The Washington herald., 1913-05-05

At one time the taste in dress Of the
talk OF Europe. and for years she spent
more money on her frocks than would
hsve suficed to have fed half the poor
of Paris. The Empress of Germany is
said to spend about $4,000 a year on her
articles of personal adornment. but she
never appears to be extensively dressed.
Perhaps the finest and most costly
dress Queen Mary Of England. ever at
tired herself In. was the one she wore
At the Coronation Dunbar In Delhi. The
train. which was of Irish point lace, con-
tanned no fewer than $4,000 stitches.
The train was a gift of the ladies Of
Belfast.
A Spanish court lady had a dress made
Of glass. containing upwards OF 1000 miles
Of crystal thread. while the Countess Of
viIlenuve paid huge sum for a dress Of
brocsded silk almost entirely covered
with beetle backs.
Worth, the famous dressmaker Of the
Rue De In Pal, placed on show at one
Of the Paris expeditions court train Of
Moiree Antique, embroidered with gold
Thread and pearls. a series of founces in
gold spreading out in the form OF fan.
At the time this rich and wonderful
train was valued by the maker at =, 900
and several offers of 5000 each were re-
fused for II.
Nine Sarah Bernhard always has been
renowned for her dresses. A beautiful
1ewe1ed gown was made for her some
years ago. II was an ivory satin.
train was lined with ermine. and on the
skirt was q band of 1,Soo jewels. This
dress was worth $500
Famous actresses and the wives Of
mllionaires spend far more on their
clothes than do queens and princesses.
One OF the most expensive dresses OF
modern times was that worn by Mrs.
Clara Baldwin Stocker at the Grand
Opera House. Los Angeles. California
, Mrs. Stocker, who inherited SIS. 000, 900 from
her father. Lucky Baldwin, won for
herself the title of Diamond Queen" by
appearing gowned In a gorgeous decol-
lete dress decorated with gems valued
at 1856. 900. The gown was made of
flashing gold net over golden satin, and
was slit up on one side to reveal dia-
| mond-studded stockings. With her dia-
mond- buckiel shoes and her sparkling
diamond crown, Mrs. Stocker seemed to
| have stepped from a fairy book.
Another American lady created SEN
sation some little time ago by attending
| ball in New York attired in gown
the material of which was entirely hid
den under gold coins. Her shoes were
| covered with sheets of pure gold, while
she wore a golden and jeweled crown.
| specially made for the occasion, which
! cost $4,000.
King christian William Ferdinand
IAdolph) George of Greece, who fell to
| an assassin's bullet at Saloniki, often
escaped death, and he was known among
his countrymen as a King without fear.
Not only did he often decline any of the
personal escorts, without which mon
archs are popularity supposed never to
stir. but frequently he was a lost
King in his own country. Upon one oc-
casion the murdered Kings love OF soil
tude and of going unobserved among his
people led him, truly, to within an inch
of his life. Leaving the Royal Palace
at Athens one pitch dark night. King
George started of to test the security
of the watch which was set upon MS
capital Circling the buster streets, ne
made a silent advance toward part OF
the harbor, which should have been
kept under the strictest guard He had
not gone many yards along the quay
before a sentry's challenge rang out
who goes thereT' The magic words,
The King" were not uttered by the
| trespasser. There was moments oml-
nous silence, and then the sentrys rine
echoed through the still night
King George gave no cry of pain as
a bullet found a mark and left WOUND
In his shoulder. 1t was on the follow
ing morning that the Jealous soldier re-
| ceiyed a summons to the palace, I'M
conscious of the fact that his marks
manship had all but killed his King
The feelings of this man are not easily
IMAGINED when King George paid him