The evening world., 1911-05-02

az vel ~ priceless pearls.
And yet she In still seeking the
Has she found ~ I will let o be
the 3udss. I was ushersd into = spisn-
ala home at No. 90 west Fifty-sixth
street. Mra. ooursud called down for
M - como up 70 her boudoir. l was
prsparsd for something unusual. but In
my widest dreams I had not pictured
anything like this.
Like q Bit Of Orient.
y was a. though I had been trAns-
ported into An old country instead OF
being less than nve minutss' stroll
from the "orsst White way" with It's
up-to-mlnute atmosphere Of civilization
only her voice saying. You don't
mind my dressing while I talk TO you
do your' made me realize where ! was
on q raised platform was . bod. The
head OF n WA carved with Oriental
sorpents, the feet were Of claws and II
was large In every dimension In n
corner was . bronze image OF Buddhs,
almost life siss. In an opposite corner
stood . Chinese god. almost - tall as
I an. Tho walls were hung In Oriental
fashion. and the whole atmosphere
brsathsd incense. I wondered how II
would BE- to awakeL suddenly In the
night and feel the eyes Of those gods
staring At one. ] asked her. She an
swercd. IT love theml''
Leading from this boudoir was . mir
rorsd, haii-iiks room. ! wandered over
hers, for she told me TO look about II j
wished, and there was an altar uut In
tho wall 20 Duddha- The sitting god. OF
10 small siss. must ave cost much
money, a. It represented remarkable
workmanship. Below. all round the
image. was . small fountain In which
were gold nsh and growing things.
Had turned around and seen . half
dosen or 90 Of oelestials Frustrated on
che fioor I would not have been sur
prised. looked and wondered. and
went back to my hostess. As the maid
wa hooking up . black. ~spangied crsA~
ton. the mistress was standing before
a unique triple mirror dresser, putting
the finishing touches to her hair and
face.
I suggested that perhaps she would
rot wish 70 be disturbed AZ this tina.
buS she answered.. graciousiy:
Hypocrisy Womsn's Fault
Il don't mind you watching mo. N
10 hypoortsy 70 hide things. People on
the other side have . different view
point - 10 women making themselves
attsacttvS. They DO II openly. using all
that y necessary and admit II frankly,
whiis here they DO II n Try 10 hida
49, lA-S 49, n,, ~ aspuaSA
nssd change ell the time
y Tor instance. when I set tired Of nv
haiS being one color ! have Il changes
TO another ! don't mind telling yov
thsA
u wfl vssr opsis to-nisht ALICE
she said 70 the maid Alioe brought
boz MrA Gouraud opened II and tool
out . pair Of opal earrings set viii
diamonds. about two inches in length
which the maid adjusted. Next came 4,
string of opais chaa looked like grad
uatsd marbles. the largest being III,
sixs Of Q nickel Then came anoths
string and another string. until the low
neck vas covered with opals. Afe
this, Ftnu, one . very wide one for tn
thumb, OF opaia. with ssrpents worke,
around IL
"Msrcyf~ couldn't help sayins
Surely you DO not believe that opal
are ~anluoky."
"Ah. that's Just H." she answered. Z.
want some bad luck. You must hav
bad luck. You can't ave all good lucl
Besides. am perfectly mad sbou
Jeweis adore them. II you ooul
only know the many things / have don
49,. -. -
jewels wifi how YOU my emorAl
that ] am crazy about Just now-thi
my Buddha got for me. Alice. brin
tho emerald" she called.
In the mirrored hall with It's tou,
tain and altar OF Budda Alice opened
closet and brought forth his m~arvello'
jewel. When ! gsy.d at n ! almo
had to pinch myself TO he sure ! W,
awake and this wac not an Arabia
Nights dream.
This Jewel Bought with LIE.
Think OF an emerald OF glorious gre
~ large as a marble. the base
which. II cut In hall, would be the 81
4 a quarter, that when you looked IN
It's depths you wondered u It mad an
This was surrounded with damon,
and the string Of diamonds that ma,
tho neclaee-wol. according 10 :
owner there is nothing Ike Il In all Z
world. And. Ssh. / VIII tell you
secret Even murder had to be col
mIlled 10 get this treasure.
But how Old you really get ,tH'
asked. and I must admit | was .xcit
10 know as YOU would have been h
you been there.
'Budda did II all. believe absolute
In him. II 10 a very long story.
dear, but wien I ooDs beck from Pc