Evening journal., 1913-05-05
GOSSIP OF THE COURTS
BY FL AN U R.

At one time the taste in dress of the
ex-Empress Eugene of France, was
the talk OF Europe, and for years sne
spent more money on her frocks than
would have sufficed to have fed half
the poor of Paris The Empress OF
Germany is said to spend about $4,000
year on her articles Of personal
adornment, but she never appears to
be eApensively 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, contained no fewer than 5,250, 900
stitches. The train was a gift of the
ladies of Belfast
A Spanish court lady had a dross
made of glass containing upwards of
1000 miles of crystal thread,
while the Countess Of Villenuve paid a
huge sum for a dress of brocaded silk
almost entirely covered with beetle
backs.
Worth, the famous dressmaker of
the Rue de la Pal, placed on show at
one of the Paris expositions Z. court
train of Moiree Antique, embroidered
with gold thread and pearls, d series
OF founces in gold spreading out in
the form of a fan. At the time this
rich and wonderful train was valued by
the maker at $4,000 and several offers
of $4,000 each were refused for it.
Nine Sarah Bernhard always has
been renowned for her dresses. A
beautiful joweled gown was made for
her some years ago. 1t was an ivory
satin, decorated with valuable stones.
The train was lined with ermine and
on the skirt was a band of 1900 Jewels.
This dress was worth $500.
Famous actresses and Il . wives of
millionaire spend far more on their
clothes than do queens and princesses.
One of the most expensive dresses Of
modern time was that worn by Mrs.
Clara Baldwin Stocker at the Grand
Opera House, Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. Stocker, who inherited $15OOO.-
600 from her father, Lucky" Bald
win, won for herself the title of "Dia-
mond Queen" by appearing gowned in
a gorgeous decollete dress decorated
with gems valued at S365,0OO. The
gown was made of flashing gold net
over golden satin. and was slit up on
one side to reveal diamond-studded
stockings. With her diamond-buckled
shoes and her sparkling diamond
crown, Mrs. Stocker seemed to have
stepped from a fairy book.
Another American lady created
sensation some little time ago by at
tending a ball in New York attired
in a gown the material of which was
entirely hidden under gold coins. Her
shoes were covered with sheets of
pure gold. while she wore a golden
and seweled crown, specially made for
the occasion, which cost $4,000.
King christian William Ferdinand
Adolph) George of Greece, who fell to
an assassin's bullet of Salonika. often
escaped death, and he was known
among his countrymen as
king without fear Not only did he
often decline any of the personal es-
corts, without which monarchs are
popularity supposed never to stir, but
frequently he was a lost" king i'm his
own country Upon one occasion the
murdered kings love of solitude 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 off to test the security
Of the watch which was set uIon his
capital. Circling the buster streets. he
made a silent advance toward a 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 there?" The magic
words, THE King" were not uttered
by the trespasser. There was a mo-
ment's ominous silence. and then the
sentry's rife echoed through the still
night.
King George gave no cry Of pain as
a bullet found mark and left a
wound in his shoulder. II was on the
following morning that the jealous
soldier received summons to the
palace. unconscious of the-fact that
his craftsmanship had all but killed
his king. The feelings Of this man
are not easily imagined when King
George paid him a high compliment
for his alertness, attention to duty
and the steadiness of his aim, and