The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-22
FRIGHTFUL EXTRAVAGANCE OF
THE SOCIETY WOMEN OF
NEW YORK.
such Little Items as Handkerchiefs,
PeIfumery, Scarfs and Fans Re-
quire Expenditure of Extra
ordinary Sums.
ordinary Sums.


est shops in the world are strung
along Fifth avenue. Show windows,
laden with the gems of the world, the
rare creations OF Europe, the manu-
actured wealth of the nation itself
are compelling. As the magnet
harms its pole so the eXtravagances
Of the stores lure the money from
Che pockets of men and women
There can be no doubt that gaudy
show and ostentauous display are
she two things in life which appeal
most forcibly to the wealthy women
Of the metropolis. A recent divorce
demanded an allowance of $4,000 a
year for her clothes alone This
seems stUpendous, but it is truly
meager when one compares it with
the amount spent each year on gowns
and their accompanimentS by the ia
nous Miss Morosini of New York.
This sum amounts to the tri1e of
100000 The daily apparel of wo-
men who would be ordinarily termed
modest in the matter of extrava-
gance seldom falls below $500 in
cost
A number of girls at one of the
largest and most fashionable MILL
ners are employed all the time on
Mrs Frank Could hats. She buys
Them as fast as they can design and
get them out. Some cost her more
than $3.50 apiece. For the simpler
designs Ike outing hats. she pays
about $75, and Mrs. Gould is by no
means am exceptionally eXtrayagant
woman. The Countess Granard for
merly Miss Beatrice Mills, wore a
hat whose crown was adorned with
24-inch long osprey plume, which
must have cost 1925.
In regard to the mere items of Incl
dentals-lace, handkerchiefs scarfs,
fans, umbrellas, parasols perfum
cry, toilet articles and the innum-
cradle dainty things with which my
lady" in her luxurious boudOir in
dulges. all require the expenditure of
extraordinary sums. Gloves, three or
four pairs of which are worn in a
day by some women, are bought by
the dozen, and cost from So to SIS
pair Flowers! Even the bunch
of YiOlets ON my lady 5 evening COR
sage costs her s. to $40, and she
pays it without finching, for she
simply must have them-like every
thing else! Perfume-the kind us
ually bought by the ordinary poor
sister of the rich does not do for
My Lady extravaganza. She must
have individual perfume, put up in
plain bottles, in which her monogram
can be cut. The perfume itself costs
her $40 a drop-and is all the sweet
er in her nostriIs because it does cost
so much Ordinary Peralla perfume
costs S16l an ounce, While there are
sachets for which one must pay SAG
an ounce.
A 100000 gown was worn by a
certain Boston society woman at a
royal draWing-room in London. II
was called a moonlight gown, and
was sewn with pearls and spangled
with real diamonds for dewdrops,
the stuff itself being of shimmering
satin She also wore tiara of en-
eralds picked out in diamonds The
whole gown was richly adorned in
Hindu pearls wrought in imitation
of wheat heads.
Love Of Jewels.
Nothing is so dear to the heart
of a wealthy woman-or of any wo-
man, for that matter=as a ieweled
bauble. The tiara is now the crown
ing glory of the WOman's couture.
The reason for the use of the tiara
as a means of displaying My Lady
Extravaganza wealth is that the
new style of setting permits the dis
play of an immense number of jew
els of various sizes. even enabling
a great number of small gems being
put together so as to create a strik-
ing and uncommon effect. The price
for a tiara that might be expected
to attract some attention is $780,
O00-though some are produced for
much less. Those on exhibition on
the heads of women at the opera in
New York Guido in spectacular rich
ness any seen in Europe Each, too.
is made to order, that it may not be
like any other. One may be COM
posed of , 600 diamonds, and another
of pearls and diamonds wrought into
q fanciful design. One society wo-
mans crown-like tiara of turquoise
has been made 10 unscrew. so that
the stones may be exchanged for dia-
monds Women who cannot wear
tiaras because. of their small, deli
cate features affect high back combs
or side combs with jeweled ornamen-
kation Thus, a woman may be tiara
less and still have couture ablaze
With gorgeous gems
Pearls are irresistibly attractive tC
chose who can afford to wear them
When Mrs. William B. Leeds famous
pearl necklace was held up in the
custom house the government founC
little difficulty in showing that it haC
more than 100000 locked up il