Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
AMERICANS SCORE
in EXTRAVAGANCE
Rich Women of This Country
Amaze London by Expendi-
ture on Dress

LONDON, oct. SIT is we'll known
| that American woi1en keep going the
most expensive and choicest shops in
London. THE fact is" said the man
! ager of a shop in the Burlington ar
! cade, American women have no re-
/ speCt for anything unless they pay for
/ it about five times its ordinary value.
They are made on quality, on style
/ and chic"
ITO be brutally frank" he added, sit
! is only American women and declassee
women who come to purchase from
US"
American gentlewomen Of the magic
set and some wealthy British women
| have their own special haunts in
| fashion land wherein the caterers only
/ sell to their own clientele. Mrs. John
/ Jacob Astor, Mrs. Baldwin Drummond,
the Duchess of Portland and the Queen
! of Spain all buy their hats at one ex-
| elusive atelier. There lately | was
shown a bevy of exquisite creations
which were being sent to Mrs Astor.
/ one was of white Tagal straw of q
! specially fine quality yelled with black
point d. Alencon. 1t had long stream
ers of this which would delight the
| heart of any true hOrn American wom-
an. From the side arose a foam of
white osprey. 1t was caught by an or
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single diamond flashed, the big cut jet
pins with diamond centers further en-
! belished it.
MRS. ASTOR's STUNNING HATS
Another, indicating the style which
| will be worn three months from now,
was of black satin. almost Identical in
shape with the quaint headdress worn
! by peasant women in Wales. One tall
| black feather, a mass of falling rich
ness, swept over the crown. Every
/ fiber was almost a quarter of an inch
in thickness. This was held by a
plaque of diamonds in a platinum set
ting and was half hidden in the strands
of the feather. These two hats were
worth something like $2500, sum
reached because of the ornaments
which adorned them, which were from
Mrs. Astors own jewel case. The
actual prices set down in the milliner's
bill was $500 and $125 respectively.
Lady Greville, whose husband came
into his title only few months ago,
is another chic American who pur-
chases wonderful hats. One she wore
at a function given in honor Of Mr..
Roosevelt caused a sensation. 1t had
a black ostrich feather which reached
to her waist. It divided attention with
the guest of the occasion and If the
truth must be admitted received the
greater part.
Mrs. Maldwin Drummond has her
silk stockings especially woven for her.
They are often most eXquisitely en-
broidered and cost anything from $25.
This fact having leaked out a COM
patriot of hers who halls from Phil
adelphia, thought she would go several
better than Mrs. Drummond and she
ordered from that lady's hosier stock
ings embroidered with jewels to match
frna nd
| seed pearls embell!shed those for her
blue frocks, amethysts those for her
mauve creations, rubies for the pink,
| and so on.
DIAMONDS AT BREAKFAST
"It was this gorgeous dame who
when spending a weekend at a fash
| ionable hotel in Brighton, was an OBJ
ject of such amusement to the guests.
She appeared at breakfast wearing a
diamond necklace and at afternoon tea
she was to be found in the lounge in
full evening dress. Her little boy, a
duck of man about 5, used to go down
to the beach in a white satin court
suit of the Georgian period with old
paste buckles on his shoes and three
cornered plumed hat. The first time
he appeared in the hotel hall thus ar
rayed people thought he was going to
be page at a wedding. To their Won
derment they saw HIM later on the road
with a pail and shovel building cas-
ties. He had a new white linen suit
worth $75 each day, in which to make
fool of himself People used to ask,
Who on earth is his mother?
"The Duchess of Marlborough is
dressing so very mOdestly and simply
this season that it is said she is trying
to set an example to her country
women. She was boasting at recent
charity function that her frock cost
only $50. 1t certainly was a marvel
for it's price; it's black and white re-
serve suggesting so much chic that the
figure it represented might be any
thing. Her grace went on to explain
that she had really herself selected the
materials for it and had them made
up to her own suggestion by quite a
small dressmaker.' There is nothing
left but to believe her word of course
Some of the duchess intimates say
that she is taking positive repulsion
to luxury as the root of all evil Every
one knows that for a long time she has
been almost vegetarian. She has
been known when alone at Sunderland
House to lunch on an omelet, though
there were three footmen in attend
ance The simple life has been inter-
esting her for years. Her two boys
certainly are being brought up with
Spartan-like simplicity, though if one
of them is i'll she is ready to spend