtn the costumes
b me louis XVII period. Bill, s12st
1901
Sometimes the counts methods
were what might be questionable. and
inSthe light Of the recent scandal. q q
probable that one d BIS little myster
es Is revealed About six years agc
lie ptesnted5tp his wife Q necklace that
he has patdS 10o,oOOtor Anna Gould
realized how he was draining her for
TUNE. and VIXEN she lokedsat the bau'
lille she didn't think II was worth the
money go she hurried TO the teweleri
she found that he took q lofty attt'
tude and insisted that HE business
was with the count.
tyou have cheated my husband
she declared holly, land You must
take this back
Then the secret was let out. The
Ijeweler lost his temper, and, taking
the necklace in his hand, said angrily:
II you think, madame, | have cheat
lea, you are wrong. When / sold this
necklace to NJ. lie conte It had -four
rows of diamonds. II has but two
NOV. Can madame tell me where the
other two rows are?"
Then the one-time Anna Gould went
home and thought It over. Possibly
Isle knows now where the other hall
Of the necklace went. Perhaps it may
be mentioned when her divorce comes
trial.
The costly addition to the Gould
family thought 1t might be useful to
know the time occasionally, and he. de.
Hcided to have one Of the finest clocks
France. When the art dealers heard
LOT this they started to procure what
Me wanted. In the end. he paid $780,,
o0O for a seyres creation, and it is
said for a year a cloclmaker had the
task Of making It keep time.
For his countess he bought tor.
Itoise shell wordrobe in which Louis
seize once kept his royal robes. About
$ssO.OOo is said to have been the cost
of this. In his boudoir he has the
bed used by Napoleon on the night
Of his coronation, and the rest of his
private quarters have decorations in
keeping with the bed. One of his bills
was for $4,000 for a small set Of tap
Eestry furniture.
One of the greatest extravagances
was the purchase Of the Palazza della
Scala, In Verona, that he might get
tie ii ceilings painted by Tiepolo.
Scarcely had he written his check for
a gigantic sum to secure the palace
when he made artists Of the world.
gasp by putting a force Of men at
work tearing it down.
Tiepolo was a native Venetian who
died in Spain nearly 15O years ago.
and his mural decorations are Of enor.
nous value. The count had the cell
.ings cut out intact and then set up in
his palace In this city. q.
For three Caladon vases with old.
French mounts he gave $4,000: for
Ia set Of two Rose du Barry jardtnieres
and two plates Of the same pattern,
10000. and for two parts Of Louis
XIV. gilt candlesticks, $4,000. One bill.
he received for 100000 covered a
Louis XVI. table in dove marble, q
pair of old seyres vases, a Louis XVI
Entre.Doux, a pair Of old French sill
yer vases and several minor articles.
Another bill for 10000 represented
among other things a wardrobe, cabi.
net, small and large writing tables Of
the Louis XVI. period, Two Of his 9TH
.er large bills for antiques we're IN
tracted. one for $S5,OOO, on May %,
1896. and another for 10000. on June
1887. The count could show innum-
cradle bills for $4,000, $4,000 or $780,.
900 for little odds and ends.
For the pleasure Of insulting Presl.
dent Loubet he paid 100000 to en-
gage Montarret, once the position Of
the French republic. Montiarret be.
came the little counts outrider, sim.
ply because Boni didn't like the re-