Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
EXPENSE IS OF No MOMENT
New York, City of Extravaganza,
Money Flows Like Stream.
'ULTRAs" SET RAPID PACE
some Of Rich Women keep Entire
Factories GOING 90 supply Their
Many wsnts-PrIceIess
Jewels.

spending. The ultra-fashlonable set the
pace, the unknown rich follow; the well
to do Is no laggard; the struggling would
bes must pay the price OF seeming to be.
Salaried families creep out OF their flats
Of a Saturday night and. for the nonce,
spend without thought. returning 20 scrimp
and save for the next outbreak Of eX-
penditure, either in baubles or food; the
wage Garner puts on his best ond goes the
pace now and then-and so do we all OF
as. The New Yorker does not mark time;
he does not live evenly; he does not spend
consistently. The balances are kicked to
smithereens; the levels are upset, and
caution and conservatism in the mo-
ment Of the exhilaration. go by the board.
This temptation is ever a motif Of the life
OF the city. The condition is not monop-
ollzed there, but its greatest expression is
there.
Being in the Fashion.
Miss Moroslni has stated that she spends
10000 a year for her clothes alone, aud
In doing so she considers she accomplishes
a great good TO a very large number OF
people. A recent divorce needed only a
modest allowance Of $4,000 for her gowns
and their accompaniments-a truly meager
sum in comparison with the amount re-
quired by Miss Moroslni. And she be-
lieved she was by no means "extrava-
CANT" She had in her wardrobe dozens Of
different gowns. First came her morning
gowns, which she ordered by the dozen at
a cost OF from $50 to 800 each. Her neg
ligee gowns, OF which she had a number,
cost from $50 to $115 apiece. She had fif-
teen TO eighteen house gowns, the price of
which ran from 500 to $3.50 each. Tier din
ner gowns, and there were fifteen to
twenty Of them, cost from $3.50 TO $500 each.
For her fifteen to eighteen reception gowns
she paid from $3.50 to $3.50 each. while the
cost OF her evening gowns ranged from
$3.50 to $500 each. In addition there were
tailor-made yachting, auto and golfing
suits, as well as garden party gowns-of
each she had six or seven-at a cost Of
$3.50 apiece. She had four riding habits
which cost $50 each
The apparel Of women who would be
ordinarily termed modest" in the matter
OF extravaganza seldom falls below $500
in cost. The dress she wears represents
an expenditure Of 500; her furs-mantle,
stole and muff-probably cost not less than
$3.50; while corsets and lingerie, hat and
shoes. gloves and other ircidentais would
bring the total well above the $500 esti-
mate.
tihA = SN1 ~ N0 W WV 9AAN AAce
from $3.50 a pair up, and slippers from $l2.
Corsets. such as she would wear, can
scarcely be bought for less than $50. and,
II jeweled, from $3.50 a pair to many times
that amount. a single outfit of lingerie
might cost her at least $4,000. In the ex-
elusive matter Of neutrality-suspicious.
IL they have buckles of, gold, Jewel-stud-
ded, and with gold safety pins to fasten
them to the corset-the cost may be 500 a
pair. II the garters should require golden
butterflies with diamonds set in the out
spread wings decorating the clasps, any
fancy price may be charged for them.
Keeps n Factory Going.
A number Of eirls at one or the largest
and most fashionable milliners are EN-
ployed all the time on Mrs. Frank uould's
hats. She buys them as fast as they can
design and get them out. Some cost her
more than $50 a piece. For the simpler
designs, like outing hats, she pays about
SIS and Mrs. Gould is by no means an ex-
ceptionally ex~tr1vagant woman. The
Countess Gtanard, formerly Miss Beatrice
Mills, at the recent race meet In England
wore a hat whose crown was adorned with
q twenty-four inch long osprey plume,
which must have cost SIS.
In regard to the mere items OF incidentals
lace. handkerchiefs, scarfs, fans, UNI
brellas, parasols. perfumery, toilet ar
ticles and the innumerable dainty things
with which my lady in her luxurious
boudoIr INDUCES, all require the expendi-
ture OF the 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 70 IS a pair.
Flowers, Even the bunch of violets on
a.s .a..g.. al aw-n. .uaaNa hap e.
to $50. and she pays It without flinching
for she simply must have them-llke every
thing else, Perfume! The kind usually
bought by the ordinary poor sister OF the
rich does not do for My Lady Extrava'
ganza. She must have individual perfume
put up in plain bottles, in which her mono.
gram can be cut. The perfume itself costs
her $50 a drop-and is all the sweeter in
her nostrils because II does cost so much
Ordinary Peralla perfume costs SIG az
ounce, while there are sschets for which
one must pay $40 an ounce,
Fortunes In Clothes and Jewels.
Princess Hatzfeldt CClara Huntington O
New York and San Francisco) appeared a
a certain high function abroad in a $1,000
dress. embroidered with rare Jewels. 4
$4,000 gown was worn by Mrs. Larz An
derson OF Boston at a royal drawing room
in London. Il was called a moonligh
gown. and was sewn with pearls an
spaugled with real diamonds for dewdrops
the stuff Itself being OF shimmering satin
She also wore a tiara OF emeralds pickle,
out in diamonds. The whole gown wa
richly adorned IN Hindu pearls wrought II
imitation Of wheat heads, A price for
tiara that might be expected TO attrac
some attention Is SlOa.O0-though some ar
produced for much less. Those on exhibit
tIon on the heads OF women at the operj
in New York Guido in spectacular rlchnes
any seen in Europe. Each. too. is mad
to order, that Il may not be like any other
one may he composed OF 1900 diamonds
and another OF pearls and diamond
wrought into a fanclful design. Mrs. job
DreNels crowniRe tiara OF turquoise ha
been made 70 uuscrew. so that the stone
may be exchanged for diamonds. Wome
who Cannot wear tlsras because OF theI
small, delicate features affect high bac
combs or side combs with jeweled orna
mentation. Thus, a woman may be tiara
less and stil have a coiffure ablaze wit
gorgeous gems.
Ropes of Pearls.
Pearls are irresistibly attractive I
those who can afford to wear them. whe
Mrs. William h, Leeds famous pearl neck
lace WAS held up' IN the custom hons