Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-11
YANKEE WOMEN BIG SPENDERS
Americans Most Fashionably Dressed
in Austrian Cities.
DYING MAN DRAWS A FORTUNE
Romance of Real Quality Marked the
Life Of IA Hungarian NObIemRn
who Has Just Died in
POverty.
BY EMIL ANDRAssY.

VIENNA, Dec. 1O.-(Special to The Bee)
American women who visit the Austrian
resorts are said TO be the most fashionably
dressed and spend more for beautiful gowns
than those OF any nationality. Having
time to ponder well on the beautiful wear
ing creations OF the season, Viennese firms
display them to the best advantage, and
It is nothing uncommon for a wealthy
American woman to buy as many as twenty
frocks during the season. many OF these to
take back to America, although the duty
is high. The "hobble skirt" was never
worn by the former dollar ladies. The lat
ter allowed themselves to be persuaded into
II in the gay city, and women dressed in
Carlsbad or Vienna, smiled In a superior
way at their sisters fooiishness.
In Paris, they say, the lady has to suit
herself to the fashions, but in Vienna the
fashions are carefully suited to the lady.
This method pleases American women, for
they like to be distinctive They are not
difficult TO satisfy, but they require the
best material, the most elegant possible,
and above all, special attention to the
clothes that suit them individually.
The independent idea In dress OF that
which is best suited to the wearer APP
pears to be a breaking away from the
custom Of following certain styles that are
not always suited to all persons alike.
Street dresses are so plain that it is diff
ficult to realize that an apparently mod
est coat worn on the street may be lined
through with costly fur and finished with
inside ruffles of rare lace.
Fortune Came Too Late.
Count Vinzing Lazar, Hungarian noble
man, is dead after checkened and ro-
mantle career, not the least incident OF
which ne an 10 /,
bed. While yet a young man the count
squandered his wealth In speculation. After
undergoing a course Of training at Brus-
sells as a civil engineer after his wealth was
gone, he was given post by the Hungar-
ian State Railway Administration. After
some years he retired to the town of Mares
Vasarhely. There he married the daughter
OF innkeeper and 10 exc out hts very
small pension he worked as a carpenter
In their efforts to save something for
their old age the count and his wife lived
with extreme frugality Finally the count
fell seriously ILL., When he was on the point
of death a message reached him announc-
ing that the sum OF 10000 had been
awarded him as the result OF long-stand-
ing law suit The law suit was begun in
the days of his prosperity. The dying man
was sufficiently conscious to understand
the news
school Boys Fight Duel.
An extraordinary duel is reported from
Mako. in Hungary. A 15-year-old school
boy Anton Perecky. taking offense at GER
tain remarks made by a schoolfelIow.
Stephan Solymaeki. OF the same age, sent
two friends as seconds to him. and chaI-
lenged him to a pistol duel
The challenge was accepted, and the
meeting took place outside the town
four school boys acting as seconds. Revol.
vers. which the boys had stolen from their
fathers, was used. In the fourth round
Perecky was shot through the heart and
died on the spot solymocki and the sec
onds were arrested.
EK-shah Likes 60 travel.
The eX-shah OF Persis-, VINO mas been
III Of bronchitis during his stay in Vienna,
will on his recovery vislt some Austrian
towns In Galcia. Lager he intends to
make a journey through Germany and
France. The attack Of bronchitis followed
cold.
building DreadRanzATE.
The building OF the two dreadnaughts is
now well under way. The stocks have been
laid at the stabnimento Tecnico. IN
Trieste, for a second dreadnaught The
first dreadnaught is a as high as a large
house. The rapid progress made in the
building OF this ship justifies the presump-
ton that Il will be launched. according TO
program. In June 1911, and the second In
October, 1911.
AS regards the type, the details are not
given, but II Is certain that the displace-
ment win be above 5000 tons, the length
SIS feet, and the main armament twelve lis
inch guns